From Stage to Screen

Dr. Shuang Wang is Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She received her PhD in musicology from HKU in 2015. Her research is interdisciplinary, including film music, Chinese musical culture, and Chinese theatre. Dr. Shuang Wang was awarded the HKU Teaching Innovation Award in 2020. She is also active in Hong Kong and mainland China as a guzheng (Chinese zither) performer.

• Introduction.- Chapter 1: Musicking The Chinese Martial Arts Cinema.- Chapter 2: Hearing the Theatre Through Four Moods.- Chapter 3: The Politics of Bodily Rhythm in Raining in the Mountain.- Chapter 4: The Drum Beat and its Diegetic Contextualization in Red Cliff II.- Chapter 5: Music and Slow Motion in the Banquet.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.