Philip Miller

Philip Miller is a South African composer who works, in film, video and live performance. He has worked with some of the most innovative film makers to emerge from South Africa in recent years, composing music for the soundtracks of many local and international films and television productions, including the acclaimed and award –winning drama TV series Yizo Yizo, directed by Oscar nominee Angus Gibson and Teboho Mahlatsi.

In 2004 and 2005, Miller completed the soundtracks to three new South African feature films including Ian Gabriel’s Forgiveness, Teddy Mattera’s Max and Mona and Revel’s Fox’s the Flyer, which has been shown at many international film festivals. For the film, Forgiveness, he was awarded the Golden Horn for best soundtrack at the South African Film and Television Awards. In 2006, Miller completed the soundtrack to the film Catch a Fire directed by the acclaimed film director, Phillip Noyce released by Working Title Films.

Miller has worked with a wide range of video artists in South Africa. In particular, he has collaborated extensively with the internationally acclaimed artist, William Kentridge composing soundtracks to many of his animation films, which have screened around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Serpentine Gallery and Tate Modern in London. Some of the films, Miller has worked on, are: Felix in Exile (1994), Weighing and Wanting (1996), Stereoscope (1999), Medicine Chest (2000), and Journey to the Moon (2003).

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