Boutique music for the modern storyteller.

James Longcake is a U.K. based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. From his classical training to his experience working as a producer, James is able to draw upon timeless cinematic sounds from poignant orchestral strings to aggressive electronic sounds, writing music that helps you tell your story.

music for media

Music for Film, TV and Games

Working with a mix of production companies and directors James has created boutique music for a range of Film, TV and Games.

JamesLongcakeFilmMusic · James Longcake Film Music

JamesLongcakeFilmMusic · Music from 'Making the Grade' Dir. by Lizzie Thyne

Documentary

Making the Grade dir. Lizzie Thyne

Working on Making the Grade, director Lizzie Thyne wanted a diverse score that threw back to sounds of the 1950s without being beholden to a single genre. The result was a mix of big band and 1950s orchestral music.

SHORT FILM

Oxygen dir. Sam Kennard

The score for Oxygen was really fun to make. Conveying a subtle nod to the sci-fi genre with synthesized and re-sampled sounds whilst focusing on the emotion of what is a very dramatic and emotional short film.

JamesLongcakeFilmMusic · Gameplay 1

Game

Space Bastards coming soon

This is the theme for a game called ‘Space Bastards’ for which I wrote the music. The developer wanted something that conveyed a sense of battling forces as well as nodded to the location of the game: a foreign planet. For this I combined powerful drums with a selection of synthesizers and acoustic instruments to create a battle theme for the space age.

‘James is a phenomenal artist. Having worked with James on a handful of projects, his ability to understand and capture my creative visions never fails to astound me. He manages to create breathtaking soundtracks that hold feeling and tell stories in equal parts to anything visual. He is hard working, congenial and an indescribably talented individual. Working with James has consistently felt like an absolute privilege. ’

Sam Kennard (Director and Game Developer)

James Longcake is a highly talented composer and instrumentalist; in his scores for film and media he skilfully brings together acoustic and electric instruments with synths to produce music that is dramatic and often sensuous, with very beautiful orchestrations and harmonies.

Ed Hughes (composer of Symphony of a City, Battleship Potemkin)