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Pianist, Media Composer,

Music Editor, and Music Supervisor

COMPOSITIONS FOR VISUAL MEDIA

FILM POSTERS

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Compositons

SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

"Fall"
The Fall Raye 4tet
© 2024 Boomslang Records
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"Burnt Roots"
The David Macchione Quintet
© 2023 David Macchione
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SCORES

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"Final Spin" - a rescore of a scene from "How To Train Your Dragon" composed, orchestrated, and notated by Nika Ko

ABOUT ME

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Currently based in LA, Nika Ko (they/them) works as a pianist and freelance composer for films and other visual media. As a youth in Portland, Oregon, Ko loved playing jazz gigs and writing tunes, and competed on a national level in jazz big bands and as a soloist. Now a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Ko has studied piano and film composition with many visionaries including Grammy-winner Claudio Ragazzi, NEA jazz master Joanne Brackeen, and Grammy-winner/NEA jazz master Terri Lyne Carrington. Ko has since worked as a composer assistant and personal assistant for Carrington, and worked as a contract music supervisor, music editor, and composer for Oakland-based documentary and advertisement studio 6andLine Productions. Ko was recently commissioned by the international film distribution company Kino-Lorber to compose and record a score for an archival short film shot by Thomas Edison. They have also scored several student films, including a feature length documentary about the Bollywood film industry entitled "Dream Factory," and a horror/comedy short entitled "Red Dot Special." As a pianist, you can hear Ko’s playing as a sideman on Fall Raye’s album “Fall,” which was recently released on Boomslang Records. 

Photo By: Kelly Davidson

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