My latest entry to the FB ComposerMovie Character Challenge #22 - The Theme for Hua Mulan

I've composed for this challenge a theme music for Hua Mulan (花木蘭), an ancient heroic fictional character. I originally though that it would be an easier effort for me to handle the use of the Chinese instruments vst because, well, I'm Chinese, from HK... Thinking that after watching so many Asian movies and TV drama series over the years that involved history and Kung Fu, I shouldn't have too much issue manipulating the tunes. Boy, was I wrong!

As elegant as these instruments are, having them sounding "right" with vst is an absolute hard deed. It took me a while to piece the modulations together in order to make them sounding like they should, that is, in real life.

Meanwhile, composing music for the character of Mulan is another tough nut! He was a she and the music has to reflect the both sexes in order to portray the character.

Hua Mulan (花木蘭) (Conceptual Score - FB Composer Movie Character Challenge #22)

A composer who does not know how to read & write note music, nor to play any musical instrument.  Thanks to modern technology though, I've found the midi tools & VST Instruments to transfer the music from my busy head to actual audible tunes.

New tracks tagged #花木蘭