Walks On Water - Ensemble Æquilibrium (2021)

Who doesn't like fanfares? Certainly not me. I love them. So I tried to create my own. A heroic statement with bold brass and some spice from outside the traditional symphonic orchestra.

Summon The Braves

The Baby Swallowing Song
from Tales of Olympus: A Greek Myth Musical
Book, Music & Lyrics by Min Kahng
Orchestrations by Justin Pyne
Directed by Emily Morrison Austin
Performed by Steven Shear, Chrissy Brooks, Sean Fenton, & Lauren Spencer

World Premiere: Bay Area Children's Theatre Dec 2012

The Baby Swallowing Song

featuring singer-songwriter, indie and classical film score, orchestral and ensemble music

Classical Viola Solo

Inspired to writes some cinematic strings


Photo by Taryn Elliott: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-camels-on-dessert-3889891/

The Quest

Fruitless Mountain
from Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - A Musical Adaptation
Book, Music & Lyrics by Min Kahng
Directed by Mina Morita
Performed by Maura Tang, Will Dao, Grace Ng, Alexander Lydon & Cast

World Premiere: Bay Area Children's Theatre, Osher Studio, February 2014

Fruitless Mountain

The piano version of my piece Yūgen (幽玄)...

Yūgen/幽玄 (Japanese)
(n.) an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words.

Hope you enjoy this version, happy listening and tysm. <3 xx

Yūgen (幽玄) | Piano Version

Music from the stop-motion animation film, Hair 髮.

"A stop motion animation about a little girl who falls into a world of anxiety after her father leaves the family, and how her mother rescues her and helps her overcome her problems with her love. In this short film, Hair plays a huge role as a character, representing the separation anxiety of the protagonist and her longing for her father’s return. This animation makes use of real human hair on two-dimensional paper puppets, a novel approach that allows for a level of realism and texture that other materials cannot provide."

Hair is scored with traditional Chinese instruments - the guzheng, sheng, and yangqin - supported by a chamber orchestra. Much of the score casts the Chinese instruments in an intimate setting, with the pure and crisp tones of the leading guzheng reflecting main character Qiqi's youth and innocence. 

The musical motif "re-mi-so-re-mi" forms the foundation of the music theme and follows the exploration of relationships and growing up - first heard in the opening gently accompanied by the harp when we see Qiqi and her complete family, the motif appears as a fragmented unit in various forms (from a processed yangqin to achieve a fuzzy, dreamy timbre, to being performed 'molto espressivo' by a flute driven by the orchestra) throughout the film, corresponding to Qiqi's emotional states. 

The main theme is reprised at the end, this time with an uplifting arrangement and in a new key, symbolising growth and a new stage in relationship between Qiqi and her mother. A subtle alteration to the last phrase of the reprised theme, having the notes ascending instead of descending, brings the film to a close as the theme, which has never reached a resolution, finally resolves.

Hair 髮

(live recording) from PROJECT IDIOM concert 
Nicholas Loh, piano

Walks (solo piano)

Hello! I am Sulwyn, a concert and media composer based between Singapore and New York.

I aim to connect humans and cultures through music, and go beyond cultural boundaries. As a media composer, I work to elevate your visuals to the emotions you envision, and as a concert composer, I work to craft new experiences for the audience at your concert. 

Projects include music for commercials, films, and ensembles. Commissions include: the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Housing Development Board, National Arts Council, Ministry of Education, Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, Ding Yi Music Company, Sichuan Symphony Orchestra - Tianzi Ensemble.

Working with fantastic directors has given me the honour of letting my music be felt in places such as the Cannes Film Festival, and granting me the Best Original Music award at the National Youth Film Awards 2019 (Singapore).

With the support of the Singapore Digital Scholarship, I am currently doing my Master of Music in Music Theory and Composition - Screen Scoring at the New York University.

Hit me up if you have a cool or meaningful project!

Hair 髮

Sulwyn Lok

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