Max Chung is a video game music and electroacoustic composer, creating immersive sound experiences at the intersection of interactive media and electroacoustic sound design. Drawing on his background in new music, sound art, and EDM, Chung’s genre flexibility allows him to create a variety of atmospheres for different game experiences.  His work has been featured in several rhythm games, including osu!, A Dance of Fire and Ice, and Project Pentjet, where he is a featured artist.  He has also composed for indie titles such as Better on Paper! and Hypnogogia.  Chung’s current work includes collaborations with tournaments in osu! and BMS.  His work bridges electronic production, sound art, and electroacoustic composition, bringing a composer’s depth to the narrative and emotional pacing of game scoring.

Alongside his gaming work, Max has developed interactive multimedia installations like Metroequilibrium which was exhibited on Governor’s Island for Harvestworks’ Art & Technology show in New York City.  He is currently commissioned for an interactive sound art project for the Vitra Museum in Germany for an exhibition in Paris.

In parallel with his multimedia and electronic work, Max maintains an active practice as a new music composer.  His compositions have been performed by leading new music performers, including the Neave Trio, the Bergamot Quartet, LOADBANG, the Da Capo Ensemble, the PRISM quartet, Yarn/Wire, Alice Ivy-Pemberton, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), with commissions premiered at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.  He has received the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award (Honorable Mention-2025 & Semi-Finalist-2026), the Walter J. Nelson Prize, and the Margery MacColl Award for Excellence in Music.  Renowned composer John Harbison has called Max “a composer to watch”.  

Max received a B.A. in music composition at Brown University and a M.M. in music technology from New York University.  He has studied with Eric Nathan, Wang Lu, Dafna Naphtali, Butch Rovan, Robert Rowe, and Lelia Adu-Gilmore and has participated in masterclasses with John Harbison, Zhou Long, and Amy Beth Kirsten.