Nathan Wang


Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang is an American film composer, who has worked extensively in both the United States and in Hong Kong. He is best known internationally for his work with Jackie Chan, and with directors Benny Chan and Stanley Tong. He also scored the Detective Chinatown film series.
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Early life and education

Wang was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents from Shanghai, China. He began playing the piano at age three. He attended Pomona College, graduating in 1979, and received an Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study at Oxford University.

Career

Wang's first film score was for the comedy Screwball Hotel.
In 1995, Wang was hired by Hong Kong film studio Golden Harvest to score the Jackie Chan film Rumble in the Bronx. The film proved a hit and Chan's North American breakthrough. Wang has subsequently scored Chan's films Police Story 4: First Strike, Who Am I?,
He also worked with notable Chinese-language filmmakers like Stanley Tong, Benny Chan, Chen Sicheng
Wang is also an associate professor of film scoring at Peking University.

Composer

Never Say Never Vanguard Far East Deep South Playing with Fire Wished The Healer Detective Chinatown The Patriot Yue Fei Brotherhood of Blades Farmland Sleeping Dogs Inseparable You Again Sophie's Revenge The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club How to Make Love to a Woman Van Wilder: Freshman Year War Dogs of the Pacific Hatching Pete Inspire Me: Weightless Flights of Discovery It's All About the Benjamins The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics Valentine

Music department

2000s 1990s 1980s