VIFF Amp and the VSO Present: Live Score Showcase
September 20th, 2023
Thrilled to have my score performed live to picture by the prestigious Vancouver Symphony Orchestra!
Over the past two months, three-time Emmy-nominated film and television composer Miriam Cutler has mentored five filmmakers and twelve composers to create original scores to scenes from four BC films. This is your opportunity to hear their final works at a live-to-picture performance featuring 20 members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. You will also hear from each filmmaker, who will talk about how they collaborated with the composers to deliver and record these scores. Tickets are free and can be purchased here!
Date: Oct 7
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Annex Theatre
Selected for the VIFF Amp Cohort
September 14th, 2023
Being chosen as one of the twelve composers for the 2023 VIFF Amp Composer Filmmaker Accelerator Cohort is an incredible honor and a thrilling opportunity. I'm excited to embark on this journey, grow as a composer, and contribute my skills to the world of film. I want to express my gratitude to VIFF for selecting me, and I look forward to the incredible experiences and collaborations that lie ahead.
No Film School: How To Craft Music for a Project That Truly Reflects You
July 27th, 2023
When we were growing up, the two of us, (Shirley Song, born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and Jina An, born in Busan, South Korea), never watched any Hollywood or Australian films and shows where we felt represented on screen–there were hardly any Asian cast, let alone Asian leads/protagonists. How we would’ve killed to have films like Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I've Loved Before when we were in high school!
Then, fast forward, XO, Kitty was announced!
Exclusive Interview With OutLoud! Culture
June 17th, 2023
A spinoff to the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film franchise and book series of the same name from author Jenny Han, XO, Kitty is a series that follows Kitty, Laura Jean’s youngest sister, as she navigates love in Seoul, Korea. Jina Hyojin and Shirley Song created the show’s sound, which infuses pop-based music with the overall tone of traditional KDrama. In the new series, synths, vocal chops, and catchy pop beats meet a more traditional instrumentation of piano and strings.
SCL Screening + Q&A: MAESTROS AND MAVERICKS MUSIC ROUNDTABLE
June 16th, 2023
Thank you to SCL and Impact 24 for having us talk about our process behind scoring for TV and a huge shout out to our moderator, founder, Editor-in-Chief of The Spool, Clint Worthington.
What’s On Netflix Interview On the Score for ‘XO, Kitty’
June 14th, 2022
Netflix’s new sensational teen drama, XO, Kitty, arrived in May 2023 and has since gone to become a smash hit with audiences around the world. Blending the very best of teen and K-drama, what made XO, Kitty even more enjoyable was the series’ great soundtrack and score. We recently had the opportunity to discuss the score of XO, Kitty with talented composer pair Shirley Song and Jina Hyojin An.
Lakeshore Records Releases ‘XO, Kitty’ Soundtrack Today!
June 2nd, 2022
So excited to announce that the soundtrack for ‘XO, Kitty” is out today! Available on all streaming platforms:
XO, Kitty Drops THAT Song Cover & Previews Its Score [EXCLUSIVE]
May 31st , 2022
Exclusive: Check out two songs from XO, Kitty, including the show’s standout cover of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Juju B. Goode & dv/sn. Source: Screenrant
Film Music Reporter Announces ‘XO, Kitty’ Soundtrack Album Details
May 31st, 2022
Lakeshore Records will release a soundtrack album for the Netflix original series XO, Kitty. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Jina Hyojin An & Shirley Song (The Princess Switch 3, A Tourist’s Guide to Love). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, June 2 and is now available for pre-order here. The Awesomeness production, which follows teen matchmaker Kitty (from the To All the Boys movies) as she reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same boarding school attended by her late mother, premiered earlier this month and is now available to stream on Netflix.
‘XO, Kitty’ Premiere At the Netflix Tudum Theater
May 11th, 2022
Shirley Song at the premiere of "XO, Kitty" held at the Netflix Tudum Theater on May 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images)
‘A Tourist’s Guide To Love’ Out on Netflix
April 23rd, 2022
‘A Tourist’s Guide To Love’ scored by Jina An and Shirley Song is out today on Netflix.