Guzheng Music: Guzheng really played a very important prop in this movie, not only because it enabled the Qin Mo brothers to kill people with necessary weapons, but also made great contributions to the soundtrack of the movie. Their fighting just happened to interpret the music of Black Night and Zheng Feng through the guzheng. I found that the depressed tunes of guzheng, the urgency of changing tunes quickly, and the Le Lang promoted layer by layer are really suitable for integration with martial arts. No wonder "Hero" is nameless, and an old man has to play it.
Pipa music: When it comes to ancient pipa music, perhaps everyone's first reaction is "House of Flying Daggers". Sure enough, the famous traditional pipa, which is very expressive in this story, has also been added to the blackmail scene in the export market of Zhou Dynasty. If it's purely for comedy, it makes sense. If it indicates that the axe gang has been killed, isn't it a little early to pave the way? However, after all, it is something that has been talked for a long time. If you want to change it, it will be sudden death, so use the original flavor, unlike the songs mentioned later.
"National Symphony: Fishing Songs in the East China Sea" is Zhang Yan's first A Zheng solo with the theme of busy and full working life of fishermen. Later, on 1978, it was adapted by Ma Shenglong and Gu, and instruments such as flute, erhu and suona were added to make the music more cheerful and smooth. That is, the current version. It is still appropriate to show the busy scene of the "pig cage village in the city" in the early morning.
"Your Legend" began with the dulcimer in Sichuan, and later evolved into a multi-minute music score and performance style, describing the majesty and solemnity of ancient generals when they were promoted, the agility and agility when they went out to war, and the intense tension when they fought. Here is the fourth movement. Take the dulcimer as the introduction, turn the suona higher, and then transition the flute. The cymbals in the climax and Rhoda's percussion instruments will cooperate with Ruan Gao's performance to push the strong atmosphere to the climax. The sound is loud and inspiring. With the help of three masters, the atmosphere was tense and heroic.
Courage is a folk music work in China's Great Leap Forward era. It describes the indomitable and fearless spirit of heroes on all fronts, full of enterprising spirit and vitality. After the music adaptation, it was also used as the theme song of martial arts movies such as Tathagata's Palm (this Tathagata's Palm is really everywhere), which is familiar to more people. This performance, performed by a large orchestra, is magnificent and brings out unprecedented "spirit", which sounds exciting. This is also the most used soundtrack in the play, including the background music of the last cast.
The selection of Knife Club Suite has a long history: Knife Club is one of the representative works of China national dance drama, and it is also the first large-scale national dance drama staged after the completion of Shanghai Opera and Dance Theatre 1956. The whole song is based on folk classical music and Jiangnan folk music since Ming and Qing Dynasties. Beautiful, tragic. Many tunes are definitely a peak of China's new folk music creation, such as the prelude to the Spring Festival, which everyone will definitely hear during the Spring Festival, as well as the Monkey King's debut: the prelude to a Chinese Odyssey, martial arts, bow dance, Qiantang River and so on. , has been quoted countless times. I almost forgot to say that the aforementioned "Fishing Songs in the East China Sea" was also adapted, but what we are hearing now is the last adapted version in 78. The rescue of A Xing to the ancient Buddhist temple in "The Condor Heroes" is the soundtrack of my inner consternation and grief when I learned that her husband Xu Yaozhan was dead in "Knife Meeting". Moreover, this is not the first time that Director Zhou has used this song. Bao Longxing also used the second paragraph of this song in Jiupin Sesame Officer, at the bedside of his father when he was dying. As for whether I borrowed other songs, I can't remember at the moment. But director Zhou absolutely likes this suite.
Heroes crossing the Dadu River: Ci, Luo Zongxian and Historical Songs. This paper describes that in the March of 195 1 peaceful liberation of Tibet, our heroic PLA officers and men showed fearless fighting spirit in order to send support materials to Lhasa as soon as possible, resist the snowstorm and overcome many difficulties and obstacles. It not only absorbs the material of Sichuan folk songs, but also adopts some characteristic rhythms of Chuanjiang chant, and combines the interlinings such as "Zuo Ke Zuo Ke" with the melodic parts, making the atmosphere tense and full of life. The tone of each paragraph is similar, but it changes freely in rhythm, texture and voice. The overlapping of tenor lead singer, chorus and other vocals pushed the music to a climax. Then the counterpoint of chorus and the continuous rhythm of chant show the cheerful mood of heroes when they meet the victory.
