Sherri Chung

Sherri Chung is an American film and television composer, pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. She has composed scores for television series including Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Based on a True Story, and Found, as well as films like Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase , Divorce In The Black and The Lost Husband which was nominated for Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film at the Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards. In 2022, she became the first female elected as governor of the Music Branch Peer Group of the Television Academy. Chung’s composition for the documentary The Other Side of Home was shortlisted for Best Short Documentary at the 2017 Oscars. In 2024, she was nominated for the International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA) Breakthrough Composer of the Year. Early life and education Sherri Chung developed an interest in music during childhood and trained as a classical pianist. While in middle school, she became interested in composition after hearing Michael Kamen’s score for the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. She graduated from Jacksonville University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in music composition and theory. After gradua