Yu-peng Chen

Music Producer

Birthday October 15, 1984

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Shanghai, China

Age 39 years old

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About

Film composer and music producer best known for composing the soundtrack of Genshin Impact. He typically integrates traditional instruments with Western orchestral arrangements. He has scored a wide range of films, television shows and video games. He has won several Chinese Academy Award nominations for his music from films, such as Li BaoGuo and Da Shanghai. 

Before Fame

At age six, he watched the Japanese animated film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and "felt the power of music" for the first time. He graduated with honors from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Trivia

In the early 2010s, he began working in the Hong Kong film industry. He collaborated with composer Chan Kwong-wing to produce scores for films like Wong Jing's The Last Tycoon. They also produced the score for Andrew Lau's The Captain, one of the all-time highest-grossing films in China. He also releases some of his work on Spotify, and by December 2022 his following on the platform had grown to reach over 840,000 monthly listeners.

Family Life

His mother was a vocalist. His father majored in mathematics.

Associated With

He and Ennio Morricone both became famous as film composers.