Jim Bonney

A highly versatile musician and composer, Jim Bonney finds himself composing in a wide variety of styles, creating everything from avant-garde symphonic orchestral scores to traditional jazz big-band charts; as well as all styles of pop, rock, world-beat, and contemporary electronica.

Jim is the Audio Director at 2K Boston (a.k.a. Irrational Games). He was Senior Composer/Sound Designer for Midway Chicago, where he finished MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON as audio lead, and created music and sound design for John Woo's STRANGLEHOLD.

Jim is also a founding member of the composer-consortium BCM International: four stylistically-diverse composers, dedicated to enriching the repertoire with exciting works for mediums often mired in static formulas. BCM's music has generated a following of champions around the world, several thousand fans in an active online community, and two recordings: "BCM Saves the World" (2002, Mark Custom Records) and "BCM Men of Industry" (2004, BCM Records).

As a guitarist, Jim has recorded with the Empire Brass (on Telarc Records), and as a studio musician for numerous film scores, including "The Meaning of the Blues", "Alligator Alley", and the TV series "Chicago Hope". He is also regularly featured as a soloist for his electric guitar concerto, Chaos Theory.

While living in Los Angeles, Jim was a ghostwriter for the television programs "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "The Weekenders". He has also scored numerous short films, documentaries, commercials, games, and videos.

Jim graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1994 with a double degree in Classical Guitar Performance and Audio Recording Technology. He completed the Advanced Studies program in "Scoring for Motion Picture and Television" at the University of Southern California in May of 1999, and participated in the 1999 ASCAP Film Composer's Workshop.

Jim currently resides in the Boston area, with his wife Nicki and their two daughters.

In January, 2005 CopyCat Music Licensing began administering the rights to Jim's songs.  If you are interested in licensing the rights to Jim's music, please contact us.  You’ll need to provide us with the following information:

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