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name: "Tim Phillips"
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roles: ["Composer"]
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updated: "2026-09-17T04:19:36.868568+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tim Phillips

Composer. Born in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer

## Biography

Tim Phillips is a Canadian/British composer and songwriter. He has written scores for numerous television series and films, including the Apple TV+ series *Bad Sisters* (2022–2024), on which he collaborated with PJ Harvey.

His other credits include *Shining Vale* (2022), *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022), multiple series of *Shameless* (2006–2013), *Ackley Bridge* (2017–2022) and the BBC film *Roald Dahl's Esio Trot* (2015). He co-created the West End musical *The Grinning Man* and is co-artistic director of Filter Theatre.

Phillips won a BAFTA Television Craft Award for Original Music: Fiction for *Bad Sisters*. He grew up in Canada, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and established Wizard Creek Productions in 2018.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)

## Also known for

- *Roald Dahl's Esio Trot* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Shining Vale* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Delete* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Partners in Crime* (2015), Original Music Composer

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