The fifth episode of Hunan Satellite TV's "Time Concert" broadcast tonight has invited Xiao Ke.
Even if they have not experienced the golden age of "campus folk songs" in the 1990s, as long as the post-00s who still listen to songs, it is impossible to lack the name "Xiao Ke" on the song list.
From the theme song "Homecoming" of the 1995 Hong Kong drama "Eagle Hero", the theme song of the mainland idol drama "Carry Love to the End" in 1999, "Wait for You to Love Me";
To "Because of Love" sung by Eason Chan, "The Most Familiar Stranger" written to Xiao Yaxuan, and "I Will Fall in Love with Others" written to Xin Xiaoqi;
Then to the 100-day countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games" "Welcome to Beijing", the theme song "Ideal Shines on China" of the 2021 tribute drama "Ideal";
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It is no exaggeration to say that at every stage of his musical career, Xiao Ke has come up with amazing works.
Xiao Ke was born in 1971 and is 50 years old this year.
Among Chinese music creators, Xiao Ke is definitely seriously underestimated, or to be precise, far less famous than the one with high gold content of his works.
In 1995, Gu Tianle Li Ruotong's version of the Hong Kong drama "Eagle Hero" was introduced to the mainland. I wasn't attracted to the lineup at the time, but from the beginning I thought the ending song was so good! Then wait for the credits to brush down all the way down, and see the name of the songwriter "Xiao Ke", and the chorus is Hu Bing and Xi Linayi.
Xiao Ke's debut is a classic, and "Homecoming" is still considered one of the best theme songs in Jin Yong's film and television dramas. The song was later included in the album "Red Star Six", and Xiao Ke, who came from a literary and artistic family, had already signed a contract with the Red Star Music Production Society that year, and Hu Bing and Xi Linayi were both singers who were popular with Red Star.
Hu Bing was completely a big star in the film and television song Sanqi, but unfortunately, in the past few years, he somehow did not move. Until this year, it appeared in the reality show "Mom, You Are So Good-Looking", and it was a small fire.
In the same year as "Homecoming", Xiao Ke released another classic song "Reading and Coming", which was included in his personal album of the same name.
Thoughts come and go, like water
Lingering for a long time, sighing heavily
The old mood, the love is still the same
Go away with yourself, go more sorrowful
This song Yang Hongji also sang. When the old singer's thick voice sounded, there was a kind of "pouring out" shock.
In 1996, Gao Xiaosong launched his personal collection "Youth Without Regrets", xiao Ke participated in the arrangement, piano, and harmony of most of the songs, and sang one of them, "Winter Campus".
But Xiao Ke is not yet the first singer of this song. In 2018, Li Xiaodong participated in the "Singer" program, and one of the character introductions was "the first singer of "Winter Campus".
Enthusiastic Xiao Ke also came out of the stage in particular, saying that it was really rare that singers like Li Xiaodong could now be found out to participate in the show.
Gao Xiaosong said in the copy of "Youth Without Regret": Writing songs is an addiction, just like memory is a disease, and sentimentality is a disability that cannot be cured for life.
It is like setting the tone for campus folk songs - in fact, most of the campus folk songs are written and sung by people who leave the campus, and people do not feel in them, and only when they leave to look back can they be sentimental.
Unlike the old wolf, Xiao Ke threw off the aura or shackles of campus folk songs very early on, and most of his energy was focused on songwriting and music production.
In 1998, Xiao Ke composed the theme song of the same name for the TV series "The Dream of a Thousand Autumn Family Country" and sang it with Tian Zhen. This is really a rare majestic song, Xiao Ke prose style long sentence lyrics, in the mainland lyrics creation can be said to be unique.
"The Dream of a Thousand Autumn Families and Countries" is a pity that it did not become popular. Generations of events have changed, love and hate are intertwined, and the plot is worthy of this atmospheric title.
Zhao Wenxuan and Pan Hong gave superb acting skills, and Li Wanhua was really beautiful, and she was in love with He Jiajin at that time.
