James Pratley Watson is a film composer and songwriter working between LA and NYC. Having studied music at USC, NYU and Juilliard, the LA-born multi-instrumentalist is now busy publishing instrumental work, playing in his band juicer, recording with his duo pratley (a collaboration with bassist/composer Sam Wilkes) and scoring films.
Recent film score credits include upcoming feature comedy Valentina, directed by Tatti Ribeiro and starring Keyla Monterroso Mejia. ON GOD (2024), a dark comedy short film by Andrew Balasia starring James Alexander Warren and Edy Modica which had it’s international premiere at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal and The Feeling Remains (2024) a feature documentary by Sophie Rose. He has also composed music for multimedia and events, such as A Color-Infused Meditation with Dora Kamau (2024) for The Museum of Modern Art and BEYOND (2024), the FIT New York Fashion Week runway show.
You can hear James’ songs and compositions in Shameless (Showtime), the upcoming feature comedy Goodrich (Ketchup Entertainment) starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis, POLY (RokuTV) and Future Self (AWS).
James is currently available for feature film scoring projects, to view work examples please inquire at jpratleyw@gmail.com