Anne Nikitin is an Emmy and two time Ivor Novello nominated composer known for her versatility in creating bold and inventive sound worlds spanning a range of genres across film and television. She was named Classic FM’s “Composer to Watch” and Film 4’s “composer who should be on your radar”.

 

Recent movies include FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE based on Niall Williams' novel starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne, premiering at Dublin Film Festival; SCOOP starring Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell; MOTHERS' INSTINCT starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway; and I.S.S., the high-octane space thriller starring Ariana deBose.
 

Recent TV series include the Netflix hit series ONE DAY based on David Nicholls' acclaimed novel; the Apple TV+ thriller HIJACK starring Idris Elba; and the Emmy-winning series THE DROPOUT (Hulu/Disney+) starring Amanda Seyfried as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. ​​

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She has recently collaborated with Tom Hanks on THE MOONWALKERS, which transformed London's LIGHTROOM into an epic immersive voyage to the Moon based on the NASA Apollo missions and future Artemis launches.  Anne's score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Bulgarian Choir, with Tom Hanks narrating to her music.  The exhibition runs in London's King's Cross until October 2024, before being shown Internationally.​

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Anne is best known for her collaborations with director Bart Layton, scoring his BAFTA-winning film THE IMPOSTER and his critically-acclaimed heist movie AMERICAN ANIMALS, which received Ivor Novello and BIFA nominations for Best Score.

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She is currently scoring an Agatha Christie series THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY starring Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman and Mia McKenna-Bruce as Bundle, and has completed PANGOLIN for Netflix, directed by Pippa Ehrlich known for My Octopus Teacher.

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Past movie credits include Matt Palmer’s CALIBRE starring Jack Lowden; the family fantasy movie   FOUR KIDS AND IT based on Jacqueline Wilson's novel starring Sir Michael Caine; the crime thriller LOST GIRLS starring Amy Ryan and Gabriel Byrne; THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC starring Andrew Scott and Jessica Brown Findlay; and UNTOUCHABLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN directed by Ursula MacFarlane, which received an Emmy nomination for Best Score.

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Past TV credits include the nature series OUR UNIVERSE (NETFLIX); the young adult fantasy series FATE: THE WINX SAGA S1 & S2 (NETFLIX); the period drama DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Starz/Lionsgate+); the feature documentary THE MYSTERY OF MARILYN MONROE: THE UNHEARD TAPES (NETFLIX); and the drama series LITTLE BIRDS (Sky) based on the erotic stories of Anaïs Nin, for which she won a Music+Sound Award.

In 2017, Anne wrote the music for Damien Hirst’s breath-taking, critically acclaimed exhibition in Venice entitled TREASURES OF THE WRECK FOR THE UNBELIEVABLE and scored the accompanying feature mockumentary.

From sweeping orchestral scores to dirty guitars, mesmeric synths and delicate piano refrains, Anne enjoys writing in a variety of styles but has an affinity for dark, moody, atmospheric music, growing up on heavy doses of indie rock, goth, and 90s electronica such as The Cure, Sonic Youth, and Björk, as well as classical avant-garde composers such as György Ligeti and Arvo Pärt who have all inspired and influenced her music.

Anne was born in Canada to Romanian and Polish parents, and grew up in various countries around the world including South Africa, Taiwan, New Zealand and The Netherlands. She was introduced to the world of classical and avant-garde music by her school teacher Andrew Wright and composer Vanessa Lann who inspired her to pursue her dream.  She immersed herself in books, films and contemporary music while studying English Literature and Music Composition at McGill University in Montreal under the tutelage of composers John Rea, Brian Cherney, and Denys Bouliane, and was awarded a SOCAN prize for Young Composers of Canada.
She completed her Master’s in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music in London where she studied with Dario Marianelli, Gabriel Yared and assisted George Fenton.

Her lucky break came in 2006 when she won the BBC New Talent, New TV Composers scheme and went on to compose scores for major UK and US broadcasters, cutting her teeth on long running shows such as Nat Geo's LOCKED UP ABROAD and BBC's THE NATURAL WORLD.

Anne is a voting member of BAFTA, The Ivors, the Grammys, and The Academy of Motion Pictures.