BIO
Emily Chiu is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, and writer specializing in TV/Film, Commercial Music, Games, and Theater. Renowned for her idiosyncratic yet heartfelt approach to storytelling, she masterfully combines orchestration, songwriting, and production to create vibrant, emotionally resonant music. Her projects range from animated musicals and major motion pictures to international theatrical productions and musical podcasts.
She composed the film score for the viral animated musical series Furina: ALIVE! (with script and songs by Marcus Perkins and Kim Jinhyoung), inspired by characters from Genshin Impact, and has orchestrated scores for films and series on major platforms, including Beyond Goodbye (Netflix), Story Ave. (Sony Pictures), and The Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount).
In the theater world, Emily is celebrated for her tongue-in-cheek, emotive storytelling. Her credits include American Girl Live! (US National Tour); Bak Chang <肉粽> (5th Avenue Theatre); Unshelved <圖書館奇妙夜> (Chinese National Tour); Keaton and the Whale (Tom Hendry Awards Shortlist); and Apollo (Highland Arts Theatre), among others. Her shows have been translated and presented in production tours, workshops, and staged readings across the United States and Asia.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Brown University. Emily also specializes in lyric translation and localization for international productions, most notably L’art Reste, winner of the K-Musical award for best musical.
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