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Nainita Desai

Nainita is one of the UK's leading award winning composers for film & television and is a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit 2016. She has written many memorable scores for broadcasters including the BBC, C4, ITV, C5, HBO, SKY, Discovery, PBS, Nat Geo, Smithsonian as well as for most of the leading independent UK film companies, and has developed a ... See full bio »
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  The Reason I Jump (Documentary) (filming)
 2019 Exit Eve (Short) (completed)
 2019 The Day We Walked On The Moon (TV Movie documentary) (completed)
  Valley Blvd (Short)
 2019 For Sama (Documentary)
 2019 Lab Rat (Short)
 2018 Defenders UK (TV Series documentary) (15 episodes)
- Episode #1.15 (2018)
- Episode #1.14 (2018)
- Episode #1.13 (2018)
- Episode #1.12 (2018)
- Episode #1.11 (2018)
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 2018 Am I a Murderer? (TV Movie documentary)
 2018 Extraordinary Rituals (TV Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Changing World (2018)
- Great Gatherings (2018)
- Circle of Life (2018)
 2018 The Detectives: Inside the Major Crimes Team (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- The Detectives: The Farmhouse Robbery (2018)
 2018 The Life After (Documentary)
 2018 Japan's Secret Shame (Documentary)
 2018 Trevor McDonald: Return to South Africa (TV Movie documentary)
 2011-2018 Neighbourhood Blues (TV Series documentary) (84 episodes)
- Episode #9.10 (2018)
- Episode #9.9 (2018)
- Episode #9.8 (2018)
- Episode #9.7 (2018)
- Episode #9.6 (2018)
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 2018 Anemone (Short)
 2018 The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (TV Special documentary)
 2018 Catching a Killer: A Knock at the Door (TV Movie documentary)
 2018 Cur:few (Short)
 2018 My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me (TV Movie documentary)
 2018 România neîmblânzitã (Documentary)
 2018 Earth's Natural Wonders (TV Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Surviving Against the Odds (2018)
- Surviving with Animals (2018)
- Surviving the Extreme (2018)
 2018 Wild Africa: Rivers of Life (TV Mini-Series documentary) (7 episodes)
- Episode #1.7 (2018)
- Episode #1.6 (2018)
- Episode #1.5 (2018)
- Episode #1.4 (2018)
- Episode #1.3 (2018)
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 2018 Let My People Vote (Short)
 2017 Extreme Wives with Kate Humble (TV Mini-Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (2017) ... (music)
- Episode #1.2 (2017) ... (music)
- Episode #1.1 (2017)
 2017 Raped: My Story (TV Movie documentary) (music)
 2017 The Ganges with Sue Perkins (TV Mini-Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (2017) ... (as Soundology, original music)
- Episode #1.2 (2017) ... (as Soundology, original music)
- Episode #1.1 (2017) ... (as Soundology, original music)
  Tribes, Predators & Me (TV Series) (5 episodes, 2016 - 2017) (composer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Hyena People of Ethiopia (2017) ... (as Soundology, music composed by)
- Eagle People of Mongolia (2017) ... (as Soundology, music composed by)
- Shark People of the South Pacific (2017) ... (as Soundology, music composed by)
- Crocodile People of New Guinea (2016)
- Lion People of the Kalahari (2016) ... (music composed by)
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 2017 Diana: The Day Britain Cried (TV Movie documentary) (music by)
 2017 My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2017)
- Episode #1.1 (2017)
 2017 Cost of Discrimination (Documentary short)
 2017 Inside London Fire Brigade (TV Mini-Series documentary) (composer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2017) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.1 (2017) ... (composer)
 2017 First Ladies Revealed (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 2017 In This Climate (Documentary)
 2016-2017 Cops UK: Bodycam Squad (TV Series documentary) (11 episodes)
- Episode #2.5 (2017)
- Episode #2.4 (2017)
- Episode #2.3 (2017)
- Episode #2.2 (2017)
- Episode #2.1 (2017)
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 2017 Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Episode #1.2 (2017)
 2017 Hunting the KGB Killers (Documentary)
 2017 Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2017)
- Episode #1.1 (2017)
 2017 Lost in Lebanon (Documentary)
 2017 With Love from Calais (Short)
 2016 The Big Food Rescue (TV Mini-Series documentary) (4 episodes)
- Episode #1.5 (2016)
- Episode #1.4 (2016)
- Episode #1.3 (2016)
- Episode #1.2 (2016)
 2016 The Murder of Sadie Hartley (TV Movie documentary)
 2016 B Is for Book (Documentary)
 2016 Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2016)
- Episode #1.1 (2016)
 2016 The Day Hitler Died (TV Movie documentary)
 2016 African River Wild (TV Series documentary) (7 episodes)
- Nile River (2016)
- Zambezi River (2016)
- Sand River (2016)
- Okavango River (2016)
- Hoanib River (2016)
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 2015 Mumbai High: The Musical (TV Movie)
 2015 Cameraman to the Queen (TV Movie documentary) (composer)
 2015 Rickshaw Passenger (Short)
 2015 Kolkata with Sue Perkins (TV Movie documentary) (composer)
 2015 The Confessions of Thomas Quick (Documentary) (composer)
 2015 Shark Alley (Documentary short)
 2015 Hunters of the South Seas (TV Series documentary) (composer - 1 episode)