Here, Zhou Dao used it to break the bridge where he walked out of the gate after his rebirth and was going to fight with the axe gang. The chorus is removed here, which highlights the joy of suona and the lightness of flute. With the support of dulcimer, after watching it come back to life and become a master, it caters to people's joy and relaxation.
Since music is diversified as mentioned above, we can't just talk about national music, at least in many tunes, western music is impossible. As I am shallow, I can only choose one or two:
Song of the Wanderer: Also known as Gypsy Song, it is an immortal masterpiece in violin solo. Sarasate's works pay great attention to effect and skill from beginning to end, and they are all pure violin works. This piece of music is the most familiar masterpiece among all Sarasate's works, and its thrilling and tragic color and profound violin skills interweave into a gorgeous effect, which will make anyone fascinated after listening to it.
This song was used twice in the film. The first time was an exaggerated road chase by the chartered girl and Zhou Dao. It uses the fourth part of music, 2/4 beat, and uses the extremely fast allegro, which embodies the other side of the gypsy national character-good at singing and dancing. Under the guidance of powerful orchestral performance, the violin played a very cheerful melody, and the rapid plucking of the right hand and the sliding of the treble area were extremely happy. After this melody comes to an end, a new melody begins with the plucking of the violin, followed by the delicate melody composed of the staccato of sixteenth notes, which is full of dance atmosphere; Then reappear the first part of the fourth part with more skillful plucking, gradually reach a vibrant climax, and finally end with lightning music. However, I never understood why I used this piece of music, because I used the piano concerto version, perhaps to show the tension of chasing, and it was more humorous to play the fast melody with their footsteps.
The second use is the next scene. His lips were swollen with poison, and he patted around the traffic lights in pain. Therefore, the natural transition of background music is obviously to let the audience hear the strong contrast in rhythm and emotion with the previous paragraph. Here is the introduction of the vagrant song, medium board, C minor, 4/4 beat. Starting with a powerful orchestral ensemble, it is full of sad melodies.
Sabre Dance: A dance in Khachaturian's dance drama Jia Yeni. It was created for Armenian art season at the suggestion of mikoyan in 1939, and was originally named Shchast'ye. The embryonic form of this ballet was later adapted into Gaieni, and the plot was rewritten into a story about Gaieni. Gaieni is a young girl who works on a collective farm on the Asian-American border. This piece describes a kind of battle dance music before Kurt's national expedition. The rhythm is expressed by the strong performance of Allegro, and the middle part is played by cello solo and saxophone. It is a piece of music with a high performance rate at the concert now. The words on the numbers will be familiar to everyone.
This song appeared only after the camera cut to the "Research Center for Abnormal People", but using this song to create an emergency effect in the play can only make it more ridiculous.
Theme song: "I want to live a day for you". Many people say this melody is familiar. Does it feel a little retro? In fact, this is normal, because this song is a cover of Liu Jiachang's song of the same name.
When it comes to the number one pop song in the 1960s, Liu Jiachang should be the first to be promoted. This master, known as a "genius", not only wrote lyrics and composed music, but also made many films, all of which won prizes. From his first song "Full Moon on the West Wing", his songs became a box office guarantee. Liu Jiachang's composition style is very personal, and he is good at lyricism. In the early days, he was also the designated composer of Qiong Yao's films. Full Moon in the West Building, Deep Courtyard and A Curtain of a Dream were all masterpieces at that time, and then "Memories of the Past Only" swept the streets, pushing his success to the peak. Huang Yingying, Steven Liu and others became famous for Yun He, The Promise, etc.
In the early 1970s, Liu Jiachang's works had been greatly reduced, and most of his time was spent on cultivating talents. However, he still composed a series of best-selling songs such as A String of Hearts, Sailing, Different, Alone in the West Building and Rain, and his works still have his usual Liu style ~ concise and fluent, which makes people catchy. His attitude and achievements in music creation also deeply inspired later creators, such as Bobby Chen and others. Liu Jiachang in the 1960s and 1970s, Tayu Lo in the 1980s and Jonathan Lee in the 1990s are recognized as the people who have had the greatest influence on Chinese pop music in Taiwan Province in recent decades.
Soundtrack: Most of the original works this time are still those symphonies that are not too hot, leaving a very deep impression. However, the song "I'm not as good as Hell" is still a little unfinished. The rhythmic drums, jazz trombone playing and modern dance led by Chen Guokun make this gangster feel more like a modern hippie.
One more thing, the song in the trailer is Carl Douglas 1974, which is the most popular Kung Fu ranking champion song in the world.