Phil Palmer is a leading session guitarist in London. He works primarily in jazz and rock (for instance, with Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Tears for Fears, Tina Turner, George Michael, Elton John, Bryan Adams, Pete Townshend, and Robbie Williams), but does some classical-style work, as in Michael Kamen's semi-classical composition Mr. Holland's Opus, An American Symphony, Kamen's expansion of music from the film.