Tim has been, for years, one of the busiest orchestrators in Hollywood; orchestrating and conducting over 60 feature films and 20 television series. He has also composed music for the films; "A Rumor of Angels" directed by Peter O'Fallon (“Suicide Kings”) starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta, and "Fighting Tommy Riley", directed by Eddie O’Flaherty and starring Eddie Jones. He is slated to compose the score for “Crypto”, a film, written and to be directed by Adam Prince.

He has worked with Graeme Revell since 1991 as his orchestrator and conductor. Some of their films together are: “Pineapple Express”, “Daredevil”, The Negotiator”, “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle”. In 1996, he began working with composer Chris Tyng. Their projects together included: “Kazaam”, “The Associate”, and the TV series “Futurama”. Since 1997, Tim has been working with Michael Giacchino as his orchestrator/arranger and conductor. A sampling of their projects include video games, such as “Medal of Honor”, “Call of Duty”; TV series, “Alias”, “LOST”, “Fringe”; and films, ‘The Incredibles”, “Ratatouille”, “The Family Stone”, “Speed Racer”, and most recently, “Star Trek” and “UP”. For his arrangement of the end-titles of “UP”, Tim was nominated for a Grammy.

Tim was born and raised in Chicago...making him, to this day, a die-hard Cub and Bear fan. He began playing the organ and piano at age 8. During college he started arranging for orchestras. After college, Tim was asked to write a theme for a local television program. The experience of hearing Chicago studio musicians play his music propelled Tim to pursue a career in film composition. He started humbly by composing the scores for over 40 low-budget religious films. While recording music for a documentary in London in 1979, recording engineer Eric Tomlinson (“Star Wars”, “Superman”) was impressed with Tim's film composition, and encouraged him to make the move to Los Angeles. Soon after arriving, Tim began composing music for "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley".

All was moving well until March of 1984. A tumor was removed from his cervical spinal cord, which rendered him a quadriplegic. He was told he would never walk again. After thousands of prayers, the support of a loving woman soon to become his wife, and great determination, Tim began to walk again and regain limited use of his hands. After an amazingly brief two-year absence, he returned to pursue his career in film music.