An awarded music composer, Soon Chang specializes in composing music for films and multimedia. His music appears in several films, including The River, Wind and Tree (2009), Exposure (2009), End of the Line (2010), John and Shige – The Quiet Builders (2010), Club Fizz (2010), and Man of the house (2011). He was selected as a “hot new artist” at audiosparx.com in 2010. Soon’s music has been presented at the New York Asian American Film Festival, Queens World Film Festival, Japan Film Festival Los Angels, and Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Corner. The music composed for the short film ‘End of the Line’ was featured on Radio Sakamoto (FM J-Wave), Ryuichi Sakamoto’s radio show. In 2020, his music was used in a TV commercial for a Covid-19 message from the city of Philadelphia, PA.
Soon received his Master’s Degree in Music Technology from New York University in 2010. Besides composing music, he has worked as a videographer and video editor in New York. He produced promotional videos for Nikoli, the founder of the popular Sudoku puzzles, and for Aisap Inc., a market research company based in NY. He has also assisted in producing Japanese TV programs from NHK to NTN as well as commercials for brands like Subaru, Nintendo, and Rue La La.
Currently, Soon lives in Tokyo, Japan and continues his creative career.