Shirley Song

Shirley Song is an Australian-born Chinese film and TV composer. She has composed and co-composed scores for an array of films and television shows, including Slanted, Netflix's Exploding Kittens, XO, Kitty (2023), Five Blind Dates (2024), The Re-education of Molly Singer (2023), A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023), and Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021).

Early life Song was born in Sydney, Australia where she grew up playing piano, acting and performing in theatre productions. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Composition)(Hons) degree from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney. After graduating she continued her studies in Film Scoring at the Berklee College of Music.

Career Song has collaborated with composer Jina Hyojin An and have co-scored Netflix's Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star featuring Vanessa Hudgens, Amazon Prime's Five Blind Dates, and A Tourist's Guide to Love, starring Rachael Leigh Cook. They were nominated for Best Score for TV/Streamed Movie award at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Netflix's XO, Kitty, where their soundtrack was released by Lakeshore Records and limited edition pink vinyl.

In 2024, Song and An scored the feature dramedy, The Everything Pot, which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival as well as completing the music for the Netflix adult animation Exploding Kittens, based on the popular table top game of the same name.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations +AssociationYearWorkCategoryResultNotesRef.Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)2023A Tourist's Guide to LoveBest Original Score - Animated FilmNominatedShared with Jina Hyojin An