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Jim
McGrath Arranger
Jim McGrath arranger is a Toronto-based composer
best known for his film and television work, which
includes ThinkFilm’s The Last Mogul: The Life
and Times of Lew Wasserman, Alliance Atlantis’
film Foolproof, Columbia Tristar thriller Resurrection,
and Odeon’s Treed Murray, which was nominated
for five 2001 Genie Awards, including Best Picture
and Outstanding Achievement in Music. The score for
Treed Murray went on to win Gold in the 2002 Film
Festival in Mar del Plata, Argentina. McGrath has
orchestrated and conducted film scores with the Munich
Symphony, the Salt Lake City Symphony, the London
Philharmonia and the City of Prague Philharmonic.
He has also written arrangements for such recording
artists as Tom Cochrane (with the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra), Ian Thornley and Big Wreck (with the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra), Tower of Power, Manteca, Hunter
Valentine, The Northern Pikes and Sarah Slean with
the Art of Time Ensemble.Jim recently finished scoring
his seventh season of the award-winning series Degrassi:The
Next Generation for CTV, for which he received the
2006 Gemini Award for best original score for a dramatic
series.
2009/10 Concerts
Abbey Road
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