Born in Chengdu, Sichuan, he is best known for composing the scores for the documentary A Bite of China,[2] the TV series Red Sorghum, for the film series The Wandering Earth[3] and the blockbuster film Ne Zha 2.
[5] He later attended the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, where he earned a master's degree in composition.
[7] Roc Chen's work in film and television is characterised by a fusion of traditional Chinese musical elements with modern orchestral techniques.
In television scoring, his work on the series Red Sorghum is notable for its incorporation of the suona, a traditional Chinese wind instrument with a distinctively piercing tone.
[9] In the film Ne Zha 2, Chen blended modern cinematic scoring with traditional sounds of Tuvan throat singing (Khoomei) alongside classical Chinese instruments such as the two-stringed erhu and ceramic xun for a distinctively Chinese modern soundtrack.