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James Griffiths

Composer of Soundtrack

COMPOSER FOR FILM AND TV ​ James hails from a diverse musical background, with over 14 years as a professional musician, performing as Principal Saxophone and Guitarist for The Band of HM Coldstream Guards. His career took James all over the world, performing on the finest of world stages, from The Royal Albert Hall, to many fabulous concert venues in Japan. Two Classical Number One hit records with Decca, Tours of America, Japan, Australia, Mainland Europe and Bosnia, Performing in front of hundreds of thousands of people daily. The Royal Wedding, to billions in the Closing Ceremony of The Olympic Games London 2012, and solo private concerts to Her Majesty The Queen. Recording in legendary studios like Abbey Road, Air Studios and Angel Studios. Performing guitar with artists such as Jools Holland, Rod stewart and Catherine Jenkins. Performing with Orchestras The London Symphony and The London Philharmonic, he is well equipped in a hugely diverse back catalogue of music performances and study of composition. Seamlessly with a Masters Degree in Music Performance and Psychology. studying into how music emotionally affects us all, he amalgamated these aspects of psychology, composition and professional performance into his film scores. ​In 2014 James completed his award winning and debut score for the exciting UK independent Feature Film release 'The Drift' A boundary busting Sci-Fi Horror from Director Darren Scales of Backyard Productions. James continues to get his music and name heard globally, proceeding with his latest score for the British WWII Feature Film 'Our Shining Sword' Directed by Callum Burn of Tin Hat Productions. Composing over the pond to Los Angeles recently to score the short Sci-fi, Action The Hunting of Lost Characters, Directed by Gustavo Sampaio. He has recently been appointed Lecturer of Film Scoring and Modern Composition Techniques at The Centre for Advanced Training at The Sage Concert Venue, Gateshead. Home of The Royal Northern Symphonia. http://www.sagegateshead.com/event/cat-information-session/ In 2015 James was awarded Best Surprise 2015 for THE DRIFT score from Soundtrack Geek Awards 2015, after being nominated in two categories, the second being Best Sci-Fi. Now in 2016 James has also been nominated and is a finalist for THE DRIFT Score for Music and Sound Awards 2016, Nominated in the category of The Siren Award for Best Original Composition - Feature Film. Leading on from this THE DRIFT, the score has received further global enjoyment in concert form. Recently arranged as a World Premiere for the NSO Symphony Orchestra, Abu Dhabi. This incredible performance was premiered on 9th October 2015 at The Emirates Palace Hotel Auditorium, Abu Dhabi, on an evening of Film Music greats, Night at The Movies 3. James has been invited back now in 2016 to provide a second world premiere. This time it is music taken from Darkwave Edge of The Storm. The second franchise installment from the creators of The Drift. This natural presentation of a newly exclusive orchestration is entitled 'A Starlight Horizon'. To be be performed 30th September, Emirates Palace Auditorium, Abu Dhabi. James currently works independently on his scores but is also currently appointed as Assistant to Saturn award winning Film Composer Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves / Cupcakes). James is also pleased to have provided exclusive music for MTV's hit series 'Teen Mom 2' and '16 and Pregnant', and the legendary rocker Henry Rollins series with Vans 'Pass the Bucket' James works from his newly built studio and production house in the relaxing countryside of County Durham. www.riffstudiosuk.com James also composes Trailer Music for the Epic Trailer Music Publishes Really Slow Motion Music, Colossal Music (Sub Pub Music), EON, and most recently has orchestrated a large array of scores for music publisher UjoySound in Taiwan. James was invited to conduct his orchestrations in the new and exciting Synchron Stage, Vienna. Finalist and Nominated for: ​The Siren Award for Best Original Composition - Feature Film Music and Sound Awards 2016 ​Nominated for Best Sci-fi, Best Surprise Awarded: Best Surprise 2015 jgfilmmusic@gmail.com

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