Ged Grimes

Scottish composer and producer, Ged Grimes, is one of the most highly respected figures in today’s digital entertainment industry. He has been writing, producing and performing music for over 20 years. As one of the original members of Scots pop band "Danny Wilson", Ged enjoyed major global success with the group. Hit records such as "Mary’s Prayer" (U.S. Billboard Top 20/U.K. Chart No 3) and "The Second Summer of Love" (U.K. Top 20) made a truly lasting impression on fans of timeless, crafted pop music. "Danny Wilson" went on to release 3 highly acclaimed albums with Virgin Records worldwide.After the group disbanded, Ged continued to write, perform and produce with other leading artists. He performed worldwide with Brit Award Winner, Eddi Reader (Warner Bros) and toured the States and Canada with Simply Red (East West Records). He has appeared as an artist on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, Solid Gold, MTV, VH1, Montreaux Rock Festival, Top Of The Pops, Jools Holland’s Later Music Show and many more top rated music shows.Ged has contributed to many recordings from mainstream music performers including Grammy Award Winning Artiste, Natalie Imbruglia. He has created original music content for television and film, notably for BBC Television’s “Tartan Shorts” and has produced idents, audio branding and radio drama for Scottish Radio Holdings the independent radio broadcaster.In 1997 he launched the production company Jack’s Hoose Music to service a growing demand for his services from the emerging interactive entertainment world. With Ged’s extensive music production experience and renowned multi-instrumental talents, the timing could not have been better. He was commissioned to write the music soundtrack for the comedy console/PC game “Earthworm Jim 3D” (Interplay) and this eclectic music score received rave reviews across the globe.Ged’s international reputation as a music composer and producer has continued to grow. Japan and the USA have emerged as key territories for Jack’s Hoose Music and the list of international clients includes such names as Atari Inc, Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Namco Japan.Ged’s distinguished career to date has uniquely placed him to initiate areas of creative collaboration between the interactive entertainment sectors and the music industry’s emerging talent. His original work on Sony’s pioneering music game “Amplitude” under the pseudonym “Game Boyz”, is a prime example of this. “Amplitude” also features tracks from David Bowie, Garbage and Blink 182 amongst others. Bold initiatives like these bring music and gaming fans together to provide a truly immersive experience for the game player.Ged’s music also appeared in one of the most successful games of recent times, The Wachowski Brothers/Shiny Entertainment title “Enter The Matrix”. Over 5.5 Million copies of this game have been sold to date.Ged is a longtime member of the Game Audio Network Guild and the Interactive Audio Specialist Interest Group. Both these organisations strive to promote excellence in audio production and are instrumental in forging strong links between academia and the digital entertainment industries. He was nomimated for “Best Instrumental Music” and “Best Original Song” “in the inaugural GANG Awards at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and is a past Arts Council Creative Scotland Award nominee.In 2002 Ged was invited to speak about Interactive Music at the British Embassy in Tokyo and subsequently went on to represent the UK in a Best Practice in Games mission throughout Japan.Recent projects have included licensing original music to Universal Pictures for the trailer “The Bourne Supremacy” starring Matt Damon, tracks for a Sony PS 2 music title DJ Decks and FX, music themes for a series of mobile games for Digital Bridges, including movie franchise “The Fast and the Furious” and the interactive music soundtrack to Namco Japan’s new rhythm action title, “Rhythmic Star