Emma Jackson
Composition - Post Sound
About
Emma Jackson is a London-based composer and sound designer working across television, film, and museum exhibitions. Her work blends neoclassical minimalism with ambient sound design to create immersive, emotionally resonant scores.With credits spanning Disney, BBC, MoMA, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Emma brings a distinctive voice to both screen and spatial media. At the age of 20, she worked as the foley artist for Disney’s documentary Beyond Infinity, marking the beginning of a career defined by storytelling through sound.Since then, she has scored a diverse range of projects, from documentaries and reality series to immersive gallery installations and wellness-focused apps. Recent work includes collaborations with The National Gallery, Mike Figgis on Megadoc, the Heidi Horten Museum, and Thea App, reflecting her ability to bridge the worlds of screen composition and sonic design.Emma’s next creative goal is to score a television drama, combining her sensitivity to emotional narrative with her cinematic and textural approach to sound.
Nominated Finalist for 2025 Music + Sound Awards
Best Sound Design in a Series or Programme
Featured work
Composition
Composition - Post Sound
Emma Jackson is a composer working across television, film, wellness, and gallery commissions. Her music is rooted in neoclassical minimalism and ambient composition, characterised by subtle harmonic movement, delicate instrumentation, and a strong sensitivity to emotional and narrative tone.Her work as a composer includes commissions from MoMA, Spatial In, Spitfire Audio, The National Gallery, Amazon Music, and the Smithsonian. She has written for a wide range of contexts, from narrative series and documentaries to wellness apps, immersive exhibitions, hospital trials, and advertising campaigns. Her solo music also explores the therapeutic potential of sound, with compositions designed to support sleep, reflection, and emotional regulation.Emma’s compositional voice is defined by clarity, emotional depth, and a commitment to serving the psychological needs of the audience as much as the aesthetic demands of the story.
Recent Commissions
Recent Sync Placements
Post Sound
Composition - Post Sound
Sound Design | Immersive Audio | Foley | Mixing
Emma Jackson is a London-based sound designer and mixer specialising in immersive audio, foley, and post-production sound for film, television, exhibitions, and branded content. Her practice centres on building emotionally attuned sonic environments that support and elevate visual storytelling.Her credits include Disney, BBC, Amazon Music, MoMA, and the Smithsonian, alongside collaborations on projects directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Mike Figgis. Her work spans cinematic foley, dialogue editing, and 7.1.2 immersive mixing for both spatial installations and clinical trials. From major museum exhibitions and high-profile advertising campaigns to narrative and experimental film, she consistently delivers sound that is both technically refined and emotionally resonant.Emma brings a collaborative, story-first approach to every production, using sound not only to enhance but to fully inhabit the spaces between image and meaning.
