Elliot Leung
Elliot Ho Yat Leung () is a composer best known for his work on Operation Red Sea, The Battle at Lake Changjin and The Rescue, as well as his close collaborative partnership with director Dante Lam. He has composed the score for 3 of the top 10 highest-grossing non-English films. His works have been performed in many prestigious venues, namely the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. Aside from film scores, he has also composed music for television, video games and musical theatre. Early life. Leung was  born and raised in British Hong Kong. He received early music education in St. Paul's Co-educational College and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, learning how to play the piano, the cello, and the trumpet when he was 5. After attaining ABRSM Performance Diplomas in all his major instruments, he transferred to International Christian School in his secondary years. During these adolescent years, he was taught how to operate the school's midi production studio and spent most of his time studying music and film scores. He later furthered his studies in Wheaton Conservatory of Music and  graduated with a Bachelor degree in Music Composition. In an interview, Leung commented that his original post-college intentions were to pursue graduate studies at the University of Southern California until he was scouted and named the composer of Operation Red Sea. Career. Leung's first job in the film industry was working as a composer assistant on the film "Insanity" in 2014. In 2015, he started scoring various kinds of media while continuing to work as an orchestrator. During this time, his choral music was highly praised by Bernard Chan of the Hong Kong Executive Council. He also composed  RTHK radio 1's new jingle. The following year, he started to compose for feature films, namely "Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy." His arrangement of "Descendants of the Dragon" (龍的傳人) was also performed in "同心耀中華 — 紫荊花開," held in Shenzhen as the concert finale as a part of the Hong Kong SAR's 20th Anniversary celebrations. Leung's breakthrough came in 2017, when Dante Lam asked him to compose the score of Operation Red Sea (紅海行動). The film was selected to represent Hong Kong in the best foreign-language film category at the 91st Academy Awards. Leung's work on  Operation Red Sea received critical acclaim, thus "The Valiant Flight" from the soundtrack album was staged and performed during the 8th Beijing International Film Festival. Following the success of his breakthrough score, Leung was invited to score "The Rescue," and was involved in the production since pre-production. The score was released internationally by Milan Records and Sony Classical on December 18, 2020. In 2021, Leung composed the theme and the score for The Battle at Lake Changjin, the second-highest-grossing film of 2021; the highest-grossing film in Chinese cinema history; and the highest-grossing non-English film  of all time. Leung was invited to return for the sequel, The Battle at Lake Changjin II. He also released "Memoirs of Victoria," an album with an alternate title featuring the score and early sketches he composed for the film Anita: Director's Cut.