HOYO-MiX

HOYO-MiX is the in-house music studio of HoYoverse, responsible for the production of the company's original game music. They have produced music for all of HoYoverse's games, including Honkai Impact 3rd, Genshin Impact, Tears of Themis, and Honkai: Star Rail.
==Chronology of Releases==
===2014–2020===
Date 	Game 	Title
November 1, 2014 	Houkai Gakuen 2 	
January 19, 2018 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Impact
December 21, 2018 (GLB)	Honkai Impact 3rd	Onwards
June 5, 2019 (CN) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Onwards
July 10, 2019 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Cyberangel
July 28, 2019 	Honkai Impact 3rd	
February 28, 2020 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Starfall
April 17, 2020 	Honkai Impact 3rd	A Post-Honkai Odyssey
June 19, 2020 	Genshin Impact 	The Wind and The Star Traveler
July 3, 2020 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Review
July 10, 2020 	Houkai Gakuen 2 	Hidden Heart
July 18, 2020 (GLB) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Cooking with Valkyries Ⅱ
July 29, 2020 (CN) 	Tears of Themis 	
July 31, 2020 (GLB) 	Tears of Themis 	
September 19, 2020 (CN)	Houkai Gakuen 2 	Incarnation
September 19, 2020 (CN)	Honkai Impact 3rd	Cooking with Valkyries Ⅱ
September 28, 2020 	Genshin Impact 	City of Winds and Idylls
November 6, 2020 	Genshin Impact 	Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds
===2021–2022===
Date 	Game 	Title
January 29, 2021 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Rubia
February 4, 2021 	Genshin Impact 	The Stellar Moments
February 8, 2021 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Yesterday
February 9, 2021 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Alive
April 2, 2021 	Genshin Impact 	Vortex of Legends
May 13, 2021 	Tears of Themis 	Encounter
July 9, 2021 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Moon Halo
July 11, 2021 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Honkai Impact 3rd ELF Academy
July 19, 2021 	Genshin Impact 	The Shimmering Voyage
September 22, 2021 	Genshin Impact 	Realm of Tranquil Eternity
October 5, 2021 (GLB) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Oracle
October 6, 2021 (CN) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Oracle
January 15, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	Fleeting Colors in Flight
January 21, 2022 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Regression
January 24, 2022 	Tears of Themis 	Promise
January 26, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	The Stellar Moments Vol. 2
February 2, 2022 (GLB)	Honkai Impact 3rd	Paradox
February 3, 2022 (CN) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Paradox
February 17, 2022 	Honkai Impact 3rd	A Post-Honkai Odyssey 2
March 5, 2022 (CN) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	
March 6, 2022 (GLB) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	
April 13, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	Islands of the Lost and Forgotten
June 22, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	Millelith's Watch
July 27, 2022 	Tears of Themis 	
August 6, 2022 	Honkai Impact 3rd	ELYSIUM
August 12, 2022 	Honkai Impact 3rd	TruE
August 15, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2
September 20, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	Footprints of the Traveler
October 20, 2022 	Genshin Impact 	Forest of Jnana and Vidya
November 11, 2022 	Houkai Gakuen 2 	Cheer Up
===2023–Present===
Date 	Game 	Title
January 10, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	The Stellar Moments Vol. 3
January 19, 2023 	Tears of Themis 	
January 21, 2023 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Golden Courtyard: New Year Wishes in Winter
February 24, 2023 (CN)	Honkai Impact 3rd	The Day of Transcending Finality
March 1, 2023 (GLB) 	Honkai Impact 3rd	The Day of Transcending Finality
March 3, 2023 	Honkai Impact 3rd	Da Capo
March 24, 2023 	Honkai: Star Rail	Out of Control
April 19, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	The Unfathomable Sand Dunes
April 25, 2023 	Honkai: Star Rail	Interstellar Journey
May 9, 2023 	Honkai: Star Rail	Of Snow and Ember
June 30, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	Footprints of the Traveler Vol. 2
July 20, 2023 	Tears of Themis 	Where the Heart Belongs
July 24, 2023 	Tears of Themis 	
July 26, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 3
July 27, 2023 	Honkai: Star Rail	Svah Sanishyu
October 2, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	Fountain of Belleau
October 27, 2023 	Honkai: Star Rail	Experience the Paths
November 13, 2023 	Genshin Impact 	La vaguelette
January 5, 2024 	Honkai Impact 3rd	
January 12, 2024 	Honkai: Star Rail	Astral Theater
January 17, 2024 	Genshin Impact 	The Stellar Moments Vol. 4
January 27, 2024 	Honkai: Star Rail	White Night
January 30, 2024 	Honkai Impact 3rd	No Ceiling
February 2, 2024 	Tears of Themis 	
February 26, 2024 	Genshin Impact 	Pelagic Primaevality
==Team==
===Yu-Peng "Zhiyi" Chen===
Yu-Peng Chen (; born January 15, 1984), known as Zhiyi Chen (), is the leading music producer of Genshin Impact. He was the sole composer of the soundtrack for the game's world areas until the release of the second Inazuma soundtrack album, Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (2022), where multiple composers joined to co-produce the soundtrack.
