1. Lim Giong is a Taiwanese musician, DJ, actor, and an active figure in the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene.
12 Facts About Lim Giong
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Lim Giong is known for recording rock songs in Taiwanese Hokkien, starting with his first hit song "Marching Forward" in 1990.
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Lim Giong is known as writing film scores for directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, and Bi Gan.
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Lim Giong has received numerous awards for his work, including the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2015 for The Assassin.
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Lim Giong was educated in public schools and can speak Mandarin fluently, but he chose to sing in the local dialect Taiwanese Hokkien.
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Lim Giong's songs ranged from love songs to observations of day-to-day reality of life in contemporary Taiwan including schools, military service and traffic.
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Lim Giong was associated with the genre known as New Taiwanese Song and gave rousing performances of folk-pop songs, such as "A Soundless Place" from the soundtrack of Dust of Angels.
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Lim Giong was invited to perform music from this album for an outdoor event at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, with images of the National Palace Museum's collection.
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Lim Giong produced the music for a special 90 seconds commercial film commissioned to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Palace Museum, in October 2005.
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Lim Giong participates in the activities of the Creative Commons in Taiwan.
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Lim Giong composed the music for The Assassin, which won the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2015.
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In June 2018, Lim Giong was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.