Red BeautyEmpresses in the Palace · Theme Song
A representative costume-drama work
Known for its classical diction and sense of destiny, it remains one of the most recognizable entries in his OST catalogue.
Cui Shixuan · Lyricist / Producer / Singer-songwriter
WORKS & OST
Works & OST
From classic costume dramas and urban romance to web dramas and recent soundtrack projects, Cui Shixuan’s creative trajectory moves across multiple forms of screen music and Mandarin pop expression. This page brings together representative theme songs, insert songs, soundtrack projects and recent releases, allowing listeners to enter his creative world through individual works.
The catalogue includes widely remembered songs such as “Red Beauty,” “Love Is Like Air” and “What Can Be Remembered but Not Said,” as well as more recent projects including The Double, Jianghu Night Rain, “Moon of Chang’an,” “Imperfect,” “When Fate Comes” and “Nüwa.” Together, they form a long creative line from traditional television drama and web drama to guofeng-xianxia and realistic storytelling.
Creative arc: “Red Beauty,” “True Hero” and “Love Is Like Air” shaped early public recognition; “What Can Be Remembered but Not Said,” “Rumor” and “Mortal Dust” connected him with the web-drama and guofeng audience; recent works including “Story of Kunning Palace,” “Jianghu Night Rain,” “Moon of Chang’an,” “Imperfect,” “When Fate Comes” and “Nüwa” extend his contemporary OST language.
Red Beauty
True HeroHeroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties · Theme Song
Heroic energy in historical storytelling
An expansive, vigorous expression that fits historical legend and heroic narrative.
Love Is Like AirHappiness as Flowers · Theme Song
A representative urban romance song
Delicate and restrained, the song writes love as something light, invisible and inescapably present.
Together Through Life and DeathThe King's Woman · Theme Song
Fate in guofeng OST
A song that continues his ability to connect ancient-style narratives with emotional inevitability.
What Can Be Remembered but Not Said
RumorThe Romance of Tiger and Rose · Ending Song
Lightness and guofeng charm
The song balances romantic comedy, youthful listening habits and classical ambience.
Maiden HolmesMaiden Holmes · Original Soundtrack
Participation in full soundtrack creation
Public album pages show Cui Shixuan among the music team, reflecting his involvement in the overall sound of the drama.
Mortal DustThe Sleuth of Ming Dynasty · Ending Song
A web-era costume drama work
A song that extends his emotional writing for period-drama characters and their fates.
A Lifetime of ClevernessThe Double · Insert Song
A recent costume-drama milestone
Public OST information shows Cui Shixuan’s participation in several tracks for The Double, with this song among the most recognizable.
Jianghu Night RainJianghu Night Rain · Insert Song
Poetic writing in wuxia ambience
A song that brings together wandering, old friends, devotion and the emotional mist of the martial world.
Moon of Chang'anThe Vendetta of An · Insert Song
A new historical-suspense coordinate
Written and produced by Cui Shixuan, the song connects Chang’an imagery with character emotion.
ImperfectIn the Name of Beauty · Emotional Theme Song
Warm persistence in realistic drama
The song speaks to self-reconciliation and the courage to embrace life with imperfections.
When Fate ComesMy Mountains and Seas · Fate Song
A song for resilience in realistic drama
With imagery such as mud, dust and difficult steps, the lyric writes ordinary people moving forward against pressure.
NüwaLegend of Sword and Fairy II: Yiru Zhuan · Theme Song
A new xianxia work
Built around Chinese mythology and xianxia imagination, it marks a recent key point in his OST creation.