Soundtrack

The Legend of Mortal soundtrack was composed by Bird Bear Obb Studio and Youhuo's music studio, and can be heard on major streaming platforms, such as:

• Steam: Volume One, Volume Two
• Youtube Music: Link

Volume One

No.	Track Title	Length	Notes
1	Someone's Legend Mou Ren De Chuan Shuo	4:13
2	Spring Warm, Flowers Bloom, Rolling Balls Chun Nuan Hua Kai Cuo Yuan Yuan	1:37
3	Rejoice While You May De Yi Xu Jin Huan	2:40
4	Fine Days in the Mountains Shan Zhong Hao Sui Yue	3:13
5	The Play Begins Hao Xi Kai Chang	2:27
6	What You Wish Is a Life in the Jianghu, Too Wild to Ever Wake Jun Suo Yuan Zhi Jiang Hu Xing Zui Shi Qing Kuang Bu Yuan Xing	3:04
7	Battle for Your Mother Zhan Ling Tang	4:13
8	Every Day as Merry as New Year Mei Tian Dou Huan Si Guo Nian	1:25
9	Guess, Guess, the Guessing Heart Cai Cai Wu Cai Xin	3:00
10	Yellow Sands Rise, Clouds Fly High Huang Sha Qi Yun Fei Yang	2:39
11	Deep Where the Window Shadows and Lamplight Lie Chuang Ying Deng Shen Chu	1:01
12	Evening Bell, a Thousand Lanterns March Wan Zhong Sheng Qian Deng Xing	3:10
13	Terror Reigns Kong Bu Jun Lin	3:29
14	Palace of Immortal Companions · Nezha Tune · Dragon in Shallow Water Xian Lv Gong Ne Zha Ling Long You Qian Shui	2:51
15	Through Tribulation, Chivalry Is Known Li Jie Zhi Xia Qi	4:00
16	Right the Heart, Then Know Yourself Zheng Xin Er Hou Zhi Ji	3:41
17	I Go On Wu Wang Yi	2:59
18	Old Ballad of the Green Hills Qing Shan Jiu Ge Yao	3:08
19	Midnight Letter to You Zi Ye Ji Jun Shu	2:54
20	The Tang Clan's Torch, from Old to Now Tang Men Xin Huo Zi Gu Ru Jin	2:20
21	Worth Celebrating, the Rest of Our Lives Yu Sheng Ke Qing	2:47
22	When the Curtain Falls, Rain Flowers Scatter Xie Mu Shi Fen Yu Hua Ling Luo	3:27

Volume One Notes

• The English titles of the first soundtrack volume use direct romanization because the team had no suitable translator at the time.

Someone's Legend

• The insert song for "Why must you become Long Yuan? You can become anyone."
• A common player misunderstanding:
  • Although Midnight Letter to You is the main menu theme and the most-played track in the story, the production team considers Someone's Legend to be the theme song.^[1]
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] Someone's Legend - I'm Not a Tree, I'm a Living Person! Youhuo's Music Analysis

What You Wish Is a Life in the Jianghu, Too Wild to Ever Wake

• The battle theme for Zhao Huo versus Rui Sheng in the Western Wulin.
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] What You Wish Is a Life in the Jianghu, Too Wild to Ever Wake - A Wild Tune Born of a Prank - Youhuo's Music Analysis

Battle for Your Mother

• According to the official Legend of Mortal - Zhao Huo Edition sticker pack, the actual parsing is not "Battle for Ling Tang" but "Battle for Your Mother."
  • Ling Tang: your mother.

Terror Reigns

• Terror Reigns, as the name suggests, is the theme of a terrifying boss.
  • The original plan was actually for it to be the Supreme Bliss Cult Leader's theme.^[2]

Palace of Immortal Companions · Nezha Tune · Dragon in Shallow Water

• Lady Wen's exclusive theme.
• "Palace of Immortal Companions · Nezha Tune" is the name of a Song-dynasty ci tune, used mainly for drama and sanqu.
• "Dragon in Shallow Water" comes from Journey to the West, chapter 28: "A dragon in shallow water is mocked by shrimp; a tiger on the plains is bullied by dogs."
  • It likens a capable person trapped in hardship, unable to rise, and instead bullied by the mediocre.
  • It fits Lady Wen and Jinxiang Palace's plight, besieged by foolish and prejudiced Wulin folk.

Through Tribulation, Chivalry Is Known

• The march played before the Western Wulin debate and the Alliance Leader battle.
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] - Through Tribulation, Chivalry Is Known - Thank You, Mysterious Benefactor! An Unbowed Heart Reaches Any Distance! - Youhuo's Music Analysis

I Go On

• The title comes from "If on self-reflection I am in the right, though faced with a thousand or ten thousand men, I go on." From Mencius, Gongsun Chou I.
  • Literal meaning: I will still press bravely forward.
  • A perfect fit for the Living Hero's chivalry,
    the Tang Clan spirit and Courage that hold to justice and fight the many with the few, even when faced with injustice imposed by the majority.
• The original passage is translated as follows:

Are you fond of courage? I once heard of great courage from the Master:

• Do you wish to be brave?
  I once heard about great courage from my Teacher (Confucius):

If on self-reflection I am not in the right, though the other be a poor man in coarse cloth, I will not intimidate him.

