Nathan Wang Biography

American music composer

Nathan T. Wang (born Wang Tsung-Hsien, August 8, 1956) is an American music composer and director. He graduated from Pomona College in California and received an Amb*adorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study at Oxford University. He is the winner of the Cable Ace award for the soundtrack to the do*entary The Lost Children of Berlin. He also composed the acclaimed soundtrack for the aviation film, One Six Right.

Nathan Wang is a Master of Movie Music with Beijing DeTao Masters Academy (DTMA), a high-level, multi-disciplined, application-oriented higher education ins*ution in Shanghai, China.

Early life

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.

Career

Wang is an *ociate professor of film scoring at Peking University.

Composer

  • Never Say Never (2023)
  • 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 Cl*ics (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 *le)
  • 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: M*acre at Mystic (2006) (TV)
  • She's the Man (2006)
    • ... a.k.a. L'homme c'est elle (Canada: French *le)
  • 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 *le)
    • ... a.k.a. The Myth (International: English *le)
  • 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 *le)
  • 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 *le)
    • ... a.k.a. Hung fu zi (Hong Kong: Cantonese *le)
  • 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 *le)
  • Vacuums (2002)
    • ... a.k.a. Stealing Bess (US: video *le)
  • Shoot! (2001)
  • Nine Dog Christmas (2001) (V)
  • Forbidden City (2001)
  • Leui ting jin ging (2000)
    • ... a.k.a. China Strike Force (Hong Kong: English *le) (US)
    • ... a.k.a. Lei ting zhan jing (Hong Kong: Mandarin *le)
  • 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 *le)
  • 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 *le) (International: English *le: literal *le)
    • ... a.k.a. Te jing xin ren lei (Hong Kong: Mandarin *le)
  • Clowns (1999)
  • The Water Ghost (1998)
  • Wo shi shei (1998)
    • ... a.k.a. Jackie Chan's Who Am I? (US: cable TV *le)
    • ... 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 *le)
    • ... a.k.a. Police Story 4: First Strike (Hong Kong: English *le)
  • 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 *le)
  • Hung fan au (1995)
    • ... a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx (Hong Kong: English *le) (US)
    • ... a.k.a. Hong fan ou (Hong Kong: Mandarin *le)
    • ... a.k.a. Red Bronx
    • ... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx (Canada: French *le)
  • Natural Causes (1994)
  • Black Belt Angels (1994)
  • The Shnoo*s and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1993) TV series (unknown episodes)
  • Nick and Noel (1993) (TV)
  • Animated Cl*ic 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

2000s1990s1980s

  • One Six Right (2005) (orchestrator)
  • Sabrina: The Animated Series (composer: additional music) (22 episodes, 1999)
  • ... a.k.a. "Sabrina" (USA: short *le)
    • "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) (*ociate 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 *le)
  • ... 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 *le) (USA)
  • ... a.k.a. Hong fan ou (Hong Kong: Mandarin *le)
  • ... a.k.a. Red Bronx
  • ... a.k.a. Zizanie dans le Bronx (Canada: French *le)
  • Actor:
  • Who's Your Daddy? (2003/I) (V) .... The Arnold Horshack Experience

References

    External links

    • Nathan Wang at IMDb