who sings ill make a man out of you
Donny Osmond
title: I'll Make a Man Out of You text: I'll Make a Man Out of You "I'll Make a Man out of You" is a song written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel for Walt Disney Pictures' 36th animated feature film "Mulan "(1998). Appearing on the film's soundtrack "Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack", "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is performed by American singer Donny Osmond as the singing voice of Captain Li Shang in lieu of American actor BD Wong, who provides the character's speaking voice. The song also features contributions from Lea Salonga as Mulan, Eddie Murphy as Mushu, and Harvey Fierstein, title: I'll Make a Man Out of You text: Jerry Tondo and Wilder himself as Yao, Chien-Po and Ling, respectively. "I'll Make a Man Out of You" was written to replace the song "We'll Make a Man of You" after the film's original songwriter Stephen Schwartz departed from the project in favor of working on DreamWorks' "The Prince of Egypt "(1998). Wilder and Zippel were inspired to complete the song after conceiving its ironic title, and the initial draft of the track was immediately approved by Disney. Prior to "Mulan", Osmond had auditioned for the role of Hercules in Disney's "Hercules" (1997), a role for which he was ultimately title: I'll Make a Man Out of You text: film might not include any songs, particularly "I'll Make a Man Out of you", with Yasharoff writing "Any excuse to make that song relevant again is more than welcome" and ranking the song second on their reasons "Why the live-action version should replicate the animated musical". Credits adapted from the website Discogs. I'll Make a Man Out of You "I'll Make a Man out of You" is a song written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel for Walt Disney Pictures' 36th animated feature film "Mulan "(1998). Appearing on the film's soundtrack "Mulan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack", title: I'll Make a Man Out of You text: turned down by the directors because they felt that he sounded too old. Disney eventually cast Osmond as the singing voice of Shang because his singing voice is similar to Wong's speaking voice. An up-tempo military-style song that incorporates both Eastern and Western musical styles, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is performed by Shang during a rigorous training montage in which his young, inexperienced soldiers attempt to justify their worth. The song's title is considered ironic because Mulan, who relies on intelligence, ultimately proves more competent than her male comrades, including Captain Li Shang, who takes a liking title: I'll Make a Man Out of You text: film historians, academic journalists and feminists, the song has gone on to be recorded and covered in several different languages—namely Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish—by entertainers Jackie Chan and Cristian Castro, respectively. "I'll Make a Man Out of You" was written by composer Matthew Wilder and lyricist David Zippel, who were hired to write "Mulan"'s songs because Disney was interested in recruiting songwriters "that ... would give kind of different sound to each of the songs." While Zippel, a Broadway lyricist, was recruited because the directors were impressed with his work on Disney's "Hercules "(1997), at the time Wilder, a pop