• If I reflect on myself and find justice is not on my side,
  even if the other is a lowly man, I will not threaten him.

If on self-reflection I am in the right, though faced with a thousand or ten thousand men, I go on.

• If I reflect on myself and find justice truly is on my side,
  even if the other has a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, I will still press bravely forward.

Midnight Letter to You

• It originated as a chorus and lyrics for a love song that the writer Bear wrote after a high-school heartbreak, later adapted by the composer Youhuo.^[1:1]
• Midnight Letter to You tells two stories in the work:
  • Lady Wen weeping at midnight, longing for her Beloved Nangong Yuan.
    • The related text is in the Midnight Letter to You scene at the Wulin Assembly.
  • The Ye Yunshang version, the Peddling ending The Loneliest Thing in the World Is Parting from You, where Ye Yunshang writes a letter to Zhao Huo at midnight.
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] - Midnight Letter to You - The Most Moving Music, First Place in the Popularity Poll! Originally a Beautiful Misunderstanding - Youhuo's Music Analysis

Volume Two

No.	Track Title	Length
1	A New Tune in the Old Mountains A New Tune in the Old Mountains	3:24
2	The Pines After Rain The Pines After Rain	5:15
3	Flutter-Tonguing Over the Boiling Streets Flutter-Tonguing Over the Boiling Streets	3:42
4	The Illuminated Heart Within, Embroidered Seasons Without The Illuminated Heart Within, Embroidered Seasons Without	3:49
5	The Hand Beyond the Board The Hand Beyond the Board	3:32
6	Shot Through the Storm Shot Through the Storm	3:19
7	Tornador Tornador	3:20
8	Returning from the Netherworld Returning from the Netherworld	3:17
9	Gathering of the Brave Gathering of the Brave	3:38
10	United United	3:40
11	Unsung Below Unsung Below	2:27
12	The Most Treacherous Path The Most Treacherous Path	2:57
13	Ever Onward Ever Onward	3:41
14	Cleaving the Sky Cleaving the Sky	3:20
15	In Spring We Sip with Blooms, in Summer We Stroll with the Moon In Spring We Sip with Blooms, in Summer We Stroll with the Moon	3:18
16	To Have and to Hold, Through Every Joy and Storm To Have and to Hold, Through Every Joy and Storm	3:53
17	Dreamkeeper Dreamkeeper	4:06

Volume Two Notes

• The English titles of the second soundtrack volume were translated with the help of PR Mouse.

Shot Through the Storm

• Wang Erzhuang's exclusive theme.
• The insert song for the Kongtong sect-leadership contest, when the Immortal Sword Divine Thunder is grasped.
• "Golden Light" and "Pili" are the names of Taiwan's two great glove-puppet drama companies.
  • The writer Bear pays tribute to glove-puppet drama elements many times; it is no coincidence.
  • The reference style the production team provided was 90s style.^[3]

United

• The insert song announcing the founding of the Western Wulin.
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] Complete Music Analysis of "United", How Will Zhao Huo, Who Cannot Defy Destiny, Soar to the Sky? ft. Youhuo

The Most Treacherous Path

• The promotional theme for the Ye Family's Demon King Reigns trailer.
• The title comes from a line by Songshan Temple's Eighteen Bronze Men, reinforcements of the Western Wulin:

  We eighteen are the most treacherous path of your lives!

• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] - The Most Treacherous Path - Celebrating the Mei-Zhu Route Update! Is Martial Exchange Supposed to Pierce Your Spine? - Youhuo's Music Analysis

Ever Onward

• The battle theme for sparring with Western Wulin allies.
• The title comes from an allusion in Li Bai's Ode to Gallantry:

  Ten paces, one man slain; a thousand li without a trace

Dreamkeeper

• The story insert song after Ye Yunshang's True Qi battle.
• The story theme for The Apricot Blossom Immortal's One and Only Whim.
• The production team asked for a gentle, dreamlike feeling.^[3:1]
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] - Dreamkeeper, Half Awake and Half Asleep Is Really Just Lying In? Youhuo's Music Analysis

Youhuo's Legend of Mortal Music Interview

• Bahamut - The Soundtrack Jobs I Did Those Years 3.. Bird Bear Obb Studio - Legend of Mortal
• Youtube - [Legend of Mortal] Meeting the Author Bird Bear, to the Development of the Theme Song - Part One - "Into the Soundtrack" ft. Youhuo

References

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1. YouTube – 【Exclusive Broadcast】Behind the Scenes of the Hit Sensation Legend of Mortal! The Production Team's First Livestream Interview! ↩︎ ↩︎

2. Bahamut – 【Text Interview】Exclusive Interview with Bird Bear Mouse Bug – A 129-Question Mega Interview ↩︎

3. YouTube – "Dream Keeper in the Tent, Moving Tens of Thousands" – The Untold Behind-the-Scenes Story: Why Is It So Hard for a Composer to Balance Life? ↩︎ ↩︎