Lord Shen Suite || - Kung Fu Panda 2 - || - Hans Zimmer and John Powell

Zimmer and Powell created an interested motif for Kung Fu Panda's Second villain. the actual note progression isn't alarmingly evil when you first listen to it. It sounds more dangerous and crazed if anything, with the use of deep brass and uncertain rifting of metal wires.
The way I look at it, Shen's score is almost as if he himself is listening to it. Through rose tinted glasses and denial, because it has a surprising amount of "non-evil" sounds, when in reality Shen is the worst enemy Po ever faced, with the whole genocide he created and how he tormented him. The motif has about 24 notes in its bare form, which seem to spiral into a sort of deluded state which reflects the character amazingly. Shen also has a quick paced,7 noted ostinato to go along side his main theme. This is used or his action scenes.
The actual musical makeup of his theme is very reflective of ancient china, with the use of drums alone aswell as the amazing Erhu. Interestingly shen is the only villain to actually contain the erhu in his theme, which gives him a bit more of a devious sort of sound considering how light the instrument is.
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Tracks:
0:00 Story of Peacock
2:34 Master Rhino Spars
3:29 Shen Frees Soothsayer
5:08 More Cannons
5:15 Face to Face
5:36 Invasion Begins
6:44 Face to Face
7:15 Tigress and Po Spar/Daddy Issues
9:44 Stealth Mode
9:55 Master Rhino Spars
11:24 Surrender Palace
13:13 Tigress and Po Spar/Daddy Issues
14:03 Face to Face
15:39 Po Finds the Truth, Pt.2
16:12 Shen Frees Soothsayer
16:43 Po Finds the Truth, Pt.3
17:06 Shen Frees Soothsayer
19:04 More Cannons
19:12 End of Dad
19:21 Face to Face
20:36 Shen Frees Soothsayer
21:17 More Cannons
22:14 Invasion Begins
22:41 Free the Five
23:07 The Future is Here/Zen Ball
24:39 Po Defeats Shen
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