Singapore composer George Leong calls Dick Lee 'self-centred' amid emotional rant about music scene

Singaporean composer and musician George Leong has worked on some of the biggest hits of Mandopop and Cantopop, but in an impassioned Facebook post, the 54-year-old seemed to have thrown it all away.

- Jan Lee

He even started a feud with fellow local musician Dick Lee.

On Jan 6, Leong posted photos of Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam's album Love, Sandy and the late Hong Kong star Leslie Cheung's album Most Beloved in the trash, saying he was tossing both works.

They were released in 1995, and he called them the "most monumental records" he had worked on.

He wrote: "Despite the passion I've poured into music and a portfolio boasting over 2,000 works and countless awards, I've come to realise these accomplishments mean little in the grand scheme of things."

Leong, once a producer under Taiwan-based music label Rock Records, has arranged music for hits such as Cheung's Chase from Most Beloved, and Lam's I Heard That Love Had Returned from Love, Sandy.

The veteran lamented that music, which once brought him joy, now leaves him with disappointment, frustration and sadness. He called his skills and experience "undervalued".