about

Nicholas Roder is a composer and musician from Melbourne, Australia His work spans music for screen, dance, and video games, as well as arranging and creating original solo material.

Since 2022, Nick has worked closely alongside Oliver Coates as a composer’s assistant. He has assisted Oliver on several projects for screen, including films The History of Sound, Pillion, 100 Nights of Hero and Foe, TV series Mary & George and Omnivore. He also collaborated with Oliver on the music for Dior’s 2023 Fall show in Mumbai, the 2024 Cruise Line show in Scotland, and the 2025 Cruise Line show in Rome.

Nick has composed music for several video games including This Dead Winter, N1NE: The Splintered Mind, The Invisible Hand and Roadwarden, which featured on several “game of the year” lists by The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Telegraph UK and PC Gamer.

In 2021 Nick released his first solo album as Nick Roder / Indigo. The first album Part I was released by Melbourne label Music Company and features nine pieces for bass guitar and tenor saxophone. Deviations / Part II was released in 2025 with an accompanying video made by animtor Jon DiNapoli.

Since 2022, Nick has collaborated with contemporary dancer and director Harrison Ritchie-Jones on a range of projects exploring the intersection of movement, music, and film. These include the film Banshee Cried Silver and the live work CUDDLE, which both premiered at the 2023 FRAME Biennial in Melbourne, alongside Big Wig Small Gig (presented as part of Stephanie Lake’s ESCALATOR series), Tantrum For Six (PIECES 2023), and Pigeon Humongous, created with Sydney Dance Company as part of their New Breed program.