Early Version of Reflection from Disney's Animated Mulan - 1996
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2021
- This early version of the song "Reflection" from 1998's Mulan is longer than what ended up in the film and so, has some more visual content to accompany it. From the early days of production, so maybe sometime in 1996.
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This version of the song is really great. You can really feel the depth of Mulan's desperate yearning to make her family happy without having to compromise who she is. It's a shame that this sequence and this version of the song never made it in.
The peak for me is when she ascends the hill with her horse to look down at her home, the lyrics here, and the shot of her face. Goosebumps, and you can feel her pain.
Lea Salonga's voice is hauntingly beautiful.
She captures all the highs and lows of Mulan's emotions and it's ashame they had to revise this because of progression issues.
I love the original version but oh my God this version is amazing, I wish they had kept it in the original film, or that for Mulan's 20th anniversary (which was in 2018) they would had animated the cut half of the song, but given that Disney shut down it's traditional animation departament and many of the original artists that worked in the film have left the studio, it's no wonder why it didn't happened. Still, love Lea Salonga's voice here, as well the scene of Mulan riding Khan through the fields.
They actually shut down the traditional animation department?!
@@cadaverous6 Sadly yes, if I'm not mistaken it was in 2013. Many veteran animators were fired too.
@@cadaverous6 if I was Chief creative officer of Disney I would’ve probably wanted to make a special edition version of Mulan and probably add those scenes back in the film
Lea Salonga mentioned this in the interview. She had to record this song three times. The longer original version, a short version and the final shorter version.
This deleted version and that movie version
I think that if Disney was going to release the complete soundtrack next year to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary, then they should include all three recordings of this song that Lea Salonga performed. Maybe they could even edit the best parts from each recording to create the definitive version of the song.
Of course, such a release would also have to include Jerry Goldsmith’s complete score, as well as any other musical rarities related to the film.
@@darthkurland wow
Listening to her sing about how much she wants to be herself instead of playing pretend can make you cry
How sad to cry 😭
i usually always think the final cut is always better but this one is the exception, i really wish they kept the longer version and didnt cut it :C the song is so beautiful and massive!
Disney made a massive mistake not using this version of this song,you can really feel the emotion in her voice in this unused creation
I agree, but when a song is having pacing problems with the story it unfortunately is cut or revised.
The lyrics and some notes are a bit different. This version has so many amazing scenes, especially the horse riding scene. The animation would have been so beautiful!!!
And I love that too
Lea Salonga is probably the best female singer we've had in all Disney movies, and she's ironically the most underrated, maybe because she only provides the voice for the songs. Nevertheless, her voice is incredibly powerful.
I love both versions they’re both so good 😭
I genuinely wish they couldve added this full entire version of this song it has so much more emotion and meaning and character to Mulan to not only be doing this for her Father but for herself as a way to prove to others of sacrifice.
Lea Salonga’s voice is extraordinary in this version. I wish they’d used this.
Also I can’t believe it’s been 9 months since this was posted & I’m only just discovering it! Thanks so much for posting 👍
I really wish Disney would give this movie the Beauty and the Beast treatment and reinsert/animate the full length version into the movie. It’s the heart of the entire film, and it’s true that an argument can be made about it slowing down pacing of the movie, but they made that same argument for Part of Your World. Imagine cutting half of THAT song out (or cut out entirely, which almost happened).
In fact there was some animation some rough sketches that probably existed
Well I wish they could’ve done that in 2004 for the Platman addition but due to the studio that the film was originally made and got close down which was the animation unit in Florida
What happened with this version of "Reflection" is very similar to "If I Never Knew You", which was not included in the theatrical release of 'Pocahontas'. The people who worked on the films thought both "If I Never Knew You" and this version of "Reflection" slowed the stories of the films down and took up too much time.
I agree with you deeply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I've never seen some half of these storyboards before! I do wished they would of have a some new animation sequence to this song like the way they did with Pocahontas' If I Never Knew You or Beauty and the Beast's Human Again, or TLK's Morning Report. But other than that, wonderful song and beautiful style of Storyboards.
Me neither
Holy cow, this is powerful! I really wish they had kept this in!
The moment she released her sashes and the high note of "inside" give me chills !!!
Amazing . I wish they rerelease mulan with this version
Mulan.
Happy 25th anniversary to Mulan!
1998-2023
I think I prefer this one. It has so much heart.
The song "Reflection" was meant to be much longer, but the filmmakers wanted to save time in the movie. In the deleted version, Mulan not only takes off her bun, makeup, and jewelry, she also takes off her sashes. Also, the deleted version shows Mulan riding Khan through mountains and paddy fields.
What paddy fields
that is what we see here
@@Chibi_Mercury whoa what’s that
@@kariscolorjoyandhenrypower504 huh?
