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Biography

Tan Onwimon is a Thai film and videogame score composer and songwriter. His works are well known as a hybrid genre of traditional orchestral music with a love letter to the diversity of worlds music and funky electronic music. As one of the leading new wave composers, Tan’s works are presented internationally from Thailand, The Philippines, China, and The United States. His major works include the Chinese series Yolk Man (2019), the documentary feature Tipitaka: The Living Message (2019), and the phenomenal musical theatre True Blue the Musical (2019).

Tan’s music is not only restricted to the soundtrack since he can play the piano, accordion, saxophone, clarinet, flute, and Irish Uillean pipes. His accordion solo in “The Land of Farang Farang”, the adaptation of “The Rehearsal at Versailles” and “La Bête” in Bangkok Theatre Festival 2020 has earned tons of awards and great reviews amidst the pandemic.

Tan graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2017 under the mentorship of the award-winning composer Sheldon Mirowitz and Grammy Award winner Claudio Ragazzi. Since then, he worked closely with many leading American and Thai composers such as Grant Fonda, David Bertok, Pantawit Kiangsiri, Sutee Sangserichon, Kaiwan Kulavadhanothai, and Damrih Banawitayakit.

Tan is currently working as a professional music composer in both Bangkok and New York City with more than 20 films, 12 musical theatre productions and currently working on multiples video games which will soon be ported at Nintendo Switch.