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Nathan Wang

Nathan Wang

Composer · Born August 8, 1956 (70) · Los Angeles, California, United States

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 Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study at Oxford University. He is the winner of the Cable Ace award for the soundtrack to the documentary The Lost Children of Berlin.

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Born
August 8, 1956 (70)
From
Los Angeles, California, United States
Works as
Composer
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 112 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 12% in 30 days

What are Nathan Wang's films like?

Across their 64 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Self
27%
Morality
15%
Society
12%
Survival
8%
Ideas
4%
Power
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 63 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 46 · Serious 11 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 33 · Stylized 26 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 29 · Charged 23 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 33 · Shifting 23 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 28 · Funny 20

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 36 · Relentless 5

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 38 · Engaged 24 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 56 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
27
Warm
24
Thrilling
22
Hopeful
21
Tense
16
Other
58

How their films linger

Feel-good39 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy43
  • Bittersweet17
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nathan Wang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 48 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nathan Wang's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

112 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Swallowtail & Dragonfly(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Detective Chinatown 1900(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Neither Donkey Nor Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • A Legend(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Panda 4(2024)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Deliverance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Canary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer · Music Supervisor

  • Hidden Strike(2023)

    Visual Effects

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Never Say Never (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer · Musician

  • One True Loves(2023)

    Composer · Musician · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Don't Turn Out the Lights(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Christmas Again(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Detective Chinatown 3(2021)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Rising Shaolin: The Protector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Far East Deep South(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Vanguard(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Detective Chinatown(2020)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Playing with Fire(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Rodriguez and the Beyond(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Crazy Alien(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Born to Be Wild: The Graduation Trip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Detective Chinatown 2(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Faces of My Gene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Namiya(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Dreaming Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Wished (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • The Healer(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Love Contractually(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Yoga(2017)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Kung Fu Panda 3(2016)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Love O2O(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Detective Chinatown(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Tiny Times 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • The Guardian Brothers(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Brotherhood of Blades(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Achmed Saves America(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Breakup Buddies(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Farmland(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Santa Switch(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • No Man's Land(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • My Lucky Star(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Chinese Zodiac(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Christmas with Holly(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Matchmaker Santa(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • I Married Who?(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Cupid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Inseparable(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Jewtopia(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Guns and Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer · Compositor

  • Fixing Pete(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Maktub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • The Christmas Pageant(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Annie Claus Is Coming to Town(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Geek Charming(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Mystery Girl(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Mortal Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • You Again(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Love in Disguise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • How to Make Love to a Woman(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Wright vs. Wrong(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sophie's Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Van Wilder: Freshman Year(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Labou(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hatching Pete(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • War Dogs of the Pacific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Jack N Jill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Minutemen(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Final Season(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Game Plan(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Flight of the Living Dead(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • She's the Man(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Come as You Are(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Myth(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • One Six Right(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nine Dog Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • Voices from the List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Composer

  • Who's Your Daddy?(2002)

    Composer · as The Arnold Horshack Experience

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Stealing Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer

  • Price for Peace(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Black Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Composer

  • China Strike Force(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Flub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 52 episodes · Composer

  • Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Gen-X Cops(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Who Am I?(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Fat Dog Mendoza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • The Secret of Mulan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • The Magic Pearl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Puss in Boots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • First Strike(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

  • Rumble in the Bronx(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Natural Causes(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Nick & Noel(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Terrible Thunderlizards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Eek! The Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Nate the Dragon (voice)

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Hanging Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Screwball Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Spellcaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Ah Fung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • The Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 102 titles, 101 of them dated from 1988 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025)

$500M worldwide

Highest rated

No Man's Land (2013)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

You Again (2010)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 102: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 102: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic99 of 102: 95 only music, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thOther crew5 of 102: 1 only other crew, 4 with another role

102 titles, 5 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s17 · 1 acting · 16 crew2000s25 · 1 acting · 25 crew2010s40 · crew2020s14 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Nathan Wang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 71; across their 63 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 63

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th23
  • Below 25th21

Shape of the crowd

41 of their 73 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed41

Most divisive · composer

Wright vs. Wrong (2010)

98th percentile spread · 60% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

One Six Right (2005)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 46/100 in their films, across 41 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Nathan Wang's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles18–58 · median 26 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles12–40 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles13–39 · median 22 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles1–34 · median 15 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles9–42 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Nathan Wang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nathan Wang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Barbie Tung shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles