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Stu Phillips
12+ albums
SoundtrackinstrumentalelectronicAllFilm music composer
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Stuart Phillips (born September 9, 1929) is an American composer of film scores and television series theme music, conductor and record producer. He is perhaps best known for composing the theme tune to the television series Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider. Phillips studied music at The High School of Music & Art in New York City, New York, and at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While at Eastman, he began arranging music for the Rochester Civic Orchestra. In 1958, Phillips began composing television and film scores. One of his first scores was for Columbia's 1964 movie, Ride the Wild Surf. He also founded Colpix Records and produced hits for Nina Simone, The Skyliners and Shelley Fabares, (pronounced 'fab bray'). Stu Phillips produced "Johnny Angel" for Shelly Fabares, who played the teen-age daughter on The Donna Reed Show. According to Joel Whitburn's 'Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits' "Johnny Angel" was released March 17, 1962, and was a #1 hit from April 7–20, 1962 staying on the charts for 13 weeks. There was also a follow-up hit to "Johnny Angel" called "Johnny Loves Me" which also made the Top 40 (#21) in July of '62. In the mid-1960s, he worked for Capitol Records and created, produced and arranged for the easy listening studio orchestra the Hollyridge Strings. Excerpts from the Hollyridge Strings album The Beatles Song Book can be heard on the 1964 Capitol documentary album The Beatles' Story. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Phillips cont
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Knight Rider (Original Television Soundtrack)
Battlestar Galactica
The Stu Phillips Scores: Knight Rider (Original Television Soundtrack)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
Knight Rider
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Surf, Sex and Cycle-Psycho's
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«Рыцарь дорог»
The Stu Phillips Scores: Knight Rider
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Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 6
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Surf, Sex And Cycle-Psychos: A Diverse Potpourri Of Antediluvian Film Music By Stu Phillips
Knight Rider (Original TV Soundtrack)