Yupeng Chen

Weibohttps://weibo.com/u/1800443420 Biography YuPeng Chen as known as Zhiyi Chen is a film composer music producer and music director based in Shanghai China. He is one of the most versatile and respected composers currently working in the industry best known for composing the soundtrack of Genshin Impact. Zhiyi Chens career spans over fifteen years.He typically integrates traditional instruments with Western orchestral arrangements. He has scored a wide range of films television shows and video games. He has won several Chinese Academy Award nominations for his music from films such as Li BaoGuo and Da Shanghai. In addition he has recorded with many worldclass orchestras such as the Asian Philharmonic Orchestra the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the Budapest Film Symphony Orchestra. BEFORE FAME At age six he watched the Japanese animated film Nausica of the Valley of the Wind and felt the power of music for the first time. He graduated with honors from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Trivia In the early 2010s he began working in the Hong Kong film industry. He collaborated with composer Chan Kwongwing to produce scores for films like Wong Jings The Last Tycoon. They also produced the score for Andrew Laus The Captain one of the alltime highestgrossing films in China. He also releases some of his work on Spotify and by December 2022 his following on the platform had grown to reach over 840000 monthly listeners.