---
name: "Wang Zhiyi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wang-zhiyi"
fi1m_id: "wang-zhiyi"
imdb_id: "nm7592518"
tmdb_id: 2266644
wikidata_id: "Q123507535"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:53:55.431910+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Wang Zhiyi

## Identity

Wang Zhiyi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wang-zhiyi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wang-zhiyi
- **IMDb ID:** nm7592518
- **TMDB ID:** 2266644
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123507535
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhiyi_Wang_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123507535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7592518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2266644

Composer. Born in Suzhou, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Chen Kaige](https://film.one/person/chen-kaige.md), [Huang Jianxin](https://film.one/person/huang-jianxin.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhiyi_Wang_(composer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123507535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7592518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2266644

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Battle at Lake Changjin*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zhiyi Wang is a Chinese composer of film and television scores, concert music and popular music. Born in Suzhou, he began piano studies at the age of five and composition at twelve. He attended the affiliated middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music before earning a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College Conservatory and a master's degree in composition from the University of Louisville in 2006.

Wang has scored numerous Chinese films, including *But Always* (2014), *Highway of Love* (2015), *Dali Holiday* (2018), the segment "The Guiding Star" of *My People, My Country* (2019) and *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021, co-composed with Elliot Leung). He has also contributed to Zhang Yimou films as orchestrator and producer, and served on the music team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. His score for *The Battle at Lake Changjin* received the Outstanding Music award at the 19th Huabiao Film Awards in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, zhiyiwang.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Fi1m 36, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Volunteers: To the War* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *New Fortress Besieged* (2019), series, Music
- *We Are Family* (2019), series, Actor
- *My People, My Country* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *But Always* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *South of the Ocean* (2013), series, Music
- *When the Louvre Museum Meets the Forbidden City* (2010), series, Music

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