hi, I’m Ela!

i’m a composer for tabletop games, specialising in sweeping cinematic tracks with broad cultural influences.

i grew up in Singapore, studied game music and sound design at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and am currently pursuing a graduate diploma in screen and cultural studies at the University of Melbourne.

music i’ve written for other people

  • The Crooked Moon – Alchemy RPG

    Layered adaptive music and ambiences in a western folk-horror style. A lot of banjo.

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  • Daggerheart – Alchemy RPG

    Adaptive music and ambiences for the Critical Role RPG. Coming soon.

  • Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms

    An album of adaptive music drawing from ancient Japanese Gagaku music.

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  • Dungeons and Randomness

    An album of podcast theme music in a wide variety of styles. Available on all major platforms.

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  • Worn Shapes

    An eerie experimental score for the fashion film Worn Shapes by Dana Gray.

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music I’ve written for myself

  • Cloudland (2025)

    A high fantasy romp, full of choral melodies, dramatic orchestral flourishes, and eclectic percussive beds.

  • Entropy (2022)

    A futurist cyberpunk universe overflowing with synthetic textures and mangled orchestras.

  • Beyond the Mists (2022)

    A lurid dream of dark fantasy, folk horror, and gothic romance in sonic form.

  • Alive (2020)

    An eclectic assortment of tracks produced for tabletop gaming.

  • Ill Met By Moonlight (2021)

    A dreamlike collection of tabletop game music, inspired by Shakespearean comedies.

some upcoming projects…

  • a video essay and accompanying soundtrack exploring liminality in spaces, culture, and identity.

  • A series of pieces written as inspiration for, and in response to, artwork by Saidy Burch.

CV

work experience

  • Peer tutoring for students in the Electronic Production and Design department at Berklee, supporting students in their academic goals, as well as driving content creation for social media platforms and assisting with day-to-day office tasks. Tutoring covered advanced technical subjects, including game programming, audio systems design, sound design techniques, and audio production.

  • Prepared laptops and other digital devices for use by students with little to no tech literacy, including preparing documents and curriculum resources for tech classes.

education

  • Double Major in Interactive Media Scoring and Electronic Production & Design. Minors in Psychology and Creative Coding. 3.98 GPA at graduation.

    Activities and Societies: Lavender Graduation Commencement Speaker, Berklee Sexuality and Gender Alliance (President), Berklee Esports (President, Secretary), Berklee Electronic Music Club

    Capstone Project: "You Are Not Alone", a multichannel sound installation controlled by LiDAR point-cloud data, exploring Hannah Arendt's theories of plurality.

    Courses taken include: EP-394 Practice Based Research: Sound Identities, GAIMS-471 Advanced Scoring for Interactive Media, MTEC-340 Programming with Unity, LSOC-411 Developmental Psychology, LSOC-318 Biopsychology, and LHUM-433 Digital Narrative Theory and Practice.

  • Activities and Societies: Gender and Sexuality Pride (Founder and President), Tabletop Roleplaying Game Club (President), Theatre Club, Model United Nations

    Music, psychology, and english language and literature at higher level. Biology, math, and spanish ab initio taken at standard level. Extended essay on leitmotif in Stravinsky's The Firebird scored 98/100.

volunteering

  • Assisted with coordinating and organising the annual Happy Hour on a Mission fundraiser, raising significant funds for building support networks and resources for migrant domestic workers in southeast Asia. Activities included task allocation and scheduling, social media coordination, resource and material creation, budgeting, and event planning.

  • Oversaw event coordination, organisational work, and activism for a safe and inclusive campus. Activities included organising events with 120+ attendees, organising a board of 5+ members, social media outreach campaigns, developing campus culture and inclusivity, and creating a safe and welcoming environment for new students.

  • Organised and ran a variety of gaming events, competitive teams, and tabletop campaigns within a limited budget.

live performances & showcases

Smoke – Performed by Yarn/Wire, New York (2025)

Your Are Not Alone – Berklee College of Music, Boston (2025)

Earth / Song – MIT Spatial Sound Lab, Boston (2025)

and you will return to dust – Performed by Hypercube, Boston (2025)

Well of Light – Performed by the Blackstone Valley Quartet, Worcester (2024)

honours and awards

Summa Cum Laude (First Class Honours) – Berklee College of Music (2025)

Suzanne Ciani Award – Electronic Production & Design Department, Berklee College of Music (2025)

Recognition of Excellence in Game and Interactive Media Scoring – Screen Scoring Department, Berklee College of Music (2025)

LGBTQ+ Leadership Award – Diversity and Inclusion Department, Berklee College of Music (2023)

Berklee World Tour Scholarship – Admissions Department, Berklee College of Music (2021)

Clive Powell Award for Creativity in the Arts – Australian International School (2020)

books I like

Invisible Cities / Le Città Invisibili (Italo Calvino, 1972)

The Human Condition (Hannah Arendt, 1958)

Harrow the Ninth (Tamsyr Muin, 2020)

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections (Walter Benjamin, 1969)

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, 1813)

Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897)

Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)