Jim Guttridge

Biography

With a degree in commercial music and private studies in London and New York, James went to work as a keyboardist on ABC's 'The New Love Boat' with Gavin Mcleod. The cruise-gig career was shortlived however, ending with the sinking of a state-of-art cruise ship. James returned to land duties, founding a musical scoring group called 'Ferocious Fish'. Under this banner James produced several scores for the legendary Canadian FIlm Composer, Michael Conway Baker ('The Grey Fox', 'Nails', 'Legend of Kootenai Brown') In 1995 James first feature film,'Once in a Blue Moon' earned a Leo award for best musical score.