Nathan Wang
Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang (born August 8, 1956) 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.
Also recorded as Nathan T. Wang
Nathan Wang
- Birth Name
- Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang
- Born
- 8 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- composer, pianist, musician, keyboardist and record producer.
- Fields
- music.
- Education
- University of Oxford and Pomona College.
- Honours
- Fulbright Scholarship.
- Languages
- English.
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Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang (born August 8, 1956) 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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Biography
Biography
Wang worked across composer, film score composer, pianist, musician and keyboardist and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 63 catalogued compositions and 8 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang • Born — 8 August 1956 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Website — https: www.nathanwang.com/ • Genre — Film score
Early life and education
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
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 (1996), Who Am I? (1998), He also worked with notable Chinese-language filmmakers like Stanley Tong, Benny Chan, Chen Sicheng (on the Detective Chinatown films) Wang is also an associate professor of film scoring at Peking University.
Composer
Composer
• Never Say Never (2023) • Vanguard (2020) • Far East Deep South (2020) • Playing with Fire (2019) • Wished (2017) • The Healer (2017) • Detective Chinatown (2015) • The Patriot Yue Fei (2015) • Brotherhood of Blades (2014) • Farmland (2014) • Sleeping Dogs (2012) (Multi platform game) • Inseparable (2011) • You Again (2010) • Sophie's Revenge (2009) • The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (2009) • How to Make Love to a Woman (2009) • Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009) • War Dogs of the Pacific (2009) • Hatching Pete (2009) (TV) • Inspire Me: Weightless Flights of Discovery (2009) • It's All About the Benjamins (2009) • The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) (TV) (original music by) • Valentine (12 episodes, 2008) • "God Only Knows" (2008), TV episode • "She's Gone" (2008) TV episode • "The Book of Love" (2008), TV episode • "Act Naturally" (2008), TV episode • "Daddy's Home" (2008) TV episode • Nuptials of the Dead (2008) (original music by) • Jack N Jill (2008) • Minutemen (2008) (TV) • Labou (2008) (V) • The Final Season (2007) • The Game Plan (2007) • Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007) (TV) • Tina Bobina (2007) • Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007) (V) •... a.k.a. Flight of the Living Dead (US: new title) • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) (V) • Everest E.R. (2006) • Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) (TV) • The World According to Sesame Street (2006) • Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Massacre at Mystic (2006) (TV) • She's the Man (2006) •... a.k.a. L'homme c'est elle (Canada: French title) • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005) (V) • Enter the Dragonfly (2005) • San wa (2005) •... a.k.a. Shen hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) •... a.k.a. The Myth (International: English title) • A Really Big Problem (2005) • One Six Right (2005) • Come as You Are (2005) • The American Experience (1 episode, 2005) • "The Great Transatlantic Cable" (2005), TV episode • Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) •... a.k.a. Kifferwahn (Germany) • Perceptions (2005) (co-composer) •... a.k.a. Dangerous Perceptions (US: new title) • The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice at Sea (2004) (TV) • A Remarkable Promise (2004) • "Voices from the List" (2004) (V) • Burma Bridge Busters (2003) (TV) • Charlie's War (2003) • Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen (2003) •... a.k.a. Hong ku zi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) •... a.k.a. Hung fu zi (Hong Kong: Cantonese title) • Who's Your Daddy? (2003/I) (V) • Price for Peace (2002) • The Black Magic (2002) • A Salute to Robert Altman, an American Maverick (2002) (TV) • American Family (2002) TV series (unknown episodes) •... a.k.a. American Family: Journey of Dreams (US: second season title) • Vacuums (2002) •... a.k.a. Stealing Bess (US: video title) • Shoot! (2001) • Nine Dog Christmas (2001) (V) • Forbidden City (2001) • Leui ting jin ging (2000) •... a.k.a. China Strike Force (Hong Kong: English title) (US) •... a.k.a. Lei ting zhan jing (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) • That's Life (2 episodes, 2000) • "The Screw-Up" (2000), TV episode • "Pilot" (2000), TV episode • "Rock, Paper, Scissors" (2000) • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000) (TV) • Brightness (2000) • NetAid (1999) (TV) • Sabrina the Animated Series (1999) TV series (unknown episodes) •... a.k.a. Sabrina (US: short title) • The Brothers Flub (1999) (TV) • Storm (1999) (V) •... a.k.a. Storm Trackers • Dak ging san yan lui (1999) •... a.k.a. Gen-X Cops (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title: literal title) •... a.k.a. Te jing xin ren lei (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) • Clowns (1999) • The Water Ghost (1998) • Wo shi shei (1998) •... