---
name: "James Dooley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-dooley"
fi1m_id: "jim-dooley"
imdb_id: "nm0233199"
tmdb_id: 62558
wikidata_id: "Q327904"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "22 August 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-13T21:45:33.055234+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Dooley

## Identity

James Dooley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-dooley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-dooley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0233199
- **TMDB ID:** 62558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q327904
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dooley_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62558

Composer. Born 22 August 1976 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 August 1976, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Jim Dooley, James Michael Dooley, James M. Dooley, ジェームズ・ドゥーリー
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://film.one/person/barry-sonnenfeld.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 2, Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dooley_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62558

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74), [*The Last Ship*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md) (67)

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## Biography

Jim Dooley is an American composer for film, television and video games. Born in New York City, he studied music composition at New York University and later trained with Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and Leonard Rosenman in Los Angeles.

He joined Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) in 1999, contributing additional music, arrangements and orchestrations to films including *Gladiator* (2000), *Black Hawk Down* (2001) and *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (2003). His solo credits include the score for the series *Pushing Daisies* (2007–2009), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as *When a Stranger Calls* (2006), *Obsessed* (2009) and video games such as the SOCOM and *Epic Mickey* series.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, soundtrackinfo.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *The Last Ship* (2014), Fi1m 67, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Power Trip* (2026), Music
- *Savage Dawn* (2022), Music
- *Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load* (2022), Music
- *Walker* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Secrets in the Snow* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Driven to the Edge* (2020), Music
- *Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"* (2020), Music
- *Secret Obsession* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Kim Possible* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Satanic* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Fifty Shades of Black* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Barbie in Princess Power* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Deliverance Creek* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *10 Cent Pistol* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md)
- *Barbie: The Pearl Princess* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Jinxed* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Barbie in the Pink Shoes* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), Additional Music
- *Slumber Party Slaughter* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Forger* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Poe* (2011), Music
- *Obsessed* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Additional Music — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Impy's Wonderland* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Daddy Day Camp* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Impy's Island* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *When a Stranger Calls* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Additional Music — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Additional Music — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *The Amityville Horror* (2005), Additional Music
- *Ordinary Miracles* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Arthur Hailey's Detective* (2005), Music
- *The Hollywood Mom's Mystery* (2004), Music
- *Life on Liberty Street* (2004), Music
- *Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Come Lovely* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Tears of the Sun* (2003), Additional Music
- *The Ring* (2002), Additional Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Musician — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Bit Players* (2000), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![James Dooley](https://film.one/media/person/102040/gallery-dac3c9e77d71.jpg) James Dooley — Kebrandt at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/James_Dooley.jpg/1280px-James_Dooley.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jim Dooley (0001)](https://film.one/media/person/102040/gallery-0fdebde9df79.jpg) Jim Dooley (0001) — Kebrandt, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/James_Dooley_2.jpg/1280px-James_Dooley_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Dooley](https://film.one/media/person/102040/gallery-d93e9a2b7379.jpg) James Dooley — Image via TMDB
- ![James Dooley](https://film.one/media/person/102040/gallery-a0f7fce2f0f1.jpg) James Dooley — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2008: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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