Bridging cultures, stories & orchestras across film, games & stage.

Soundtracks for the world, and the worlds we imagine.

Members of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra playing wind instruments during a performance in a concert hall.
Musicians of the Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra in a special collaboration with instruments of other cultures. Featuring the Indian tabla, Malay gambus or oud, bagpipes, the violin, and the Chinese erhu, pipa, suona, and dagu drums.
Woman playing the daruan, or bass ruan, the Chinese moon guitar or lute.
Pat Waing, Burmese row drums

Award-winning cross-cultural composer and music director for film, games, concert music, and theatre — with a specialty in Chinese and Asian instruments.

Selected Credits:

Cannes Film Festival • Busan International Film Festival • Hermès • Samsung • Universal Music • New York State Council on the Arts • Singapore Chinese Orchestra • Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Sulwyn Lok is a composer and music director whose work has been described as “magical” and filled with “plenty of beautiful sounds to savour” (The Straits Times). Based between Singapore and New York, his music draws from a global palette — from orchestras and traditional Chinese instruments to voice and synthesizers — with a focus on cultural connection and narrative resonance.

He composed the music for the opening of Hermès’ On the Wings of Hermès exhibition, creating an immersive live experience that journeyed from Baroque elegance to whimsical marching band spectacle. His work also includes projects for Samsung and films premiering at Cannes and Busan, and has been recognized by Universal Music (UCompose) and the National Youth Film Awards. Spanning concert hall, theatre, and screen, his commissions include the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the arts councils of both New York and Singapore.

Signature projects include Here, Hear — a museum-based piece on Asian New Yorker identity; Morning of the World — a multimedia meditation on renewal; and Waves, Towards the Lands We Call Home — a symphonic prayer shaped by early Chinese migration. His concerto cycle Into the Moonlit Yonder, written for Chinese wind and percussion instruments (吹打乐), explores longing, sanctuary, and transformation.

Sulwyn is also passionate about inclusion and education. He has led music workshops for Afghan refugees in Indonesia, works closely with The Purple Symphony (Singapore’s largest inclusive orchestra), and teaches regularly across Southeast Asia.

He holds a Master’s in Screen Scoring from New York University (Singapore Digital Scholar) and was valedictorian at NUS YST Conservatory. He is the resident composer for the Singapore Ruan Ensemble and Reverberance, and co-founded Poco Productions, the Southeast Asia Music Academy Online, and the Victoria Chinese Orchestra.