
BIOGRAPHY
简介
Tiannan Cai is a film composer, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator, as well as the founder and music director of Movement Music. Renowned for his versatility, his work spans a wide range of styles, including film scoring, classical, avant-garde, pop, jazz, and traditional Chinese music.
In addition to his compositional and performance expertise, Tiannan excels in music technology, mastering both hardware and software applications—an essential skill in today’s dynamic musical landscape. His innovative approach and adaptability make him a sought-after artist and educator in the global music community.
Over the years, Tiannan Cai has dedicated himself to composing music for film, television, and video games. He has conducted and recorded his works at world-renowned studios, including the Warner Brothers Eastwood Scoring Stage, The Village Studios, EastWest Studios, Capitol Studios, and Paramount Recording Studios, among others. His commitment to excellence and passion for storytelling through music have established him as a prominent figure in the industry.
Tiannan Cai is a multifaceted composer, music producer, with extensive credits across film, television, animation, video games, and commercials. His film, TV, and animation credits include "Pokémon: The Journey of a Shared Dream", the TV series "She and Her Girls" (CCTV-1), and "One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes 2". He composed the score for "Amnesia", produced by Jackie Chan, and his work on "Love is Color Blind" earned him the Best Original Score award at the Los Angeles Movie Awards 2022. His score for "Mission Quandary" was nominated at the 39th Montreal World Film Festival.
In animation, Tiannan has contributed significantly to acclaimed works like "Yao-Chinese Folktales" (Shanghai Animation Film Studio), which won the Shanghai International TV Festival Magnolia Award for Best Writing Animation 2023, and "LuoYang", nominated for Best Asian Animation at the Busan International Film Festival Asia Contents Awards 2022. He also composed for "Soul Land (DouLuo DaLu)", the most-viewed Chinese animation series with over 100 billion views. Additionally, Tiannan collaborated with Mike Johnson, an Oscar-nominated director (Best Animated Feature, 77th Academy Awards), on the Chinese-American co-produced animation "Ping-Pong Rabbit". Furthermore, he composed the opening theme for Coloroom Pictures, the studio behind "Ne Zha", the top-grossing Chinese animated film of 2019.
Tiannan's video game credits include “DreamWorks Most Wanted” (DreamWorks Animation), “Star Dust” (a Steam VR video game nominated for the 2016 Golden Plume Award), the Steam adventure game “SCP: Secret Files”, “Dragon Nest 2” by Tencent Games, “Justice Online” by NetEase Games, “Shadow of Nyog” by Perfect World Games, “Reverse: 1999”, and “Kingdoms Mobile” by IGG Games. His work also extends to commercials, such as those for LG Electronics, and high-profile events like the 2nd Silk Road International Film Festival Ceremony.
Tiannan’s compositions are performed worldwide by prestigious orchestras, including the Pacific Symphony, Dream Orchestra in Los Angeles, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Xi’an Symphony Orchestra in China. As a music director, Tiannan produced and orchestrated the World of Warcraft Music Festival by Blizzard Entertainment, which premiered in June 2021 and toured major cities across China.
Tiannan Cai holds a degree in Screen Scoring from the University of Southern California. Early in his career, he joined Hans Zimmer's renowned scoring studio as a MIDI orchestrator, contributing to films such as "Despicable Me 3", "The Angry Birds Movie", and "The Nut Job 2". He is currently a faculty member at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California, where he teaches MIDI technologies and orchestration within the Music Production for Visual Media Department.
蔡天楠,作曲家,音乐制作人,美国洛杉矶Movement Music音乐总监,旧金山艺术大学电影音乐制作系教授。
近年来,他与国内外著名电影公司合作,创作了大量优质的影视音乐作品。他的作曲风格多样:从浪漫的抒情曲风到大气磅礴的史诗风格,乃至幽柔婉转的民族风格,尤其擅长大型管弦乐的配乐与编曲。他也曾多次在洛杉矶好莱坞的著名电影配乐录音公司如:华纳兄弟公司、派拉蒙录音公司、EastWest Studios、Capitol Records、The Village Studios等录制自己的配乐作品,并与国内外著名管弦乐队,如美国Pacific Symphony、洛杉矶Dream Orchestra、厦门交响乐团、西安交响乐团等合作。他的音乐作品专辑更是在全球100多个国家发行。
蔡天楠毕业于南加州大学影视配乐系。在他的职业生涯初期,曾加入著名配乐作曲家 Hans Zimmer 的电影音乐工作室,成为旗下配器师、音乐制作人,并且参与制作好莱坞电影《神偷奶爸 3》,《愤怒的小鸟大电影》, 《抢劫坚果店2》等。
蔡天楠的主要电影电视、动画配乐作品有:《宝可梦:同梦之旅》配乐作曲;中央电视台出品电视剧《山花烂漫时》配乐作曲;《十万个冷笑话2》大电影配乐;上海美术电影制片厂《中国奇谭》配乐,获得第28届上海国际电视节白玉兰奖最佳动画剧本奖;凭借电影《Love is Color Blind》,获得2022 年洛杉矶电影奖最佳原创配乐;电影 《Mission Quandary》 配乐,入围第 39 界蒙特利尔国际电影节;成龙监制电影《我是谁2015》配乐制作;获奖纪录片《Arctic Night》作曲;与奥斯卡最佳导演Mike Johnson合作,为电影《Ping-Pong Rabbit》作曲;担任企鹅影视《斗罗大陆》音乐总监;爱奇艺出品《风起洛阳之神机少年》配乐并获得2022釜山国际电影节最佳亚洲动画提名;腾讯视频《武庚纪》配乐;中国首部3D 仙侠动画《太乙仙魔录》配乐;光线传媒彩条屋影业《哪吒》Opening Title音乐设计等。
蔡天楠的游戏音乐作品有:暴雪游戏《魔兽世界》音乐节音乐总监;梦工厂出品游戏《梦工厂大冒险》;腾讯游戏《龙之谷2》;网易游戏《逆水寒》;Steam 冒险游戏《SCP收容:秘密档案》;完美世界游戏《旧日传说》;深蓝互动《重返未来:1999》;IGG游戏《王者天下》;Steam VR 游戏《星尘:地球之书》配乐,获 2016 金翎奖;开放世界游戏《望月》。他的其他作品有:受邀为洛杉矶Pacific Symphony交响乐团创作管弦乐曲《The Classical Chinese》,并在美国加州Segerstrom音乐厅首演;为洛杉矶Dream Orchestra管弦乐队在派拉蒙录音公司制作专辑;第二届丝绸之路国际电影节闭幕式音乐制作,等等。
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