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Philip Thornalley (born on 5 January 1960) is an English songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven) the Ednaswap song "Torn" (made famous by Natalie Imbruglia's cover version) and the number one hits "Mama Do", "Boys and Girls" and "Cry Me Out" for Pixie Lott. He has produced The Cure and was their bass player for eighteen months. ==Biography== Thornalley was born in Worlington, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, England. He began working as a recording engineer in 1978, at RAK Studios in St. John's Wood, London for producers Mickie Most, Steve Lillywhite and Alex Sadkin. Thornalley became the producer for The Cure on their fourth album, ''Pornography''.〔Rees, Dafydd & Crampton, Luke (ed.) ''Rock movers & shakers, Volume 1991, Part 2'' (1991)(ISBN 978-0874366617)("...the band going into RAK studios to record with new producer Phil Thornalley")〕 After Simon Gallup parted ways with the band in 1982, he was The Cure's bassist for eighteen months. He produced their 1983 single ''The Love Cats'' and their first live album, ''Concert''. However, he quit to resume working as a songwriter and producer.〔(noting that Thornalley is a current member of the Cure)〕 He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 1984 for ''Into the Gap'' by the Thompson Twins and released his only solo album (''Swamp'').〔 in 1988. Thornalley has worked primarily as songwriter and record producer for other artists. In 1991, he co-wrote "Torn" (with Scott Cutler and Anne Preven), which later appeared on Ednaswap's 1995 debut album.〔 Subsequently he was asked to produce some songs for Natalie Imbruglia, and "Torn" was re-recorded alongside four other songs Thornalley wrote on Imbrulgia's seven million selling 1997 debut album ''Left of the Middle'', and became a worldwide hit single.〔In 2012 the single was covered by One Direction on their live concert DVD 'Up All Night: The Live Tour'. Other artists Thornalley has worked with include Bryan Adams, BBMak, and Pixie Lott.〔〔("For the last three years, she has been collaborating with some of the biggest hitmakers in the industry, including Red One (Lady GaGa's Just Dance), Phil Thornalley (Natalie Imbruglia's Torn) and Toby Gad (Beyonce's If I Were A Boy).")〕 In 2010, he wrote three UK number ones,"Mama Do", "Boys And Girls" and "Cry Me Out", for Pixie Lott, and in 2012 the top ten "Kiss The Stars". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Thornalley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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