Chris Babida is a composer, arranger, conductor, music director and record producer. He has also done numerous film soundtracks. His film work includes Dragon Force which was released in 1982, Happy Sixteen also released in 1982, Sworn Brothers which was released in 1987, Armour of God II: Operation Condor which was released in 1991, C'est la vie, mon chéri which was released in 1993 and Bishonen which was released in 1998. He has produced albums for Andy Bautista, Sam Sorono and Mona Richardson. At the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards he won an award in the Best Original Film Score category for The Phantom Lover.
Background
editBabida is well recognized for his work and an award-winning composer and by 2015 he had composed at least 50 film scores.[1][2] He has been referred to as the Godfather of pop and cross-over music. He is of Filipino descent.[3] He married famous actress and singer Betty Chung (Chinese: 鍾玲玲) but then divorced.
Film work
edit1980s
editOne of the early films he worked on was the Po-Chih Leong directed film You ni mei ni which starred Paul Che, Ching Yee Chong and Lee Chun-Wa. The film was released in 1980.[4] He provided music for the Michael Mak directed martial arts film Dragon Force which starred Bruce Baron, Frances Fong, Sam Sorono and Bruce Li.[5]
2000s
editHe provided music for the 2016 film, The Last Race which was directed by Stephen Shin and Michael Parker.[6]
Production
edit| Artist | Album title | Release | Year | Notes # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Bautista | Best Disco In Town | The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. EMC-E 1043 | 1977 | |
| Sam Sorono | Sam Sorono Sings Tom Jones' Greatest Hits | EMI SPR 1002 | 1978 | |
| Mona Richardson | Disco Dazzler | EMI EMGS 6054 | 1979 | |
| 梅艷芳 | 淑女 | Capital Artists CAL-04-1079 | 1989 | |
| 梅艷芳 | Brasil | Capital Artists CAL-04-1087 | 1989 | |
| Geoff Chang 張信哲 |
Generossity 寬容 |
EMI (Taiwan) ED-5029 | 1995 | |
| 蔡琴 | 天使不夜城 歌舞劇原聲帶 | Warner Music Taiwan 3984-26698-2 | 1999 | |
| 鮑比達 & 蔡琴 aka Chris Babida & Tsai Chin |
遇見 | Better Music Corp. BM10005H |
References
edit- ^ China Internet Information Center, November 20, 2007 - Misses 'light the passion' for the Olympic Games
- ^ South China Morning Post, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 - Hong Kong 'street piano' project ready to raise spirits and unite city - Oliver Chou
- ^ Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hollywood, By Yiman Wang - Page 185
- ^ IMDb - You ni mei ni, Full Cast & Crew
- ^ FilmAffinity - Dragon Force
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, 6/17/2016 - 'The Last Race' ('Zhong Ji Sheng Li'): Film Review by Clarence Tssui
- ^ Discogs - Chris Babida Discography, Production
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