Some recent comments on Jon's work:

'There is so much I could write to recommend Jon and his work, but I'll keep it short and sweet. If you need bespoke music composed and delivered at a great price, fast and that always fits the bill, then Jon is the composer for you. I have used his work in several BBC radio dramas and productions, as well as in commercial audiobook productions. Each and every time I have not just received incredibly vibrant and majestic music that fit perfectly with the project, but a personable, professional and flexible approach from Jon himself. Nothing is too much to ask, no timeline is impossible, and there is simply no style or form of music he can't deliver. And this is no midi-based, synth library music...we're talking full-on, real instruments with actual musicians. His work is a real treat for the ears, and his approach to working with us and our production teams is as a partner and friend. I cannot recommend Jon highly enough. Use him once, and you'll be using him forever!” (Neil Gardner, Director, Ladbroke Radio)

 '...thanks so much for the music. It was excellent, as usual - you did me proud. You consistently deliver exactly the right tone. Writing for current affairs really is a skill - and you always pull it off...' (Lynn Ferguson, producer, Channel 4 'Dispatches')

  '...Jon really understands how radio works  - his score for The Time Machine was in complete sympathy to the needs of the play. He works quickly, his music is fantastic, and he is great to work with...' (Jeremy Mortimer, Executive Head, BBC Radio Drama)

'...a triumph of aural choreography. Jon Nicholls' sorrowful music echoed Wells' doomsday scenario to chilling effect...' (The Stage on Radio 3, The Time Machine)

'...this production would disgrace neither the National nor the RSC - ...quality is the word for this stunning production...the folding in of the music is as superb as the evocative lighting...and Jon Nicholls' finely understated score...'(The Guardian on Derby Playhouse, Amadeus) 

'...fantastic soundtrack...amazing sound design...' (BBC Radio 4, Front Row on Red Shift, Get Carter)

'...Jon Nicholls' haunting widescreen music...' (Time Out on Red Shift, Vertigo)

'...Jon Nicholls' darkly hypnotic score...'  (Morning Star on Red Shift, Vertigo)

 '..Working with these stories was like a fabulous cross between theatre, film, and reading - a new kind of form. I love the way that Jon runs with an idea, immersing himself in the words so much that he brings the story to life. It's all very subtle, like a book's pages opening on their own. There is something magical and mysterious about the whole process, the world of sound...Strangely too, I find reading them with the soundtrack a very different experience to reading them on my own. It's as if the sound allows me to lose myself and become my character. The sound is company, so I feel bolder, cheekier...' (poet and performer Jackie Kay, on the experience of collaborating with Jon on Wish I Was Here)

'...Jon Nicholls has created an evocative score, performed by the actors on an array of esoteric instruments. Aficionados of the hammered dulcimer should beat a path to Wales immediately...a great piece of musical staging...' (The Guardian on Theatr Clwyd, Silas Marner)

'...Everything about it is truly impressive...Jon Nicholls' audacious original music slips seamlessly into the piece...'  (The Scotsman on Red Shift, Hamlet)

'...ranges from lounge-core Muzak to live cello and guitar to percussive cacophony played on the set of steel sheeting... the soundscape is another compelling element of a very fine production...' (Glasgow Herald on Red Shift, Hamlet)

"...well-served by Jon Nicholls' admirable soundtrack, which is particularly effective at the moments when the entire set becomes a gamelan percussion instrument, and also during Ofelia's startling danse macabre, when his backing turns this into a sequence of unparalleled power...."
(What's On on Red Shift, Hamlet)

'...with a searing soundtrack by Jon Nicholls, this could be Hamlet for the Trainspotting generation...' (The Independent on Red Shift, Hamlet)

'...the show's greatest achievement, though, is the atmosphere engendered in a confined space, the versatile cast of four, Neil Irish's whirling, many-faceted bank of drawers, digital designs and Jon Nicholls' sweeping score...' (Glasgow Herald on Red Shift, The Love Child)