About James Covell

JAMES COVELL began his career writing music immediately after graduating in music composition from USC. He has been working ever since scoring, songwriting, conducting and arranging in every medium. James has written scores for many feature films, including LEFT BEHIND, recorded with the London Symphony, based on the best selling book series of the same name. That Soundtrack CD, and six other soundtracks are available on his website at www.JamesCovell.com. Along with his work in film, James has worked for all four of the major networks scoring Pilots, TV Movies, Specials and Series. Currently running are two TLC series, U.S. MARSHALS and THE HUNT FOR AMAZING TREASURES and his most current music on the BET MOW SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT. James has also written a full-scale musical play entitled A HOUSE DIVIDED. He contributed 3 of the hit songs in YEARBOOK (THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL) and an Orchestral Trumpet Concerto. His other commissioned Orchestral works premiered with great success by the Denver Symphony. James lives in Valley Village, California with his wife and their two Wonder Boys, Christopher age 16 and 11 year old Cameron.

FEATURE FILMS
EXECUTION Director: Steven Scaffidi	Ghost Rider Productions
FALL OF NIGHT Director: Derrick Warfel	Winter Star Productions
LEFT BEHIND Producer: Ralph Winter, Joe Goodman Director: Vic Sarin Cast: Brad Johnson, Kirk Cameron	Namesake Entertainment
THE RIDE Producer: John Shepherd Director: Michael Sajbel Cast: Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc	World Wide Pictures
THE ELEVATOR Producer: Brian Shuster Director: Arthur Borman, Nigel Dick Cast: Martin Landau, Martin Sheen	HBO/Cabin Fever
SANTA WITH MUSCLES Producer: Brian Shuster Director: John Murlowski Cast: Hulk Hogan, Ed Begley Jr.	Cabin Fever
MAX Director: James O'keeffe Starring: Frederic Lane	168 Hour Multiple Award Winning Short

TELEVISION & SPECIALS:
YEARBOOK - The High School Musical Producer: Dramatic Publishing Written by: D. Rice, M. Michetti	Dramatic Publishing
SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT Producer: World Wide Pictures Director: Charlie Jordan Cast: Darius McCrary, Tamera Mowry	B.E.T. - MOW
THE HOMECOMING Producer: World Wide Pictures Director: Rocky Lane Producer: John Shepherd	TBN - MOW
HEADLINERS & LEGENDS WITH MATT LAUER Producer: MSNBC Channel Profiles: Hugh Hefner, Phil Hartman	MSNBC
AMERICAN DETECTIVE Producer: David Simons	ABC - Series
BREAK THE SILENCE Producer: Arnold Shapiro Host: Jane Seymour	CBS - Special
LENNY & SID Producer: Tony Bancroft, Ben Chambers, Bo Ferger Children's Animated Series	Toonacious Entertainment
SECRETS OF SUCCESS #1 TV Series in Romania & China	Red Line Studios
The ED BEGLEY JR. SHOW Producer: Castle Rock	CBS - Pilot
U.S. MARSHALS (current) Producer: Andrew Solt	TLC - Series
The HUNT FOR AMAZING TREASURES (current) Producer: Andrew Solt	TLC - Series
HEADLINERS & LEGENDS WITH MATT LAUER Producer: MSNBC Channel Profiles: Hugh Hefner, Phil Hartman	MSNBC
THE NEW GET SMART Producer: HBO Cast: Don Adams, Andy Dick	Fox
POWERPLAY Producer: World Wide Pictures Director: Rocky Lane Producer: John Shepherd	TBN - MOW
SMART GUYS Producer: Imagine Entertainment, Ron Howard Director: Jonathan Lynn	NBC - Pilot
"CHANGED LIVES: Miracles of the Passion" Producer: Jody Eldred Host: Julie Moran	PAX - 1 Hr. Special
The STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW Producer: Disney Host: Stephanie Miller	UPN - Series
ZAZOO U Producer: Film Roman Network Sat. am Animation Series	Fox - Series
McGEE & ME! Producer: TLC Entertainment Children's #1 selling Video Series & TV Specials	ABC - Week-end Specials
K10C Producer: TLC Entertainment Children's #1 selling Video Series & TBN	TBN & Best selling Video series
COME THE MORNING Producer: World Wide Pictures Director: Michael Sajbel Cast: John Schneider	Syndicated MOW
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT Producer: Dave Ellis Host: Peter Strauss	Disney
SECRET ADVENTURES Producer: TLC Entertainment Format: Children's series	Direct-to-Video Series

COMMISSIONED ORCHESTRAL WORKS:
Colorado Symphony/Mark Gould Conductor
Trumpet Concerto - 2003 Premiered with an L.A. Symphony Orchestra

AWARDS:
Damah Film Festival Best Film, 2003 and 2004, Best of 168 Hr. Film Festival, Best score, Sabbaoth Film Festival, Milan, Angel Awards, Dove Awards, etc.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:

Ralph Winter                                                Producer "X-Men", "Planet of the Apes"
Richard Kaufman                                         MGM Music
David Grossman                                          Paramount Music
Martha Williamson                                       Exec. Prod. - "Touched By An Angel"
Michael Warren                                            Exec. Prod. - Warner Bros. Television

ATTORNEY: Bob Myman - Myman, Abel, Fineman, Greenspan & Associates

AWARDS/HONORS: List available upon request

UNION & SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

ASCAP
AFM - Local 47
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL)

Publishing Company: JKC Music