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, animated film One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes 2, and the TV series She and Her Girls (CCTV-1), which earned multiple honors at the 30th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards. 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, Magnolia Award Winner 2023), and LuoYang (nominated for Best Asian Animation at the Busan International Film Festival 2022). He also composed for Soul Land, the most-viewed Chinese animation series with over 10 billion views. Additionally, Tiannan collaborated with Oscar-nominated director Mike Johnson (Corpse Bride) on Ping-Pong Rabbit, and composed the opening theme for Coloroom Pictures, the studio behind Ne Zha, the top-grossing Chinese film in history.

Tiannan's video game credits include DreamWorks Most Wanted (DreamWorks Animation), Steam adventure game SCP: Secret Files, Dragon Nest 2 (Tencent Games), Justice Online (NetEase Games), Shadow of Nyog (Perfect World Games), Reverse: 1999, Steam VR game Star Dust, and Kingdoms Mobile (IGG Games).

Beyond screen media, Tiannan’s compositions have been performed by internationally recognized orchestras such as the Pacific Symphony, Dream Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Xi’an Symphony Orchestra. As a music director, Tiannan produced and orchestrated the World of Warcraft Music Festival by Blizzard Entertainment.

A graduate of the prestigious USC Film Scoring program, Tiannan began his career as a MIDI orchestrator at Hans Zimmer’s scoring studio, contributing to 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, and authored the university’s widely recognized MIDI Orchestration course.

Tiannan is a registered composer member of ASCAP. His extensive music catalog is professionally administered and published globally by Movement Music Collections.