First of all I'm fairly certain this is the wrong forums for this question so I'm sorry for that, but since this question isn't about electronic music in particular I figured I'd ask it here.
I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 yesterday (great movie btw :D). Anyway, I think the soundtrack of the movie is awesome and there's one part in particular that I think is just incredible (roughly 0:24-0:54 in the youtube link below), and I was wondering if anyone can tell me what the instrument that's being used is. The instrument in question starts playing at about 0:37 in the background and it's probably at it's clearest at about 0:47-0:53. I'm really having a hard time explaining how it sounds further, but I think it sounds beautiful and I'd really like to know. The song in question can be found in the link below.
There are a host of instruments playing, though, and you may need to be more specific. If it's not in your typical orchestral line-up it may be a Chinese Flute, called a Dizi, (which sounds sort of like the flute part continuing some time after the time window, you used to highlight.)
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Originally posted by Meat187
An Asian flute maybe?
Huh?
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Looney4Clooney
shakuhachi , asian flute. Those sound effects are overblow fx similar to a normal flute but they sound super ninja.
first non asian soundtrack to have it and not signify anything oriental ?
my guess is Commando's score by horner.
it actually makes an appearance in this scene but i posted just because for some reason i remember the scene being awesome as a kid. I guess you had to be there .
the dizi was a good guess. The range just goes to low for that one tho. There is also the Bansuri but not really something common to western composers. It has a tone quite similar to the flute mentioned above. Less nasal than the dizi and less breathy than the shakuhachi.
