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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