- Ep1 the Bajau ... (composer)
 2015 Million Dollar American Princesses (TV Series) (composer - 3 episodes)
- Movers & Shakers (2015) ... (composer)
- Wedding of the Century (2015) ... (composer)
- Cash for Class (2015) ... (composer)
 2014 Adventurion 3D-360 (Short)
 2014/I Molly (Short)
 2014 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins (TV Mini-Series documentary) (composer - 4 episodes)
- Episode #1.4 (2014) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.3 (2014) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.2 (2014) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.1 (2014) ... (composer)
 2014 Small Animal Hospital (TV Series) (11 episodes)
- Episode #1.11 (2014) ... (music)
- Episode #1.10 (2014) ... (music)
- Toby the Poodle and a Snake (2014) ... (music)
- Rocky the Rebel and Percy (2014) ... (music)
- German Shepherd Puppies and Alfie (2014) ... (music)
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 2014 Executed (TV Movie documentary)
 2014 Wild Shepherdess: Afghanistan (TV Movie documentary)
 2014 The Gun, the Cake & the Butterfly (Documentary) (composer - as Soundology Nainita Desai)
 2014 Chris Bacon: Man of Steel (Short) (composed by)
 2014 Checkpost (Short) (composer)
 2013 Ben and James Versus the Arabian Desert (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2013)
- Episode #1.1 (2013)
 2013 Kennedy's Suicide Bomber (TV Movie) (composer)
 2013 The Day Kennedy Died (TV Movie documentary)
 2013 Being Poirot (Documentary) (composer)
  Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest (TV Series documentary) (1 episode, 2013) (composer - 5 episodes, 2013)
- Cowboys (2013) ... (composer)
- Hunters (2013) ... (composer)
- Construction Gangs (2013) ... (composer)
- Poacher Squad (2013) ... (composer)
- Bodyguards (2013) ... (composer)
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 2013 Ancient Greece: The Greatest Show on Earth (TV Mini-Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Romans (2013) ... (as Mainita Desai)
- Kings (2013) ... (as Mainita Desai)
- Democrats (2013) ... (as Mainita Desai)
 2013 The Kids with No Memory (TV Movie documentary) (original music by)
 2013 Who Were the Greeks? (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
 2013 Animal Heroes (TV Mini-Series documentary) (composer - 2 episodes)
- Animal Heroes (2013) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.1 (2013) ... (composer)
 2012 The Hunt for Bin Laden (TV Movie documentary)
 2011 Toughest Race on Earth with James Cracknell (TV Movie documentary)
 2011 Shark Attack Experiment Live (TV Special documentary) (composer)
 2011 9/11: Day That Changed the World (TV Movie documentary)
 2011 Strictly Kosher (TV Movie documentary) (composer)
 2011 Expedition Week (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Eating with Cannibals (2011)
 2011 Leah's Dream (TV Special documentary) (composer)
 2011 Arctic (TV Series documentary) (5 episodes)
- Norway (2011)
- Canada (2011)
- Alaska (2011)
- Greenland (2011)
- Siberia (2011)
 2011 Police Interceptors (TV Series) (2011-2013)
 2010 An Iranian Odyssey (Documentary)
 2010 David Jason: Battle of Britain (TV Movie documentary) (composer)
 2010 David Suchet on the Orient Express (TV Movie documentary)
 2009 Turin Shroud: New Evidence (TV Movie documentary)
 2009 Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Episode #2.4 (2009)
 1996-2008 Globe Trekker (TV Series) (composer - 12 episodes)
- Utah and Colorado (2008) ... (composer)
- Senegal and Cape Verde (2008) ... (composer)
- South West USA (1996) ... (composer)
- South Africa & Lesotho (1996) ... (composer)
- Philippines (1996) ... (composer)
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 2008 Make Me a Christian (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (2008)
- Episode #1.2 (2008)
- Episode #1.1 (2008)
 2008 Police Interceptors (TV Series documentary) (composer - 7 episodes)
- Episode #1.7 (2008) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.6 (2008) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.5 (2008) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.4 (2008) ... (composer)
- Episode #1.3 (2008) ... (composer)
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 2007 Stairway to Heaven (Documentary)
 2007 Make Me a Muslim (TV Series documentary) (3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (2007)
- Episode #1.2 (2007)
- Episode #1.1 (2007)
 2007 Life or Death (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Brain Attack (2007)
 2007 Maxwell (TV Movie) (as Kalmita Desai)
 2006 To Kidnap a Princess (TV Movie) (composer)
 2006 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Return of the Fire Cat (2006)
 2006 Pompeii... Live! (TV Movie documentary)
 2005 Children of Beslan (TV Movie documentary)
 2004 Wild Battlefields (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Wolf Battlefield (2004) ... (music)
 2004 Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- The Real World of Arthur (2004)
 2004 Little Terrorist (Short)
 2003 Britain BC (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Episode #1.1 (2003)
 2002 Who Got Benny's Millions? (TV Movie documentary) (composer)
 2000 Manhattan on the Beach (TV Series) (10 episodes)
- Episode #1.9 (2000)
- Episode #1.8 (2000)
- Episode #1.7 (2000)
- Episode #1.6 (2000)
- Episode #1.5 (2000)
Show all 10 episodes
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