Tan Yan Wei

Tan Yan Wei (Yuan)
Born	Tan Yan Wei (1975-01-28)28 January 1975 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Died	27 April 2011(2011-04-27) (aged 36) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres	Film score
Occupation	Composer
Years active	2004–2011
Label	N/A
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Tan Yan Wei (28 January 1975 – 27 April 2011), or simply known as Yuan, was a Malaysian composer. He is known for his film scores for the films Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004), the 2005 Burmese film Kyan Sit Min, the Malaysian 3D English-language animated film SeeFood (also released as Sea Level in the United States), and the Malaysian action drama film Bunohan (2011).

Tan worked through the production company Imaginex Studios on several of his later projects, including SeeFood, for which he was composing the score at the time of his death in April 2011; the remaining work was completed by Imaginex Studios, and the film's soundtrack was ultimately released in October 2011, several months after he died. He was also working on the score for Bunohan around the same period; the film, directed by Dain Said, credited him as composer when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011, several months after his death.

Sources differ on the precise nature of Tan's contribution to Puteri Gunung Ledang. Some contemporary listings credit the film's score jointly to Tan and singer-actor M. Nasir (who also starred in the film), while other accounts describe the score as the work of composer Daniel Yu Wai Kwok, with Tan serving as orchestrator.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Puteri Gunung Ledang	Composer (alongside M. Nasir); some sources credit the score primarily to Daniel Yu Wai Kwok, with Tan as orchestrator
2005	Kyan Sit Min	Composer
2011	SeeFood	Composer (remaining work completed by Imaginex Studios after his death)
2011	Bunohan	Composer

Awards and nominations

Awards

Awards
Year	Award	Categories	Nominated Work	Result
2005	18th Malaysian Film Festival	Best Music Score	Puteri Gunung Ledang (Music Score)	Won
2013	25th Malaysian Film Festival	Best Original Score	Bunohan (Music Score)	Won

The Bunohan score award was made posthumously, two years after Tan's death.

Death

Tan died at the Pantai Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on 27 April 2011, from complications of hyperthyroidism at age 36. At the time of his death, he was in the midst of composing scores for two films, SeeFood and Bunohan, both of which were released later that year with posthumous composer credits to Tan.