Nicholas Dodd is regarded as one of the leading conductors and orchestrators of Hollywood film music. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in composition and orchestration, Nicholas first acted as a music producer, owning a recording studio in London and it was in those early days that he met composer David Arnold, a fateful encounter. They first worked together on the British movie THE YOUNG AMERICANS (1993), followed immediately by the major success STARGATE, which took the duo to Hollywood.
Dodd's feature film credit list is now an extensive one, including INDEPENDENCE DAY, GODZILLA, LETHAL WEAPON 4, THE MUMMY, SHAFT, THE STEPFORD WIVES, SAHARA, INKHEART and THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE, working together with the leading Hollywood composers. Recent projects include James Camerons new science-fiction adventure AVATAR. Future projects include the orchestration and conducting of the score to THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER and the sequel to a major motion picture from this year.
Furthermore, Nicholas has orchestrated and conducted all JAMES BOND soundtracks since 1997: TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, DIE ANOTHER DAY, CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
2006 and 2007 saw him lending his experienced hand to composing with the scores to RENAISSANCE, a sci-fi thriller set in Paris 2054, and to the Grammy nominated TREASURE ISLAND, directed by Alain Berberan.
Nicholas has also contributed his orchestration, arranging and conducting skills to the platinum selling artists Katherine Jenkins (on the albums SERENADE and SACRED ARIAS), Russell Watson (on the albums ENCORE, REPRISE and AMORE MUSICA) and Shirley Bassey on her 2009 release THE PERFORMANCE.