@@Chibi_Mercury that place
This is so superior to the final version. Wow!
I never knew that this version existed omg I love it!
Thank you so much for uploading it ^w^
This is my fave Disney song & the only Disney song that I love in all of it's forms:
Original - Lea salonga
Original - Christina Aguilera
Cut/Deleted/Extended version ( My fave one)
& Now this early version which is just as amazing as the rest of them ^^
I like both of reflection
I’ve been looking for this version for so long! 🤣 I feel like I can finally die now. Haha BUT no I’m not going to die because I will live to listen to this music. 😍 Thank you very much for sharing such a beautiful rare music to us.
You're welcome :)
Yeah I saw that version and music
WOW!!🤩🤩 I remember about the early version of this songs, "Reflections"!!!!
And so, every Disney animated films and live-action films was actually have deleted songs from the original?
I love it!!!🥰🥰🥰
Me too
I’m hoping that Disney will release the complete soundtrack next year for the film’s 25th anniversary. Doing so would “bring Honor to Us All.”
Beutiful the voice lea salonga
Lea salonga
And she’s the one performing all three versions of the song.
babe are you okay you're crying to "how i pray that a time will come i can free myself from their expectations. on that day, i'll discover some way to be myself and to make my family proud." again
What the hell? This is a GODLY find and I'm just now finding it. Thank you for sharing this, sincerely.
Love all the comments! Thanks :)
2:36 to 2:50 much emotion
Wow that version is beautiful and the other one in the movie is too but makes me sad when I hear it it makes me okay and I’m glad to hear them I love both of them a lot
This honestly my favorite song in the movie but I always found it kinda short. My wish has finally been granted!
The fact this is a clean rip of the song is a miracle.
This is the superior Reflection version. Thank you for posting. Never take it down.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the beautiful song I've ever heard! Would you be so kind to upload more Mulan videos, please?
That should’ve been in the actual movie! Oh well. I like it either way.
Opening To Mulan 1998 VHS
Although though I do love the original version, I feel like it's such a shame that they wasted Lea Salonga's talent and didn't add this version of the song into the film
You're not wrong.
This story board is wonderful in itself But this would have been more beautiful in an animation completed
Cool.
Nice deleted version and music
I have been looking everywhere for this early version! Where did you get it from?
Just something I had on an old tape.
I'm still so grateful 🙏. Now, if I can only find a clean version of the infamous "Michelle Kwan Version," which seems to be the actual extended version before the final edit (listen to the inflection on "How I pray that a time will come"... on this version the inflection is still on the 2nd to last note, i.e. "time WILL come" vs. the final version where the inflection is on the last note, i.e. "time will COME." I'm still hoping for a Legacy Collection release especially since they just released Hunchback of Notre Dame.
@@thankstowalt That's awesome. I saw sketches and the lyrics for this a while ago and I'm glad to see it in audio now!☺
And me too I sang it also
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I want Disney to release the full thing in high quality so bad
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I found it!
Where did you find the version of the song. Did Disney include this in Mulan DVD? I prefer this version of Reflection.
Had it on a tape from work. :)
Wow how did they do that
@@thankstowalt does that mean that you worked for Disney?
May I ask where you obtained this footage from? I’d like to see more deleted sequences of this movie and figured to look for it myself :)
From my private tape archive. :)
Can they please release a legacy version already
Where can I get the lyrics
And me too
0:22 Look at me
0:25 I will never pass for a China doll
0:30 Or a perfect daughter
0:33 Can it be I’m not mean to play this part?
0:40 Now I see if I learned each rule I could fool them all.
0:48 I could never fool my heart
0:56 Who is that girl I see
1:01 Starting straight back at me?
1:07 Why is my reflection someone I don’t know?
1:17 Who is that perfect bride?
1:22 It’s not me though I’ve tried.
When will my reflection show
who I am inside?
1:40 How I pray that a time will come I can free myself from their expectations.
1:50 On that day I’ll discover some way to free myself and to make my family proud.
2:06 They want a docile lamb, no one knows who I am.
2:16 Must there be a secret me? I’m forced to hide.
2:26 Must I pretend that I’m someone else for all time?
2:36 and 2:51 When will my reflection show who I am inside? X2
@@thetvman3462 on that day
Sorry it took me a while
@@thetvman3462 lol it’s okay
Warner Bros Nickelodeon Scooby-Doo REN and Stimpy The Wizard of Oz Mulan
who I am inside
2:51 3:08
Mulan Director Cut
0:22 0:31
1:02 0:48 1:17 1:12 0:45 2:31 2:00 0:45
1:22
0:51
0:56
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This is just straight up the trans experience
Especially in that “must be a secret me I am forced to hide”. So queer coded.