Starring Gabrielle Chan (Expats and Hungry Ghosts) and directed by Joe Chan, Solace was filmed in Vietnam in 2018 in Cantonese and Vietnamese. Joe’s story follows a young bride escaping her mother-in-law to spend time with an older woman living across the street. After working with Joe over many years on projects including Australian and New Zealand commercials, a pop music video and a play that he directed about the Hong Kongese-Australian immigrant experience, he asked me to do the score for his short film. I recorded myself performing solo violin and piano, instruments and arrangements that he requested.