Joy Ngiaw

Joy Ngiaw (born November 23, 1994) is an Emmy Award-winning composer film and television composer. She won the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program for her work on WondLa , becoming the first Malaysian to win an Emmy Award. She collaborated closely with John Lasseter on the series, and the score was featured in IndieWire’s 'Best TV Scores of the Year, According to Our Composers Survey', alongside White Lotus and Severance.

Her score for Apple TV+ and Skydance's debut animation Blush has won Best Music Award from Hollywood Music in Media and was nominated for an Annie. She also scored Skydance Animation's inaugural studio logo, and Angel Studios theatrical romantic comedy Solo Mio, starring Kevin James.

Among her other projects include Monkeypaw Productions’ The Pigs Underneath, Netflix and CBS's TV show Glamorous starring Kim Cattrall, Mattel and Netflix's Barbie Mysteries, Walt Disney Animation Studio's Short Circuit: Jing Hua, and Netflix's Rescued by Ruby.

Joy was named a BAFTA Breakthrough USA honoree in 2024. She was also featured on Apple 'Here's to the Dreamers' campaign, spotlighting ambitious creative talent across Southeast Asia.