Nicole Brady is a Melbourne-based composer, creative director, and the founder of WLDR. She writes for orchestras and chamber ensembles, scores video games and film, and through WLDR builds interactive, immersive work and shapes sonic identity for global brands.

Her work has been recognised by The Peabody Awards and IndieCade, and she holds the Director's Award for Exceptional Doctoral Research at the University of Melbourne.

Ricochet opens ICMC 2026 with Ensemble Resonanz at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and tours with Flinders Quartet in their 2026 program Voices Between Worlds. A new commission for Bronzewing premieres at MRC in October 2026. Other works include Sognare: Vignette I-IV (Omega Ensemble, Sydney Opera House / Hear Now LA), theatre works Libretto at Six O'Clock (Lyris Quartet + Jessica Rauch) and Postlude (Omega Ensemble + Kendall Goddard). Her immersive album Lost Palace, recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and featuring Mark Guiliana, Miles Mosley, Lydia Ainsworth, and Steelin Hearts, was picked up across editorial playlists on Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.

In games, she composed and performed her piano concerto Neo Prefecture for the critically acclaimed We Are OFK, released on PS5, Switch, and Sony Soundtracks. Her decade long collaboration with Hitoshi Sakimoto and Basiscape Studio Tokyo spans Final Fantasy, Tekken, and Valkyria Chronicles, and her anime credits with Kevin Penkin include Star Wars Visions, Sky: Two Embers, and Dragonstriker.

Through WLDR, she directed Repast, a large-scale immersive XR installation co-produced and scored by Paul Castles, which reached over 20,000 participants across Illuminate Adelaide and Spier Light Art Cape Town. Her wider work as a creative director includes sonic identity for the NFL, MTV, and Rolex, music supervision for Pepsi's Super Bowl commercials, and award-winning campaigns for BMW, JetBlue, and Netflix.

Libretto at six o’clock: Lyris Quartet + Jessica Rauch

Ricochet: Flinders Quartet