Jessica Wells is a versatile composer, orchestrator, and arranger for concerts, films, theatre, and album recordings.

Her business, Jigsaw Music, provides music preparation services for clients all over the world. She also works as a recording producer and conductor. She was the Musical Director of the APRA Screen Music Awards from 2017-2022, and she is the current Vice President of the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia.

In February 2024 her yet-to-be-released orchestral film score for “Endangered Australia”: a three-part documentary series about Australian wildlife, was recorded by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jessica at Trackdown Scoring Stage in Sydney.

Her score for the documentary “Mozart’s Sister” has been received to critical acclaim and has been nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary.

Jessica has orchestrated dozens of scores for the screen including “Elvis”, “Blueback”, “Shadow and Bone”, “Brahmastra”, “Ivy and Bean” and “Paper Planes”.

She is in demand as a concert composer, with recent commissions for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Ballet,  Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Gondwana Choirs, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Australian Youth Orchestra, Acacia Quartet, Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ensemble Offspring.