2024-10-08
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Head to patreon.com myperfectconsole my guest today is a British composer for film, television and video games.
Born and raised in London by her Indian parents, she earned a degree in mathematics, then studied sound design at the National Film and Television School.
She started her career as a sound designer on the films Little Buddha, Lessons of Darkness and Death Machine before branching into composition for television, including, among hundreds of others, the Oscar nominated for Summer, the hit Netflix series American murder and the BBC drama series Unprecedented.
In 2022, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for her work on the Reason I Jump, a film that explores the experiences of non speaking autistic people around the world.
And more recently, she has entered the world of video games, composing the scores for Telling Lies, Immortality, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, and most recently, Tales of Kera Zao, for which she has been nominated for a World Soundtrack Award.
Welcome Nanita Desai.
Hello, Simon.
Thank you for having me on your illustrious show today.
It's lovely to meet you, Nanita.
So, yeah, congratulations on the nomination.
A very exciting moment, I'm sure.
What was the experience of composing for that game like for you?
Zao Gosh, Tales of Kenzera Zao.
Oh, it was just.
Well, it was one of the most joyous creative experiences I've ever had, actually.
And I was involved with the game from its very early conceptions by Abu Salim for four years.