Robin Phillips (1939 - 2006) was the former head of KPM Music and the founder of Bruton Music.
In 1966, he established the KPM 1000 series transitioning the library away from 10" 78 rpm records to 12" 33 1/3 rpm long play records. Robin would also introduce several new composers who would quickly become some of the best-known and most successful names in the library music field: Keith Mansfield, Johnny Pearson, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, James Clarke, David Lindup, Brian Bennett, and Steve Gray among others. And thanks to Robin’s guidance, by the early ’70s the 1000 Series had become one of the world’s foremost libraries, its music a ubiquitous presence in countless films, documentaries, radio programmes and television series.
But in 1977, at the height of his success, Robin left KPM for ATV Music – taking with him his right-hand man, Aaron Harry, and the major composers – where he formed the Bruton library under the auspices of his brother Peter (who by now was ATV Music’s managing director) and show business mogul Lew Grade’s financial adviser, Jack Gill.[1]
Many of these same musicians would join Phillips when he eventually left KPM in 1977 to set up a rival company Bruton Music (named for the London street where it was based). More explicitly electronic and experimental than those of KPM, Bruton Music releases featured strong graphic design and distinctive colour coding.[2] In 1986, he founded Music House in London, England UK for synchronization.