James Donnellan(I)
- Composer
- Soundtrack
As producer, engineer, songwriter or guitarist, James Donnellan has
worked on over 200 albums; including 14 gold albums, 5 gold singles, 2
platinum albums and 2 platinum singles. Donnellan was also staff
engineer at the venerable United/Western Recording Studios in Hollywood
during the 70s and 80s. In addition to playing on most of his
productions, Donnellan's work on guitar and pedal steel can be heard on
recordings by such notables as Johnny Cash, the Grateful Dead, Petula
Clark, Art Garfunkel and Ringo Starr. Donnellan was also recording and
touring lead guitarist for Albert Hammond ("It Never Rains in Southern
California") and the guitarist for his own group, Morning, on Fantasy
Records (1965-2000). In addition to scoring and producing the music for
four feature motion pictures and three documentaries, Donnellan
composed and produced music for 5 top-10 games by Novalogic Inc.,
including the popular "F-22 Military Grade Flight Simulator"
(1975-2000).
Awards
1976 Grammy nomination for "Best Engineered Pop Recording" for Gary Wright's "Dreamweaver" album on Warner Bros. Records 1978 Winner of Audiophile Society "Best Direct-to-Disc Recording" for Randy Sharp's album, "First in Line" 2008 Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the album "Forever Changes" as member of the band, Love
Awards
1976 Grammy nomination for "Best Engineered Pop Recording" for Gary Wright's "Dreamweaver" album on Warner Bros. Records 1978 Winner of Audiophile Society "Best Direct-to-Disc Recording" for Randy Sharp's album, "First in Line" 2008 Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the album "Forever Changes" as member of the band, Love