{{Short description|Hong Kong Cantopop composer}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2014}} {{engvar|date=December 2014}} {{infobox person | name = Chan Fai-young | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|25}} | birth_place = Macau | occupation = Composer | years_active = 1995-Present | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 陳輝陽 | s = 陈辉阳 | p = Chén Huīyáng | j = Can<sup>4</sup> Fai<sup>1</sup> Joeng<sup>4</sup> }} }}
'''Chan Fai-young'''<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Justin |last=Chang |date=September 24, 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/office-review-johnnie-to-1201601248/ |title=Film Review: ''Office'' |magazine=Variety }}</ref> ({{zh|t=陳輝陽}}; born 25 September 1970) is a Hong Kong Cantopop composer. Chan was born in Macau in 1970.<ref name=Biography/> He attended Berklee College of Music,<ref name=Biography/> an American college in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chan composed his first work in 1994, "Romantic White Paper" ({{lang|zh-hk|愛情白皮書}}), sung by Eric Suen Yiu-wai ({{lang|zh-hk|孫耀威}}).<ref name=Biography/> He composed other songs, including ones alongside lyricist Lin Xi, sung by many singers. He and Lin Xi wrote "Ngaam Yung" ({{lang|zh-hk|暗湧}}) for Faye Wong,<ref name=Biography/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xRMwAQAAIAAJ&q=%E7%8E%8B%E8%8F%B2+%E9%99%B3%E8%BC%9D%E9%99%BD+%E6%9A%97%E6%B9%A7+-wikipedia 盛世邊緣: 香港電影的性別、特技與九七政治]. via ''Google Books''</ref> released in 1997 as part of Wong's EP, ''Toy''. Chan composed "Garbage" ({{lang|zh|垃圾}}) for Candy Lo,<ref name=Biography/> released in 1997 as part of Lo's debut EP, ''No Need... Perfection Is Awful'' ({{lang|zh|不需要...完美得可怕}}).
Chan and Lin Xi wrote "K goh chi wong" ({{lang|zh|K歌之王}}) for Eason Chan, released in September 2000,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rfOqAAAAQBAJ&dq=k%E6%AD%8C%E4%B9%8B%E7%8E%8B&pg=PA150 歲月如歌－－詞話香港粵語流行曲]. p. 150. Retrieved 11 December 2014 – via ''Google Books''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=R53dBAAAQBAJ&dq=k%E6%AD%8C%E4%B9%8B%E7%8E%8B&pg=PA244 普普香港：閱讀香港普及文化2000–2010]. p. 244. Retrieved 11 December 2014 – via ''Google Books''.</ref> and "Prayer of a Young Woman" ({{lang|zh-hk|少女的祈禱}}) for Miriam Yeung,<ref name=Biography/> for which both won as two of top ten Chinese gold songs ({{lang|zh-hk|十大中文金曲}}) at the 2000 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards.<ref>[http://rthk.hk/classicschannel/goldsong23.htm "第二十三屆 (2000) [23rd Annual RTHK Top Ten Gold Songs Awards]"]. ''RTHK''. Retrieved 11 December 2014.</ref> Chan Fai-young composed other songs for Eason Chan, such as "Night Does Not Return" ({{lang|zh-hk|黑夜不再來}}) and "Coming and Going" ({{lang|zh-hk|人來人往}}), and for Miriam Yeung, such as "Lifting Up My Head" ({{lang|zh-hk|抬起我的頭來}}), "Knowledge of Wine Drinking" ({{lang|zh-hk|飲酒思源}}), and "Firebird" ({{lang|zh-hk|火鳥}}).<ref name=Biography/>
Chan and Lin Xi also wrote "Beauty for Life" ({{lang|zh-hk|終身美麗}})—written for the 2001 film, ''Love on a Diet''<ref name=HKFilmAwards/>—and "Shall We Talk" in 2001 for, respectively, Sammi Cheng and Eason Chan. Chan and lyricist Wyman Wong wrote "Painful Love" ({{lang|zh-hk|痛愛}}) for Joey Yung. These songs became three of the top ten Chinese gold songs at the 2001 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards.<ref>[http://rthk.hk/classicschannel/goldsong24.htm "第二十四屆 (2001) [24th Annual RTHK Top Ten Gold Songs Awards]"]. ''RTHK''. Retrieved 11 December 2014.</ref> In 2002, "Beauty for Life" won the "Best Original Film Song"<ref name=HKFilmAwards/> and earned Chan Fai-young the "Best Melody Award" at the CASH Golden Sail Music Awards.