Anne Nikitin – Music Composer, Greater London

Member (2 years 8 months 23 days)
Screened Music Composer (2 years 5 months 22 days)

Anne Nikitin has written scores for a number of film and television productions in the UK and North America. Most recent programmes include the popular Banged Up Abroad series (aka Locked Up Abroad) for five/National Geographic Channel and the feature-length film Journey to the Edge of the Universe for Discovery, narrated by Alec Baldwin and described as the most ambitious space film to date. In 2006, she won the BBC New Talent, New TV Composers Scheme - the prize was a commission to score White Falcon, White Wolf, a BBC Natural World film, which won a Merit Award for Music at the Missoula Wildlife Film Festival 2008.

Born in Canada to a Romanian mother and Polish father, Anne was raised in various countries including Taiwan, South Africa and New Zealand, but spent her formative years at the British School in the Netherlands. She completed her Bachelor degrees in English Literature and Music at McGill University in Montreal before embarking on a Masters in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music in London, tutored by Dario Marianelli and Gabriel Yared. Her extensive traveling and exposure to various cultures generated an early interest in world instruments, rhythms and timbres, and as a result she enjoys combining world music influences with classical western ensembles.

Anne's recent work includes The Fugitive Chronicles series for A&E channel, various documentaries for Channel 4, and assisting George Fenton on Life, a new BBC Natural History series narrated by David Attenborough.

Classification: Established
Profession: Composer
Primary Sequencer: Logic
Operating System: Mac
Projects: America: The Story of Us (History Channel series), Qatar: In My Grandmother's Footsteps (National Geographic), Impaled (Discovery/five), After Armageddon (History Channel), The Fugitive Chronicles series (A&E channel), The Truth About Race and Intelligence (Channel 4), Human Zoo (Channel 4), Banged Up Abroad series 3&4 (National Geographic/five), "A Farm for the Future", Natural World (BBC 2), Journey to the Edge of the Universe (Discovery), The Da Vinci Shroud (National Geographic), "White Falcon, White Wolf", Natural World (BBC 2), Conspiracy Files, series 2 (BBC 2) Ultimate Wild Water (BBC 1) Ultimate Rock Climb (BBC 1) Ultimate Caving (BBC 1), Gypsy Wars (BBC 3).
Relevant Qualifications: MMus Composition for Screen, Royal College of Music, London UK. BMus Composition, McGill University, Montreal Canada.

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Title	Moods	Genres	Posted	Comments	Recommendations
A Promising Lead	Dramatic Energetic Suspense	Orchestral Strings Brass	327 days ago	3	9
Andes to Amazon	Dramatic Sentimental Epic	Orchestral	910 days ago	12	+ 2 more 22
Betelgeuse	Energetic Bright Atmospheric	Strings Electronica Ambient	327 days ago	0	0
Bill Reflects	Dramatic Dark Cool	Strings Urban Electronica	326 days ago	0	0
Caged In	Dark Melancholy	Strings	777 days ago	1	1
Corridor Shoot Out (I Should Have Been There)	Dramatic Epic Dark	Orchestral	326 days ago	1	3
GM Revolution	Minimalist Energetic	Strings Piano	327 days ago	0	0
Goodbye to Wolves	Sentimental	Strings	777 days ago	0	0
Gyr Mother Exhausted	Suspense Atmospheric	Ambient Strings	777 days ago	2	4
Human Zoo String Quartet mvt2	Energetic Weird	Strings	327 days ago	1	3
Icebergs	Energetic Sentimental Atmospheric	Orchestral World	327 days ago	0	0
Johnny France	Dark Minimalist Atmospheric	Piano Strings	327 days ago	0	0
Mexican Gangsters	Dark Dramatic Cool	World Urban	326 days ago	0	0
Nebula	Minimalist Atmospheric	Orchestral	326 days ago	0	0
Nichols Manhunt	Dark Dramatic Weird	Orchestral	326 days ago	0	0
Ota Benga's theme	Weird Cheerful Energetic	Orchestral Experimental	326 days ago	0	0
Pillars of Creation	Chilled Sentimental Dramatic	Strings Electronica	326 days ago	0	0
Powder	Energetic Dark Cool	Urban	777 days ago	1	1
Rain	Melancholy	Acoustic	326 days ago	0	0
Rebecca's Farm	Cheerful Bright	Acoustic	326 days ago	0	0
Saturn and Titan	Epic Dramatic Atmospheric	Orchestral Electronica Ambient	327 days ago	0	0
Secrets	Sentimental	Piano	830 days ago	1	3
The Bronx 1986	Dramatic Dark	Urban Strings Rock	326 days ago	0	0
Ultimate Outdoor Britain (series title)	Dramatic Energetic Epic	Orchestral	830 days ago	1	3
White Falcon Shows Off	Dramatic Energetic	Orchestral	327 days ago	0	0

Composing Genres

Anne composes in the following film and television music genres (bold = specialises in):

Ambient
Acoustic
Choral
Dance
Electronica
Experimental
Folk
Jazz
Orchestral
Piano
Strings
Urban
World
Woodwind
Brass
Chamber Group

Music recommended by Anne Nikitin

Galapagos by Film & TV ComposerJames Jones

I really love this piece - beautifully composed and refreshing to hear real instruments. You've managed to create a full sound with a small ensemble and the link between each contrasting section is seamless. Lovely!
2 years 3 months 10 days

Sahara Heat by Film & TV ComposerJames Jones

I can feel the heat of the Sahara desert in this piece! Nice build up of tension.
2 years 3 months 10 days

Rendition by Film & TV ComposerJohn Llewellyn Brees

This is a beautiful track - I especially love the colourful percussion followed by the subtle yet striking electronic pulse that comes in later.
10 months 23 days

Other Reviews by Anne Nikitin

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"Old boys networks do exist. Middlemen take unhealthy commissions out of work pitched for. Demo fees go unpaid and the quality of music drops because the technology is more affordable and hence available......"
Edward White on the Feature Pitching For Free — What's the Deal?

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Prayer by Lila Senior

“Very nice track Lila! I'm sure it works really good on the scene.…”
Roger Pasto Cortina (Composer)

Shooting the War: Threnody by Joseph Atkins

“World War II is hardly synonymous with anything other than bleak, oppressive and dark times and this piece encapsulates the mood perfectly. Good stuff.…”
Ben Walter (Panellist)

Jana Non Regina by Elizabeth Levine

“I'm with Alex on this one, Elizabeth. Outstanding.…”
Ed David Watkins (Composer)

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