Adina Nelu is a Manchester-based film composer whose narrative-driven work focuses on sonic storytelling and music as metaphor.
Her highly tailored approach leads to a unique sonic identity exploring the line between aesthetically pleasing and sonically challenging, inviting the listener to temporarily adjust to a different norm of beauty in music. Her aesthetic ranges across many genres, from orchestral, to experimental sound-design and everything in between.
She is an awardee of Sound and Music’s Francis Chagrin Award, HMUK Do it Differently Fund and a BAFTA Connect member. Her latest feature film The Wishing Tree was shortlisted for Romania’s entry for the Academy Awards Best International Film category and she was recently awarded with the Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice grant.
She has worked with various brands and clients such as Dove, Johnnie Walker, Spitfire Audio, BBC Arts, Tibi Clenci, Glamour Romania, GMCA, Alina Ceusan. Her arrangement of Pure Imagination for Dove’s global campaign The Code was nominated for a Music and Sound Award in the Best Re-record in Broadcast Advertising category (2024)
She is currently signed to 515, a new London-based composer agency focused on women and gender minority composers. Through her work, Adina aims to address the issue of gender representation within the creative industries and amplify female-led stories.
WHAT’S ON
Adina’s voice-centred trailer tracks Adventure Awaits, Done Waiting and One Last Stand have been published by and are licensable through Universal Production Music part of BBC Production Music Campaigns’ album Voices.
Adina’s new album Music for the Seasons: Vol. I is now available on all streaming platforms. This is the first instalment in a series of ambient collections celebrating small instances of accidental beauty and states of mind created by the elements at different times of the day throughout the year.
Adina was nominated for a Music and Sound Award for her arrangement of Pure Imagination for Dove’s global campaign The Code.
