Nainita Desai

Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai is a leading voice in contemporary screen music, known for genre-spanning scores across film, television and AAA video games. Her work creates bold, emotionally immersive sonic worlds rooted in story, character and emotional truth. Recent projects include the Disney+/AMC/Prime Video fantasy adventure Nautilus, all three seasons of ITV’s crime drama The Tower, and the BAFTA-winning interactive movie-games Telling Lies and Immortality. Nainita has received an Emmy for The Reason I Jump, alongside RTS Craft, IFMCA, SCL and World Soundtrack Award honours, with further nominations from the Ivor Novello Awards, BIFA, Critics’ Choice and Cinema Eye Honors. Her documentary work includes For Sama, The Deepest Breath, 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, Nocturnes and The Contestant, while her scripted credits also include Sky’s comedy drama Funny Woman and BBC One thriller Crossfire. Alongside her screen work, Desai released Tessellation, a solo album created for a large-scale permanent installation in California, expanding her practice into immersive spatial storytelling. With a current slate of high-profile projects for Disney+, Netflix, the BBC and National Geographic, her music continues to push the boundaries of modern screen scoring — from sweeping orchestral fantasy and minimal understatement to experimental sound design and dark, edgy electronics — with every project shaped by a distinctive sonic identity and emotional truth.