For his work, he got awarded "Outstanding Artist — Newcomer/Breakthrough" by VGMO (Video Game Music Online) at the Annual Game Music Awards 2020.VGMO -Video Game Music Online-: "Annual Game Music Awards 2020 – Artists of the Year" (Retrieved February 28, 2022)
On September 12, 2023, Chen announced on Weibo and Bilibili that he had left the HOYO-MiX team to pursue his personal creative plans.Sina Weibo: (Retrieved September 13, 2023)
===Qian Ding===
A member of the HOYO-MiX team since April 2021,LinkedIn: Qian Ding (Retrieved February 28, 2022) Qian Ding () debuted in The Stellar Moments as the composer of the track "Good Hunting on a New Horizon," the theme of Aloy's Character Demo. Ding next appeared in Islands of the Lost and Forgotten, wherein he composed only two tracks, "The Long Dark Night" and "Soft Moans of the Remains." In Millelith's Watch, the soundtrack album for The Chasm, he was credited for composing the music for the Nameless Ruins and Stony Halls areas. After working on only a few tracks in each of the previously mentioned albums, The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2 saw more works from him as he composed or arranged several soundtracks for animated cutscenes.
Prior to Genshin Impact, Ding was previously involved with HOUKAI Sound LAB, a music team formed for miHoYo's game title Houkai Gakuen 2. Ding was a violinist for the track "."NetEase Cloud Music: "" (Retrieved February 19, 2023)
===Jiade He===
Jiade He () joined the HOYO-MiX team in March 2019LinkedIn: Jiade He (Retrieved April 6, 2022) and was first credited as an orchestrator in The Shimmering Voyage on tracks such as "Rage Beneath the Mountains," and "Invitation of Windblume." A year after the album's release, she collaborated on The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2 as an arranger for titles such as, "The Comrades' Ambush," "Bitter Triumph," and "Eureka Moment."
Outside of HOYO-MiX, Jiade He collaborated with music producer Yu-Peng Chen as a producer for songs such as "" for MMORPG Moonlight Blade in 2018.Baidu Baike: (Retrieved April 6, 2022) Both Chen and He worked with Dimeng Yuan on Moonlight Blades "Saying Sword,"IMDb: Jiade He (Retrieved April 6, 2022) and Chen's original album Being Towards Death.NetEase Cloud Music: (Retrieved April 20, 2022) in 2019.
===Yijun Jiang===
A member of the HOYO-MiX team since July 2021,LinkedIn: (Retrieved June 24, 2022) Yijun Jiang () debuted in the Honkai Impact 3rd album Paradox. They composed, arranged, and mixed "Sweet Trap" and "Devouring Snake." Their first work for Genshin Impact was in Islands of the Lost and Forgotten, in which they composed several tracks for the Enkanomiya region. Next, they composed more soundtracks for the album Millelith's Watch.
===Simai Wang===
Simai Wang () debuted in The Shimmering Voyage as the orchestrator of the soundtrack "Fateful Departing." Next, in The Stellar Moments Vol. 2, they arranged the tracks "Shadow of Nemesis" and "Broker Betwixt Life and Death." Wang also performed the electric guitar for the first previously mentioned soundtrack.
