Shao Jean Sim is a Los Angeles-based composer, songwriter, and producer. Originally from Singapore, her music journey began on the piano before expanding to various plucked stringed instruments.

Shao Jean’s compositions have been featured on networks including SKY, MTV, and Discovery Channel. Most recently, she collaborated with Keefus Ciancia, contributing additional music to Netflix’s Eric. She has also orchestrated for Dan Romer and Mark Kilian. Beyond film and television, her work spans records, award-winning theater productions, commercials, and video games. Her concert piece premiered with the UN Orchestra as part of the UN Global Women in Music program.

As a songwriter and producer, she has collaborated with artists across Asia and the U.S., including Jingfei, Eli Low and Leyeux, with her productions earning chart positions in Asia.

Her career started at the Village Studios in Los Angeles, where her credits as assistant engineer include Stevie Nicks and Weird Al Yankovic. She has worked as composers' assistant for Tom Howe and Didier Lean Rachou with credits including Ted Lasso S1 on Apple TV+ (score tech engineer), and Discovery’s Bering Sea Gold (score mixer, additional arrangements).

Fueled by curiosity, her wide musical palette spans thoughtful melodies, irreverent and inventive soundscapes, continually exploring new sonic territories with each collaboration.

She graduated from Berklee College of Music and holds a masters in Screen Scoring from USC. In 2023, she was also selected as one of 12 composers from around the world for the inaugural Composer Filmmaker Accelerator program at the Vancouver International Film Festival. 

Beyond music, she loves discovering hole-in-the-wall food and coffee places, off-grid adventures, and throwing fists at a heavy bag.

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Film & TV | Games | Theater

Records | Albums

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