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name: "Zhao Jiping"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zhao-jiping"
fi1m_id: "zhao-jiping"
imdb_id: "nm0955494"
tmdb_id: 65285
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:32:17.809681+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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# Zhao Jiping

## Identity

Zhao Jiping

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zhao-jiping
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zhao-jiping
- **IMDb ID:** nm0955494
- **TMDB ID:** 65285
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65285

Composer. Born in Pingliang, Gansu, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 1988–1993
- **Also known as:** 赵季平
- **Frequently works with:** [Gong Li](https://film.one/person/gong-li.md), [Zhang Yimou](https://film.one/person/zhang-yimou.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 88 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $23m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65285

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Farewell My Concubine*](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zhao Jiping (赵季平) is a Chinese composer born in August 1945 in Pingliang, Gansu. He studied composition at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1970, and later undertook postgraduate studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

He is best known for his film scores, particularly his collaborations with Fifth Generation directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. His credits include *Red Sorghum* (1988), *Ju Dou* (1990), *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), *Farewell My Concubine* (1993) and *To Live* (1994). He has also composed extensively for television, concert works and traditional Chinese instruments.

Zhao has held senior positions in Chinese musical organisations, including as Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Musicians’ Association and President of the Xi’an Conservatory of Music. He has received multiple awards for film and television music in China and abroad.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Farewell My Concubine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md)
- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Fi1m 91, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)
- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *中国梆子* (2018), series, Actor
- *The Qin Empire* (2017), series, Creator
- *Back to 1942* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Three Kingdoms* (2010), series, Music Director
- *Confucius* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Forever Enthralled* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Little Red Flowers* (2006), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Seventeen Years* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Emperor and the Assassin* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Sun Bird* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Water Margin* (1998), series, Music
- *Dragon Town Story* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Emperor's Shadow* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Temptress Moon* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *The King of Masks* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker* (1994), Music Score Producer
- *To Live* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *步入辉煌* (1994), Music
- *Farewell My Concubine* (1993), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/farewell-my-concubine.md)
- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)
- *No Regrets About Youth* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Ju Dou* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)
- *草地* (1986), Actor
- *The Yellow River Made A Turn Here* (1986), Music
- *Yellow Earth* (1984), Original Music Composer

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