Singapore composer Tay Chee Wei awarded at the 49th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival2 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore-born award winning film composer Tay Chee Wei was awarded the Gold Remi Award for the “Best Music Score” for his work on the feature film, “Bring Back the Dead”, making him the sole winner for that category at the Worldfest Houston yesterday.
This is the second consecutive year in which Chee Wei received a Remi award for his music scores. “Bring Back the Dead” also won the Platinum Remi Award in the “Best Fantasy / Horror Film” Additionally, Chee Wei represented several other titles that were awarded at Worldfest Houston, having composed the music score and headed the sound post production for the following winning titles:
– Platinum Remi Award (Informational/Cultural/Historical program – Series) – Singapore Archipelago Gold Remi Award (Informational / Cultural / Historical program – Series) – Route Awakening
– Gold Remi Award (TV series) – Zero Calling Season 2
Chee Wei would like to extend his thanks and appreciation to the production teams of the above award-winning titles for the opportunities to compose the music score for the programs.
The WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival is one of the three original international film festivals in North America and is the oldest independent film festival in the USA. There was a record number of over 4500 entries from over 70 countries in this year’s edition of Worldfest. WorldFest gave first honours to Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, John Lee Hancock, John Frankenheimer,, Daniele Gangemi, Francis Ford Coppola, and many more.
Speaking after the awards Chee Wei said: “I know it’s been said before but events like this show again just how music transcends language, people, places and other divisions between us. When I saw the people at Worldfest Houston found the films so obviously enjoyable and thought provoking, even when it is not presented in their native language, it just reinforced for me how important a good music really score is to all of us so I really have to salute the efforts of our crew of talented musicians and sound engineers.”
Tay Chee-Wei is a Singapore-born award winning film composer now residing in Australia. Recognised as one of Southeast Asia’s leading music composers, he who has worked on feature film and numerous television series for International Broadcasters such as National Geographic Channel, Discovery, PBS (NOVA), ARTE, Channel NewsAsia, BBC Worldwide and Animal Planet among others. Chee-Wei’s musical style encompasses both strength and energy, yet at the same time it can be subtle and intimate. Coming from the melting pot at the cross-roads of Asia, yet with influences from all around the world, Chee-Wei’s music has a unique quality not heard elsewhere.
Chee-Wei’s trip to attend the 49th Houston Worldfest was made possible by COMPASS (Composers and Authors Society of Singapore).
Image Credit: Lee Thean-Jeen