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Who Am I? (US: cable TV title) •... a.k.a. Who Am I? • Fat Dog Mendoza (1998), TV series • Moses: Egypt's Great Prince (1998) (V) • Toonsylvania (1998), TV series (unknown episodes) •... a.k.a. "Steven Spielberg Presents Toonsylvania" • The Secret of Mulan (1998) (V) • The Magic Pearl (1997) • The Lost Children of Berlin (1997) • The Secret of Anastasia (1997) (V) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) (VG) • Bruno the Kid (1996) TV series (unknown episodes) • "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1996) •... a.k.a. "HBO's Tales from the Crypt" • "The Third Pig" (1996), TV episode • Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo (1996) •... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's First Strike (US) •... a.k.a. Jing cha gu shi 4: Zhi jian dan ren wu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) •... a.k.a. Police Story 4: First Strike (Hong Kong: English title) • Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie (1996) (V) • Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996) (V) • The Twisted Adventures of Felix the Cat (1995), TV series •... a.k.a. The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (US: cable TV title) • Hung fan au (1995) •... a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Kong: English title) (US) •... a.k.a. Hong fan ou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) •... a.k.a. Red Bronx •... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx (Canada: French title) • The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995) TV series (unknown episodes) • Natural Causes (1994) • Black Belt Angels (1994) • Nick and Noel (1993) (TV) • Animated Classic Showcase (1993) (TV) • Return to Zork (1993) (VG) • Eek! the Cat (1992) TV series (unknown episodes) •... a.k.a. Eek! and the Terrible Thunderlizards •... a.k.a. Eek!stravaganza • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992), TV series (unknown episodes) • Spellcaster (1992) • The Kiss (1992) • China Beach (2 episodes, 1990) • "A Rumor of Peace" (1990), TV episode • "Holly's Choice" (1990), TV episode • Encyclopedia Brown (1989), TV series (unknown episodes) • Screwball Hotel (1988)
Music department
Music department
2000s 1990s 1980s • One Six Right (2005) (orchestrator) • Sabrina: The Animated Series (composer: additional music) (22 episodes, 1999) •... a.k.a. "Sabrina" (USA: short title) • "Anywhere But Here" (1999) TV episode (composer: additional music) • Boogie Shoes (1999) TV episode (composer: additional music) • Boy Meets Bike (1999) TV episode (composer: additional music) • Extreme Harvey (1999) TV episode (composer: additional music) • Feats of Clay (1999) TV episode (composer: additional music) • The Last Days (1998) (associate composer) (orchestrator) • Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1989) (composer: additional music) •... a.k.a. Flesh Gordon 2 • Soundtrack: • Wo shi shei (1998) (writer: "Friendship") •... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Who Am I? (USA: cable TV title) •... a.k.a. Who Am I? • Hung fan au (1995) (writer: "You Are The One") •... a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Kong: English title) (USA) •... a.k.a. Hong fan ou (Hong Kong: Mandarin title) •... a.k.a. Red Bronx •... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx (Canada: French title) • Actor: • Who's Your Daddy? (2003/I) (V).... The Arnold Horshack Experience
Life and work
Life and work
Nathan Wang was born on 8 August 1956 in Los Angeles. Wang held the nationality of United States. Wang was educated at University of Oxford and Pomona College. Wang worked as composer, film score composer, pianist and musician, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them keyboardist and record producer. Wang worked in English.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1956
Nathan Wang was born on 1 January 1956.
Compositions
Catalogued output
Compositions
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. 63 further compositions are catalogued under Wang's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it. You Guys Are in Good Hands. He Has a Sweet Side. The Lost Children Suite for Piano and Orchestra.
