An interview with Hong Kong sound designer Kinson Tsang

This is an interview with late veteran Hong Kong sound designer Kinson Tsang about his experiences working in the Hong Kong film industry. Tsang entered the industry in the mid-1990s and quickly made a name for himself with award-winning soundtracks for The Stormriders (1999) and Purple Storm (2000). Since then, he has become the most successful sound designer in Hong Kong (in terms of awards), and his credits include Infernal Affairs (2002), Shaolin Soccer (2002), SPL (2005), Initial D (2006), Ip Man (2008) and The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014). He sadly passed away from cancer at age 59 on 7 September 2017. The present interview dates from 15 December 2015 and discusses Tsang’s experiences in the industry and his views on the sound aesthetics of Hong Kong cinema in the past few decades.