Nicole Brady is a Melbourne-based composer, creative director, and the founder of WLDR. She writes for orchestras and chamber ensembles, scores for screen and games, 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, commissioned by Flinders Quartet through their 2024 Ascend Composers Commissioning program, toured with FQ in their 2026 program Voices Between Worlds. Expanded for chamber orchestra and electronics, it opened ICMC 2026 with Friederike Scheunchen conducting Ensemble Resonanz at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and electronics performed by Nicole. A new commission for Bronzewing premieres at MRC in October 2026. Other works include piano trio 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 developed through a Ukaria Culture Centre residency, and Immersive Light Art Adelaide, 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

neo prefecture: an ode to metabolist megastructures (excerpts BTS nicole brady + WLDR ensemble)

Ricochet: Flinders Quartet

sognare vignette i-iv Hear Now LA (Chris Stoutenborough Clarinet, Chris Ahn Cello, Yevgeniy Milyavskiy Piano)