JIM SUTHERLAND Credits Include I Am Breathing (2013) (Documentary) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2392634/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_1 Brave (2012) (Producer: Touch the Sky, Into the Open Air ) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/?ref_=_1 The New Ten Commandments (2008) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483836/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_8 Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle (2007) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0834951/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_10 Festival (2005) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468736/?ref_=nm_flmg_com_11 BIOGRAPHY Jim Sutherland is an award winning Scottish composer, musician and producer. His career ranges across many musical genres, as well as several major commissions for film, TV and theatre. He has collaborated with some of the finest musicians in their field, worldwide. Rooted in the Scottish tradition, his reach extends to encompass electronic, orchestral, rock and pop. His often unorthodox production techniques are legendary. He has composed scores for several film and TV projects including the multi award winning feature film Festival (Best film at the British Comedy Awards) and the acclaimed Gaelic film Seachd premiered at The Edinburgh Film Festival in 2007. Jim produced two songs for the Academy Award winning Disney Pixar animated film Brave. Jim has also created The True North Orchestra in order to perform his own dramatic musical score for the production of Aishling s Children; Tales of the Homecoming. Jim composed the score for 10 New Commandements (2008) premiered and selected as best of fest at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2008. Other musical works include the score for Annie Griffin s pilot for the UK BBC series Purves and Pekkala (2008), Before the Wolf (2007), as well as two new pieces for La Banda Europa (2008) as part of the Glasgow s Celtic Connections festival. Jim has also received theatre commissions such as Boilerhouse Sister Sister, The Bridge, & Visible Fictions Into the Dark. In 2014 Jim won the PRS Composer of the Year Award at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards. Other awards include the SAC Creative Scotland Award for artists of distinction and originality (2006), and in 1998 he was awarded Gold and Platinum discs in the UK, USA and Canada for his collaboration with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. FILM CREDITS Breathing Directed by Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon Scottish Documentary Institute The Right to Privacy Directed by Alice Nelson SDI Productions, Lansdowne Productions
P.O.V. (1 episode) Directed by Amy Hardie The American Documentary Superstar on Trial: Gloria Trevi Directed by Sonali Fernando Channel 4 Television The Right to Not Be Tortured Directed by Douglas Gordon SDI Productions, Lansdowne Productions Brave (Producer: Touch the Sky, Into The Open Air ) Directed by Mark Andrews Walt Disney Pictures The Edge of Dreaming Directed by Amy Hardie Passion Pictures Wasted Directed by Caroline Paterson Wasted Productions Ten New Commandents Directed by various Lansdowne Productions Trouble Sleeping Directed by Robert Rae Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle Directed by Simon Miller Young Films Festival Young films for Film 4 Foighidinn / The Scarlet Primrose Directed by Simon Miller Young Films Mairi Mhor Freeway Films for CH4 Cinema As An Eilean Walk Me Home Directed by Timothy Neat Aalarts for CH4 Play Me Something Directed by Timothy Neat John Berger & Kate Swan, BFI
Sealladh (Short) Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Crash Films TELEVISION CREDITS Blue Haven Directed by Simon Hynd Kudos/Brown Eyed Boy Bob Servant Taigh Ali Directed by Angus MacKay The Ulster Scots Directed by Grace Chapman /Smithsonian Channel Year of Gaelic Song (2010) Audio branding and music for idents Freumhan Directed by Angus Mackay Corran Media Ltd for BBC Alba New Town (Pilot) Pirate Productions for the BBC The Smallest Game BBC Pilot Young Films Machintosh and MacDonalad Mentorn Dougal Haston (Documentary) Totally Dance School (Series) Saltire Films for BBC Faeries (Series) Caledonia Sterne and Wyld for Blue Heaven (Series) Saltire Films Sun Worshipers (Documentary) Taggart (Fire Burn) ITV
The Real Tartan Army (Series) Interrogation of a Highland Lass (Drama) Glaschu (Documentary) Caledonia Sterne and Wyld for Reid About Scotland Land of Europe (Series) for CH4 Scottish Eye (Series) Directed by John Goe Clyde Built The Strange Show (Documentary) Caledonia Sterne and Wyld About Gaelic Out of the Elephants Bed Science Matters Odyssey The Dogs Directed by Keith Alexander Robert Burns A Journey Directed by Keith Alexander In Search of Tutankhamen The Old Course (Drama) Directed by Bill Pride BBC The Pulse Diverse Productions
CH4 Superstar Caledonia Sterne and Wyld for CH4 King Jamie and the Angel Caledonia Sterne and Wyld Chosen People (Documentary) The Time Quines (Documentary) Caledonia Sterne and Wyld for The New Scots (Series) Skyline for Dispatches (Series) Directed by Murdoch Rodgers The Vision (Short) Directed by Douglas McKinnon Crash Films Close To Home Murdoch Rodgers Weather Map Video for Presentation and Generic Ident Peter Gourd for BBC CORPORATE CREDITS The Scottish Malt Whiskey Society Skyline Golden Character Wee Gem Productions European Social Fund Directed by Murdoch Rodgers Gordons Gin Johnny Walkers Whisky Tanqueray In Perfect Shape