HOYO-MiX is the in-house music studio of HoYoverse, responsible for the production of the company's original game music. They have produced music for all of HoYoverse's games, including Honkai Impact 3rd, Genshin Impact, and Tears of Themis.
Chronology of Releases
2014-2020 | |
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Nov. 1, 2014 | 崩坏学园2 OST |
Jan. 19, 2018 | 崩坏3-Impact- Original Soundtrack |
Dec. 21, 2018 (Spotify) June 5, 2019 (NetEase) |
崩坏3-Onwards (Original Soundtrack) |
July 10, 2019 | Cyberangel (Honkai Impact 3RD Ost) |
July 28, 2019 | 崩坏3「女武神的餐桌」Original Soundtrack |
Feb. 28, 2020 | Starfall (Honkai Impact 3rd Ost - Impressions) |
April 17, 2020 | Honkai Impact 3rd - A Post-Honkai Odyssey (Original Soundtrack) |
June 19, 2020 | Genshin Impact - The Wind and The Star Traveler (Original Game Soundtrack) |
July 3, 2020 | Honkai Impact 3rd - Review (Original Soundtrack) |
July 10, 2020 | Hidden Heart |
July 18, 2020 (Spotify) Sept. 19, 2020 (NetEase) |
Honkai Impact 3rd - 「Cooking with Valkyries Ⅱ」 (Original Soundtrack) |
July 29, 2020 (NetEase) July 31, 2020 (Spotify) |
未定的注定 (《未定事件簿》推广曲) |
Sept. 19, 2020 | Incarnation |
Sept. 28, 2020 | Genshin Impact - City of Winds and Idylls (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Nov. 6, 2020 | Genshin Impact - Jade Moon Upon a Sea of Clouds (Original Game Soundtrack) |
2021-2022 | |
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Jan. 29, 2021 | Rubia (Honkai Impact 3rd Impressions) |
Feb. 4, 2021 | Genshin Impact - The Stellar Moments (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Feb. 8, 2021 | Yesterday (Honkai Impact 3rd Original Soundtrack) |
Feb. 9, 2021 | Alive (Honkai Impact 3rd Original Soundtrack) |
April 2, 2021 | Genshin Impact - Vortex of Legends (Original Game Soundtrack) |
May 13, 2021 | Tears of Themis - Encounter (Original Game Soundtrack) |
July 9, 2021 | Moon Halo (Honkai Impact 3rd "Everlasting Flames" Animated Short Theme) |
July 11, 2021 | Honkai Impact 3rd ELF Academy (Original Soundtrack) |
July 19, 2021 | Genshin Impact - The Shimmering Voyage (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Sept. 22, 2021 | Genshin Impact - Realm of Tranquil Eternity (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Oct. 5, 2021 (Spotify) Oct. 6, 2021 (NetEase) |
Oracle (Honkai Impact 3rd's A Post Honkai Odyssey 2 Theme Song) |
Jan. 15, 2022 | Genshin Impact - "Fleeting Colors in Flight" EP (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Jan. 21, 2022 | Regression (Honkai Impact 3rd "Thus Spoke Apocalypse" Animated Short Theme Song) |
Jan. 24, 2022 | 未定事件簿OST2: 誓约 |
Jan. 26, 2022 | Genshin Impact - The Stellar Moments Vol. 2 (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Feb. 2, 2022 (Spotify) February 3, 2022 (NetEase) |
Paradox (Honkai Impact 3rd Original Soundtrack) |
Feb. 17, 2022 | Honkai Impact 3rd - A Post-Honkai Odyssey 2 (Original Soundtrack) |
March 5, 2022 (NetEase) March 6, 2022 (Spotify) |
チビちゃん (崩壊3rd-人形学園-Original Soundtrack) |
April 13, 2022 | Genshin Impact - Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (Original Game Soundtrack) |
Music Creators
Genshin Impact
Dimeng Yuan (苑迪萌)
Dimeng Yuan was first introduced as a co-composer and arranger in The Stellar Moments (2021), and later debuted as a solo composer in The Stellar Moments Vol. 2 (2022). Yuan was also involved in producing several tracks in The Shimmering Voyage (2021), Fleeting Colors in Flight (2022), and Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (2022). His instrumental performances include the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, and steel guitar.
Yuan graduated from Shanghai Conservatory for Music and studied film scoring at New York University.[1]
Yuan previously collaborated with fellow HOYO-MiX member Yu-Peng Chen for various projects. In 2014, they produced the soundtrack of the thriller film Jing Cheng 81 Hao.[2] In 2017, Yuan and Chen produced a song for 铠甲勇士铠传 (Armor Hero Chronicles).[3] For the MMORPG Moonlight Blade, they worked on the song Saying Sword[4] in 2019.
Jiade He (何迦德)
Jiade He is a music arranger and a member of the HOYO-MiX team since 2019.[5] She was introduced in the album The Shimmering Voyage (2021) where she was credited as an orchestrator for many soundtracks.
He previously collaborated with Yu-Peng Chen for the 2018 Moonlight Blade song 梦留别.[6] Both later collaborated with Dimeng Yuan for the song Saying Sword in 2019.[7]
Qian Ding (丁谦)
Qian Ding is a music designer and producer who joined the HOYO-MiX team in May 2021.[8] He was introduced as a composer and arranger in the album The Stellar Moments Vol. 2 (2022) where he was credited for the track Good Hunting on a New Horizon. Next, Ding composed two tracks in Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (2022): The Long Dark Night and Soft Moans of the Remains.