The entries follow MusicBrainz
So the Story Ends
Chase and Finale
Building New Lives
Mei Mei's Ribbon Dance
Talking to Your Brother
I Belong to Mom
Fight for Nothing
That’s an Easy Answer
Who Am I?
Language From the Universe
(Cantonese NG version)
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The entries follow MusicBrainz
So the Story Ends
Chase and Finale
Building New Lives
Mei Mei's Ribbon Dance
Talking to Your Brother
I Belong to Mom
Fight for Nothing
That’s an Easy Answer
Who Am I?
Language From the Universe
(Cantonese NG version)
Kissing Booth Makeout
You’re a Terrible Liar
Israel and Mendel
Cake on Fire
The School Cut Our Team
The Will to Survive
Main Title Theme
Heart to Heart
The Poison Mushroom
Treat You as an Equal?
The Cat Theme
Sounds Like a Dream Job
Falling in Love
Films and moving-image works, 1992–2023
Catalogued output
Films and moving-image works, 1992–2023
These entries are catalogued as moving-image works. The 2010s are the densest part of the run, with 21 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. They belong to a run of 55 titles in all, from 1992 to 2023.
49 films carry dates between 1992 and 2023
The run opens with Spellcaster and closes with One True Loves
Spellcaster
1992
Natural Causes
1994
Rumble in the Bronx
1995
First Strike
1996
Gen-X Cops
1999
Storm
1999
China Strike Force
2000
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
2003
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
2005
The complete catalogue · 50
49 films carry dates between 1992 and 2023
The run opens with Spellcaster and closes with One True Loves
Spellcaster
1992
Natural Causes
1994
Rumble in the Bronx
1995
First Strike
1996
Gen-X Cops
1999
Storm
1999
China Strike Force
2000
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
2003
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
2005
The Myth
2005
One Six Right
2005
She's the Man
2006
Homecoming Warrior
2006
The World According to Sesame Street
2006
Flight of the Living Dead
2007
The Game Plan
2007
The Final Season
2007
The Search for Vengeance
2007
Back on Board
2007
Minutemen
2008
Freshman Year
2009
Sophie's Revenge
2009
Hatching Pete
2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009
Love in Disguise
2010
You Again
2010
How to Make Love to a Woman
2010
Geek Charming
2011
Maktub
2011
Inseparable
2011
Jewtopia
2012
Christmas with Holly
2012
No Man's Land
2013
My Lucky Star
2013
Brotherhood of Blades
2014
Breakup Buddies
2014
Farmland
2014
Korengal
2014
Detective Chinatown
2015
Love O2O
2016
The Healer
2017
Kung Fu Yoga
2017
Detective Chinatown 2
2018
Playing with Fire
2019
Crazy Alien
2019
Christmas..Again?!
2021
One True Loves
2023
Catalogued output
Films and moving-image works without a settled date
6 further films are catalogued under Wang's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it.
The Brothers Flub
Fat Dog Mendoza
The Terrible Thunderlizards
The Patriot Yue Fei
Primary material
Recordings and discography
The discography assembled here shows how Wang's work has been published in sound, not what Wang made. 8 sound issues are catalogued, carrying dates from 1993 to 2019. An issue is a published recording, distinct from the composition it carries, from a printed score of that composition and from any single performance of it; none of the entries below is counted in the catalogue of compositions above, and several of them carry the same work in different readings. The 1990s are the densest decade of publication, with 4 issues.
The performers and issuing labels are as the discographic register states them; where it names no performer the article names none. 我是誰?電影主題曲&電影原創音樂 = Who Am I?
1998
The Explosive Original Soundtrack GEN-X COPS 特警新人類
1999
The Lost Children of Berlin
1997
Return to Zork Orchestrated
The Patriot Yue Fei (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Playing With Fire (Music from the Motion Picture)
2019
The Romance of Flying
2005
Return to Zork
1993
Primary material
Documents and archives
institutional register
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1966670: Nathan Wang
General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Nathan Wang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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References
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institutional register
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1966670: Nathan WangWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
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