Thomas Foguenne
Thomas Foguenne | |
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 Foguenne during the 2024 Golden Horse Award in Taipei | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 25, 1980 Namur, Belgium. |
| Genres | Film scores, soundtracks |
| Occupations | Composer, teacher |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Website | www |
Thomas Foguenne (Chinese: 福多瑪; born 25 July 1980) is a Belgian-Taiwanese composer and pianist.[1] He is known for his film scores for Stranger Eyes (2024), Three Tears in Borneo (2024) and Trouble Girl (2023).[2][3]
Foguenne won the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Score for Stranger Eyes at the 61st Golden Horse Awards in 2024.[4] He has also received two Golden Bell Awards,[5][6] a Golden Harvest Award[7] and a Taipei Film Festival Award.[8]
His film work also includes We Are All Strangers (2026), directed by Anthony Chen, for which he shares the music credit with Singaporean composer Kin Leonn.[9]
Foguenne studied composition, piano, chamber music and harmony at the Royal Conservatory of Mons, where he also studied orchestral conducting and electroacoustic music.[10] He teaches music analysis, classical composition, and applied and interactive music composition at Arts² in Mons, Belgium.[11]
Career
After initially working as a contemporary music composer, Foguenne left music for several years to pursue a career in culinary arts before returning to composition and turning increasingly towards film scoring.[12] He subsequently developed much of his career in Taiwan, where he became established as a film composer and collaborated with Taiwanese filmmakers on feature films, documentaries and television productions.[13]
Among his early Taiwanese film credits were Black Sheep (2016), Blood Amber (2017), The Last Verse (2017) and Upstream (2017). His work on the latter two films was discussed by Taiwanese cultural publication BIOS Monthly, which highlighted his collaborations with directors Tseng Ying-ting and David Chuang.[14]
His work subsequently expanded across Taiwanese and international productions. In 2023 he received his first Golden Horse Award nomination for Trouble Girl, followed in 2024 by the Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Score for Yeo Siew Hua's Stranger Eyes, which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival.[15][16][17]
Foguenne continues to work between Europe and Asia. His recent credits include The Waves Will Carry Us, Slave Island and Anthony Chen's We Are All Strangers, for which he shares the music credit with Singaporean composer Kin Leonn. The film was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival in 2026.[18]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | We Are All Strangers | Anthony Chen | Music co-written with Kin Leonn. |
| 2025 | The Waves Will Carry Us | Lau Kek-huat | Original title: 人生海海. Nominated for Best Original Film Score at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards. |
| 2025 | Under the Same Boat | Chang Ming-yu | Documentary. Original title: 同一條船下. |
| 2024 | Stranger Eyes | Yeo Siew Hua | Original title: 默視錄. Won Best Original Film Score at the 61st Golden Horse Awards and Best Score at the Taipei Film Awards. |
| 2023 | Trouble Girl | Chia-hua Chin (靳家驊) | Original title: 小曉. Nominated for Best Original Film Score at the 60th Golden Horse Awards. |
| 2023 | Who'll Stop the Rain | I-Hsuan Su (蘇奕瑄) | Original title: 青春並不溫柔. |
| 2022 | Ballet in Tandem | Wei-Hsin Yang (楊偉新) | Documentary. Original title: 舞徑. |
| 2021 | Green Jail | Yin-Yu Huang (黃胤毓) | Documentary. Original title: 綠色牢籠. Nominated for Best Score at the Taipei Film Awards. |
| 2021 | The Bad Man | Yong-chao Lee (李永超) | Documentary. Original title: 惡人之煞. |
| 2021 | The Piano Lesson | Hsu Yung-chih (徐湧智) | Short film. Original title: 鋼琴課. Nominated for Best Score at the Taipei Film Awards. |
| 2017 | Blood Amber | Yong-chao Lee (李永超) | Original title: 血琥珀. |
| 2016 | The Fool and the Temple | Yingjie Cui (崔英杰) | Original title: 保守之地. |
Television
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Three Tears in Borneo | Jie-heng Sun | Television series. Original title: 聽海湧. Nominated for Best Music at the 60th Golden Bell Awards. |
| 2022 | Marriage no.1314 | Wen-tang Cheng | Television film. Original title: 尾號1314. Opening film of the Kaohsiung Film Festival. |
| 2018 | The Defender | Shih-Han Tsao (曹仕翰) | Television film. Original title: 無法辯護. |
| 2017 | Their Heaven | Chien-Hung Lien (練建宏) | Television film. Original title: TMD天堂. Five nominations at the 52nd Golden Bell Awards. |
| 2017 | Upstream | David Chuang (莊絢維) | Television film. Original title: 濁流. Five nominations and one award at the 52nd Golden Bell Awards; selected for the international competition at the Montreal World Film Festival. |
| 2017 | The Last Verse | Ying-Ting Tseng (曾英庭) | Television film. Original title: 最後的詩句. Eight nominations and four awards at the 52nd Golden Bell Awards; selected for the Busan International Film Festival and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. |
| 2016 | The Cat in the Closet | Ying-Ting Tseng (曾英庭) | Television film. Original title: 衣櫃裡的貓. Won Best Sound at the 51st Golden Bell Awards. |
References
- ↑ Hsu, Stacy (2022-09-01). "Composer, six other professionals granted citizenship". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Foguenne Thomas". ARTS² – Conservatoire royal de Mons. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Thomas Foguenne". IMDb. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". [www.goldenhorse.org.tw](http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "第51屆金鐘獎", 维基百科，自由的百科全书 (in Chinese), 2025-05-11, retrieved 13 August 2026
- ↑ "第53屆金鐘獎", 维基百科，自由的百科全书 (in Chinese), 2025-01-24, retrieved 13 August 2026
- ↑ 金穗獎. "金穗獎". 金穗獎 (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ 台北電影節. "台北電影節-台北電影獎". [www.taipeiff.taipei](http://www.taipeiff.taipei) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "We Are All Strangers". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Foguenne Thomas". ARTS² – Conservatoire royal de Mons. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Foguenne Thomas". ARTS² – Conservatoire royal de Mons. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "電影裡的黑糖味：113年12月08日節目：EP23 電影靈魂的聲音設計：金馬獎電影配樂得主－福多瑪". 正聲廣播電台 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2024-12-08. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Thomas Foguenne". Taiwan Cinema. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "打造成功的青年處境劇：《最後的詩句》《濁流》的誕生（下）". BIOS Monthly (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2017-05-17. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "60th Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Film Score". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "61st Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Film Score". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Stranger Eyes". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "We Are All Strangers". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 30 August 2026.