Brian Chan


Brian Chan is a Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Chan has written music for CBS's Boston Blue, Wonder Project's It's Not Like That, Neflix’s North of North, Nickelodeon’s The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, CBC’s Allegiance, Lego Dreamzzz, Angry Birds: Summer Madness, DreamWorks Animation’s Pinecone & Pony, Team Zenko Go, Fox’s Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Sony’s Panhandle and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright. He is a recipient of the 2024 SOCAN Breakout Composer Award, multiple Canadian Screen Award nominations, a Canadian Screen Music Award, and multiple Leo Awards. He is one half of a composing duo with his brother Caleb Chan.

Life and career

Chan was raised in Hong Kong and Vancouver, British Columbia. He attended McGill University and holds a Masters in Sound Recording from the Schulich School of Music. Prior to writing music for picture, he was a recording engineer that worked with CBC radio, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. His engineering work with Chor leoni was nominated for a Juno award.
As a musician and arranger, Chan has contributed to numerous albums, collaborating with artists such as Jordan Klassen, Dear Rouge and Iamtheliving.
Chan is a board member of the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

YearTitleNote
202050 States of Fright12 episodes
2022Team Zenko Go22 episodes
2022Angry Birds: Summer Madness36 episodes
2022Panhandle8 episodes
2022-2023Pinecone & Pony16 episodes
2023The Nature of Things1 episode
2024The Thundermans ReturnTV film
2024Alert: Missing Persons Unit17 episodes
2024The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish22 episodes
2024-2026Allegiance30 episodes
2025North of North8 episodes
2025Lego Dreamzzz21 episodes
2026Boston Blues20 episodes
2026It's Not Like That8 episodes

Awards and nominations