French-born · Los Angeles–based · Composer & Songwriter
Emotional music for story-driven film—especially documentaries—and for songs and artist collaborations.
James holds a master's from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a graduate degree in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television from USC. Documentaries are a core love and a proven strength; he also scores and writes for feature film, series, and media when the story calls for it.
Scores and songs from your archive—click to play. No autoplay.
Now featured
Dear Sirs — Main Theme
Dear Sirs
New work in production—preview cues available to listen.
In production
Composer · Directed by Mark Pedri & Carrie McCarthy · Burning Torch Productions
Inspired by Amelia Earhart's 1931 stop in Rock Springs, two modern pilots—the Sky Queens—race cross-country and reconnect Wyoming to a legacy of flight, heritage, and women's aviation.
In development with Burning Torch · preview score cues available
Preview Sky Queens cues →Documentary-forward proof—room for all story-driven work.
Heartland Emmy® nominee
Composer · Mark Pedri & Carrie McCarthy · Wyoming PBS
Bennett, a 9-year-old climber, journeys from Wyoming to the Italian Alps to learn about her heritage by doing what she loves most: reaching new peaks.
Wild & Scenic — Best Children's Film 2026 · Audience Award, Wyoming International Film Festival · Trento Film Festival — EUSALP & T4Future special mentions · Mountainfilm · Cleveland IFF · Kendal Mountain Festival
Listen to cues →
Heartland Emmy Award–winning film
Composer · Mark Pedri · Burning Torch Productions
Mark Pedri cycles across Europe to uncover his grandfather's untold story as an American POW in World War II—through letters, silence, and memory.
3× Heartland Emmy Award–winning · Santa Fe Independent Film Festival · Aesthetica Short Film Festival · Milan Film Festival — best score nominee · Napa Valley · San Diego GI Film Festival
Intimate score for testimony and distance—not monumental, but close.
Composer
Comedian Trae Crowder explores universal basic income across the American South—what happens when we invest in people with no strings attached.
Fuse Docs premiere · documentary feature
Composer
A mechanic-turned-scientist enables the discovery of the signal in the noise of the universe.
DOC NYC · Raw Science Film Festival · DocFest · CineGlobe Film Festival at CERN
Post-production
Composer · Hussain Currimbhoy, dir. · Daniel Belza, DOP · Master Mechanic Films
Mustafa, a street cleaner in a small Swedish town, receives a spell from an elderly woman and is transported to the Alhambra—where he reconciles with a former lover before passing the magic on to a young bride at her wedding.
16 min narrative · Sweden/Spain · Chicago Media Project · Cocoon Films · Film i Skåne
Composer · Short film
A festival-selected short film score—driving, intimate cues for a compressed story.
San Francisco Indie · Santa Fe Indie · LA Shorts · Atlanta Shorts · Tallahassee · Annapolis
Composer · Short film
After Hurricane Maria, disaster away from home can disconnect us—and show what truly matters.
On the film, and on the score.
James works story-first with directors, producers, and editors—then leads a scoring team when the music needs scale. Sessions draw on orchestras and top musicians in Europe and the United States.
Directors, producers, editors—the team on the project.
When a score calls for live scale—not just mockups.
Co-composers and specialists James brings in on documentary and narrative scores.
MIDI arranger · Co-composer
Composer and pianist based in New York. Seth writes for film, television, games, and advertising with a collaborative, story-first approach—building detailed MIDI arrangements and co-writing cues that translate cleanly to orchestra and mix. Berklee College of Music (MM) · Ithaca College (BM).
sethevanstone.com →
Orchestrator · Co-composer
Finnish composer of concert and media music. Tuomas holds a Master of Music from the Sibelius Academy and studied at USC Thornton—writing for orchestra, chamber ensembles, documentary film, and radio. His orchestrations and co-composed scores extend James's sketches into full orchestral texture.
tuomaskettunen.net →Photos and bios from public profiles, shown with permission.
James Craft is a French-born composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He earned his master's at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and completed USC's Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program—classical rigor paired with film scoring craft. Songwriting and band life with La Strada shaped his voice early; today he is especially at home in documentaries, while also writing for feature film, series, and artist-driven work when the narrative fits. He works story-first with filmmakers, then leads orchestrators, orchestra, and assistant composers when the score demands it.
Also
New work & development — concert pieces, song experiments, and collaborative readings in Los Angeles.
Selected works in progress →Share your timeline, budget range, and a link to your cut or brief.
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