Recently, the Weibo hot search of #Shanghai food delivery man asked if he had heard the children's song Lone Brave made "Lone Brave" another fire.
"Lone Warrior" is the theme song of the anime League of Legends: Battle of Two Cities. The song was sung by Eason Chan, composed by Qian Lei, and lyrics by Tang Tian.
When it comes to Qian Lei and Tang Tian, most people may not be familiar with them, but when it comes to their works, people who pay a little attention to domestic film and television music will not be strangers.
Since "Yesterday's Blue Sky", Qian Lei and Tang Tian have successively cooperated in works such as "Wish", "Lonely Brave", "Nameless Man", "Human World" and so on, allowing the audience to appreciate the unique charm of film and television music.
Qian Lei + Tang Tian, why did it become a pillar?
From the perspective of the type of works, qian Lei and Tang Tian's creations are diverse.
"Wish", sung by Faye Wong, is an epic song. The song is the promotional song for the movie "My Father and Me". The film was released in the 2021 National Day file, taking revolution, construction, reform and opening up and the new era as the historical coordinates, reproducing the memory of the times of the Chinese people.
"If you have suffered from my sweetness, I am willing to live as your wish", "And I will dream of the reunion you dreamed of, may you wish forever", Tang Tian turned the children's promise to their fathers into lyrics, telling those words that were too late to say.
The vicissitudes of the song "Human World" come from the thick story of the drama "Human World", which pours delicate and nuanced emotions into the narration that comes out of the story.
The arrangement of the piano playing lays the foundation for the lyrical narrative of the song. The lyrics with a full sense of picture echo the plot.
"Grass and trees will sprout, children will grow up, the train of years will not stop for anyone" and "When my mother is old, listen to her slowly talk about her childhood" and other puns, giving the song unlimited meaning.
Qian Lei's composition and film and television story fit tightly together, and Tang Tian's lyrics have both story and picture sense. The precise selection of the singer also gives the song effect a plus.
Mao is not easy to use a deep voice to tell the respectability of the nameless in "The Nameless Man"; Eason Chan sings "The Lone Brave" with solid singing skills and steady explosiveness.
Film and television music is not only the decoration of film and television works
Film and television music is the extraction and condensation of film and television works, and it is also a high summary of the tonality of the works.
The 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the most unforgettable in addition to many classic roles, but also the music created by Wang Liping. The classical composition complements Cao Yin's lyrics. "Funeral Flower Song" perfectly combines chorus and solo singing, making the listener feel the loneliness and loneliness under the fence of Daiyu' sending people.
"From a laugh, love opens two doors, chaotic world storms and chaotic souls", so that the audience has formed the concept of "The Gate of the Great Mansion" before the plot. As soon as the Peking Opera style song sounded, the audience knew that the mixed world demon king Bai Qiye, who often chanted "Look at the black hole cave in front of you, it must be the thief's lair", has come again.
And mentioning Sha Baoliang's singing of "Dark Incense", I believe that the audience who has watched "The Golden Powder Family" has successively emerged in their minds, yanxi's love for qingqiu at first sight, the vines full of lilies, a pair of bi people lying arm in arm in the sunflower bush, and the discrete end game after the fire.
In addition, film and television music also has the effect of sublimating and triggering empathy.
In the "Ruyi Biography" episode "Agarwood Flowing Year", the lyrics of "The old things in the vast years are difficult to chase, and the truth of survival is used to remove the false", and the lyrics of "the wall head immediately looks at each other at a distance, and when you see the king, you break your intestines", so that the audience can further feel the sadness that Ruyi and Hongli have gone from knowing each other to being separated from each other.
The difficulties of domestic film and television music need to be broken through urgently
In the past two years, film and television music seems to have been on the edge of the industry, not so much as it is part of the film and television content, but rather it is the second choice of musicians under the disappointment of the music market.
Nowadays, the great popularity of Qian Lei and Tang Tian may indicate that film and television music, as an important part of film and television content, should be valued.
Winning by quantity and serious homogenization are the old diseases of domestic film and television soundtracks. This problem is particularly pronounced in costume dramas.
The same ancient style song is the standard costume drama since "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms". They converge in tune and lack recognition; they are trapped in the "pseudo-literary" of lyrics, with improper collocation and unsatisfactory words. Dozens of costume dramas are broadcast every year, and the ancient style theme song has also become a mass product on the assembly line. The means of dismantling and piecing together ancient songs are not uncommon in the industry, and the entire industry has gradually entered the strange circle of bad money expelling good money.
The new use of old songs and weak originality are problems that cannot be ignored in urban drama soundtracks.
Released in 2011, "Chasing Dreams and Pure Hearts" has appeared in 2017's "Sky Hunting", 2020's "Crossfire", and 2021's "Ideal City".
The limited choice of singers also leads to the audience repeatedly jumping in and out of the play. In addition to the actors themselves participating in the singing of film and television songs, the popular singers of film and television music in recent years are nothing more than Zhou Shen, Yu Kewei, Zhang Bichen, Zhang Liangying, Zhang Jie and others.
The audience is listening to "Cool and Cool" and shedding tears for the sadistic love of Sansheng III. The next second, it may be because of Zhang Bichen's voice and similar style, the drama will go to "Chu Qiao Biography".
In fact, there is no shortage of talented creators in domestic film and television music, but they are always a distance away from the circle.
Nowadays, Qian Lei and Tang Tian are out of the circle by relying on works that have both musical quality and singing degree. I hope they can bring a new atmosphere to the field of film and television music.
【Text/Yichen】