About the Music Composer
Music was composed especially for the film by Matthew Lien, who is well-known in Taiwan for albums such as ¡§Voyage to Paradise¡¨ and ¡§Bleeding Wolves¡¨ and for his links with aboriginal peoples and environmental concerns, and features the Amis Kakeng Musical Group extensively.

Spirits of Orchid Island --- Music Cue Sheet

Title of Musical Compositions

Timing of Music Used

Type of Usage

 Composer/ Lyricists

Cue 1

00.00- 1.59
1.59mins

Opening tease and title shot

Matthew Lien

Cue 2

4.12 ¡V 7.08
2.56 mins

Geologic/wildlife/cultural history of Lanyu

Matthew Lien

Cue 3

10.20 ¡V 10.58
38 secs

Syaman visits elder in traditional house

Matthew Lien

Cue 4

11.18 ¡V 12.24
1.06 mins

Matthew Lien

Cue 5

13.23 ¡V 15.51
2 mins 28

Forests wildlife/ spirits

Matthew Lien

Cue 6

7.32 ¡V 18.28
0.56 mins

Night flowers/snake

Matthew Lien

Cue 7

22.21 ¡V 24.52
2mins 31

Forest diversity (Tao care for trees/montage of wildlife, spider and lizards catching flies)

Matthew Lien

Cue 8

28.10 ¡V 28.43
33 secs

Night fishing for flying fish/jack from plankboat scenes

Matthew Lien

Cue 9

34.20 ¡V 34.58
38 secs

Foul weather (wild shoreline, wind, timelapsed storm scenes)

Matthew Lien

Cue 10

36.41 ¡V 38.53
2.12mins

Coastal wildlife/reef fish scenes

Matthew Lien

Cue 11

39.41 ¡V 41.26 1min 47

Syaman day fishing from small plankboat/archive fishing scenes

Matthew Lien

Cue 12

42.58 ¡V 45.51
2mins 53

Syaman spearfishin

Matthew Lien

Cue 13

47.18 ¡V 49.28
2 mins 10

Tao day-fishing from big plankboat -? to modernization of Lanyu scenes

Matthew Lien

Cue 14

49.54 ¡V 52.12
2 mins 12

Future uncertain   (bad news to rays of hope for future)

Matthew Lien

Cue 15

52.12 ¡V 53.00
48 secs

Credit bed music

Matthew Lien