GEORGE SHAW

Before I even saw Rogue One opening night, friends of mine were already telling me that the score by Michael Giacchino was disappointing. Having come from the perspective of composing my own score to a Star Wars fan film (Way to the Rebellion, directed by Wesley Chan, which coincidentally deals with the empire mining Kyber crystals for the Death Star), I know how difficult it is to write in John Williams’ style and create memorable themes. I wanted to give Giacchino a chance,

Through the Glass Ceiling A Ballet by Ivy Chow I.C. Movement Project When Ivy approached me to compose a ballet dealing with society's systemic gender inequality, I felt unsure how to musically deal with the topic. Fortunately we live in an age of social media where information and view points are easily accessible. With the surge of excitement towards potentially having Hillary Clinton become the first female President of the United States, this was a timely moment to crea

There's no doubt what a huge fan of Star Wars I am. I was so inspired by Disney's acquisition of Star Wars, that I made Star Wars Musical, a fan film that mashes up Disney and Star Wars. Of course what initially drew me to Star Wars as a youngster, was John Williams' music, some of the most iconic music in the history of film music. Today I was stoked when I spoke to a friend involved with recording Star Wars Force Awakens with John Williams this week over at Sony scoring sta

I was recently in Taipei, Taiwan for the premiere of Barney Cheng's first feature film (that he wrote, directed, and starred in), Baby Steps. It was a joy to compose the music for this funny and dramatic film from Oscar-winning producer Li-Kong Hsu (of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman) and Stephen Israel (Swimming With Sharks, G.B.F., I Do). Visiting Taiwan (where my parents are both from) was a blast, the people there are so

Composing music for Harry Shum Jr.'s "The Lonely Writer" was a fun challenge. As the short encompasses various movie genres, changing almost every few seconds, the result was a collage of music genres, similar to a composer's reel! #georgeshaw #harryshumjr #glee #lonelywriter #music #soundtrack #composer #score