Film music composer & sound designer

ThomasNicol

Original score and sound design for documentary films, fiction, video games and sound installations.

Portrait de Thomas Nicol
  • Arte
  • France Télévision
  • Cinétévé
  • La Casquette Productions
  • Nova Production
  • Cristal Publishing
  • GRINTA Films
  • Studio Chahut
Selected work

Works

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01 The robot dog of Dog in the Machine in the mecha-city
2026Video game · Tactical rogueliteStudio Chahut

Dog in the Machine

Dog in the Machine is a tactical roguelite where you help an AutoDog escape a dystopian mecha-city and reunite with its exiled humans. Battle through a series of encounters on compact grids…

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02 Iannis Xenakis at Persepolis
2022Documentary · 52 minArte

Xenakis révolution, le bâtisseur du son

Xenakis was the first European composer to use a computer to create music. With UPIC, he invented the first graphic synthesizer in an effort to make composition accessible to all. Driven by…

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03 Cannes 1939: The Festival Will Not Take Place
2019Documentary · 52 minFrance 5

Cannes 1939, le festival n'aura pas lieu

There is in this remarkable documentary a sequence that deserves a full film in its own right. On the evening of 22 August 1939 at Palm Beach, days before a first Cannes festival that would…

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04 Madame Le Maire — graphic design by WUL
2022Documentary · 52 minLyon Capitale TV

Madame Le Maire

When the mayor of her hometown is convicted of sexual assault, Anne-Sophie decides to run in the municipal elections. A working-class single mother of two, she steps into a world whose rules…

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05 Bruno Sanchez and Camille Wodling in In Utero
2023Short film · 20 minCristal Publishing

In Utero

Alice's pregnancy does not go as planned. Leo has already stopped asking himself what kind of father he might have become. In Utero tells the deep turmoil of a couple expecting a child with…

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06 Image wall at the Musée Guerre et Paix en Ardennes
2018Museography · 6 films and sound journeyLa Casquette Productions

Musée Guerre et Paix en Ardennes

Set in the Ardennes, the Museum of War and Peace looks at the three great wars that ravaged Europe — 1870-71, 1914-18 and 1939-45 — and more broadly at the conflicts still shaping the world…

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07 ASUS — In Search of Incredible, directed by GRINTA Films
2024Advertising · Global campaignGRINTA Films

ASUS — In Search of Incredible

Original score for the global ASUS campaign In Search of Incredible.…

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About

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Thomas NICOL aka THO is a french music composer.

After being introduced to the guitar by his father, Thomas Nicol studied composition, electroacoustic music, and sound design at the conservatory. He developed a unique style, tinged with acousmatic elements, minimalism, orchestral music and electronic influences. He has worked in documentary cinema, advertising, video games, numerous short films, and live performances.

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Awards & selections

Awards & selections

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Contact

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Music publishing — Cristal Publishing