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.

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
  • * "God Only Knows", TV episode
  • * "She's Gone" TV episode
  • * "The Book of Love", TV episode
  • * "Act Naturally", TV episode
  • * "Daddy's Home" TV episode
  • Nuptials of the Dead
  • Jack N Jill
  • Minutemen
  • Labou
  • The Final Season
  • The Game Plan
  • Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
  • Tina Bobina
  • Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
  • *... a.k.a. Flight of the Living Dead
  • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
  • Everest E.R.
  • Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
  • The World According to Sesame Street
  • Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic
  • She's the Man
  • *... a.k.a. L'homme c'est elle
  • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
  • Enter the Dragonfly
  • San wa
  • *... a.k.a. Shen hua
  • *... a.k.a. The Myth
  • A Really Big Problem
  • One Six Right
  • Come as You Are
  • The American Experience
  • * "The Great Transatlantic Cable", TV episode
  • Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
  • *... a.k.a. Kifferwahn
  • Perceptions
  • *... a.k.a. Dangerous Perceptions
  • The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea
  • A Remarkable Promise
  • "Voices from the List"
  • Burma Bridge Busters
  • Charlie's War
  • Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen
  • *... a.k.a. Hong ku zi
  • *... a.k.a. Hung fu zi
  • Who's Your Daddy?
  • Price for Peace
  • The Black Magic
  • A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick
  • American Family TV series
  • *... a.k.a. American Family: Journey of Dreams
  • Vacuums
  • *... a.k.a. Stealing Bess
  • Shoot!
  • Nine Dog Christmas
  • Forbidden City
  • Leui ting jin ging
  • *... a.k.a. China Strike Force
  • *... a.k.a. Lei ting zhan jing
  • That's Life
  • * "The Screw-Up", TV episode
  • * "Pilot", TV episode
  • "Rock, Paper, Scissors"
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
  • Brightness
  • NetAid
  • Sabrina the Animated Series TV series
  • *... a.k.a. Sabrina
  • The Brothers Flub
  • Storm
  • *... a.k.a. Storm Trackers
  • Dak ging san yan lui
  • *... a.k.a. Gen-X Cops
  • *... a.k.a. Te jing xin ren lei
  • Clowns
  • The Water Ghost
  • Wo shi shei
  • *... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Who Am I?
  • *... a.k.a. Who Am I?
  • Fat Dog Mendoza, TV series
  • Moses: Egypt's Great Prince
  • Toonsylvania, TV series
  • *... a.k.a. "Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania"
  • The Secret of Mulan
  • The Magic Pearl
  • The Lost Children of Berlin
  • The Secret of Anastasia
  • Muppet Treasure Island
  • Bruno the Kid TV series
  • "Tales from the Crypt"
  • *... a.k.a. "HBO's Tales from the Crypt"
  • * "The Third Pig", TV episode
  • Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo
  • *... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's First Strike
  • *... a.k.a. Jing cha gu shi 4: Zhi jian dan ren wu
  • *... a.k.a. Police Story 4: First Strike
  • Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
  • Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
  • The Twisted Adventures of Felix the Cat, TV series
  • *... a.k.a. The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
  • Hung fan au
  • *... a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx
  • *... a.k.a. Hong fan ou
  • *... a.k.a. Red Bronx
  • *... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx
  • The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show TV series
  • Natural Causes
  • Black Belt Angels
  • Nick and Noel
  • Animated Classic Showcase
  • Return to Zork
  • Eek! the Cat TV series
  • *... a.k.a. Eek! and the Terrible Thunderlizards
  • *... a.k.a. Eek!stravaganza
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, TV series
  • Spellcaster
  • The Kiss
  • China Beach
  • * "A Rumor of Peace", TV episode
  • * "Holly's Choice", TV episode
  • Encyclopedia Brown, TV series
  • ''Screwball Hotel''

    Music department

2000s 1990s 1980s
  • One Six Right
  • Sabrina: The Animated Series
  • ... a.k.a. "Sabrina"
  • * "Anywhere But Here" TV episode
  • Boogie Shoes TV episode
  • Boy Meets Bike TV episode
  • Extreme Harvey TV episode
  • Feats of Clay TV episode
  • The Last Days
  • Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders
  • ... a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2
  • Soundtrack:
  • Wo shi shei
  • ... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Who Am I?
  • ... a.k.a. Who Am I?
  • Hung fan au
  • ... a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx
  • ... a.k.a. Hong fan ou
  • ... a.k.a. Red Bronx
  • ... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx
  • Actor:
  • Who's Your Daddy? .... The Arnold Horshack Experience