Joy Ngiaw is a Malaysian film and TV composer known for her emotionally rich and inventive scores. She first gained recognition for Blush (Apple TV+), Skydance Animation’s debut short, which earned her the Best Music Award from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and an Annie nomination. She later received a second Annie nomination for the sci-fi adventure trilogy WondLa (Apple TV+), collaborating with industry icon John Lasseter (Toy Story). She also made history as the youngest composer to score a major studio logo for Skydance Animation.

A 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough USA honoree, Joy was also selected for the NBCUniversal Composers Initiative and featured in Apple Southeast Asia’s Here’s to the Dreamers 2025 campaign spotlighting creative talents across the region. As a pianist and vocalist, she brings a distinctive touch to her work, experimenting with tones, textures, and vocal techniques such as breaths, mouth percussion and hums.

Upcoming projects include Solo Mio, an Angel Studios feature starring Kevin James set for wide theatrical release in February 2026, and the Monkeypaw Productions’ The Pigs Underneath, premiering at TIFF. Her other credits include Mattel/Netflix’s Barbie Mysteries, Netflix/CBS's Glamorous, Walt Disney Animation Studios' Short Circuit, and Netflix's Rescued by Ruby.

awards and accolades.

  • Joy Ngiaw serves as the Industry Relations Chair of the Composers Diversity Collective, a non-profit organization that exists to champion underrepresented voices in the music industry.

  • Best Original Composition in a Short Film - Blush

  • Best Original Score - Short Film (Animated) - Blush

  • Best Original Score - Fish Head

  • Best Musical Score - L’Ombre Amoureuse

  • Joy Ngiaw was selected as a BAFTA Breakthrough USA honoree in 2024. BAFTA Breakthrough spotlights a host of emerging and talented ‘must-watch’ creative practitioners working across film, games and television.

  • Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Media Production - WondLa

  • Joy Ngiaw was one of the eight composers selected for the highly competitive Universal Composers Initiative program by NBCUniversal. This two-year initiative, in partnership with Universal Film Music, provides participants with unparalleled access to the studio process, while increasing awareness of this new generation of talent among NBCUniversal’s vast network of executives, producers and directors including Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Animation and Universal Studio Group.

  • Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Media Production - Blush

  • Issued by the Society of Composers and Lyricists - Blush