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- Allan Lau says Joseph Koo's music inspired him to move to Hong Kong to pursue a career in Cantopop.
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Koo immigrated to Canada in the 1990s but continued his work in Hong Kong music. In 2007, he wrote the theme song for The Drive of Life, a drama produced by TVB to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover.
Jan 5, 2023 · British Columbia. Tributes pour in for renowned composer Joseph Koo, 'godfather' of Cantonese pop music. ‘He is to Hong Kong music what Bruce Lee is to Kung Fu and martial arts,’ says music...
Jan 4, 2023 · The family moved to Hong Kong in 1948, where Koo Mei found work as a singer, eventually becoming a major recording artist and well-known actress. Influenced by her, Koo began to take an interest...
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Jan 5, 2023 · No one has cut a more imposing figure on Hong Kong’s music scene than Joseph Koo Ka-fai. Having composed more than 1,200 tunes, many of which were timeless theme songs of popular television ...
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Jan 4, 2023 · Born in 1931 in Guangzhou, Koo moved to Hong Kong with his family after World War II.
Jan 5, 2023 · Koo spent most of his career in the Hong Kong film, TV, and pop music industries. In the early ’90s, the composer moved to Vancouver in Canada and kept travelling between Hong Kong and Vancouver. He semi-retired in the ’90s before permanently retiring in 2015.
Jan 5, 2023 · VANCOUVER — Renowned composer Joseph Koo, whose music helped form the soundtrack for what his family called the “Golden Era” of Hong Kong culture in the 1970s and ’80s, has died in a...
