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Chris Babida is a composer, arranger, conductor, music director and record producer. He has also done numerous film soundtracks. His film work includes '' Dragon Force'' which was released in 1982, ''
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'' also released in 1982, ''
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'' which was released in 1987, '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' which was released in 1991, ''
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'' which was released in 1993 and '' Bishonen'' which was released in 1998. He has produced albums for Andy Bautista,
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and Mona Richardson. At the
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, he won an award in the Best Original Film Score category for '' The Phantom Lover''.


Background

By 2015, Babida had composed at least 50 film scores. He is of Filipino descent. He married actress and singer Betty Chung (Chinese: 鍾玲玲) but then divorced.


Film work


1980s

One of the early films he worked on was the
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directed film ''You ni mei ni'' which starred Paul Che, Ching Yee Chong and Lee Chun-Wa. The film was released in 1980. He provided music for the Michael Mak directed martial arts film '' Dragon Force'' which starred
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, Frances Fong,
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and
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.


2000s

He provided music for the 2016 film, ''The Last Race'' which was directed by Stephen Shin and Michael Parker.


Production

Discogs
Chris Babida Discography, Production
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References


External links


Website

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