30 Facts From the Incredible Story of Phil Collins

Published on 12/31/2017
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Collins has collaborated with Disney

If you really want to put your online degree in music history to work, you’ll name the two Disney films that Collins has contributed original music to. Give up yet? Collins wrote two original songs, one for ‘Tarzan’ and the other for ‘Brother Bear’. Collins scored an Academy Award for his bilingual work on ‘Tarzan’.

Collins Has Collaborated With Disney

Collins Has Collaborated With Disney

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Collins works backward with his music

Most singer-songwriters start their work by carefully penning beautiful prose and setting it to music. Collins says, “I don’t write them.” Instead, he picks a selection of chords he likes and lays them down first. Collins goes on to admit, “I will then sing into a microphone anything that I think.”

Collins Works Backward With His Music

Collins Works Backward With His Music

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