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Tao Liu(IV)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Sound Department
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A L.A. based Taiwanese lesbian reconnects to her conservative mother, who pays an abrupt visit from Taiwan.
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When Mom Visits (2015)
Tao Liu is a multi-award winning composer, known for writing/producing music for Wu Wen Xi Dong (Forever Young), the Wandering Earth, Slipaway, First Bloom and many more.

Tao Liu graduated from the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at the University of Southern California and interned at Remote Control Productions after graduation. He also studied Film Scoring at Beijing Film Academy.
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Man-Tat Ng, Jing Wu, Guangjie Li, Mike Sui, Jinmai Zhao, and Chuxiao Qu in The Wandering Earth (2019)
    The Wandering Earth
    5.9
    • Music Department
    • 2019
    Elaine Partnow, Lydia Muijen, Tigran Mutafyan, Rene Flohr, Jesse Pepe, Jim Pallett, Hiroshi Azuma, and Julia Butler in Slipaway (2017)
    Slipaway
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 2017
    Sean Harris and Olivia Horton in Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
    Deliver Us from Evil
    6.2
    • Music Department
    • 2014
    Blue Pig (2019)
    Blue Pig
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Happy Birthday to You
      • Composer
      • Short
    • Echo
      • composer
      • Pre-production
    • Peilun Yan, Hang Fu, Eddie Peng, Haoyu Yang, You Zhou, and Lun Ai in Busted Water Pipes (2026)
      Busted Water Pipes
      5.3
      • Composer
      • 2026
    • Snowman (2025)
      Snowman
      Short
      • composer
      • 2025
    • Wenqi Zhao and Yuexin Yang in Tian Mi Qia Hao ye San Shi (2025)
      Tian Mi Qia Hao ye San Shi
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • What a Wonderful World (2025)
      What a Wonderful World
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
      Home Sweet Home: Rebirth
      4.1
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Jianci Tan and Shijia Jin in Under the Skin (2022)
      Under the Skin
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • You jian Xiao Yao (2024)
      You jian Xiao Yao
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Kara Ying Hung Wai, Junjia Hong, Xiaofei Zhang, Boogie Wang, Shang'en Bao, Wang Yixuan, and Hong-Chi Lee in Last Suspect (2023)
      Last Suspect
      5.8
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Fearless Blood (2023)
      Fearless Blood
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Master Zhong (2023)
      Master Zhong
      5.9
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Mickey Rourke, Robert Knepper, and Jackson Rathbone in WarHunt (2022)
      WarHunt
      4.4
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Luodan Wang and Chuan-jun Wang in The Curious Tale of Mr.Guo (2021)
      The Curious Tale of Mr.Guo
      5.8
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • My Son (2021)
      My Son
      6.9
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • The Ideal City (2021)
      The Ideal City
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Night Cab (2020)
      Night Cab
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2020

    Music Department

    • Peilun Yan, Hang Fu, Eddie Peng, Haoyu Yang, You Zhou, and Lun Ai in Busted Water Pipes (2026)
      Busted Water Pipes
      5.3
      • score producer
      • 2026
    • Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
      Home Sweet Home: Rebirth
      4.1
      • orchestrator
      • score producer
      • 2025
    • Luodan Wang and Chuan-jun Wang in The Curious Tale of Mr.Guo (2021)
      The Curious Tale of Mr.Guo
      5.8
      • orchestrator
      • score producer
      • 2021
    • Youth in the Flames of War (2020)
      Youth in the Flames of War
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional music (as Yuwen Shuo)
      • 2020
    • Man-Tat Ng, Jing Wu, Guangjie Li, Mike Sui, Jinmai Zhao, and Chuxiao Qu in The Wandering Earth (2019)
      The Wandering Earth
      5.9
      • additional composer
      • composer: additional music
      • 2019
    • I Will (2018)
      I Will
      • composer: theme music
      • 2018
    • Air Strike (2018)
      Air Strike
      3.2
      • composer: additional music
      • score producer
      • 2018
    • Chang Chen, Leehom Wang, Ziyi Zhang, Xiaoming Huang, and Chusheng Chen in Forever Young (2018)
      Forever Young
      6.4
      • orchestrator
      • 2018
    • War Rage (2017)
      War Rage
      Video Game
      • theme music
      • 2017
    • Siyi Dong and Rui Zhou in Killer Maid (2017)
      Killer Maid
      7.2
      Video
      • composer: theme music
      • 2017
    • Sean Harris and Olivia Horton in Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
      Deliver Us from Evil
      6.2
      • music programmer
      • 2014
    • Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014)
      Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn
      6.3
      • orchestrator
      • 2014
    • Aftershock (2010)
      Aftershock
      7.5
      • scoring assistant
      • 2010

    Sound Department

    • Exit (2013)
      Exit
      Short
      • sound editor
      • 2013

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    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • Yuwen Shuo
    • Children
        Wang Ziyan

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Tao Liu's screen name Yuwen Shuo came from a novel he wrote when he was in Junior Middle School.
    • Nickname
      • Yuwen Shuo

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