Nami Melumad

Nami Melumad (born December 5, 1988) is an Israeli-Dutch film and television composer based in Los Angeles.[1] She is best known for her work on the TV series, Absentia (Sony Pictures Television), Miss Arizona (Side Gig Productions), and the Star Trek Short, Q & A. Upcoming projects include An American Pickle (2020).

Nami Melumad
Background information
BornDecember 5, 1988 (1988-12-05) (age 31)
Ramat Gan, Israel
GenresFilm and television music
Occupation(s)Composer

Early life and career

Nami grew up in Ramat Gan. She attended Blich High School where she majored in music theory, composition, flute performance, and chemistry. While at school, she began developing an interest in film scoring and also wrote the score for a children's theatre play. She played classical piano, flute and guitar. Upon completing her IDF service, Nami was accepted directly to the sophomore year at the Cross-Disciplinary Composition Division of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and earned a Bachelor of Music in composition.[2] Among her teachers were Ioseb Bardanashvili, Michael Wolpe and Rafi Kadishzon. At this time, she was composing mainly for documentary films, short-form narratives, commercials and stage.[3] Nami moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to attend the graduate program in scoring for motion pictures and television (previously known as SMPTV) at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.[4]

Nami scored over 130 projects,[5] including feature films, TV series, short films and more. She is the first woman to score a Star Trek Episode (Q&A)[6] and won several awards for her work including the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Passage (2018),[7] Best Short Score at Fimucité (2017) [8] out 908 scores, and The Marshall Hawkins Award-Best Original Score at Idyllwild Festival of Cinema (2018).[9]. Her score for Over the Wall earned her a nomination at the XIV Jerry Goldsmith Awards (2019).

She was one of the 12 composers around the world to make the cut for acclaimed ASCAP 2016 film scoring workshop with composer Richard Bellis.[10] In October 2016 her score to Mindgame was performed live-to-picture by the Helix Collective Ensemble, at the Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. In May 2017 her work New Zealand's Guide To Tessering was performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra.[11] As an orchestrator, she worked on The Little Mermaid and Logic's album Everybody.[12]

Nami is passionately involved with the film community in Los Angeles. She's a member of Women in Film (Los Angeles), a board member [13] of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and a voting member of the Television Academy.

Selected filmography

As Composer

  • An American Pickle (2020) - *based on original themes by Michael Giacchino
  • Absentia (2019-2020) (TV Series, Amazon/Sony)
  • Star Trek- Short Treks: Q & A (2019) (TV Episode, CBS/The Secret Hideout)
  • Dead End (2019) (TV Series, Kan - Israeli Public Broadcast Corporation)
  • Senior Love Triangle (2019)
  • Before the Dawn (2019)
  • Miss Arizona (2018) (Side Gig Productions)
  • Subira (2018)
  • The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer (2018)
  • Trico Tri Happy Halloween (2018)
  • Church & State (Documentary) (2018)
  • This Day Forward (2018)
  • Passage (Short Film) (2018)
  • The Big Nothing (2017) (TV Series, Israel's YES Kidz Channel)

Awards and nominations
Year Result Award Category Work
2019 Nominated Jerry Goldsmith Awards Best Score for a Short Film Over the Wall
2018 Nominated HMMA Original Score – Independent Film[14] Miss Arizona
2018 Won HMMA Original Score – Short Film[14] Passage
2017 Nominated HMMA Original Score – Independent Film[15] This Day Forward
2017 Won Fimucité Best Original Score – Short Film[16] Luminaries

References
  1. "Meet Nami Melumad of Nami Melumad – Film Composer, HER Scores in Los Feliz". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. "Nami Melumad". jamd.ac.il. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Event.aspx?Subj=7&Area=1&EventID=14305
  4. "נעמה מלומד". uscscoring.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5628950
  6. https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/nami-melumad-is-the-first-woman-to-score-a-star-trek-episode-qampa
  7. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-music-media-awards-winners-2018-1153411
  8. https://fimucite.com/13/en/news/739-fimucite-affirms-its-commitment-to-young-talent-and-female-composers
  9. https://www.idyllwildcinemafest.com/awards-iifc-2018/
  10. "12 Composers From Around the World Make the Cut for Acclaimed ASCAP 2016 Film Scoring Workshop". ascap.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  11. "Hollywood Chamber Orchestra to Perform at The Future is Female: A Concert for Women in Film May 7". musicalamerica.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  12. "Logic". genius.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  13. https://www.theawfc.com/leadership/
  14. "Complete list of 2018 HMMA Music In Visual Media Nominations". hmmawards.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  15. "The complete list of 2017 Music In Visual Media nominees". hmmawards.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  16. "Winners of Fimucinema 2017 - official competition of the Tenerife International Film Music Festival". fimucite.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
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