Episode #119: The Eight Hundred with Fei Yu and Andrew Kawczynski

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

Director Hu Guan's film, The Eight Hundred, might have only played briefly in stateside theaters before Covid shut everything down, but the Chinese war drama has taken in over $450 million worldwide since it released at the beginning of August. Just a little after it was released, I spoke with music supervisor Fei Yu and composer Andrew Kawczynski about the music of the film, and how the music was put together on a global scale.

Tracklist (all songs from The Eight Hundred OST)

Andrew Kawczynski, "Day 1"

Andrew Kawczynski, "True Gold Fears No Fire"

Andrew Kawczynski, "Last Stand"

Andrea Bocelli and Na Ying, "Remembering" (English version)