Research output per year
Research output per year
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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3147-6645
Scopus Author ID: 55362419900
ResearcherID: D-1005-2014
Google Scholar Profile: v_UKNLYAAAAJ
Impact
Biography
Dr Robert Jay Ellis-Geiger is a multiple award nominee, Hong Kong based film composer, conductor, musician and score producer. He has been twice nominated for Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia film awards for his work for critically acclaimed directors on Johnnie To’s 以和為貴 Election 2 (2006) and Patrick Tam’s 父子 After This Our Exile (2006). He recently completed the score for Oscar award winning director Ruby Yang’s new film My Voice, My Life (2014), which was released in October 2014.
A musician and composer trained in classical, jazz and modern vocal production, Ellis-Geiger frequently combines culturally and technologically diverse acoustic and electronic instruments ranging from small eclectic ensembles to full orchestra. He is an active performer and studio musician (piano, trumpet, voice) of pop-fusion, jazz, blues, and folk through to classical. As a music producer, he has collaborated with leading international artists such as Vietnam’s premiere jazz musician Trần Mạnh Tuấn.
Ellis-Geiger is co-directing a documentary film with Dr Louisa Wei on the life works of Cui Jian, the father of China Rock. He is currently developing alternative music recording and sound production methods for immersive cinematic audio formats, such as: Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and Iosono.
Research Interests/Areas
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3D Cinematic Sound
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Film Music Production
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Film Scoring
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Music Performance
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Research output
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AGS Sound Research Project 2023
Ellis-Geiger, R. (Producer) & Dokic, M. (Other), Jun 2023Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
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A Life in Six Chapters
Xiao, D. (Producer), Lu, W. B. (Producer), Wei, S. L. (Screenwriter), Wei, S. L. (Director), Ellis-Geiger, R. (Composer) & CHAN, C. W. C. (Other), 7 May 2022Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
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華人作家 III: 《跋涉者蕭紅》
Translated title of the contribution :Writing 10000 Miles Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
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Havana Divas (Feature Documentary)
Translated title of the contribution :古巴花旦 Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
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Havana Divas (Feature Documentary)
Translated title of the contribution :古巴花旦 Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 43 - Film, video
Projects
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TDG(CityU): Why Do Hong Kong Cinemas Sound So Bad?
ELLIS-GEIGER, R. J. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
15/12/15 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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SG: Emerging Cinematic 3D Spatial Sound Arrays: New Sound Production Methods
ELLIS-GEIGER, R. J. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/05/13 → 6/03/15
Project: Research
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HKgovt: Digital Audio Recording Techniques and Surround Sound Production: Film Music Scoring for Orchestra and Small Ensembles, Surround Audio Mixing and Mastering
ELLIS-GEIGER, R. J. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
13/10/06 → 15/05/07
Project: Research