Film, TV and Commercial Portfolio

James has combined scoring orchestral music for Film, TV and Commercials, with writing orchestral classical works for 38 years. He sees composing and orchestration as a craft which benefits from experience, and which continually grows and matures through time.

After working initially for some years in Italy, he founded and ran his own Music Production Company in Bristol until 2003, when the company was bought and taken over by Faber Music.

Since then he has worked as a freelance composer and has composed and produced numerous soundtracks for world-known brands and organisations such as the BBC, National Geographic, Aardman Animations, PBS Nature, The Mill London, Johnnie Walker, AT&T, Oxfam and many more.

Browse his portfolio below to find out more about his soundtrack and commercial work. You can also view this showreel video which showcases a selection of his film and natural history works:

Showreel

Attenborough’s Big Birds

Attenborough’s Big Birds

Ostrich – A Life On The Run

Ostrich – A Life On The Run

Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs

Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs

The Mill – Showreel

The Mill – Showreel

Johnnie Walker – ‘Fireman’

Johnnie Walker – ‘Fireman’

Aardman Animations – ‘Creature Comforts’

Aardman Animations – ‘Creature Comforts’

Kiwi Intro – Night Time Forest Cries

Kiwi Intro – Night Time Forest Cries

AT&T – ‘Employee’

AT&T – ‘Employee’

Pebble Toad – Tarantula Encounter

Pebble Toad – Tarantula Encounter

Cassowary – Magnificent Emerald Eggs

Cassowary – Magnificent Emerald Eggs