Shearman, James

Autor: Shearman, James
Rok: 1970-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Anglický skladatel, aranžér, producent a dirigent.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

James Shearman (born 23 March 1970) Is an English composer, arranger and conductor. He is recognised as a film score conductor and orchestrator who has contributed to over 70 film scores, from the critically acclaimed Shakespeare in Love (1998) Gosford Park (2001), Mansfield Park (1999) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) to blockbusters such as Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor (both 2011), Pixar's Brave (2012), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) and Disney's Cinderella (2015). He has collaborated with many Academy Award for Best Original Score winning and/or nominated composers including Patrick Doyle, Elliot Goldenthal, Mark Isham, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, John Powell (film composer), Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer. He is also a songwriter and producer of notable U.S platinum and gold selling classical crossover songs "Dream a Dream" (2000) and "Amici Forever" (2004). Shearman regularly conducts many leading orchestras, most notably the London Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Session Orchestra, the Hollywood Studio Symphony, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. As a Conductor he is increasingly active in the concert hall.He was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2004 for a significant contribution to the music profession and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2015.