Original film soundtracks have never been considered a potential source of profit by mainland Chinese filmmakers. Their movies, especially the big-budget blockbusters, favour orchestral scores to leave the viewer breathless with emotion during key scenes. Taiwanese and Hong Kong films tend towards gentle, sweet tunes to convey more subtle sentiments. There is, unfortunately, a serious lack of Chinese rock ‘n’ roll films (besides the rather disappointing Beijing Rocks) which, in the West, have long been reliable sources of great movie soundtracks. Tsui Hark’s underrated 1993 period drama, an adaption of classic Chinese fairytale The Legend of Madame White Snake (白娘子传奇), tells the story of two lycanthropic snake sisters (one white; one green) journeying to the world of humans and falling in love with two moral men.