Tim is a classically trained composer whose work draws from a diverse musical background of composing and orchestrating for film, television and other visual and audio media. Although he originally started his career based in London he has both Canadian and British nationality. He is currently based in Los Angeles and represented by Hollywood based composer agency Evolution Music Partners.
He recently scored Lionsgate’s feature length mystery movie “Fall”. He was the 2022 recipient of IndieFEST film festival’s Best Original Score for the short The Atomic Dream while also nominated at the Tokyo Shorts Film Festival.
Other work includes 2019’s ‘The Courier’ starring Gary Oldman and composed with long time collaborator James Edward Barker, 2018’s 'Final Score' starring Pierce Brosnan and Dave Bautista, directed by Scott Mann. 2017 saw him compose scores for ‘Dead On Arrival’, a remake of the 1949 classic, the British gangster thriller ‘Rise Of The Footsoldier 3’, three of Denny’s US nationwide TV commercial campaigns including a reworking of Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ for the 2017 holiday season commercial campaign, as well as composing and producing music for the trailer of the movie Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds. This followed up on the 2016 released Lionsgate feature length action thriller Precious Cargo (dir Max Adams) starring Bruce Willis and also the 2015 Lionsgate thriller ‘Heist’ (dir Scott Mann) starring Robert De Niro and Kate Bosworth.
In 2005 along with fellow composer and collaborator James Edward Barker he co-founded Veneration Music Ltd with a UK-based music production company, co-ordinating and composing scores for feature films. His first feature, The Best Man (2005) was an $11 m romantic comedy starring Seth Green, Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart and Simon Callow and was directed by Shooting Fish director Stefan Schwartz. He then went on to work with veteran director Robert Young known for his comedies such as Fierce Creatures, the sequel to A Fish Called Wanda. In 2007, he scored the $7 m British ITV television production,The History of Mr. Polly, starring Lee Evans, and the DVD–BBC release of Jim Threapleton's 'Extraordinary Rendition', starring Andy Serkis and Omar Berdouni. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for awards or screened at a number of festivals including the British Independent Film Awards, Locarno and Edinburgh Film Festivals.
In 2007 he composed the score for Ashley Judd’s role as a manic depressive in the Sundance selected ‘Helen’,directed by the critically acclaimed Sandra Nettlebeck of Mostly Martha. The score, described by Variety magazine as ‘moody and evocative’ , also featured cello performed by the grammy award winning David Darling.
Tim's television broadcast credits include HBO’s ’The Royals’ and ‘The Office’, NBC’s Winter Olympics campaign, the 2015 Superbowl halftime commercial spot for Redfin, ABC’s ‘Switched At Birth’, ‘Mixology’ and ‘Chasing Life’, ITV's feature length period drama 'The History of Mr. Polly', starring Lee Evans, and co-composing for David Attenborough's 'The Bachelor King' for Sky 3D and Imax cinema.
Tim also regularly composes for advertising campaigns including Shell, Nissan, Ford, HSBC, Heinz, Denny's, Wilkinson Sword, Sudafed, and Redfin. He has also completed numerous commissions for clients as diverse as Vodafone, Audi, Kellogg’s, Guinness, Dove and O2.