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Xu Peidong, born in 1954, originally from Shandong, is a Chinese film composer.
In 1970, he joined the Song and Dance Troupe of Fuzhou Military Region. In 1978, he was admitted to the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and in 1985, he went to work for the China Opera and Dance Drama Theater.
The rise of Xu Peidong's reputation in the music industry was due to the popularity of "Northwest Wind" in the late 1980s. Xu Peidong successively composed songs with a strong northwest style, such as "The Morning of the Big Forest", "My Fervent Hometown" and "Fifteen Moons and Sixteen Full Moons", and his rough and bold singing voice has spread all over the country.
In 1988, Xu Peidong composed the music for the movie "Rock 'n' Roll Youth", which is somewhat similar to the style of music and song and dance movies, and tells the story of a rock singer, so there is no doubt that the music in the creative process of the movie occupies a large proportion, and it can even be said that the success or failure of the music has a direct relationship with the success or failure of the whole movie. Xu Peidong designed a whole set of songs and theme music for the movie after repeated speculation and research. When the hero Long Xiang sang and danced with the music, the audience was already boiling with blood, and the music of the movie played an extremely important role in many key places, which directly shaped the passionate and straightforward character of Long Xiang and his obstinate and stubborn character, and the movie won the praise of the general audience, especially the young audience, and was regarded as the best song-and-dance movie of the 1980s. It is considered to be the best song-and-dance movie of the 1980s.
Xu Peidong has composed music for dozens of TV dramas with hundreds of episodes, among which the famous ones such as several theme songs and interludes in the movie "Fence-Woman-Dog", "Shadow of the Fence Wall", "Bittersweet Years", "Bitter Fence", and "Three Guan", etc. have entered the people's homes along with the broadcasting of the whole drama, and the streets and lanes have been dominated by Xu Peidong's songs for a while, which are the classic tracks of Chinese pop music until today.
In 1990, Xu Peidong's songs became the most popular in China.
In 1990, on the eve of the 11th Asian Games in Beijing, Xu Peidong composed the song "Asian Wind", although it failed unexpectedly in the campaign for the theme song of the Asian Games, almost all the listeners sang "Asian Wind" as the theme song of the Asian Games, and the stirring melody showed the power and wealth of the Chinese nation and the deep friendship with Asian countries, which had a far-reaching impact on the country and the whole of Asia. The song has had a far-reaching impact in China and Asia as a whole.
Xu Peidong is a multi-talented artist, and in addition to composing music, he has also been involved in singing, such as singing the theme song for the TV series "Woman Who Crossed the Men's River," which was well received by the audience for its powerful and humorous singing voice.
Xu Peidong mainly focuses on pop songs and music for TV dramas, and his film work, though not much, has had an impact in the movie industry.
"Love My China" is an excellent song composed by Qiao Yu and Xu Peidong in the early 1990s for the opening ceremony of the Fourth National Minority Games held in Guangxi, a large-scale cultural performance. The song sings, "Fifty-six nationalities, fifty-six flowers, fifty-six nationalities brothers and sisters are one family, fifty-six languages converge into one sentence: love me China!" The song compares the fifty-six nationalities to "flowers", and then compares the fifty-six nationalities to "brothers and sisters", and evokes the same voice of the fifty-six nationalities, "Love My China. " The language is simple and concise. Simple language, simple tone, y reflecting the close unity of our country's various ethnic groups and patriotic love of home deep emotion, greatly inspired the patriotic enthusiasm of our people of all nationalities, so soon got the majority of the masses of the people's favorite and prevalent.
The composer took into account that the National Games is a national minority sports event, since it is held in Guangxi, it is best to have a Guangxi style, but not all Guangxi style. So as far as possible in the tone of Guangxi and not all of Guangxi, the tune of the new. For example, the melody of "fifty-six constellations, fifty-six flowers ......" and the back of the liner notes "cough Luo cough Luo cough Luo cough" has an obvious Yunnan style, the whole song development The whole development of the song seems to be very atmospheric.
The song is a two-part structure, using Guangxi Zhuang folk tunes and development. The first 12 bars are the first section and the last 11 bars are the second section. The first section is fast-paced and melodic, fresh and smooth; the second section has a strong appeal and sense of mission, is emotional and energetic, and expresses the deep feeling of love for China among the children of China.
The song "Love My China" has been sung by Wei Wei and Song Zuying successively, and has spread all over the country. Its profound meaning has transcended the song of the meeting and become a must-sing song to glorify national unity and the gathering of ethnic minorities.