I am a freelance composer and arranger with a strong focus on teaching and performing, and my work is split fairly evenly between these three disciplines. I hold a first-class honours degree in music performance from ACM and have spent almost a decade as a full-time musician specialising in composition. I write for live ensembles and have received commissions from orchestras, string quartets, flute groups, and youth ensembles. I am also an active media composer with more than 10 feature-film credits as sole composer and several video games. As an instrumentalist I am multi-disciplined, primarily a guitarist—the instrument with which I earned my undergraduate performance degree with distinction. I am also proficient in cello, clarinet, saxophone, and piano, among other instruments.

James Wilson

I am a freelance composer and arranger with a strong focus on teaching and performing, and my work is split fairly evenly between these three disciplines. I hold a first-class honours degree in music performance from ACM and have spent almost a decade as a full-time musician specialising in composition. I write for live ensembles and have received commissions from orchestras, string quartets, flute groups, and youth ensembles. I am also an active media composer with more than 10 feature-film credits as sole composer and several video games. As an instrumentalist I am multi-disciplined, primarily a guitarist—the instrument with which I earned my undergraduate performance degree with distinction. I am also proficient in cello, clarinet, saxophone, and piano, among other instruments.

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I am a freelance composer and arranger with a strong focus on teaching and performing, and my work is split fairly evenly between these three disciplines. I hold a first-class honours degree in music performance from ACM and have spent almost a decade as a full-time musician specialising in composition.

I write for live ensembles and have received commissions from orchestras, string quartets, flute groups, and youth ensembles. I am also an active media composer with more than 10 feature-film credits as sole composer and several video games. As an instrumentalist I am multi-disciplined, primarily a guitarist—the instrument with which I earned my undergraduate performance degree with distinction. I am also proficient in cello, clarinet, saxophone, and piano, among other instruments.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Composer at ZAP
June 12, 2026 - Present
Producing digital scores for online gambling games
Mixed Discipline Lecturer at Academy of Contemporary Music
June 12, 2026 - Present
Delivering courses at Diploma and Degree level, specialising in but not limited to theory and composition.
Freelance Teacher at Self Employed
June 12, 2026 - Present
Teaching services for priate students in guitar, cello, clarinet, saxophone, theory and composition
Film Composer at Various
June 12, 2026 - Present
Working as a composer on many films in the UK and US. See my IMDb for further details.

Education

First Class Honours Degree in Music Performance at ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music)
January 11, 2030 - June 10, 2026
First Class Honours Degree in Music Performance at ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music)
January 11, 2030 - June 10, 2026
Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) in Music Performance at Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026

Qualifications

Batchelor's Degree
September 2, 2013 - July 31, 2015
1st Class Honours Degree in Electric Guitar Performance

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Education, Professional Services