Adham Shaikh

Film Composer

Biography

About Adham

Award-Winning Composer | Sonic Alchemist | Storyteller Through Sound

Adham Shaikh is an Emmy- and Juno-nominated composer, musician, and producer whose genre-defying sound bridges orchestral majesty with global textures and modern electronic production. Renowned for his ability to blend cinematic emotion with culturally rich soundscapes, Adham’s music is as expansive as the stories it helps tell.

In 2025, Adham co-composed the sweeping original score for Shared Planet (CBC’s The Nature of Things, River Road Films)—a landmark natural history series filmed across 16 regions worldwide. Fusing classical orchestration with region-specific traditional instrumentation, the score brought emotional depth and cultural resonance to each story. Adham’s ability to channel the soul of a place through sound helped shape a musical journey that is both timeless and deeply grounded in the natural world.

Over the past two decades, he has scored original music for a wide range of acclaimed film and television productions, including:

Untamed Americas (National Geographic – Emmy nomination)
Sacred Planet (IMAX – Disney/Buena Vista)
Fierce Light (National Film Board / Fierce Light Films)
Earth Pilgrim, Word Love (Avanti Pictures)
Deconstructing Dinner (ITV)
Working People: The Labour History of BC (Knowledge Network)
Secrets: A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Sexual Revolution (CBC Passionate Eye / Make Believe Media – Leo Award Winner: Best Musical Score)

His music has also been licensed widely, appearing in celebrated productions such as:

Orphan Black (BBC – Emmy Award-winning series)
Suzuki Speaks (Avanti Pictures)
The Edge of the World: BC’s Early Years (Knowledge Network)
Us & Them (Jennifer Abbott & Krista Loughton – additional composition)

With a unique fusion of live, traditional instrumentation from cultures around the world, immersive electronic elements, and orchestral depth, Adham creates soundscapes that transcend genre—bringing stories to life through emotion, rhythm, and atmosphere.

Whether scoring the epic sweep of nature, the intricacies of human experience, or the pulse of global culture,

Adham Shaikh composes with one goal: to move people through the power of sound.