Born in Hong Kong, but raised and based in Singapore, Ricky has been composing music for film and producing/arranging many of the definitive contemporary albums in the Asian and international music scene.
A graduate from the prestigious Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, Ricky majors in what he enjoys most - writing music for motion picture and conducting orchestras.
Ricky has worked with and arranged for orchestras in most parts of the Asia Pacific, such as Australia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taipei; mixing a unique combination of modern orchestral styles and Asian sounds.
An abbreviated list of Ricky's film credits looks something like this:
"A Home Too Far" (1990)
"China Dragon" (1995)
"Jail In Burning Island" (1997)
Tsui Hark's "A Chinese Ghost Story" (1997) nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 34th Golden Horse Awards
Local film "Tiger's Whip" (1998)
Tsui Hark's "Legend of Zu" (2001), another nominated soundtrack in the 38th Golden Horse Awards; and
"Burning Dreams" (2003) a documentary showcased at the Pusan Film Festival
Ricky has won many awards from all over the world for his score of Bank of China's "Girl by the River" TV Commercial. He was also Finalist for "Best Music in a TV Campaign" at the prestigious British Design and Art Direction (BDAD) Awards 2001 for his work on Nippon Paint's "Xinjiang" commercial.
As a successful music producer, Ricky has contributed to the success of major recording artistes such as Tracy Huang, Eric Moo, Dick Lee, Jacintha Abishenagen, Sammi Cheng, Sally Yeh, Anita Mui, Alan Tam, Leon Lai, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, A-mei, Su-Rei, Teresa Teng, Wang Jie, Jeff Chang, Young Tigers, Wang Lee Hom, Sky Wu, Rene Liu, Zhang Qingfang and many others.
Dr Sydney Tan has been involved professionally in music for the last 24 years as a Music Director, Arranger and Producer.
His artiste roster includes luminaries such as Dick Lee, Jacky Cheung, Jacintha, Zoe Tay, Clement Chow, Gurmit Singh, Tracy Huang, Kit Chan, and Taufik.
Sydney's more recent projects include being music director and soundtrack composer for the movie, "Singapore Dreaming", music director for the “Made in Singapore” series of concerts at the Esplanade and recording the winning song for the inaugural Singapore Idol series for Taufik and Sylvester, arranging and producing the National Day song "Home" by Kit Chan, as well as the theme song for Hong Kong superstar Jacky Cheung's “Snow Wolf Lake” album.
Belinda loves to write music and wishes she could write more original music and get paid decently for her work (or indecently for that matter). She’s written music for musicals, the SSO and scored, orchestrated music for the Singapore and Hongkong Arts Festivals.
“I love writing for the orchestra!”
“I remember listening to the SSO playing a piece that I wrote for the very first time: it was thoroughly moving; like giving birth. Believe me, I know what that means: been there, done that, been there, done that, been there, done that. (Three kids) So, if you’re out there reading this and you’ve got a writing gig that involves the orchestra, call me already!”
This year, she is working on a series of nine Tone Poems scored to nine of Rilke’s love poems to God. It is written for a 40 piece orchestra, percussion ensemble and chorus. “Widening Circles”, the name of this project, is an integrated performance which will involve not only musical elements, but the literary as well with live recitation of Rilke’s poems woven into the piece.
Besides writing, Belinda teaches, drives her kids around and up the bend and ‘tri’s: she started this swim, bike, run thing when she turned 40 and doesn’t know when to call it a day. Be careful when she comes up to you and asks, “Can you swim? Do you bike? Can you run?”
Roby
Duke is one of the most heart warming people in the music business
that you’re likely to ever meet. He hails from Mississippi,
where he began playing Bass and B-3 in blues clubs with his sax-playing
father when he was twelve years old. He’s an accomplished guitarist
who frequently works in alternate tunings and has developed a unique
acoustic technique.
His love of music has translated into over 100 active songwriting
copyrights, more than 50 International albums as a producer and arranger for artists
including The Katinas and Deniece Williams, for which he won a Grammy
award.
As
a recording artist, Roby has released five highly respected records
on MCA and Word records, hitting No.1 on the Billboard R&B chart
and performed extensively all over the world.
Most
of all, the man has great ears, a whole lotta soul and plays a Timothy
S10J guitar.
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