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Jon Nicholls – Music Composer, Bristol

  • Member (3 years 8 months 15 days)
  • Screened Music Composer (2 years 1 months 28 days)

Biography

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Jon Nicholls is a Prix Italia-nominated composer and sound designer with a string of commissions for music and sound scores from national broadcasters and theatre companies. Drawing on a huge range of eclectic influences, his work ranges from sweeping orchestral music to abstract electronics, choral writing and quirkily innovative sound design.

His work's been heard extensively on BBC Radio 3 & 4 , BBC TV, Channel 4, and ITV, and at theatres including the RSC and National Theatre.

He received a Jury Special Mention at the 2008 Prix Italia for his music and sound score for Radio 4's acclaimed 'What I Heard About Iraq'.

Composing Information

  • Classification: Established
  • Profession: Composer
  • Primary Sequencer: Logic
  • Operating System: Mac
  • Projects: tv • Small Pain for Glory (BBC / WGBH ‘Storyville’, dir. Laura Ashton) • The Real Full Monty (Mentorn / Sky1, p. Nick London) • Real Crime: The Hunt for Mr Swirl (Mentorn / ITV, p. Nick London) • Cutting Edge: Secrets of the Austrian Cella r(Folio TV / Channel 4, p. Nick London) • Cutting Edge: The Jaycee Lee Story (Mentorn/ Channel 4, p. Nick London) • Dispatches: The Children Britain Betrayed (1st Frame TV / Channel 4, p. Lynn Ferguson) • Dispatches: Heat Or Eat (Folio TV / Channel 4, p. Ed Harriman) • Dispatches: Iraq’s Lost Generation (Hard Cash for Channel 4, prod. Ed Robbins) • Dispatches: The Human Cost of the Credit Crunch (Folio TV / Channel 4, p. Ed Harriman) • Dispatches: Lost in Care (1st Frame TV / Channel 4, p. Lynn Ferguson) • Dispatches: Why Kids Kill (1st Fram
  • Relevant Qualifications: MMus Composing for Film and TV, London College of Music (distinction), 1996 / Dartington College - electroacoustic composition (1997)

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Film & TV MusicTracks

  • Summary:
  • Panel Highly recommended 0 Recommended track 0
  • Composers Highly recommended 1 Recommended track 0
  • Members Highly recommended 1 Recommended track 0
Title Moods Genres Posted Comments Recommendations
Laurels and Donkeys: Homecoming
    Melancholy
    Atmospheric
    Strings
    Chamber Group
18
days ago
0
0
Laurels and Donkeys: Aftermath
    Atmospheric
    Melancholy
    Chamber Group
    Acoustic
16
days ago
0
0
At The Mountains of Madness
    Dark
    Dramatic
    Energetic
    Orchestral
16
days ago
0
0
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
    Atmospheric
    Dark
    Weird
    Orchestral
    Ambient
18
days ago
0
0
The Last Battle
    Dramatic
    Epic
    Energetic
    Orchestral
    Choral
    World
791
days ago
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6
The Time Machine
    Dramatic
    Suspense
    Weird
    Orchestral
    Experimental
    Electronica
787
days ago
0
0
Small Pain For Glory
    Dramatic
    Energetic
    Epic
    World
    Choral
787
days ago
0
0
Arthur Crosses the Water
    Atmospheric
    Melancholy
    Dark
    Choral
    Ambient
787
days ago
0
0
David Copperfield
    Dramatic
    Romantic
    Bright
    Orchestral
    Folk
787
days ago
0
0
Into the Lair
    Dark
    Energetic
    Suspense
    Retro
    Rock
787
days ago
0
0
Full Steam
    Energetic
    Dramatic
    Cheerful
    Orchestral
787
days ago
0
0
10,000 Temples
    Atmospheric
    Chilled
    Mellow
    World
    Ambient
787
days ago
0
0
The Land Made Whole
    Cheerful
    Dramatic
    Bright
    Choral
    World
    Electronica
16
days ago
0
0
A Rising Tide
    Dramatic
    Energetic
    Epic
    World
    Electronica
    Choral
16
days ago
0
0
Dispatches: Credit Crunch Britain
    Dramatic
    Factual
    Energetic
    Orchestral
    Strings
16
days ago
0
0
Beyond the Horizon
    Atmospheric
    Dramatic
    Melancholy
    Acoustic
    World
16
days ago
0
0

Ratings & Reviews Summary

Key: Highly recommended = Highly Recommended Recommended track = Recommended
Panellists
Composers Owain Llwyd loves this track!
Members 'Team Picks' loves this track!

Composing Genres

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

  • Ambient
  • Electronica
  • Experimental
  • Orchestral
  • World

Music recommended by Jon Nicholls

Other Reviews by Jon Nicholls

Feature Comment

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06 Jan 20:56

Empty by Olivia Dixon

  • “Has a Paul Mounsey-esque quality to it - very compelling!!…”
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06 Jan 20:38

Police Drama by Tony Patterson

  • “Has an Edge of Darkness feel to it!! Like the track but I agree with Melody Xu.…”
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06 Jan 20:34

Battleground by Jules Bromley

  • “Love this track!! Thinking maybe would work for the latest Disney/Pixar space flick - whatever that is!!…”
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