Xiao Ke sang the two most widely sung songs, dedicated to "Carry Love to the End".
In the 1998 TV series, Xiao Ke sang the opening song "Distant Look" himself, and also created the theme song "Wait for You to Love Me", which was given to Chen Ming to sing.
Looking back now, the TV series "Carry Love to the End" really came up with a golden lineup.
In addition to the directors and actors we know well, Diao Yinan, one of the screenwriters of the play, later made "Daytime Fireworks" himself and won the Golden Bear Award in Berlin.
Another screenwriter, Huo Xin, also wrote the famous "Bath", "Kung Fu", "Journey to the West to Descend the Devil", and because of the play, he met Liao Fan, who did not play much in the play, and later became Mrs. Liao Fan.
In 2011, Zhang Yibai directed the film version of "Will Love", paying tribute to youth with a middle-aged mentality. Xiao Ke also composed a promotional song for the film "Because of Love", which was sung by Faye Wong Eason Chan into the Spring Festival Gala.
Xiao Ke also wrote many good songs for others.
For Xiao Yaxuan's "The Most Familiar Stranger", it is definitely the best, and "I Will Fall in Love with Someone Else" written to Xin Xiaoqi, and the two capitals are cooperating with Yao Qian.
Xiao Ke later wrote the ending song "We Seem to Have Seen Somewhere" for the TV series "Let's Get Married", and found ye Bei, a constant campus female voice.
"Welcome to Beijing", with the theme of the Beijing Olympic Games, Xiao Ke is a composer, of course, has become a classic.
Eason Chan works with mainland musicians, and the first choice is also Xiao Ke. Xiao Ke's "Don't Talk", which was composed by Xiao Ke, was very calm and complete in narrative, and was taken by Eason Chan to make the album's title song.
Another movie theme song of Xiao Ke's song, "Stable Happiness", was also sung for Eason Chan.
Although he left the circle of campus folk songs, over the past few years, Xiao Ke and his old friends have been working on and off.
"Want to Sing Me to You" is affectionate but not sensational, this Xiao Ke composed the theme song for the first National Campus Singers Television Competition, and was later included in the album "Winter in Beijing" by The Old Wolf.
Among the chorus, Cao Fang served as Xiao Ke's assistant and later became famous; Wang Zheng's name rarely appeared in the music scene.
Xiao Ke's works have always given people a feeling of "stability". Even if it is a love song, it is rare to play the set of tearing hearts and lungs, but it is broad and inclusive, it is unquestionable, and it is mournful and not complaining.
Gao Xiaosong once said that the old wolf was the kind of friend who "no matter how far you run, when you look back, he is still there." Xiao Ke's song actually gives people such a feeling.
In recent years, Xiao Ke has devoted himself to the creation of musicals, and founded the Xiao Ke Theater in 798, where the old wolf has held small concerts.
In 2018, Huang Xiaomao, an old friend of the campus folk song era, launched the documentary "Shambhala Deep" as a producer, with Xiao Ke composing the music and collaborating with the old wolf on the theme song "Carefree Blue Sky".
At the beginning of 2019, Xiao Ke launched his latest creative album "Fifty-year-old Carnival", which contains 9 songs such as "To Memories", "To Daddy and Mom", "To Work", "To Send Children" and so on.
For the post-70s and post-80s generations, "campus folk songs" are still such a palpable memory, and the creators of those folk songs are close to or over 50 years old.
Of course, it is gratifying that they are still singing, and there is also the enthusiasm and courage of the "carnival".
Among them, "Give Hair to the Child" is also sung by Xiao Ke and the old wolf.
Lin Zhixuan, who debuted as a campus singer in Taiwan, covered "Because of Love" in the program.
Phoenix Legend boldly sang "The Dream of a Thousand Autumn Family Country", and selected the aesthetic pass.
Of course, such a program cannot accommodate all of Xiao Ke's classics, but at least it can introduce Xiao Ke to more young audiences and spend a good time in music.
Source: Thoughtful