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About James

JAMES COVELL began his career writing music immediately after graduating in music composition from USC where he studied with Morten Lauridsen. 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. That Soundtrack CD, and others are available on iTunes. Along with his work in film, James has worked for all of the major networks . Currently running is the award winning Netflix series “Beastmaster”. James has also written a full-scale musical play entitled A HOUSE DIVIDED 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 Karen and they have two Wonder Wiz Kids, Christopher and Cameron who are both film makers!!

Feature Films

DENNIS THE MENACE CHRISTMAS

Warner Bros

 

LEFT BEHIND

Namesake

SANTA WITH MUSCLES

Cabin Fever

WRAITH

Amazon

DEATH BY POTATO

Amazon

BEVERLY HILLS GHOST

Amazon

ATTACK OF THE SOUTHERN FRIED ZOMBIES

Amazon

THE ELEVATOR

HBO

DANCING NINJA

Inception Media

THE LIST

Fox

EXECUTION

Ghost Rider

IRREPLACEABLE

Focus

THE RIDE

Worldwide Pictures

GOD'S COUNTRY

Amazon

SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT

BET

BEAUTIFUL LOSER

Sneak Preview Films

Television / Cable

TOM & JERRY

HBO Max

ULTIMATE BEASTMASTER SEASONS 1&2

Netflix

 

HUNTED

CBS

STRONG

ABC

STREET OUTLAWS

Discovery

SHARK WEEK

Discovery

THE NEW GET SMART

Fox

MCGEE & ME

Focus

FAST & LOUD

Discovery

GHOST BROTHERS

Discovery

GARAGE REHAD

Discovery

THE WHEEL

Amazon

AMERICAN CHOPPER

Discovery

Commissioned Orchestral Work

Colorado Symphony/Mark Gould Conductor

Trumpet Concerto - Various Orchestras

Awards/Honors

Available upon request

Publishing Company

JKC Music

Union & Society Memberships

ASCAP

AFM - Local 47

The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL)

Additional References

Ralph Winter - Producer "X-Men", "Planet of the Apes" 

David McFadzean - Producer "What Women Want", "Home Improvement"

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