Naama "Nami" Melumad ( he, נעמה (נמי) מלומד; born December 5, 1988) is an Israeli-Dutch film and television composer based in Los Angeles. She is best known for her work on
Paramount+'s series, ''
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' and ''
Star Trek: Prodigy'' , Marvel's ''
Thor: Love and Thunder'', the
HBO Max film ''
An American Pickle'', the
Amazon TV series ''
Absentia
is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent".
may also refer to:
* Award in absentia
* Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body
* Election in abs ...
'', and the virtual reality video game ''
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond''
Early life and career
Nami was born and raised in
Ramat Gan, Israel
Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Gush Dan, Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges ...
. She attended Blich High School where she majored in music theory, composition, flute performance, and chemistry. While at school, she began developing an interest in
film scoring and also wrote the score for a children's theatre play. She played classical piano, flute, and guitar. Upon completing her military service in the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
, Nami was accepted directly to the sophomore year at the Cross-Disciplinary Composition Division of the
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance ( he, האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים), is a school for the music and the performing arts in Jerusalem. It is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusa ...
and earned a
Bachelor of Music in composition. Among her teachers were
Ioseb Bardanashvili
Ioseb Bardanashvili ( ka, იოსებ (სოსო) ბარდანაშვილი; he, יוסף ברדנשווילי; born 23 November 1948 in Batumi, Georgia) is an Israeli and Georgian composer. His works span classical to contemp ...
, Michael Wolpe, and Rafi Kadishzon. She composed mainly for documentary films, short-form narratives, commercials and stage. Nami moved to
Los Angeles in 2014 to attend the graduate program in scoring for motion pictures and television (previously known as SMPTV) at the
Thornton School of Music at the
University of Southern California.
Nami scored over 130 projects, including feature films, TV series, short films and more. She is the first woman to score an episode in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, the ''
Star Trek: Short Treks'' episode, "Q&A" and won several awards for her work including the
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special pr ...
for Passage (2018), Best Short Score at
Fimucité
The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (Fimucité) ( es, Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife) is an international film music festival that is held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands ...
(2017) out 908 scores, and The Marshall Hawkins Award-Best Original Score at Idyllwild Festival of Cinema (2018). Her score for Over the Wall earned her a nomination at the XIV Jerry Goldsmith Awards (2019).
She was one of the 12 composers around the world to make the cut for the acclaimed
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
2016 film scoring workshop with composer
Richard Bellis. In October 2016 her score to ''Mindgame'' was performed live-to-picture by the Helix Collective Ensemble, at the Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. In May 2017 her work ''New Zealand's Guide To Tessering'' was performed by the
Hollywood Chamber Orchestra
The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra (HCO) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, and founded in 2015 by musicians Noah Gladstone and Mark Robertson, who are also co-music directors.
Overview
Its first public performance was on ...
. As an orchestrator, she worked on ''
The Little Mermaid'' and
Logic's album ''
Everybody''.
In 2019, Nami created original music for the ''
Senior Love Triangle'' feature film.
Nami is a member of Women in Film (Los Angeles), a board member
of the
Alliance for Women Film Composers
The Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC) is an organization dedicated to advocacy and visibility for women composers. As of 2019, there are nearly 400 members in the AWFC's database.
History
The Alliance for Women Film Composers was founded ...
, and a voting member of the
Television Academy.
Selected discography
As Composer
* ''
Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022) – in collaboration with
Michael Giacchino
*''
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' (2022) (TV Series)
*''
'' (2022) (TV Series)
*''
Far from the Tree'' (2021)
*''
Star Trek: Prodigy'' (2021–2022) (TV Series)
* ''
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond'' (2020) – (video game) in collaboration with
Michael Giacchino
* ''
An American Pickle'' (2020) – *based on original themes by Michael Giacchino
* ''
Absentia
is Latin for absence. , a legal term, is Latin for "in the absence" or "while absent".
may also refer to:
* Award in absentia
* Declared death in absentia, or simply, death in absentia, legally declared death without a body
* Election in abs ...
'' (2019–2020) (TV Series, Amazon/Sony)
* ''
Star Trek: Short Treks:'' "Q & A" (2019) (TV Episode, CBS/The Secret Hideout)
* ''Dead End'' (2019) (TV Series,
Kan)
* ''
Senior Love Triangle'' (2019)
* ''Before the Dawn'' (2019)
* ''Miss Arizona'' (2018) (Side Gig Productions)
* ''
Subira'' (2018)
* ''The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer'' (2018)
* ''Trico Tri Happy Halloween'' (2018)
* ''Church & State'' (Documentary) (2018)
* ''This Day Forward'' (2018)
* ''Passage'' (Short Film) (2018)
* ''The Big Nothing'' (2017) (TV Series, Israel's YES Kidz Channel)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1988 births
Women film score composers
Women television composers
Israeli female composers
Israeli film score composers
Jewish Israeli musicians
Living people
Television composers
People from Ramat Gan
Jewish_women musicians
Jewish_composers
Jewish_women_composers