In a musical work, in addition to remembering the singer's singing, fans may pay attention to who wrote the melody of the song and who filled in the lyrics of the song, and those who have a song MV may pay attention to who filmed the MV.
The arrangement, on the other hand, is an easily overlooked part of a song.
For lyrics, music, arrangement, and singing, the author understands it this way, singing is like the acting skills of a movie actor, and composition is the script, the lyrics are the lines, and the arrangement is the background soundtrack.
The arrangement part is also a key factor in whether the song can rejuvenate its vitality.
In the past few years, audiences who have watched mainland music variety programs should be able to intuitively feel that many classic melodies that we were familiar with back then, under the rearrangement of the arranger, through the change of rhythm and music style, and through the reprocessing of musical instruments and harmonies, old songs have a new taste.
During the glorious period of the HK Phil, a large number of songs from Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea were "Cantoneseized", filled in the lyrics of the situation, and replaced with arrangements and soundtracks suitable for the Chinese people, which became classics in the Chinese music scene.
One of the best examples is Chan Wai Han's 1989 song "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que", which is known as "the most widely sung Cantonese song", because of Lin Zhenqiang's lyrics and Lu Dongni's arrangement, the artistic value of the song far exceeds the original Japanese song "Sunset Song" sung by Kondo Masahiko.
So, the arrangement is really important in a musical composition.
Below, let's take stock of the ten well-known arrangers in Taiwan's music scene, in no particular order.
Many musicians are all-round songwriters, arrangers and singers, and after comprehensive consideration, they are not included in the arranger column, such as Luo Dayou, Xiao Worm, Wu Sikai, Lin Longxuan, Huang Shujun, Huang Dawei, Tao Zhe, Wang Leehom, etc.
Some people are composers, arrangers and even lyricists, but considering that they are more well-known in composition or lyrics than arrangers, they are not included, such as Li Taixiang, Tan Jianchang, Yin Wenqi, Chen Jinxing, Jiang Sanxing, Lu Guoliang, Wang Yumin, etc.
Some of them are arrangers who have developed in Taiwan from the HK Phil or Southeast Asia, such as Bobby Da, So Dehua, Ricky Ho, Li Diwen, Wu Qinglong, Tang Chi-ming, etc., and will be discussed in detail in the future, which will not be included here.
Tenth place, especially admiration
Although Shanghua Records is smaller than the two companies of Rolling Stone and Flying Saucer, it is a place where special talents are produced, and it has cultivated a large number of "divas" and a number of outstanding musicians.
In terms of arrangement, Lu Guoliang, Chen Jinxing and Tu Huiyuan, Xu Dechang, Zhong Xingmin, Chen Feiwu, etc. during the "Two Kings and Two Queens" period are all experts.
The author selected You Jingyang as a representative from the early and middle stages of Shanghua, although You Jingyang is an unfamiliar name for many people, fans of his works can really feel it.
The arrangement of the theme songs and interludes of the hit TV series "The Legend of the New White Lady" and "Deep Love and Rain" is basically done by him alone.
The arrangers of songs such as "Waiting for a Thousand Years", "Crossing Love", "Past and Present Life", "Wind and Rain in the Heart Lake", "Entanglement", "Smiling and Embracing the Dream of the Country", "How Many Good Sisters Do You Have", "Misty and Rainy", "Think So Much" and other songs are some of You Jingyang's masterpieces.
ninth, Jiang Jianmin
Jiang Jianmin is the first generation of guitarists in Qi Qin's "Rainbow Band", and has the title of "Asia's No. 1 Guitarist" in the Chinese music scene at that time, and is an excellent composer and arranger.
Mr. Jiang Jianmin's representative works include "Pain and Happiness" (Qi Qin), "Tomorrow I Will Marry You" (Zhou Huajian), "Stupid Child", "Lone Star Tears" (Andy Lau), "Tomorrow's Tomorrow's Tomorrow" (Power Train), "I'm Really Hurt" (Jacky Cheung), "Love Normandy" (Huang Zheng), "Perfume is Toxic" (Hu Yanglin) and so on.
Eighth place, Hong Jingyao
Jay Chou's birth has made many people, such as partner Fang Wenshan, such as "Bole" Yang Junrong, such as arranger partners Zhong Xingmin and Hong Jingyao.
In fact, Hong Jingyao debuted 11 years earlier than Jay Chou.
As the son of Hong Yifeng, the "King of Treasure Island Singers" and the younger brother of Hong Ronghong, the "King of Golden Melody Songs", it can be said that Hong Jingyao was born in a musical family.
Unlike his father and elder brother, who were mainly singers, Hong Jingyao is a very talented and accomplished talent in arranging and producing, he has a strong orchestral synthesis ability, and can perfectly combine classical instrumental music with modern pop elements to create a first-class hip-hop rap style.
Hong Jingyao has been nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Arranger seven times, and won the Golden Melody Award for Best Album Producer twice.
