Chee Wei Tay 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 49th WorldFest Houston yesterday. Chee Wei’s first release for the Image Edge Library “The Far East” (IMED05) has been exceptionally well received around the World and we are very proud to call him one of our composers.
This is the second consecutive year in which Chee Wei has 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 contributed to several other award winning productions at WorldFest Houston, having composed the music score and headed the sound post-production for the following winning TV series and documentaries:
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
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 honors to Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, 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.”
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 has worked on feature films, documentaries 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.
JANUARY 2016-09-14
