James Michael Scaparotti

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Starry Night cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

Starry Night

TIMEPIECE · 2023 · 4:26 · 110 BPM

A dreamy, cinematic ballad about wonder, longing, and finding hope under a starry night sky.

Genre

Singer-songwriter · Adult contemporary rock · Americana

Mood

Dreamy · Reflective · Romantic · Hopeful · Cinematic

Themes

Wonder under a starry night sky · Longing and quiet romance · Finding hope in the dark · Looking up and feeling small in a vast universe

Suggested placements

  • Emotional TV drama scenes set at night or under the stars
  • Romantic film montages and slow-motion moments
  • Reflective end-credits or season-finale placements
  • Travel, astronomy, and nature documentaries
  • Wedding, engagement, and anniversary campaigns
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Love Came to Me cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

Love Came to Me

TIMEPIECE · 2023 · 3:53 · 94 BPM

A tender, grateful ballad about love arriving unexpectedly and healing a guarded heart.

Genre

Singer-songwriter · Adult contemporary · Americana

Mood

Tender · Hopeful · Grateful · Warm · Intimate

Themes

Unexpected love arriving in a day of need · Being broken and healed in the same moment · Opening a guarded heart · Gratitude for a love that changes everything

Suggested placements

  • Wedding, engagement, and first-dance placements
  • Romantic film reveals and reunion scenes
  • Reflective TV drama moments about healing and second chances
  • Lifestyle and jewelry brand campaigns
  • Faith-adjacent and inspirational content
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I'm Glad cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

I'm Glad

TIMEPIECE · 2021 · 3:16 · 120 BPM

A buoyant, sunlit song of pure joy — mountains singing, hills rejoicing, and a heart that can't hold it in.

Genre

Singer-songwriter · Folk-pop · Americana

Mood

Joyful · Uplifting · Grateful · Buoyant · Sunlit

Themes

Pure, unfiltered joy · Wonder at the natural world · Gratitude and devotion · The moment the sun breaks through

Suggested placements

  • Uplifting TV commercial and lifestyle brand campaigns
  • Feel-good film montages and title sequences
  • Wedding celebrations and reception moments
  • Family, travel, and outdoor-adventure content
  • Season-opening or hopeful reveal placements
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Love Beats Hate cover art — Freight Train by James Michael Scaparotti

Love Beats Hate

Freight Train · 2026 · TBA · 109 BPM

A defiant, hopeful anthem: love beats hate, love conquers all — just you wait.

Genre

Roots rock · Singer-songwriter · Americana

Mood

Defiant · Hopeful · Anthemic · Warm · Resolute

Themes

Love as active resistance to hate · Patience, kindness, and protection of the weak · Rejecting cancel culture and division · Choosing light over darkness

Suggested placements

  • Unity, non-profit, and social-impact campaigns
  • Documentary segments about community, healing, and reconciliation
  • Uplifting drama and end-credit placements
  • Wedding and celebration montages
  • Faith-adjacent and inspirational content
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Sounds of Heaven cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

Sounds of Heaven

TIMEPIECE · 2025 · 4:04 · 96 BPM

A heavier-than-usual Christmas rock anthem — the sounds of heaven breaking into the night with hope for the beautiful strugglers.

Genre

Rock · Singer-songwriter · Christmas rock

Mood

Uplifting · Cinematic · Hopeful · Powerful · Reverent

Themes

An angelic visitation bringing hope · Christmas and the birth of Christ · Comfort for the weary · The end of tears and the start of dreams

Suggested placements

  • Christmas and holiday film or TV moments with a rock edge
  • Hopeful, redemptive scene montages
  • Seasonal advertising and retail campaigns
  • Documentary and faith-adjacent inspirational content
  • Trailer and promo placements needing an anthemic build
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These Are the Times cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

These Are the Times

TIMEPIECE · 2020 · 4:37 · 112 BPM

The song that started the TINMAN Project — a timely anthem about reconsidering everything and opening up your heart.

