Looking back to late September last year, we held some very important recording sessions in Singapore with the wonderfully talented violinist @joyy.alegria (Joyy Yong) (lead violin role of the Violinist). My heartfelt thanks to music producer @pantzuchi (Tzu Ch)i for the patience and support. Sound engineer Leonard Fong. I’m truly grateful for this team.
@amp_ren2002@joyy.alegria@robotplayground@violinistmovie
Sharing The Violinist — Orchestra Recording Session 🎻
We’ve reached the final lap of this incredible journey. Working on an animated feature is truly a challenge—the workflow is so different from scoring a live-action film, and the demands are far greater. It requires immense preparation, research, and patience.
I’ve been working on The Violinist since around June last year. Many pieces were written along the way—some found their place in the film, others didn’t—but all of them were part of the process.
Today is the day every film composer longs for: the final play-down. This is what we live for—to hear our music come alive, performed by an extraordinary orchestra
 分享《The Violinist》— 管弦樂錄音現場 🎻
我們終於來到這段非凡旅程的最後一哩路。為動畫長片創作音樂是一項真正的挑戰——工作流程與真人電影截然不同，對音樂的要求也更高。這是一個需要大量準備、研究與耐心的過程。
自去年六月左右開始，我便投入《The Violinist》的音樂創作。一路上寫下了許多樂曲，有些最終被採用，有些則沒有，但每一首都是這段創作旅程的一部分。
今天，是每一位電影配樂家心中最嚮往的時刻——最終的 play-down。這正是我們為之而活的瞬間：聆聽自己的作品，由一支出色的管弦樂團賦予生命。
Special thanks to the team：
Tzu Chi Pan
Chang Min-Hsiang
#曜爆甘音樂工作室
🎬 Scoring 4 Films in 4 Different Genres — It’s All About Solving Problems 🎬
I had worked on three plus one current film scoring projects—each from a different genre. That means switching gears constantly: emotionally, musically, and mentally. It’s not just about writing music. It’s about understanding the story, doing the research, and applying years of working experience to make the music feel right for each world. Every genre demands a different approach, language, and attitude. And above all, knowing the style of music—its history, its sound, its soul—is essential.
Film scoring is really about solving problems:
🎥 What does the director need?
🎭 What emotion should the audience feel?
🧩 What’s missing from the scene that music can complete?
Technology may help with production, but it can’t do this thinking for you. AI won’t tell you what the director truly wants. It won’t feel the tension in a scene, or know when silence is more powerful than sound.
This is where knowledge, instinct, and sensitivity come in. The more we understand the craft and the music itself, the more we can bring a film to life.
This is called the DynoMy piano, built by chuck Monte using mainly parts from the Fender Rhodes. The main features of this are the Tri-chorus and the punchy bell-like tone added to the Rhodes sound. I bought this in 1984 from LA. The only one in Singapore and there are not many in Asia.
