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, and ranges from sweeping orchestral music to urban ambiences, gamelan, organic soundscapes and cutting-edge electroacoustics. 

Jon's work has been heard extensively on BBC Radio and BBC TV, Channel 4, ITV and Sky, and at theatres around the UK including the National Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Sheffield Crucible, Theatr Clwyd, Manchester Library, Unicorn, Derby Playhouse, Northampton Royal & Derngate and Northern Stage.

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'.