Television: Factual/Documentary

Programmes include:

• Kay Kay: The Girl From Guangzhou – Al Jazeera (2018)
• The Killing of JonBenét: Her Father Speaks – A&E Channel (2016)
• The Killing of JonBenét: The Truth Uncovered – A&E Channel (2016)
• Zero Ten Twenty: The Children Of Rio (3 part series) – TVE (2012)
• Britain’s Big Freeze – Channel 4 (2010)
• The Big Question: How Fast Is Fast? – Discovery (2009)
• Inside Planet Earth – Discovery (2009)
• Belly Of The Beast (3 part series: Tanks, Giant Trucks, Helicopters) – Discovery (2009)
• Days That Shook The World – BBC (2007)
• Undercover Mosques – Channel 4, Dispatches (2007)
• The Murder Of JonBénet Ramsey – Channel 4 (2006)
• Britain’s Worst Weather – Channel 4 (2006)
• Versailles Stories (6 part series) – BBC/Discovery (2005)
• Holy Offensive – Channel 4, Dispatches (2005)
• Private Wars – BBC2 (2004)
• IF-The Generations Fall Out – BBC2 (2004)
• Flight Fantastic – Channel 5/TLC (2003)
• Children of Rio – TVE (2002)
• Truth and Lies In Baghdad – Channel 4, Dispatches (2002)
• Secrets Of The Saudi State – Channel 4, Dispatches (2002)
• Techno Cops – TLC (2002)
• Skeletons Of Roman Ashkelon – Discovery (2001)
• War In The Falklands – Channel 5/ITN (2001)
• Whiteout (2 part series) – TLC/Discovery (2001)
• The World’s Greatest Ships (2 part series) – Discovery (2000)
• The World’s Tallest Buildings (2 part series) – Discovery (2000)
• Un Jour La Nuit – Swiss TV (1998)
• The Jaguar People – Discovery (1995)
• Rivers Of Sand – Channel 4, Fragile Earth Series (1992)
• Pears On A Willow Tree – BBC2 (1991)

Music Licensed for Film

Song “Making Me Nervous”

– recorded by A Raincoat for the album Digalongamacs released on EMI Records in 1975

– licensed for use in the film Listen Up Philip (dir. Alex Ross Perry, 2014)

Short Films

• Office Romance 2 (2011)
• Broken (2010)
• The Long Lonely Walk (2010)
• Stolen Youth (2007)
• The Match (2005)
• Bank Job (2003)
• Dial ‘M’ for Mother (2003)

All directed by Leon Chambers

Commercials

For the following products:

• Nissan
• Nurofen
• Flora
• Whiskas
• Dettox
• Sharwoods
• Mail On Sunday

TV Idents and Title Sequences

• ITV – Station Ident Package
• ITV – Nighttime presentation music
• VH1 – Idents
• TLC – Idents
• Discovery Channel – Idents
• BBC2 – Under The Sun titles
• Channel 4 – Citizen’s Arrest titles

Image, Marketing and Launch Music

For the following clients:

Orange, British Telecom, British Airways, Eurotunnel, Apple Computers, Jaguar, Wedgwood, Honda, Landrover, Nissan, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Vauxhall, Suzuki, Opel, HSBC, Royal Air Force, Commercial Union, BMG, Hotpoint, Telewest

Contemporary Dance and Ballet

• Let’s Begin – choreographed by Peter Purdy, commissioned by the National Youth Dance Company (1985)
• Swansong – choreographed by Christopher Bruce, commissioned by English National Ballet (1987)
• Shoal – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty (1991)
• Nature Dances – choreographed by Christopher Bruce, commissioned by Houston Ballet (1992)
• Dreaming Like A Tallman – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty, commissioned by Blueprint Dance Company (1993)
• Breeze of Compromise – choreographed by Peter Purdy, commissioned by Blueprint Dance Company (1993)
• Terra Incognita – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty, commissioned by the EU project Kaleidoscope (1994)
• Common Denominator – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty (1995)
• Prophecy – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty, commissioned by Shawbrook Dance Festival (1996)
• Stream – choreographed by Christopher Bruce, commissioned by Rambert Dance Company (1996)
• Between Wind And Water – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty, commissioned by Shawbrook Dance Festival (1997)
• Sonnet: The Better Angel – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty and Amanda Gough, commissioned by Double Vision (1997)
• Double Vision Second Sight – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty and Amanda Gough, commissioned by Double Vision (1998)
• In:site – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty and Amanda Gough (2001)
• Between Shadows – choreographed by Cathy Marston, commissioned by The Royal Opera House (2002)
• Nous Sommes – choreographed by Sonia Rafferty (2016)

