The famous Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu has said of Tan's work: "Every part of Tan Dun's music is violent as a spurt of blood, yet full of grace, a voice of the soul."
日本著名的作曲家武滿徹則形容譚盾的作品：「體質複雜，如鮮血湧出般地暴力，卻又富含著幽雅的理性。」