Robert Jay Ellis-Geiger

Primary Affiliation: City University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong, SAR China

Robert recently completed the score for Oscar award winning director Ruby Yang’s new film My Voice, My Life (2014), which is to be released in around August 2014.

Robert is a multiple award nominee, Hong Kong based, film composer, conductor and score producer and has been twice nominated for Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia film awards for his work on the critically acclaimed Johnnie To’s ???? Election 2 (2006) and Patrick Tam’s ?? After This Our Exile (2006).

A musician and composer trained in classical, jazz and modern vocal production, Robert frequently combines culturally and technologically diverse acoustic and electronic instruments ranging from small eclectic ensembles to full orchestra. Robert is an active performer and studio musician (piano, trumpet, voice) of pop- fusion, jazz, blues, and folk through to classical. As a music producer, he has collaborated with leading international artists.

Robert is actively engaged in alternative music recording and sound production methods for immersive cinematic audio formats, such as: Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and Iosono.

Dr. Ellis-Geiger is professor of music and sound for Cinematic Arts at the School of Creative Media, University of Hong Kong.
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