Visual Art Collaborations

• Channels, Echoes and Empty Chairs – collaboration with Shaheen Merali, commissioned by
  Angel Row Gallery (1993)
• Paradigms Lost – collaboration with Shaheen Merali, commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council (1999)

Bands: Songwriting, Releases, Performing & TV Appearances

A Raincoat: Songwriting & Releases

• Song “Making Me Nervous” on album Digalongamacs, EMI Records (1975)
• “Making Me Nervous” licensed for use in the film Listen Up Philip dir. Alex Ross Perry (2014)
• Digalongamacs album licensed to Cherry Red Records (2021)

Tonight: Songwriting & Releases

NB Songs below co-written by Philip Chambon with Andy Arthurs, except for * with Chris Turner, and ** with Andy Arthurs and Chris Turner

• “Drummer Man” – single, TDS Records (1978)
• “Money (That’s Your Problem)”** – single, TDS Records (1978)
• “Wheels”* – single, TDS Records (1978)
• “Jealousy Kills” – single, TDS Records (1978)
• Drummer Man – album, Angel Air Records (2010)

“Drummer Man” single also included on three compilation box set CDs:

• No More Heroes, Union Square Music Ltd (2015)
• Gary Crowley’s Punk & New Wave, Demon Music Ltd (2017)
• Harmony In My Head, Cherry Red Records Ltd (2018)

Tonight: Performing & TV Appearances

Philip Chambon toured extensively with power pop band Tonight throughout the UK and Europe 1977 – 1979. Performances included:

• The Top Alex, Southend
• The Lyceum, London
• The Nashville Room, London
• The Hope & Anchor, London
• The Marquee, London
• The Music Machine, London
• Eric’s, Liverpool
• Tiffany’s, Halesowen
• J.B’s, Dudley
• Rock Garden, Middlesborough

Tonight TV appearances included:

• Three times on Top Of The Pops – BBC1 (1978)
• Tiswas – ITV (1978)
• Get It Together – Granada ITV (1978)
• Inside Out – BBC East (2008)

La Bouche: Songwriting & Releases

• Step Time – album, Singing Dog Records (1985)
• “Romantic Love” – single and 12” single, Safari Records (1985)

La Bouche: Performing & TV Appearances

Philip Chambon toured with La Bouche throughout the UK and Europe 1984 – 1990, performing in theatres, clubs and arts centres. Performances included:

• The Edinburgh Festival in the Elephant Tent (1986)
• Glasgow MayFest (1988)
• The Glastonbury Festival on the main stage (1989)

Co-composed with Andy Arthurs five full length live shows:

• Step Time (1984)
• Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)
• Yet Another Crisis (1986)
• The Attractions Of Living In A Bungalow (1987)
• Chasing The Mirage (1989)

La Bouche TV appearances included:

• Max Headroom – Channel 4 (1985)
• The Works Cushion Concert – ITV (1985)
• The Wogan Show – BBC1 (1985)
• Russel Harty at The Edinburgh Festival – BBC2 (1986)
• Celebration – Granada, ITV (1988)
• Folio – A half-hour special for Anglia TV (1988)
• 01 For London – ITV (1989)

Other Artists: Songwriting & Releases

Songs recorded and released by other artists include:

• “Listen To My Brain” – Andy Arthurs, EMI Records (1977)
• “Round And Around” – Celia and The Mutations, United Artists Records (1977)
• “I Can Detect You” – AA and the RAC, UA Records (1978)
• “High Energy Plan” – 999, United Artists Records (1978)
• “Skin Tight” – Noosha Fox, Chrysalis Records (1979)
• “More Than Molecules” – Noosha Fox, Earlobe Records (1981)
• “Sundance” – The Ten Tenors, Warner Strategic Marketing, (2004)
• All co-written with Andy Arthurs

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