Tan Yan Wei Explained

Tan Yan Wei (Yuan)
Birth Name:Tan Yan Wei
Birth Date:1975 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Death Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genre:Film score
Occupation:Composer
Years Active:2004–2011
Label:N/A
Website:N/A
Background:non_performing_personnel

Tan Yan Wei (28 January 1975 – 27 April 2011),[1] or simply known as Yuan, was a Malaysian composer. He is known for his film scores for the films Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004), 2005 Burmese film Kyan Sit Min, Malaysian 3D English animation film SeeFood and the Malaysian action drama film Bunohan.

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2004 Puteri Gunung Ledang Composer (Alongside M. Nasir)
2005 Kyan Sit Min Composer
2011 SeeFoodComposer (Later taken over by 'Imaginex Studios' after his death)
2011 Bunohan Composer

Awards and nominations

Awards

Awards
YearAwardCategoriesNominated WorkResult
200518th Malaysian Film Festival[2] Best Music ScorePuteri Gunung Ledang (Music Score)
201325th Malaysian Film Festival[3] Best Original ScoreBunohan (Music Score)

Death

Yan Wei died at the Pantai Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on 27 April 2011 from complications due to hyper thyroid at the age of 36.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tan Yan Wei (Yuan) on Facebook. .
  2. Web site: (Unknown).
  3. Web site: (Unknown).
  4. http://kinkywildcat.blogspot.com/2011/04/composer.html The composer, posted on April 28th 2011