James Dooley (composer)

James Dooley
Background information
Birth name James Michael Dooley
Also known as Jim Dooley
Born August 22, 1976
New York, U.S.
Occupation(s) composer
Website Jimdooley.com

James Michael Dooley (born August 22, 1976 in New York) is a film score composer. Dooley studied music at New York University, majoring in music composition. After finishing the university he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied music with prolific film score composers Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman. In 1999, he started working for Hans Zimmer as his chief technical assistant. He works in Santa Monica, in Hans Zimmer's film music studio Remote Control Productions (formerly Media Ventures). He composed, arranged, and orchestrated music for films like Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and The Da Vinci Code. He also composed music for inFAMOUS 2, the Epic Mickey series and worked with Celldweller and Tarja Turunen. He released his debut album, Veiled Nation, in 2013.

Filmography

2000

  • Bit Players

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

  • Epic Mickey (video game)
  • Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions (video game)

2011

2012

  • Epic Mickey 2 (video game) with Mark Himmelstein

Awards

References

  1. Christopher Morris (June 24, 2010). "ASCAP honors for film, TV". Variety. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  2. Rick Damigella. "inFAMOUS Soundtrack Review plus G.A.N.G. Awards Wrap Up". G4TV. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  3. IMDB. "James Dooley Awards". Internet Movie Database.

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