James Copperthwaite
James Copperthwaite (PRS)
A multi-instrumentalist and composer for feature documentaries and global brands
Selected Albums
- Mind GamesMind Games builds menace and threat with synths, and unsettled electronic textures.
- All GoodOptimistic electro pop with uplifting arpeggiated synths, keyboard hooks, and bright kalimba.
- Stories In MotionGently propulsive electronics, crystalline piano, warm synth pulses and uplifting strings.
- Dark PlacesSinister synthscapes embellished with elegiac piano, woozy drones, eerie woodwind and strings.
Latest Tracks
Dawning4586/1Slow building orchestral journey with delicate crystalline piano, percussion, serene textures, gently warming strings & optimistic pulses2:44- Flowstate4586/2Emotional orchestral journey with enchanted pianos, harp, glock & waves of ethereal strings. Builds to magical balletic conclusion3:19
- Beautiful Moment4586/3Reflective flowing orchestra with prepared felt piano, arpeggiating pizz strings, lush sweeping strings, bright glockenspiel & warm piano arpeggios3:01
- Discovering Sleep4586/4Delicate, prepared & grand piano melodies, tuned percussion, shimmering synth textures & pizz strings evolve with sweeping strings to a gentle expansive conclusion2:51
- Little Miracle4586/5Simple, elegant orchestral lullaby with bright piano, lush strings & solo string elements 2:53
- Stargazing4586/6Spacious orchestral soundscape with delicately pulsing synth textures, expansive strings, detailed piano & keyboard arpeggios, piano melody & bright glockenspiel3:06
- The Wonder4586/7Blissful atmospheric meditation with silken rising & falling strings over mesmeric guitar textures, insistent piano pulse & warm piano chords3:04
Little Proof4269/25Boom, Sliding, Heartbeat, Percussion, FX, Percussion, Bass, Piano, Ping, Tension, Dark, Mysterious, Brooding, Building, Glitchy, Investigation, Spy, Serious, Montage,3:06
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The story behind the sound
Jim Copperthwaite is a multi-award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist working across genres from feature docs like Steve McQueen:The Man and Le Mans (Cannes Classics), Finding Jack Charlton (BBC Films) and the BAFTA-nominated The Fight of Their Lives (ITV) to global ad campaigns for brands including Carlsberg, Nike, Artois, Hyundai, Range Rover, Arla and EE. Equally at home with orchestras as he is with his array of tech and vintage synths, Jim seeks to make music that connects to narrative with subtlety, beauty and emotion. After several years touring the world as drummer, bassist player and keyboard player of the band 'Aqualung', he now works from a converted barn on his Somerset smallholding where his passions for music, food, livestock and sustainability have space to flourish.
Jim’s work spans feature documentaries to global ad campaigns for brands including Carlsberg, Nike, Artois, Hyundai, Range Rover and EE, and music from orchestral to tech and synth-driven.