<ref name=Billboard/><ref>[http://www.cash.org.hk/files/pdf/publications/golden_sail_10th_special_edition/golden_sail_10th_special_edition.pdf "CASH Golden Sail Music Awards: 10th Anniversary Special Edition"]. 2010. ''Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong'' (in PDF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.</ref> Chan composed other songs for Sammi Cheng, such as "Exchanging Tenderness" ({{lang|zh-hk|交換溫柔}}), "Come Back to Me" ({{lang|zh-hk|回來我身邊}}), "The Last Cry" ({{lang|zh-hk|上一次流淚}}), and "How to Shed Tears" ({{lang|zh-hk|如何掉眼淚}}).<ref name=Biography/> Chan composed other songs for Joey Yung, such as "Fear" ({{lang|zh|怯}}), "Tsaang Hei" ({{lang|zh-hk|爭氣}}), and "Disfigured" ({{lang|zh-hk|破相}}).<ref name=Biography/>
Chan composed "Vortex" ({{lang|zh-hk|漩渦}}) for Cass Phang and Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, "Love Someone" ({{lang|zh-hk|愛一個人}}) for Hacken Lee and Kelly Chen, "Day and Night" {{lang|zh-hk|日與夜}} for Jacky Cheung and Sandy Lam, and "Loving Each Other Is Hard" ({{lang|zh-hk|相愛很難}}) for Jacky Cheung and Anita Mui.<ref name=Biography/> He and Lin Xi wrote "Single Man" ({{lang|zh|怨男}}) for Leslie Cheung.<ref>{{cite book |author=Tseung Lam 蔣林 |year=c. 2011 |script-title=zh:不一樣的煙火:張國榮音樂傳奇 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VU-sAAAAQBAJ&q=%E9%99%B3%E8%BC%9D%E9%99%BD+-wikipedia&pg=PT192 |trans-title=I Am What I Am: Leslie Cheung as a Music Legend |pages=192–193 |publisher=香港中和出版有限公司 |isbn=9789888200429 |access-date=12 December 2014 |via=Google Books }}</ref>
Chan and Lin Xi composed twelve songs for the 2007 album, ''12 Faces of Women'' ({{lang|zh-hk|12金釵眾生花}}), sung by various singers, including Sammi Cheng.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 March 2007 |first=Clarence |last=Tsui |script-title=zh:陳輝陽 自己是自己最大的樂評人 |trans-title=Chan Fai-young himself is his own biggest critic |url=http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star10.cfm?File=20070112/sac01/yia1.txt |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=11 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.yesasia.com/us/chan-fai-young-12-faces-of-women-cd-dvd/1004936447-0-0-0-en/info.html "Chan Fai Young - 12 Faces Of Women (CD+DVD)"]. ''YesAsia''. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Biography>{{harvnb|Lau|2010s|pages=146+}}</ref>
<ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine |first=Clarence |last=Tsui |date=26 October 2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=keith-chan-fai-young&pg=PA47 |title=Chou Wins Three CASH Awards |magazine=Billboard |page=41 |access-date=11 December 2014 |via=Google Books }}</ref>
<ref name=HKFilmAwards>{{cite web |title=List of Award Winner of The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards |url=http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist21.html |publisher=Hong Kong Film Awards |year=2002 |access-date=11 December 2014 }}</ref> }}
;Sources * {{cite book |last=Lau |first=Jing-chi 劉靖之 |date=2010s |script-title=zh:香港音樂史論：粵語流行曲‧嚴肅音樂‧粵劇 |trans-title=History of Hong Kong Music: Cantopop, Serious Music, Cantonese Opera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU3eBAAAQBAJ&q=%E7%8E%8B%E8%8F%B2+%E9%99%B3%E8%BC%9D%E9%99%BD+-wikipedia&pg=PA146 |pages=146+ |publisher=商務(香港)印書館 |isbn=9789620756122 |access-date=11 December 2014 }}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100219103030/http://music.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/star/profile.cgi?id=10247 陳輝陽 新浪網] at Sina
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