Jon Nicholls is a Prix Italia-nominated composer and sound designer with over ten years' experience of composing music and sound scores for drama and documentary on TV, radio, film and in the theatre, with a substantial track record of commissions from national broadcasters and theatre companies. His work draws on a huge range of eclectic influences, ranging from sweeping orchestral music, gamelan and urban ambiences to lyrical themes, organic soundscapes and cutting-edge electroacoustics.

Jon's work has recently been heard on BBC Radio 3 & Radio 4, BBC TV, Channel 4, and ITV, and at theatres including the Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible, Theatr Clwyd, Derby Playhouse, Unicorn Theatre and Northampton Royal & Derngate.

Jon 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'.

Here you can listen to brief clips of Jon's music, organised (very loosely) by genre:

1. •acoustic / orchestral
   

2. •electronic / contemporary
   

3. •world
   

4. •soundscapes
   

5. •vocal / choral