Saul James
Saul James
SAUL JAMES
Classical, Film & TV Composer, Screenwriter
Welcome!
Here you'll find my recent showreel, news, bio, and music from my film/TV and classical works.
Please feel free to reach out and connect.
I hope you enjoy looking around.
Saul James
COMPOSER SHOWREEL
Drawing from old and new film projects, this showreel showcases some truly amazing musicians and singers, with whom I've thoroughly enjoyed working over the years. Not to mention all the film directors and producers who gave me a chance, took a risk and let me musically loose on their babies!
Truly grateful and honoured.
All music composed and produced by Saul James.
Jeremy Wilson's Good Dead - Directed by KC Thiruchelvam
Promised & Set Back - Directed by Bulent Ozdemir-Larusso (IMDB)
EWUSU & W.A.K.A & Buried - Directed by Francoise Ellong (IMDB)
Wounded - Directed by Tom Large & Jo Baker
Click on a video to open up the showreel gallery.
TESTIMONIALS
Screenwriting
My scripts are at various stages, including commissioned projects in development, seeking producers, currently being written and a couple of completed spec scripts. This means I'm unable to talk openly about most of these projects!
If you'd like to discuss my work as a screenwriter, and possible collaborations, please reach out and I'll be happy to chat.
promised soundtrack
Independent Short Flm
ewusu soundtrack
12 x 30" Series
Wounded soundtrack
Independent Feature Film
buried soundtrack
Independent Feature Flm
BIOGRAPHY
Saul is a classically trained composer, film & TV composer and screenwriter based in the UK. He started on trumpet age 8, followed by piano, voice and classical composition, later gaining multiple scholarships for trumpet and composition, and a chorister placement at Chichester Cathedral. As a 1st study composer at the Royal College of Music, he studied under David McBride, Simon Bainbridge and Joseph Horovitz, and trumpet with the late David Mason, (trumpeter for The Beatle's 'Penny Lane'). Work experience at Jeff Wayne Music Group exposed him to some great media composers including Jeff Wayne (War of the Worlds), Rachel Portman (Chocolat, To Wong Foo, Emma, Godmothered), and John Altman (Beautiful Thing, Hope Springs), it also confirmed his dream of one day writing music for screen.
But before starting his career in film, he spent a decade working across the UK for various youth and education charities and schools, as a youth mentor, support worker and public speaker, followed by a short stint as a singer-songwriter performing in and around London.
As a self-taught film composer, Saul has worked with directors and producers worldwide on TV productions, corporate projects, and many award-winning independent films with premieres in Paris, London, Cameroon, Marbella, Austria, Hollywood and more.
His music has been on Swiss Films, Amazon, Sky Sports, Sky One, Sky Movies, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Netflix, Canal+, TwoFour, TV Monde5 and Seven Network (Australia).
As a classical composer, his works have been performed in concert halls, cathedrals and theatres around the UK, from short ballets to full-scale orchestral and choral works.
Saul's music is highly melodic in style, often housed in dark, complex and emotive backdrops. Connecting to his interest in psychology and human emotions, he revels in digging into the emotional journey of on-screen characters and locating their unique musical story.
Over the years, Saul also taught himself screenwriting and is currently working on a second commissioned feature film script, with a few spec scripts in the pipeline, including feature films and a TV Series.
