---
name: "Cong Su"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/su-cong"
fi1m_id: "su-cong"
imdb_id: "nm0836775"
tmdb_id: 1076281
wikidata_id: "Q508351"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 December 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:16.366576+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Cong Su

## Identity

Cong Su

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/su-cong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** su-cong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0836775
- **TMDB ID:** 1076281
- **Wikidata ID:** Q508351
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_Su, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076281

Composer. Born 31 December 1956 in Tianjin, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 December 1956, Tianjin, China
- **Also known as:** Su Cong, 蘇聰, 苏聪
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_Su, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076281

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Last Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md) (80)

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## Biography

Su Cong, also credited as Cong Su or 蘇聰, is a Chinese composer. He studied composition at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and later in Germany, including at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.

He contributed to the soundtrack of Bernardo Bertolucci’s *The Last Emperor* (1987), sharing the Academy Award for Best Original Score with Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Byrne; the album also won a Grammy. His other film scores include *Miracles: The Canton Godfather* (1989), *Cell Phone* (2003), *Green Tea* (2002) and *Jasmine Women* (2004). Since 1991 he has been professor of film and media composition at the State Film Academy in the Stuttgart area, and he divides his time between Beijing, Lake Constance and Lucca, Italy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Empire of Silver* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Jasmine Women* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Cell Phone* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Green Tea* (2003), Music
- *On the Beat* (1995), Music
- *The Dancer* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Miracles: The Canton Godfather* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1988: Best Original Score (won), for *The Last Emperor*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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