Some of Lyrics From The Original Rendition of Reflection
- Rahman Hanif
- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min read
Some of the lyrics from the original rendition of Reflection before they were removed from the finished film.
Lea Salonga, the singing voice of Mulan, always preferred the longer draft of the song and whenever she performs the song in public it is this original version she sings.
“In 1995, I was called in for the first of three recording sessions for Mulan. The first session I got to sing this huge, majestic number called Reflection. It was long, it was beautiful, it was long… and as a singer I love singing long songs, having come from a musical theater background.
The next year, session number two, I think it was one of the animators and one of the composers who had to sit me down and say, ‘um, your song wasn’t really moving the story along so we had to cut it in half.
’ And of course I’m heartbroken. So, the finished version is short. So, and this is going to be in spite of Walt Disney rising from the grave to kick me in the ass.
Whenever I have opportunities to sing Reflection I sing the longer version of the song.”
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