Hartman said he tried to incorporate Chinese influences in the song, which had also been part of Gregson-Williams’ job when he was writing the score. When he did, Caro loved the song but wanted to give it more energy, and Disney’s president of music, Mitchell Leib, suggested that they bring in Christina Aguilera, whose career had been launched when she recorded a song for the soundtrack to Disney’s animated 1998 “Mulan.” “From the demo to the final song, there was a massive leap in the intensity of the song, mainly due to the fact that Christina was going to sing it,” Gregson-Williams said. They quickly made a spare demo with bass, piano and voice, and left it up to Gregson-Williams to choose the moment he’d present it to Disney and director Niki Caro. (It didn’t hurt that Hartman was already planning on getting together that afternoon with two frequent songwriting collaborators, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtree, whom he simply diverted to the impromptu “Mulan” session.)Īlso Read: 'Mulan' Film Review: Epic Disney Remake Ditches the Songs and the Dragon but Has Heart “We basically jumped up and down and thought, ‘This is really exciting,'” Gregson-Williams said. The two men had never worked together before and didn’t have an assignment to write a “Mulan” song - but between the inspiration Hartman found in Gregson-Williams’ melody and the “Loyal Brave True” inscription on the sword that the character Mulan steals from her father in the film, they immediately found themselves turning that phrase into a song. Pictured above: Harry Gregson-Williams, Jamie Hartman Harry Gregson-Williams called it “a happy accident.” While the prolific composer was writing the score for Disney’s live-action version of “Mulan,” a mutual friend had suggested he get together with songwriter and producer Jamie Hartman - and as soon as Hartman heard the melody that Gregson-Williams was writing for the title character, he said, “There’s a bloody song here.” A version of this story about the music in “Mulan” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
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