BIO

Vadim Chelnokov is a professional film, television and media composer, arranger and producer.

He was born in Moscow, Russia in 1975 and started his musical adventure aged 6, studying classical piano. Later, in 1987 he graduated from Moscow School of Music and Art and his family moved to New York City. Here, as well as continuing to study piano, he also took up bass and guitar as well as a variety of other instruments.

In 1997 he went on to obtain a first class honours degree in music production from the State Musical College of pop and jazz art programme (Gnessin Russian Academy of Music).

For the last 25 years, Vadim has been writing production music, collaborating with various TV channels, radio stations, advertising and media companies. During this time, Vadim has written music for many high profile commercials including a series of spots for Citybank, Audi, Volvo, Adidas, McDonalds, Sony, Swatch etc. His tracks have been licensed by multiple US and European companies including BMG, Digital Juice, Pond 5, Audiosparx, Gargantuan Music.

In tandem with his career as a media composer, Vadim has recorded and produced several pop and contemporary jazz albums and founded VAD75, an international smooth jazz project. Working with his friend Scott Marvill—a GRAMMY-recognized guitarist and bassist—they created the song "Horizons," which hit #1 on UK Smooth Jazz Radio in 2019.

Additionally, in 2019, following his involvement in the production of a Christian anthem that accompanied the Pope’s visit to Lithuania in 2018., Vadim was invited to create a song for Lithuania’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest.

Vadim runs his own mastering facility, POLY MASTERING. His music connections and collaborations reach far and wide, working with people from Great Britain, USA, Russia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Spain, Israel - you name it!

His love for film music has resulted in a natural transition from writing and producing music for artists to writing for film. He is a creative composer who loves to explore how music affects the emotions of the listener. He strives to put music to picture that will engage the viewer and enable them to absorb all the nuances of a story more deeply. Consequently, in 2023 Vadim was asked to compose the score for the world 3D film "Leo Tolstoy: Beyond Photography". Through collaboration with the film's director, he successfully identified and amplified the emotional depth of their shared narrative vision.

Recently Vadim has explored Kazakhstan, finding it it such a welcoming and beautiful place! He’s still busy creating music while enjoying his time in Central Asia, where he is actively planning future projects and expanding his professional network.