James Dooley (composer)
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James Dooley (b. August 22, 1976) is a graduate of New York University where he majored in Music Composition. Upon completion of his degree, he moved to Los Angeles to study the art of film composing with such prolific scoring legends as Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman. He joined Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) in 1999 and began collaboration with the world-renowned Hans Zimmer both as his Chief Technical Engineer on Gladiator and as an additional composer, arranger and orchestrator on such notable features as The Simpsons Movie, The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Ring, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Ridley Scott's Hannibal and Black Hawk Down. Dooley also worked on several animated feature scores such as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Madagascar, its spin-off penguins short A Christmas Caper and the Academy Award winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
In terms of solo ventures, Dooley's most ambitious projects to date have been an original score to Simon West's remake of the box-office record breaking[1] thriller remake When a Stranger Calls, and composing the complex, interactive scores for best-selling videogame titles such as SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault. He also fully scored the German animated release Urmel aus dem Eis (Impy's Island), and DreamWorks Animation's musically acclaimed and Oscar-contending short First Flight. He provided music for episodes of ABC's hit weekly television series, What About Brian and is currently the composer for the ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies.
Dooley's music can also be heard in the theatrical trailers for Elf, Man on Fire, The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and most recently the Spider-Man 3 full theatrical trailer, so far one of the highest-rated and exposed of 2006. Known for his interest and expertise in many mediums and genres, James’ projects also include many well known commercial spots, sports programming ventures, and the ground-breaking documentary Mars Underground, for which he donated proceeds to the Red Cross national disaster relief effort. Dooley most recently finished scoring the upcoming Disney animated prequel The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning.
[edit] Filmography
2008
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
- Urmel aus dem Eis 2 (Impy's Island 2)
- The Simpsons Ride (Universal Studios Theme Park Attraction)
2007
2006
- SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault (Video Game)
- Urmel aus dem Eis
- First Flight
- When a Stranger Calls
2005
- SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs (Video game)
- The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper
- Ordinary Miracles (TV)
- Detective (TV)
- Dead to Rights II (Video game)
- Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (TV)
- The Mars Underground
- The Contender (TV)
2004
- Frenching
- Life on Liberty Street (TV)
- The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (TV)
2003
- Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s (TV)
- Skin (TV)
- Come Lovely
- The Louisiana Purchase (TV)
- Smooth
- Life After War
- Things Fall Apart
2002
- Ascent: The Story of Hugh Herr (TV)
- Untitled: 003-Embryo
- Papal Cab
2001
- Area 52 (TV)
- Agua Dulce
2000
- Bit Players
- SportsCentury: The Century's Greatest Athletes (TV)
1999
- The Good Man's Sin
