Winifred Phillips

Winifred Phillips is a BAFTA nominated composer whose credits include titles in six of the biggest and best franchises in gaming: Lineage, Assassin's Creed, Total War, God of War, LittleBigPlanet, and The Sims. Winifred has received numerous awards, including an Interactive Achievement Award / D.I.C.E. Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and six Game Audio Network Guild Awards. She is the author of the bestselling book, A Composer's Guide to Game Music, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.

Winifred has composed the music for more than ten XR titles. As an experienced composer in the XR field, Winifred has delivered two XR lectures at the annual Game Developers Conference, entitled “Music in Virtual Reality,” and “How Music Enhances Virtual Presence.” As a regular contributor of featured articles to GameDeveloper.com, she has written 36 articles to date on the subject of music in XR projects. Phillips was the first video game composer to give a lecture about game music at the Library of Congress, during which she discussed the role of music in XR.