Elliot Leung
Elliot Ho Yat Leung is a composer who seeks to blend the five human senses through poignant musical storytelling. He is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Huabiao Award for music. The South China Morning Post observed Leung as a composer who writes "evocatively with flair and romance." His compositions have been brought to life by the world's leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, with performances in iconic venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, and the National Center for the Performing Arts. A sought-after collaborator, Leung has worked with eminent conductors such as Daniel Harding, Charles Dutoit, Yu Long, and Gerard Salonga. His notable concert works include Lunar Overture (New York Philharmonic premiere), Symphony No. 1 "The Metaverse" (Hong Kong Philharmonic premiere, Sony Classical release), and Wuxia (Shanghai Symphony Orchestra premiere). Equally accomplished in film, Leung has scored major international productions, from his Hollywood debut Freelance to The Battle at Lake Changjin (the highest-grossing Chinese film of 2021) and critically acclaimed video games like Honor of Kings and Six Days in Fallujah. His score for Operation Red Sea was hailed by Movie Music UK as elevating Chinese film music to "world-class standard," solidifying his reputation as a dynamic force in contemporary scoring. As of 2023, his films have collectively grossed over $2.2 billion USD worldwide. Born in Hong Kong, Leung began his training at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. His extraordinary musical aptitude was documented when he was five years old in The Oxford Handbook of Children's Musical Cultures. At 17, he relocated to the United States, studying at the Wheaton Conservatory on scholarship under the mentorship of renowned composer Martin O'Donnell. Leung has been honored on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, is a four-time ASCAP Music Award recipient and has 2 Game Audio Network Guild Awards.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Composer
- 6 on MovieCove
What are Elliot Leung's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 6
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 4
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Elliot Leung's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Elliot Leung's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Operation Hadal(2025)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Cesium Fallout(2024)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Freelance(2023)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Water Gate Bridge(2022)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Rescue(2020)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Operation Red Sea(2018)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2018 to 2025.
How do Elliot Leung's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the sound and music 58/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Elliot Leung work with?
People who share at least 2 of Elliot Leung's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dante Lam shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Dante LamShared titles: Operation Hadal (2025), Water Gate Bridge (2022), The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Dante Lam
Writers
- Yaqing ZhiShared titles: Operation Hadal (2025), The Rescue (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Yaqing Zhi
Actors
- Hanyu ZhangShared titles: Water Gate Bridge (2022), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hanyu Zhang
- Yutian WangShared titles: The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Yutian Wang
Cinematographers and editors
- Peter PauShared titles: Water Gate Bridge (2022), The Rescue (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Pau
- Chi-Hung ChoiShared titles: The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Chi-Hung Choi
Producers
- Dong YuShared titles: Operation Hadal (2025), Water Gate Bridge (2022), The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Dong Yu
- Candy LeungShared titles: Water Gate Bridge (2022), The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Candy Leung
- Albert YeungShared titles: The Rescue (2020), Operation Red Sea (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Yeung
