James Everingham

James Everingham isn’t your typical film composer—he’s more like one of those people who just sort of absorbs music from the air around him. Grew up noodling around on piano and anything he could hit with a stick, basically teaching himself everything because, why bother with the whole “formal training” thing when you’ve got a knack for picking up tunes by ear? Mix in a borderline obsession with tech and, boom, you’ve got his signature style: lush, cinematic soundscapes that don’t sound like anyone else’s. His resume’s kinda wild, too. Not just film scores, but commercial records, games, TV—the guy’s everywhere. Scored BBC’s Frozen Planet II (and yeah, picked up a Televisual Bulldog Award for it), dropped music into Minecraft, and even helped hype up the Super Bowl LVI for NBC. He’s not afraid to bounce between genres and artists either, rubbing elbows with people like Hans Zimmer (yes, the Hans Zimmer), AURORA, and even MrBeast. That’s range. But wait, there’s more. He geeks out over sound libraries, and he’s cooked up some pretty cool stuff for other musicians to mess with. Like, he teamed up with the Royal Albert Hall to sample their insane 9,999 pipe organ, plus worked on Fractured Strings with Spitfire Audio, and Woodchester Piano with Fracture Sounds. Basically, if you’ve heard something epic in a movie trailer or a game lately, there’s a decent chance James had a hand in it.