About Jennie 

Jennie Muskett MBE is a multi award-winning composer of music for film, TV, ballet and concerts – with a passion for telling stories in music.

She grew up in a musical family, and summer holidays were spent exploring some of the more remote parts of Eastern Europe following her father’s passion for virtuoso folk instrumentalists. This was translated into concerts at the South Bank with Jennie taking part as a regular performer.

She was later awarded a scholarship at the Royal College of Music to study ‘cello, singing and piano. 

During her early career as a ‘cellist on the London music scene, a chance visit to the Kalahari Desert began a deep and life-long relationship and passion for the natural world, which has inspired so many of her compositions. She has composed countless scores for natural history documentaries for companies including National Geographic, Discovery, BBC Natural History Unit and IMAX.

Jennie is equally adept at writing for romantic comedy, period drama or fast-paced drama (she composed the music and title theme for SPOOKS, so synonymous with this hit series). She has a passion for telling stories in music, no matter the genre and the astonishing variety of colours she creates is a hallmark of this gifted composer.

Jennie’s passion for story-telling came to the fore recently when she was invited to collaborate with Christopher Marney, artistic director of London City Ballet, to create EVE - a re-telling of the Adam and Eve myth. London City Ballet will be performing EVE at Sadlers Wells from the 11th to 14th September 2024. Book here.

Jennie broadened her experience even further through spending several years in Los Angeles where she developed many rewarding relationships, notably with director Martha Coolidge for whom she composed several projects for film and TV.

Jennie has received Emmy awards and BAFTA nominations for her work and she was honoured to receive an MBE for Services to Music on June 4th 2024.

She has a beautiful studio in Highgate where she records her own music and, driven by her passion for connecting people with live music, welcomes leading chamber artists and audiences to concerts in this intimate relaxed space.

There is a wealth of growing evidence of the almost magical benefits of music and sound.  Following her fascination with this aspect Jennie has been developing music for expectant mothers and their babies as well as offering Sound Meditation sessions for all at her studio.