BIOGRAPHY:

WINIFRED PHILLIPS is an Interactive Achievement Award-winning composer. She is currently hard at work creating music for the video game "SHREK THE THIRD", which will be released in May 2007 to coincide with the blockbuster movie premiere.

Winifred recently completed the choral and orchestral music for The Da Vinci Code™ videogame (2K Games / Collective Studios). The game is a tie-in to the blockbuster movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.

Winifred's other recent projects include the movie tie-in game Charlie and the Chocolate Factory developed by High Voltage and published by 2K Games/ Warner Bros., and the smash hit action-adventure epic God of War from Sony Computer Entertainment America.

God of War enjoyed an extremely successful release in March 2005, and has won numerous awards. For her work on this game, Winifred has received an Interactive Achievement Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition". The music she wrote for God of War has also received the "Best Original Score 2005" Award from IGN, the "Best Original Score 2005" Award from GameZone, the "Best Original Music 2005" Award from Gamespot, and four Game Audio Network Guild Awards, including the prestigious "Music of the Year" Award. In an article about the music from God of War, Cinescape Magazine hailed Winifred as a "goddess of music!"

The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory game is a tie-in with the hit summer movie, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. An accomplished multimedia composer and vocal performer, Winifred wrote over seventy tracks for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory game, all of which were personally approved by Tim Burton. In addition to her role as sole composer, Winifred performed all the vocal parts of the women’s choir featured extensively in the score of the game. GameZone called Winifred's music for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "Expertly written, brilliantly composed."

Winifred is also the composer of award-winning musical scores for over one hundred music drama programs broadcast via National Public Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Her music is widely enjoyed by a national listening audience who tune in to hear an hour of her original music each week.

Winifred is a four-time winner of the coveted Gracie Award for artistic excellence and outstanding achievement from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television. In addition, Winifred is a New York Festivals WorldMedalist, and has been honored by the NFCB Golden Reel Awards and the Audio Publishers Association Awards. For her career achievements, she has received multiple Biographee Awards from Marquis Who's Who in the illustrious publications "Who's Who in the World", "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who of American Women".

Publishers Weekly praised Winifred's work as “Sensational!” and Billboard Magazine called it “A Real Treat!” while AudioFile Magazine called it "Magnificent!" National Public Radio hailed her work as “A Musical Tour-De-Force!”

Winifred is the owner and sole composer at Generations Productions LLC, an award-winning music studio and production company.

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