Personal representative works include "Iron Blood, Iron Heart", "The World Wishes You Well in the End", "The Great Wall of China Never Falls", "Under the Lion Rock", and "The Road to Jianghu".
As far as Tan's personal history is concerned, he was one of the best singers in the early Chinese music scene, but there is still a long way to go before he becomes a genius. In terms of both musical performance and overall musicianship, he is a company-trained singer among Hong Kong singers, with inadequate arranging and composing skills. This is a consistent problem for Hong Kong singers, with a much finer division of labor. Singers can only sing, without the ability to compose, which is their disadvantage.
Whether a singer or musician is a genius is judged by two things: the artistry of singing and the artistry of composing.
SINGING EXPERIENCE: He left Guangzhou Tam in 1962 and went to Hong Kong. After coming to Hong Kong, he worked as a gardener, a tailor, an odd-job man, and a bank trainee in Pearland. During these years, Tam enjoyed singing and gradually began to show his talent in vocal music.
But it is worth noting that Tan did not undergo systematic vocal studies. As for deeper musical arrangements, it was also the ability to compose.
Stage production of Huang Rong
Tan began his singing career in 1967 when he joined the Rowan Four Steps Choir. The music scene was small then and opportunities were plentiful. starting from scratch, Tam began singing for a number of movies and TV dramas, represented by the Chinese theme song for Bruce Lee's posthumous film "Game of Death".
Tam's vocals at this stage were immature, but his tone was bright and had a hard-rocking style. Although he didn't have much of a scientific voice in his singing, he was still influenced by Hong Kong's European and American singing styles, and had some American sounds overall. This gave Tan greater musical competitiveness.
1973 was a very important year for Tam's personal development. After six years of hard work, Tan had finally amassed a bit of fame. At the same time, James J.S. Wong approached him and gave him the lead vocals for the hit song of the TV series "Under the Lion Rock". This became the most important piece of Tan's acting career. Let's briefly analyze the musical art of the song to determine if Tam is the heart of the genius.
Now Under the Lion Rock.
Under the Lion Rock
Lyrics by James J.s.Wong;
Composed by Gu;
Vocals by Tam
Tam doesn't touch any deeper music in his lyrics, compositions or arrangements. So artistically, Tam only touches on the singing part.
In the singing part of the song, I personally think Tam is still a bit immature. Explaining this in three dimensions: 1. timbre; 2:cavity; 3:range;
Tonally, Tam gave up his original strong timbre and instead added a nasal ****ing sound. It sounds a lot like the timbre of the Tang Monk in Big Little Lies. On the other hand, it's a bit too raw and emotionally strong with a sense of harmony. The highlight of this is the hole with emotional intensity. This sense of power by strengthening the vocal tone and nasal ****ing had a great sound at the time. But analyzed with today's aesthetics. tam's tone is not superior.
On the cavalier ****ing, Tam is too high in throat position and too chesty for a sense of power.
Range, which was Tam's strong suit. He was young at the time, and some of the American to pop chest voice gave him a nice range. The above sense of power also enhances the texture of the high notes.
So generally speaking, Tan is not involved in composing musicality. In terms of singing artistry, let's just say he has some strengths, but not genius.
During this period, the principal, Alan Tam, was a true genius. Tam's singing style was extremely scientific, which is why Tam's music is still vibrant.
Starting with "Under the Lion Rock", Tam began a career singing on TV series soundtracks. Tam has performed in the UK, the US and Singapore.
In 1983, "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes" of the same name, adapted by Jin Yong, was released in theaters. 10,3010 of the 12 songs were sung by both Tam. It became a generation classic.
On the whole, Tan maintains a high degree of musical expression, and his solo classical songs are as follows:
The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes. The theme song of the TV series of the same name; "Under the Lion Rock". As the theme song of Zhu Jiang TVB drama "Little Li Flying Dagger" in 1978, Hong Kong Nam Keung movie "Little Li Flying Dagger" in 1979, and Jiao Enjun's "Little Li Flying Dagger" in 1999.
"Little Li Flying Dagger", the theme song of the Hong Kong version of the 1976 Japanese drama Mile High. Mile High", theme song for the 1983 Japanese drama The Heart of Iron and Blood. The Legend of the Shooting Heroes, Chinese version of "Leave it to my favorite person in this world". Covered by Tam's disciple Joey Yung. Am I Your Most Loved One cover of a Korean song, A Few Winds and Storms Legend of the Shooting Heroes Overall, Tam is a very quality singer, but not a genius.