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Nicholas Britell
artist

Nicholas Britell

Nicholas Britell is a soundtrack artist formed in 1980. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Soundtrack · Best soundtrack albums

39
Releases
20102025
Active years
1980
Formed

Discography

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Succession: Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack) cover

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Succession: Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)

2022 · 21 tracks

Singles & EPs

10

Collaborators

1

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Nicholas Britell at a glance

Born in
New York City
From
United States
Instruments
piano
Educated at
Harvard University, Hopkins School

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About

Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American composer, pianist, and film producer based in New York City. He has scored both of Barry Jenkins's studio films, Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), both of which received nominations for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards. He has also worked with Adam McKay, scoring his three most recent films, The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018), and Don't Look Up (2021), the latter receiving a nomination for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media award for Best Original Score. The HBO original series Succession (2018–present) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored the entire first and second season, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music and the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series. His score for the second season of Succession was nominated in 2020 for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.

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His score for The Underground Railroad was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. At the World Soundtrack Awards, Britell was awarded Film Composer of the Year in 2019 for his scores for Vice and If Beale Street Could Talk and Television Composer of the Year in 2020 for Succession. Britell also won Best Original Song at the 2021 ceremony alongside Florence Welch for Call Me Cruella, written for Cruella. His works, as described by Soraya McDonald of Film Comment, "seem to organically straddle accessibility and sophistication in a way that goes beyond the typical programming of a big-city pops orchestra...That might have something to do with the fact that Britell has long had one foot in the world of hip-hop and another in the world of classical music."

Nicholas Britell in brief

How many Nicholas Britell releases are on Riffiter?
39 releases are catalogued, spanning 2010 to 2025.
When was Nicholas Britell formed?
Nicholas Britell formed in 1980.
What genre is Nicholas Britell?
Nicholas Britell is catalogued under Soundtrack.
What is the most recent Nicholas Britell release on Riffiter?
Andor: Season 2 - Vol. 2 (Episodes 4-6) (Original Score), released in 2025.