After studies in jazz at the Guildhall School of Music in 1990, Jim began a career as a musician, working with a wide variety of musicians, including Django Bates’ Delightful Precipice, Yann Tiersen, Billy Martin, Phil Robson, Liam Noble, Steve Watts, Billy Jenkins, Randy Brecker, Julian Arguelles, The London Jazz Orchestra, The Martin Hathaway Big Band, Forty Feet Forward, The Happy End, One Jump Ahead, The Infamous Grouse, D’Organ Trio, and his own groups Forever Between and Moonscape

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A love of cinema led to his first film project: a lo-budget drama. With a friend he undertook all aspects of film making, from screenplay to editing. He composed the music and discovered the joy and satisfaction of adding musical emotion and drama to a story. The film was selected for the Edinburgh film festival.

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Jim completed several short film and animation projects with students at the Royal College of Art, London, and in 1995 he gained a much sought after place at the National Film and Television School as a composer. There he studied the craft of film composition and wrote music for dramas, documentaries and animations.

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Music composed by Jim has been has broadcast on TV across the world including the UK, France, Austria, North America, South America, Germany, Brazil, Israel, Turkey, Palestine and on BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Arte. He has a long standing working relationship with Director Georg Misch at Mischief Films, an Austrian Production Company making documentaries.

Jim composes for film and television, and works as a freelance musician with various bands, including his own groups: Forever Between – ambient electronica, world influences and improvisation, Moonscape - contemporary jazz and electronics, and FilmBand - who play original arrangements of classic film themes. He lives in London with his wife and three daughters.