
Caleb Liu is an award-winning film composer who has scored 30+ visual media projects to date. He specializes in orchestral music with complementary use of electronic sounds. By day, he is an engineer for the Walt Disney Studios, and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
At 20, he scored his first feature film, which has since surpassed 20 million views on Youtube, and his score has earned 100k+ streams across Spotify and Apple Music. He has since built a growing body of work across independent films and promotional media.
Growing up as a Tuba player in the orchestra, Caleb has a deep admiration for classic Hollywood orchestral music and is especially drawn to leitmotif-driven writing. At Stanford University, he studied computer science and music composition, gaining proficiency in orchestral composition as well as electronic music through Stanford’s renowned CCRMA (ccrma.stanford.edu) program. In 2025, he received Stanford University’s Senior Honors in the Arts distinction, where he wrote, directed, and scored a 30-minute short film, featuring original lyrical songs and score. That year, he also earned two Best Original Score wins in the independent festival circuit for distinct genres: a horror-comedy film and a romance film (featuring a performance by a Berlin Philharmonic violinist).
Upon graduation, Caleb moved to Los Angeles to further his composition career.
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
- Best Original Score - Mr. Sandman's Funhouse (Winner) — Indie Shorts Festival | May 2026
- Best Original Score - Mr. Sandman's Funhouse (Nomination) — Venice Shorts Film Fest | 2026
- Best Original Score - Villain (Winner) — Indie Shorts Festival | April 2026
- Best Original Score - Lili (Winner) — Independent Shorts Festival | Feb–Mar 2025
- Best Original Score - Attempted Murder (Winner) — Independent Shorts Festival | Jan 2025
- Honors in the Arts Recipient — Stanford University | 2024
- Best Original Score (Nominee) — High School All-American Film Festival | 2021
- Honorable Mention — Indie Film Music Contest | 2020
- Finalist — National Young Composers Challenge | 2020
- 3rd Place — Pacific Music Society Virtual Composition Showcase | 2020
- Finalist — National Young Composers Challenge | 2018
FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
- Hugo Rinaldi Fellow | 2020
- Raabe Fellowship for the Arts | 2019
- Marin Music Chest Senior Scholarship | 2020
- Marin Music Chest Senior Scholarship | 2018