CR 080: Joy Ngiaw on Returning to Her Musical Roots in ‘Solo Mio’
The composer discusses her work on the Kevin James film and her Emmy Award-nominated score for Apple TV’s “WondLa.”
Malaysian-born composer Joy Ngiaw graduated from Boston’s Berklee College of Music just a decade ago, yet she’s already amassed an impressive list of professional credits. A 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough honoree, Ngiaw has provided the scores for Skydance Animation’s short film Blush, the Netflix series Glamorous, and the horror short The Pigs Underneath, produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions. A current Emmy nominee for her work on Apple TV’s animated series WondLa, she’s become known for her inventive compositions. (IndieWire referred to her work on WondLa as “magnificent” in its 2025 list of “Best TV Scores of the Year.”)
On February 6th, her work can be heard in theaters, when Solo Mio—a romantic comedy starring Kevin James, Alyson Hannigan, and Jonathan Roumie—premieres on the big screen. Creating the score for the film, Ngiaw says, was a nice return to her roots.
“Solo Mio’s great,” she says. “It’s such a sweet film. It’s about a guy who got sto…
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