The Crown

Composer
MARTIN PHIPPS

MODERATED BY STEVE GREENE (Indiewire)

Screening Link available upon Registration

YouTube Live Stream Q&A:
Wednesday, June 9, 1:00PM PT

As the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), who is still unmarried at 30. As the nation begins to feel the impact of divisive policies introduced by Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), tensions arise between her and the Queen which only grow worse as Thatcher leads the country into the Falklands War, generating conflict within the Commonwealth. While Charles’ romance with a young Lady Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) provides a much-needed fairytale to unite the British people, behind closed doors, the Royal family is becoming increasingly divided. TV-MA | 60min

Martin Phipps comes from a musical background (he is Benjamin Britten’s godson). Since scoring his first TV drama Eureka Street in 2002, he has won 2 BAFTA Awards as well as 5 Ivor Novello Awards, and he has been nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Martin has composed music for many acclaimed television series including the A&E miniseries adaptation of War & Peace, Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, Peaky Blinders, two episodes of Black Mirror – “The National Anthem” (Season 1) and “Hated in the Nation” (Season 3), as well as Seasons 3 & 4 of the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning Netflix Original Series, The Crown. He is also known for his film credits including Woman in Gold (co-scored with Hans Zimmer) starring Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren; Fox Searchlight’s The Aftermath starring Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Brown starring Michael Caine, and Brighton Rock with Helen Mirren. Martin also established Mearl – a project to facilitate collaboration between other artists and composers, as well as a platform for developing his own material. Peaky Blinders was the first soundtrack written under this name, scored with a band of musicians from Radiohead’s new Laundry Studios in London.

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