Chris Babida is a composer, arranger, conductor, music director and record producer. He has also done numerous film soundtracks. His film work includes ''

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'' which was released in 1982, ''

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'' also released in 1982, '' Sworn Brothers'' which was released in 1987, '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' which was released in 1991, ''

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'' which was released in 1993 and '' Bishonen'' which was released in 1998. He has produced albums for Andy Bautista,

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and Mona Richardson. At the

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he won an award in the Best Original Film Score category for '' The Phantom Lover''.

Background

Babida is well recognized for his work and an award-winning composer and by 2015 he had composed at least 50 film scores. He has been referred to as the Godfather of pop and cross-over music. He is of Filipino descent.

Film work

1980s

One of the early films he worked on was the

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directed film ''You ni mei ni'' which starred Paul Che, Ching Yee Chong and Lee Chun-Wa. The film was released in 1980. He provided music for the Michael Mak directed martial arts film ''

'' which starred

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, Frances Fong,

and

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2000s

He provided music for the 2016 film, ''The Last Race'' which was directed by Stephen Shin and Michael Parker.

Production

Discogs
Chris Babida Discography, Production
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References

External links

Website

Imdb: Chris Babida

Discogs: Chris Babida
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