---
name: "Jim Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-parker"
fi1m_id: "jim-parker"
imdb_id: "nm0662353"
tmdb_id: 1470768
wikidata_id: "Q459248"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 December 1934"
died: "28 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:53:06.588953+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."
---

# Jim Parker

## Identity

Jim Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-parker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-parker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662353
- **TMDB ID:** 1470768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q459248
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Parker_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1470768

Composer. Born 18 December 1934 in Hartlepool, England. Died 28 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 December 1934, Hartlepool, England
- **Died:** 28 July 2023
- **Active:** 1990–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Davies](https://film.one/person/andrew-davies.md), [Paul Seed](https://film.one/person/paul-seed.md)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Parker_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662353/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1470768

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*House of Cards*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Midsomer Murders*](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jim Parker was a British composer of film and television scores. Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he won a silver medal, and began his career as an oboist in a British Army band before playing with London orchestras and the Barrow Poets.

He composed the music for the BBC series *House of Cards* (1990) and its sequels *To Play the King* (1993) and *The Final Cut* (1995). Parker wrote the scores for 121 episodes of *Midsomer Murders* (1997–2021) and worked on series including *Foyle’s War*, *The House of Eliott* and *Mapp & Lucia*. He won four BAFTA awards for Best Original Television Music.

*Sources: telegraph.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Devil* (2010), Grip
- *The Booze Cruise* (2003), Music
- *Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes* (2001), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dirty Tricks* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Lost for Words* (1999), Music
- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)
- *My Summer With Des* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, Original Music Composer, Music — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders* (1996), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Final Cut* (1995), series, Music
- *Late-Flowering Lust* (1994), Music
- *To Play the King* (1993), series, Original Music Composer
- *Body & Soul* (1993), series, Original Music Composer
- *B&B* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Pirate Prince* (1991), Music
- *Ex* (1991), Music
- *The River Thames* (1991), series, Music
- *House of Cards* (1990), series, Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)
- *Relatively Speaking* (1989), Music
- *Wish Me Luck* (1988), series, Music
- *Deadline* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *What the Butler Saw* (1987), Music
- *Time After Time* (1986), Music
- *Mapp & Lucia* (1985), series, Original Music Composer
- *Absurd Person Singular* (1985), Music
- *Hay Fever* (1984), Music
- *Good Behaviour* (1983), series, Music
- *Seaton’s Aunt* (1983), Music
- *Intensive Care* (1982), Original Music Composer

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