Celisse Tan

Celisse is a composer, orchestrator, and score producer for film and visual media based near San Francisco, California. She is a bassist and Philippine instrumentalist whose compositions cover a range of genres, including grand orchestral scores, chill lo-fi, upbeat jazz fusion, and traditional instrumentation.

Celisse has been playing bass for over 15 years, performing in both folk and orchestral ensembles and as a session musician for her fellow composers. At age 10, she joined Haranistas de Manila as its youngest principal musician playing bass and kulintang. While pursuing her BFA in Film Editing and Film Music at Chapman University and her MM in Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music, Celisse scored student films and collaborated with directors both in-person and remotely. She continues to write music for short and feature-length films and has been awarded for her work at film festivals both in the United States and internationally.