Simai Wang (王斯迈)
Simai Wang was first introduced as an orchestrator in the album The Shimmering Voyage (2021) where they were credited for the soundtrack Fateful Departing. Later in the album The Stellar Moments Vol. 2 (2022), Wang arranged and performed the electric guitar for the soundtrack Shadow of Nemesis; they also arranged and did the audio mixing and mastering for Broker Betwixt Life and Death.
Xin Zhao (赵鑫)
Xin Zhao was first introduced in the album Fleeting Colors in Flight (2022), credited for performing the electric guitar and acoustic guitar for the track Myriad of Lights. Later, they participated as a composer and arranger and did audio mixing and mastering in The Stellar Moments Vol. 2 (2022); Zhao composed Devotion of the Keeper and co-composed Tactician's Grit with Yu-Peng Chen. Zhao later composed and orchestrated several tracks in Islands of the Lost and Forgotten (2022).
Yijun "Yijun.J" Jiang (姜以君)
Yijun Jiang is an audio designer.[9] Jiang was previously involved in the Honkai Impact 3rd album Paradox (2022), where they were credited as a composer, arranger, and mixing engineer. For Genshin Impact, they contributed to a number of Enkanomiya soundtracks in the album Islands of the Lost and Forgotten as a composer, orchestrator, mixing engineer, and for performing the electric guitar.
Yu-Peng "Zhiyi" Chen (陈宇鹏)
Yu-Peng Chen, also known as Zhiyi Chen (陈致逸),[10] is the main music producer of Genshin Impact. He composed, arranged, and orchestrated most of the game's original music. In addition, he has performed various instruments for his work with the piano being the most common. Some soundtracks are based on or adapted from Chen's previous works.
For his work on Genshin Impact, Chen was awarded "Outstanding Artist — Newcomer/Breakthrough" in the Annual Game Music Awards 2020.[11] Chen graduated from the Music Engineering Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and majored in Music Design and Production. Prior to joining miHoYo, he had worked on film and television scoring.[12]
Honkai Impact 3rd
Chi "Vinchi" Wen (文驰)
Chi Wen was first introduced as a composer of several soundtracks in the 2020 album Honkai Impact 3rd - Review. Next, he was involved in Yesterday and Alive (2021) where he also took on arrangement and audio mixing. Wen contributed to more Honkai Impact 3rd albums and singles after.
Chunqing "Eyn" Yin (尹纯青)
Chunqing Yin is a former member of HOYO-MiX (2017-2019) who contributed to music production and lyric writing.[13] She was first credited as the lyricist of the song Befall in 2018, and then wrote the 2019 single Cyberangel. Yin also composed a few soundtracks for the game Tears of Themis.
Yin graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2015 with a degree in Bachelor of Music Design and Production.
Jinhan "Zoe" Cai (蔡近翰)
Jinhan Cai, also known as Zoe Cai,[14] is the music director of miHoYo since its founding in 2011.[15] As one of the earliest members of HOYO-MiX, Cai has been heavily involved in the music production for Honkai Impact 3rd as a composer and other roles. He was also part of the music production for Genshin Impact and Tears of Themis.
Li "Hao" Jinghao (李敬浩)
Li Jinghao was first introduced as the composer of most soundtracks in 崩坏3-Impact (2018). He contributed to several more albums such as Honkai Impact 3rd - A Post-Honkai Odyssey (2020), Yesterday and Alive (2021), and Paradox (2022).
Qi "Gon" Gong (宫奇)
Qi Gong is a sound designer and composer at miHoYo.[16] He was first introduced as the audio mixer for the soundtrack Befall in the album 崩坏3-Impact (2018) and did his first composition work in 崩坏3-Onwards (2019). Gong would become more involved in music production as seen in Yesterday (2019) where he composed, arranged, and mixed several soundtracks all by himself.
Wei "Cuiwei" Cui (崔巍)
Wei Cui was first introduced in the albums Yesterday and Alive (2021) as a composer, arranger, and mixer of several soundtracks. Cui also contributed to the first Tears of Themis original soundtrack album Encounter (2021).
Yujie "JODODO" Zheng (郑宇界)
Yujie Zheng, also known as Xiaoyu Zheng (郑小宇),[17] is one of the earliest members of HOYO-MiX. He composed several soundtracks in 崩坏3 (2018) and 崩坏3-Onwards (2019); he also produced the 2020 singles Hidden Heart, 未定的注定 and Incarnation. Zheng later contributed to music of the game Tears of Themis.
Zheng was part of the Chinese-Korean music trio 萬萬小宇宙wawajodo as a producer. The group was represented by WebTVAsia and only active from 2016 to 2017.
Tears of Themis
Qixiang "Frex" Yang (杨启翔)
Qixiang Yang was first credited as a co-arranger for the single Rubia (2021). Later, Yang composed many soundtracks in the Tears of Themis soundtrack albums Encounter (2021) and 誓约 (2022).
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References
- ↑ SoundCloud - Dimeng Yuan
- ↑ VGMdb - Jingcheng 81-hao ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
- ↑ Baidu Baike - 铠旋
- ↑ Baidu Baike - 说剑 (王一博演唱的歌曲)
- ↑ LinkedIn - Jiade He
- ↑ Baidu Baike - 梦留别
- ↑ IMDb - Jiade He
- ↑ LinkedIn - Qian Ding
- ↑ LinkedIn - 姜以君
- ↑ Douban - 陈宇鹏
- ↑ Annual Game Music Awards 2020 – Artists of the Year
- ↑ Yu-Peng Chen Interview: The Music of Genshin Impact
- ↑ LinkedIn - 尹纯青
- ↑ "Travelers' Musings" — Behind the Scenes of the Music of Inazuma
- ↑ Baidu Baike - HOYO-MiX
- ↑ LinkedIn - 宫奇 (Qi Gong)
- ↑ SoundCloud - 郑小宇-JODODO