The Chinese film Animal World from Ruyi Films, which I orchestrated with Penka Kouneva for composer Neal Acree, has become the 2nd most profitable film in the world this year, and the soundtrack is #1 in Asia. It was a huge honor to work with the world-class team on this film.

Starring Michael Douglas, the film’s story and visuals are both a fantastic collision of Hollywood style cinema and video game style graphics, seamlessly merging the two from start to finish. To facilitate that contrast producer Fei Yu made the very unusual decision to hire two composers. Neal Acree was in charge of the orchestral elements, which I worked on, and Michael Tuller from Nine Inch Nails was in charge of all the electronic elements.

The story is a unique blend of drama, strategy game, and pure fantasy, and I highly recommend it.