Music for Media
Composer, musician…
Telling stories through music.
Abigail Neale is a Toronto-based composer and musician whose work is focused on creating and capturing moments that connect deeply with her audience.
Her musical training has roots in the classical idiom, and as a graduate of Humber College, has branched into a myriad of contemporary genres including jazz, pop, and R&B.
Drawing from years of experience as a multi-instrumentalist, her compositions pull on her ability to insightfully express the mood of a scene or genre. From the nuance of playful animations and video games to emphatic theatre scores, she loves exploring different soundscapes in her work.
Some of her favourite film music to date comes from Studio Ghibli and the Lord of the Rings.
Abigail’s work has been recognized with the St. John’s Music Award (2012), Moe Koffman Universal Music Award (2013), and the Dave Stillwell Arranging Award (2014).
In 2015, she released her first EP “Dreamscape” as composer and bandleader and has since notably written scores for the Toronto Fringe Festival’s “High Park Noir” (2017) and Leica Camera’s “Decisive Moments” (2021), in addition to numerous short films.
She is a graduate from Sheridan College’s Music Scoring for Screen and Stage program and has recently participated in SOCAN’s 2021 Screen Music Laboratory for Emerging Composers. When she’s not writing music, she can be found playing saxophone with the Sidewalk Crusaders, the Blackboard Blues Band, and the BackTrack Band.