Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide, who I am, though I've tried. Now I see, that if I were truly to be myself, I would break my family's heart.
Can it be, I'm not meant to play this part. Mulan : Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride, or a perfect daughter.This scene takes place at Mulan's home in it's surrounding gardens and ends in her family temple, where she removes her makeup to reveal her true appearance.
The lyrical content expresses the way Mulan feels about wanting to show the world who she really is, instead of pretending to be who she is not, but is afraid to do so. The song is performed, after Mulan returns home following a failed attempt to impress her matchmaker.
REFLECTION MULAN THEME SONG FULL VERSION
3 Full Version Lyrics sung by Lea Salonga.“We’re going to make men out of every single one of you,” an officer announces to the assembled troops, and later Donnie Yen’s Commander Tung uses a description of connecting with your chi lifted directly from the songbook as well. Classic training montage I’ll Make a Man Out of You is clearly mirrored by this new Mulan’s extended training sequence, which is bookended by lines that are based on the lyrics to the song. “You have brought honour to us all,” she’s told.Įlsewhere in the live-action film other songs get name-checked in dialogue and other references. At the film’s close, the song’s title is also hinted at when Mulan’s family express their pride at her actions. When Mulan is being primped and dressed up to meet the Matchmaker at the start of the film, an instrumental for Honor To Us All – the song that characters sing during this part of the animated film – can be heard in the background.
REFLECTION MULAN THEME SONG MOVIE
The instrumental for this song appears several times throughout the movie as Mulan confronts her secret double life posing as a male soldier (at one point, when she’s literally looking at her reflection in a sword), and then swells to a triumphant crescendo when she decides to fight as herself.Ĭhristina Aguilera has also released a new cover of the song (which she sang over the credits of the original Mulan) to promote the new film, along with her new song Loyal Brave True which reflects the specific plot of the live-action story.īut Reflection isn’t the only old song to get a nod. Most prominently of all is, appropriately, the 1998 film’s most famous song – Reflection.
“There are a number of songs that are iconic for the movie and tell a great version of the story and they are very helpful to us in how we’re putting the movie together,” Todd explained. Or at least that’s how it appears – because if you listen closely the new film actually has some subtle musical Easter Eggs for most of these classic tunes, hidden within the soundtrack and even the script for the new version of the story.
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