===Dimeng "Xiaoming" Yuan===
A member of the HOYO-MiX team since January 2020,LinkedIn: Dimeng Yuan (Retrieved January 29, 2023) Dimeng Yuan (; born 1991–1992)Sina Weibo: "" (Archived from the original on March 14, 2023; Retrieved March 14, 2023) debuted in the album The Stellar Moments. He co-composed most and arranged all soundtracks in the album. In addition, he performed the electric guitar for the tracks. His first solo composer work came in The Stellar Moments Vol. 2, his highlighted works being "Blossoms of Summer Night" and "Shirasagi Princess." In The Shimmering Voyage, he orchestrated and performed the electric guitar for several tracks. After arranging the song "Devastation and Redemption," Yuan composed a few soundtracks for Islands of the Lost and Forgotten. In the album Millelith's Watch, he composed the music for the Glowing Narrow area of The Chasm and co-composed a few tracks with Yijun Jiang. Outside of the Genshin Impact soundtrack, Yuan had been a co-arranger for the Honkai Impact 3rd single "Da Capo" (2023).NetEase Cloud Music: "Da Capo" (Archived from the original on March 12, 2023; Retrieved March 12, 2023)
Under the nickname Xiaoming (), he appeared as a guest in the first three issues of the official HOYO-MiX Q&A Column of Echoes. Yuan cited as his introduction to music. Among the classical composers who influenced him were and .
In March 2023, Yuan joined the second International Digital Music Festival hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and miHoYo, as he was invited to be one of the keynote speakers to give professional lectures at Shangyin Opera House. His lecture is titled "'Genshin Impact' Game Music Creation Experience Sharing: Meeting Challenges From a Team Perspective" ().Weixin: "" (Archived from the original on March 13, 2023; Retrieved March 13, 2023)
This lecture will share how the HOYO-MiX team integrates and innovates diverse music elements in the process of constantly enriching game scenes and characters, as well as the thinking and precipitation after practice in the market.— Lecture overview
===Xin Zhao===
Xin Zhao () first appeared in the EP album Fleeting Colors in Flight, credited for performing the electric guitar and acoustic guitars for the track "Myriad of Lights." Next, in The Stellar Moments Vol. 2, they composed "Devotion of the Keeper," co-composed "Tactician's Grit" with Yu-Peng Chen, and arranged "Muji-Muji Chaos!" Zhao composed and orchestrated several tracks in Islands of the Lost and Forgotten. For Millelith's Watch, they composed the music for the Underground Waterway area of The Chasm.
==Other Composers==
* Ziyu Che () — first appeared in The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2 (2022)
* Zimin "Arcangelo" Chen () — first appeared in Footprints of the Traveler (2022)
* Peijia You () — first appeared in Footprints of the Traveler (2022)
* Yue "June" Liu () — first appeared in The Unfathomable Sand Dunes (2023)
* Yuxi Wang () — first appeared in Footprints of the Traveler Vol. 2 (2023)
* Zhenghao "Lunan" Wu () — first appeared in Footprints of the Traveler (CN) (2023)
* Yang Lee () — first appeared in The Stellar Moments Vol. 4 (2024)
==Awards and Nominations==
Year	Work 	Award 	Result 	Ref.
2020	Genshin Impact 	BIGC Award for Excellent Game Music of the Year 	Won 	youxituoluo.com: "" (Archived from the original on December 28, 2022; Retrieved December 28, 2022)Beijing News: "" (Archived from the original on December 28, 2022; Retrieved December 28, 2022)
2020	Genshin Impact 	GIAC Award for Excellent Game Music 	Won 	NetEase Hao: "" (Archived from the original on December 28, 2022; Retrieved December 28, 2022)
2021	Genshin Impact 	PlayStation Game Music Award 	Nominated	HoYoverse News: "A Thank-You Letter to All Travelers" (Archived from the original on November 25, 2022; Retrieved September 23, 2022)
2021	Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds	CMIC Music Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Game	Won 	Sina Weibo: "" (Archived from the original on November 25, 2022; Retrieved November 23, 2022)
2022	Genshin Impact 	GIAC Award for Excellent Game Music Design 	Nominated	NetEase: "" (Archived from the original on February 15, 2023; Retrieved February 15, 2023)
2023	The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2 	TMEA Award for Best Game Music Album 	Won 	". Sina Weibo. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
==External Links==
===Official===
* HOYO-MiX on Bilibili
* HOYO-MiX on Igeciku
* HOYO-MiX on NetEase Cloud Music
* HOUKAI Sound LAB on NetEase Cloud Music
* HOYO-MiX on QQ Music
* HOYO-MiX on Sina Weibo (defunct)
* HOYO-MiX on Apple Music
* HOYO-MiX on Deezer
* HOYO-MiX on Spotify
* HOYO-MiX on YouTube
* HOYO-MiX on YouTube Music
* HOYO-MiX on Facebook
* HOYO-MiX on HoYoLAB
* HOYO-MiX on Twitter
* HOYO-MiX on Twitter (Japanese)
* HOYO-MiX on TikTok
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