Nathan Wang

Nathan Wang
Born
Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang

(1956-08-08) August 8, 1956 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenreFilm score
Websitewww.nathanwang.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese王宗賢
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWáng Zōngxián
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Zung1 Jin4

Nathan Tsung-hsien Wang (Chinese: 王宗賢; 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.

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 (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

Music department

2000s 1990s 1980s

References

  1. ↑ Cheng, Scarlet (July 18, 1999). "Performing Arts; Bringing a Cat's Tale to Life; Composer Nathan Wang provides the music to Amy Tan's story of a feline mischief maker for a staged reading at the Bowl". Los Angeles Times. pp. 55–56. Retrieved August 10, 2009 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Eng, Dinah (March 19, 2006). "Movie-music writer draws inspiration from the ivories". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "2021 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award Winners". Pomona College. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.