Genre

Rock · Singer-songwriter · Adult contemporary

Mood

Urgent · Reflective · Anthemic · Hopeful · Restless

Themes

A season of change and reckoning · Opening up your heart · Reconsidering traditions and positions · Hope in turbulent times

Suggested placements

  • News, documentary, and current-affairs segments about change
  • Drama montages about turning points and new beginnings
  • Inspirational brand and cause campaigns
  • Season-premiere and series-recap placements
  • Promos needing urgency with an uplifting resolve
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Learning to Love cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

Learning to Love

TIMEPIECE · 2023 · 5:02 · 89 BPM

The album's title track — a confessional promise to set the timepiece back to the start and keep learning to love you.

Genre

Singer-songwriter · Adult contemporary rock · Ballad

Mood

Tender · Confessional · Emotional · Redemptive · Warm

Themes

Setting the timepiece back to the start · Healing after brokenness · A lifelong promise to keep loving · Faith that kept the fight alive

Suggested placements

  • Emotional drama and reunion scenes
  • Wedding, anniversary, and vow-renewal moments
  • Documentary segments about long relationships and healing
  • Reflective end-credit placements
  • Faith-adjacent and inspirational content
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Atomic Love cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

Atomic Love

TIMEPIECE · 2023 · 4:43 · 85 BPM

A driving rock anthem about love that detonates like a chain reaction — with an epic guitar duel at the finish.

Genre

Rock · Singer-songwriter · Roots rock

Mood

Passionate · Explosive · Driving · Bold · Anthemic

Themes

Love that hits like a chain reaction · Overwhelming, all-consuming attraction · Energy, intensity, and release · Falling hard and fast

Suggested placements

  • High-energy trailers, sports promos, and hype reels
  • Bold automotive and lifestyle brand campaigns
  • Romantic-comedy and drama moments with intensity and momentum
  • Season-premiere and montage placements
  • Fitness, adventure, and action-sports content
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My Shadow cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

My Shadow

TIMEPIECE · 2021 · 4:38 · 70 BPM

A cathartic rock song about nailing your shadow to the ground — letting go of the person you constructed to find who you were meant to be.

Genre

Rock · Singer-songwriter · Alternative

Mood

Dark · Introspective · Driving · Cathartic · Honest

Themes

The constructed self and the true self · Letting go of who you pretended to be · Becoming who you were meant to be · Honesty over hiding

Suggested placements

  • Character-driven drama about identity and transformation
  • Dark-but-hopeful trailer and promo placements
  • Documentary segments about authenticity and mental health
  • Thriller or suspense montage with emotional resolution
  • Fitness and transformation content
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The Call cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

The Call

TIMEPIECE · 2022 · 5:17 · 103 BPM

Bluesy, gospel-tinged, honky-tonk 

Genre

Blues rock · Gospel · Singer-songwriter

Mood

Soulful · Passionate · Rowdy · Reverent · Earnest

Themes

Hearing and answering God's call · A baptism by the river · Persistence in prayer · Surrender and listening

Suggested placements

  • Southern, road-movie, and small-town film scenes
  • Faith-based and inspirational programming
  • Bar, juke-joint, and party montage placements
  • Documentary segments about faith and community
  • Upbeat blues-rock advertising campaigns
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The Name cover art — TIMEPIECE by James Michael Scaparotti

The Name

TIMEPIECE · 2023 · 4:17 · 81 BPM

Written over forty years ago, reborn on TIMEPIECE — a lush, anthemic rock song about the name that can't be shaken.

Genre

Rock · Singer-songwriter · Classic rock

Mood

Earnest · Anthemic · Lush · Timeless · Devotional

Themes

The name that can't be shaken · A song written over forty years ago · Faith that keeps surfacing · Love that remains like a song

Suggested placements

  • Period pieces and nostalgic coming-of-age scenes
  • Faith-adjacent inspirational programming
  • Anthemic trailer and promo placements
  • Drama montages about conviction and persistence
  • Documentary segments about music history and songwriting
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