Nik Phelps

Biography

Born in Texas, Belgium-based composer Nik Phelps has played with diverse musical artists, from Eric Johnson and Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra and They Might Be Giants, to Frank Zappa Tony Bennett and Mary Martin. For over thirty years, he has created scores for films in a style that can best be described as rhythmic and witty, heartfelt but with an ironic sense of humor. He recorded with Tom Waits, playing on three films and five CDs. He has been scoring film since 1988, starting with the seminal Sa…