Mulan (soundtrack)

Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1998 Disney animated feature film, "Mulan". Released by Walt Disney Records on June 2, 1998, the album featured songs by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, conducted by Paul Bogaev, and score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Vocalists included Lea Salonga, Donny Osmond, 98 Degrees, Jaz Coleman, Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera.
The album peaked at No. 24 on the "Billboard" 200 on July 18, 1998, concurrent to the film's run in theaters. No singles from the album charted on the Hot 100, although Aguilera's version of "Reflection" did reach number 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart, while 98° and Stevie Wonder's "True to Your Heart" the film's theme song did reach number 51 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
The album was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score but lost to "Shakespeare in Love".
A limited edition promotional album featuring Jerry Goldsmith's complete score was also released and became a collector's item.
Track listing.
‡ Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Wilder, Jerry Tondo, Lea Salonga and Eddie Murphy each have one line in the chorus while Jerry Tondo has two.
Japanese Version Bonus track.
13. "Breathe (Special Version)" - Luna Sea
Chinese Version Bonus track.
13. "Reflection" (Pop Version) — Coco Lee
Korean Version Bonus track.
13. "Eternal Memory" - Lena Park (available in both English and Korean versions)
13. "Reflection" - Lena Park (Korean Pop Version)
Charts.
Album
Singles
Unreleased songs.
"Keep 'Em Guessing".
A deleted song aptly called "Keep 'Em Guessing", which was removed from the film when Eddie Murphy was cast as Mushu. This song was revealed on the "Mulan 2-Disc Special Edition" but Disney chose not to re-release the soundtrack to "Mulan", despite doing so for the soundtracks to "Beauty and the Beast", "The Lion King", and "Aladdin". It was brought back for the stage musical Mulan Jr..
"Written in Stone".
This song was originally placed in the section where Mulan questions her identity, and decides to write her own destiny rather than succumbing to societal gender roles. It was eventually replaced by Reflection. Despite originally being a 4-minute power ballad, in the stage musical Mulan Jr., it is broken up into small pieces, and reprised many times throughout the musical. It is sung by the ancestors in the intro as they explain the family structure of China much like Tradition in "Fiddler on the Roof". A later reprise by Mulan demonstrates that she wants her life to be written in stone...but by herself, not by her ancestors.