Nami Melumad

Nami Melumad was born in 1988 in Ramat Gan

Naama "Nami" Melumad was born on December 5, 1988, in Ramat Gan, where she grew up. At Blich High School she studied music and chemistry. She plays piano, flute and guitar.

After her army service, she was accepted directly into the second year of composition studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She earned a Bachelor of Music in composition with high honors. In 2014 she moved to Los Angeles to study film and television scoring at the University of Southern California.

In Israel she wrote music for documentaries, theater, dance and commercials. In the United States she scored films such as An American Pickle and series such as Absentia. In 2019 she became the first woman to score an episode in the Star Trek franchise.

She then scored Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In 2022 she worked with Michael Giacchino on Thor: Love and Thunder. In June 2025 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.