Music Scoring for Film
Presented by Patrice Rushen, Kwame Holland
Conversations with musicians and composers about scoring for film Patrice Rushen, Kwame Holland, Ian Chen, Moderator Greg Bridges
Panel Speaker at San Diego Comic Con
SDCC 2020: Behind-The-Scenes of Your Favorite Film & TV Shows
Entertainment creatives discuss on how they bring your favorite film and television projects from script to screen!
Interview with CNA on winning the 18th IMAs →
The 18th Independent Music Awards winners have been revealed. Los Angeles based Taiwanese composer Ian Chen won Best Film / TV / Game Score with his original soundtrack for video game Fantastic Creatures. CNA nabbed an exclusive interview with Ian Chen, talking about winning the IMA award and COVID-19's disruptions in the film industry.
Read full interview in Chinese here.
Interview with Gaming Cypher on scoring Fantastic Creatures →
Fantastic Creatures Composer Ian Chen Discusses the Game’s Enchanting Score
One aspect that both gamers and critics are buzzing about is the game’s original score by Ian Chen.
Read full interview here.
Interview with What's On Netflix on scoring Green Door →
Composer Ian Chen Discusses Score for Netflix’s ‘Green Door’
WON nabbed an exclusive interview with Ian Chen who worked on Taiwanese horror-thriller Green Door.
Read the full interview here.
Exclusive Interview with Flickering Myth →
In an exclusive interview with Flickering Myth, Ian talks about everything from the Chinese mythology of the game to what instruments were crucial to him while creating the game’s score.
Read the full interview here.
Interview with Central News Agency (Taiwan) →
Ian chatted about media scoring and his life as a film and TV composer with journalist Hans Lin from CNA. Full article can be found here.
“Blue Room” Reviewed in The New York Times
“...He later returned with Ms. Demyanenko for the first half of “Blue Room.” Mr.O’Connor’s lighting transformed the stage to a fiery orange-red. But even so, the temperature of “Blue Room,” set to spare music by Nick Brooke and Ian Chen, remained coolly minimal...”
Blue Room had a successful world premiere at New York Live Arts on Feb. 13-15, 2014. Here’s a review article written by Gia Kourlas in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/arts/dance/elena-demyanenko-and-dai-jian-collaborate.html
A version of this review appears in print on February 17, 2014, on page C2 of the New York edition with the headline: Disparate Backgrounds but a Common Thread.