About Jim Paterson, composer and webmaster:

Much of the original music on mfiles has been composed by Jim Paterson (who maintains the site) and some audio samples are available on the Portfolio Page. The following sites are game-developer clients or additional sites which feature music by Jim Paterson:

• gosub 60 - developers of "Curious George", "Camera Phone Darts" and "House Flipping Frenzy"
• Tag Games - have released "Dead Water", "Rock'n'Roll" and "Football Pro" with "Car Jack City" in development
• Quick2Play - developers of "React", a stylish and unusual take on the Tetris idea.
• Mobile Games Blogs - recent article (2007) by Jim Paterson about music for mobile games, and referenced on Business Week and the Quickly Bored Blog
• Midlet Review - older article (written in 2003) by Jim Paterson about game music for mobile platforms
• Jim Paterson's homepage on www.SibeliusMusic.com - publishers of original sheet music
• Jim Paterson's page on scotchsnap.com - a recently launched Sheet Music site for Scottish composers
• A number of Jim Paterson's pieces are used on animations on the Phillipines' Coastal and Fisheries Management information site www.OneOcean.org - diversity and shell-shock
• Gumshoe Online - is a web game where you play the part of a private detective, with a choice of background music by Jim Paterson
• MMI Music - publishers of Celtic Romance (listed as cat 30401 under Concert Arrangements) and Legend of the White Knight (listed as cat 40401 under Major Works), all arranged for Brass Band by Nigel Hall
• Livestock for Landscapes - research into practical uses of livestock - mfiles music was used on their recent "Goat Project" Handbook including Ragtime for Bedtime (mp3)
• 4T2 Multimedia - developers of web games for Aiwa, Comet and Polycell
• Spark Entertainment - developers of mobile games "Dragon Tale", "eXode", "Bubble Trouble", "Monkeynoid" and others
• Binary Graffitti - developers of mobile games "Poker Showdown", "Sweet Dreams", "Diamond Hunter", "Chaos Realms", "Mixem", "Present Panic" and others
• Progressive Media - developers of mobile games "Bombjack", "Sheep Mania", "Progressive Pinball - The Vikings" and others
• Other mobile game clients have included Digital Goldfish, Plastic Cow Games, West of Pluto Software, Spooky Tornado Studio, Moovil Solutions and Double Click
• Football 1.00 - PC game featuring Rocky Beat Cowboy and Joplin's The Entertainer (mp3)
• Cosmic Music - Chamber Orchestra of Southern Maryland who first performed "Circus Ride" and "Sword and Sorcery"
• G7 Music homepage - Sibelius sister site for guitar music

Oniric Games Demo - music by Jim Paterson

Oniric Games have released a playable demo of their Game "Forgotten Stories: Echoes of Destiny" featuring a number of pieces of music by Jim Paterson. MP3 versions of these pieces can be downloaded here:

• Lazy Waves
• Tango and Trio
• Rocky Beat Cowboy
• Sadness in the Rain

Recent Music by Jim Paterson

Here is some of my most recent Sheet Music published on SibeliusMusic:

• Life "a minimalist view" - a concert suite for string orchestra in 6 movements
• A History of Scotland - "variations on a meme" also for string orchestra
• DNA Moods - an experimental piece for a quartet of instruments
• Scottish Rock - music for a band, blending Scottish folk music and rock
• Heroic Deeds (orchestral) - music for a dashing film hero
• Heroic Deeds (piano) - piano arrangement of the above
• Beguine Again - a relaxed number arranged for Latin Band
• Irrational Rose - a lyrical piece for solo piano, with Jazz influences

Music by Jim Paterson for Web animations and games

Recent music by Jim Paterson has been to accompany web and mobile games designed by 4T2 Multimedia. The Comet Game site was launched for Christmas 2003 and features loads of amusing graphics and addictive gameplay as you help Santa to deliver parcels. Here are midi file versions of the music used to accompany the game (intended to be "Christmassy" and "Cheezy"):

• Introduction - this version without the words
• Icy Xmas - red parcels
• Xmas Land - green parcels
• Polar Xmas - blue parcels
• Twinkle Xmas - yellow parcels
• Jingle Xmas - purple parcels

Another game for the same company is available in Web and Mobile formats created for AIWA (now part of the Sony group) at the web-site Cosmic Boom. The music is used during the animated introduction, and if you manage to complete the game and get your name in the "heroes" list then you will see the game completed animation with more music. The music for these animations was adapted from a work called "Calypso Cocktail". Here are Sheet Music and Midi versions and you can download an MP3 file (size approx 2Mb) from SibeliusMusic:

• Calypso Cocktail - Sheet Music score
• Calypso Cocktail - MP3 file (2 Mb in size!)
• Calypso Cocktail - MIDI file

Original Orchestral "Film Music"

The following three pieces were originally published as separate works. They have been put together as a suite and arranged for brass band by Nigel Hall under the title "Legend of the White Knight" available from MMI Music:

• Sword and Sorcery - suitable for a fantasy movie
• Epic Rondo - suitable for a serious historical epic
• Heroic Deeds - music for a dashing film hero

The first public performance of Circus Ride and Sword and Sorcery was given by the Chamber Orchestra of Southern Maryland (or "Cosmic") in their Family Concert on 14th April 2002. Here is an MP3 version of their performance of Circus Ride and the score and parts for these works are available from the links below:

• Circus Ride - a fun piece to accompany a Circus act
• Sword and Sorcery - suitable for a fantasy movie

Here is a fun piece of Western "film music" for piano:

• The Happy Cowboy - a lively Western theme for piano

Original Ragtime

For our recent "Ragtime" theme, we wanted to show that anyone can have a go at composing in this relatively simple style:

• Ragtime for Bedtime - a piano rag in the traditional style

In a similar vein but much easier to play are these two little pieces:

• Big Ben Rag - a piano piece with some Big Ben chimes
• In-sync Spiritual - a piano piece to practice syncopations

Original Music with a religious connection

To tie in with the Church and Christmas music sections on mfiles, here are original pieces with such a theme:

• Il Messia (The Messiah) - composed to accompany a short section of the Roberto Rossellini film, as an entry in a recent film music Award
• Rock Hymn - rock variations on an original hymn
• Short Hymn - a hymn tune in traditional style
• Gospel Tune - an original gospel style tune
• Weird Xmas - a whacky Merry Christmas tune