Ching-Shan Chang
Composer, Pianist, Orchestrator, Conductor
Ching-Shan Chang is a Los Angeles–based composer of multimedia scores and concert music whose work spans studio films, independent films, television, trailers, and live performance. She has collaborated with leading Hollywood composers including Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL), Benjamin Wallfisch, Mychael Danna, Carter Burwell, Andrew Lockington, and Dino Meneghin. Her credits include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & 3 (Paramount Pictures), Until Dawn (Sony), It: Welcome to Derry (HBO), Rebel Moon Parts I & II (Netflix), My Father’s Dragon (Netflix), Teen Wolf: The Movie (Paramount+), and more.
Her festival highlights include Elsewhere (A Flor Azul), which screened at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. She is also the first Asian female composer to win the Golden Eye at the International Zurich Film Music Competition (Danny and the Wild Bunch). Additional honors include awards from the International Berlin Film Scoring Competition and the Krakow FMF Young Talent Award. In 2024, she scored Laws of Man, directed by Phil Blattenberger and starring Harvey Keitel, Graham Greene, Forrie J. Smith, Dermot Mulroney, and Jackson Rathbone. The film was featured at major festivals including the Santa Fe International Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival. She is currently working on the short film Cry Eat Cry, as well as an animated feature and two live-action feature films.
Beyond the screen, Chang is an active concert composer with commissions ranging from symphony orchestras and wind bands to chamber ensembles and soloists. She has collaborated with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and Missouri Symphony Orchestra, among others. Her music has been featured at Taiwan’s National Day Ceremony at Taipei 101 and the Taiwan Lantern Festival light show, and recorded with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
Her artistry has been highlighted in outlets such as Washington Square News, Shoutout LA, Liberty Times Net, China Times, and the Central News Agency.