Hong Jingyao's representative works include "Let Me Love Enough at a Time" (Yu Chengqing), "Friends", "There Are Lovers in the World" (Zhou Huajian), "Nuan Nuan" (Liang Jingru), "In the Name of the Father", "Dragon Fist", "Indian Old Turtledove", "Xingqing", "My Territory", "Huo Yuanjia" (Jay Chou) and so on.
Seventh place, Li Zhengfan
In 1989, an album "Tell You, Listen to You" announced the advent of the era of Chen Shuhua, the "queen of the city", and also made Li Zongsheng the first "million-dollar gold medal producer" in the Chinese music scene.
is also indispensable, as well as the fledgling "Xiao Li" Li Zhengfan, the arrangement of the 10 songs of this album was all completed by Li Zhengfan alone.
It is said that according to Li Zongsheng's high standards and strict requirements for this album, "Xiao Li" was required to eat and live with Lao Li for half a month and was not allowed to go out, which caused "Xiao Li" to sue the boss Duan Zhongtan.
Since then, Li Zhengfan has opened up his "second line" and has become an excellent musician in arrangement and composition.
Li Zhengfan's representative works include "The Last Day of Nineteen" (Yi Nengjing), "Red Lips for Life" (Zhen Xiuzhen), "When I Wake Up", "You Go Your Way", "Pride and Prejudice", "Wordless Expression", "Smart and Confused Heart" (Chen Shuhua), "There is Love in This City" (Zhou Huajian), "The Price of Love" (Zhang Aijia), "Love and Sorrow" (Tong Ange), "One Night in Beijing" (Bobby Chen), "The Most Romantic Thing" (Zhao Yonghua), "Crazy for Love" (Liu Ruoying), "Flower Rainy Night" (Zhang Qingfang), "I Am a Girl" (Xu Huaiyu) and so on.
Sixth, Tu Huiyuan
After Chen Zhiyuan, Tu Ying and Zhong Xingmin, counting the largest number of arrangements in Taiwan's pop music scene, I think Tu Huiyuan may be the strongest contender for the fourth place.
Tu Huiyuan is the first generation keyboardist of the "Rainbow Band", because of Qi Qin's partnership with Rolling Stone Records after leaving Zongyi Records, he also became the partner of musician Xiao Worm in the arrangement (it is said that the two are interested in production and arrangement, and finally decided on the production of Xiao Worm and Tu Huiyuan's arrangement by guessing the boxing).
Tu Huiyuan ushered in the maturity and success of his arranging career, or after Qi Qin joined Shanghua Records in 1994, Tu Huiyuan, who has his own talent in arrangement, can finally release his potential in arranging and composing.
Tu Huiyuan's representative works include "Am I Your Most Beloved Person" (Pan Yueyun), "I Finally Lost You" (Zhao Chuan), "Good Intentions" (Zhang Yu), "999 Roses", "A Thousand Paper Cranes" (Tai Zhengxiao), "Listening to the Sea" (Zhang Huimei), "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" (Meng Tingwei), "The Past Follows the Wind", "Silk Road", "This Time I Will Never Let Go" (Qi Qin), "Snowman" (Fan Xiaoxuan), "One-man Show", "Sunshine Airport" (Xu Ruyun), "Rain Butterfly" (Li Yijun), "Dear". Jorn (Billie) and others.
It is worth mentioning that Xu Dechang, the drummer of the first generation of the "Rainbow Band", is also a good arranger.
fifth, Zhang Hongyi
If you list the real masters of Taiwan's pop music scene, Zhang Hongyi, who has been low-key all his life, is definitely one of them.
Although Mr. Zhang Hongyi mainly scores films, and also refuses to commercialize music works, his works are not too many, but his composition and arrangement works can almost be said to be works of art in songs.
Zhang Hongyi is the winner of the Best Arranger at the 4th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and the winning work is the song "Displaced Life" sung by the love general Xu Jingchun.
In addition, Mr. Zhang Hongyi's representative works of arrangement include "Life in Roses" (Xu Jingchun), "Returning the Pearl of the King" (Kunna), "Gone with the Wind" (Zeng Qingyu), "Never Willing to Say to You" (Zhao Yonghua).
Fourth, Zhong Xingmin
If you ask who is the most successful arranger at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Zhong Xingmin, who won the Golden Melody Award for Best Arranger three times at the 13th, 15th and 32nd Golden Melody Awards and has been nominated for Best Arranger six times, can be said to be far ahead.
Zhong Xingmin is the keyboardist of the Red Ant Band and the second-generation "Rainbow Band", and is also known as the "Jay Chou royal arranger".
Zhong Xingmin's arrangements have transitioned from the traditional to the new music era, and can perfectly integrate orchestral music with various new instruments, and he has arranged more than 2,000 pieces since his debut.
Zhong Xingmin's representative works include "I'm Not Really Drunk" (Qiu Haizheng), "Ruthless Rain, Ruthless You" (Qi Qin), "Very Hurt" (Ren Xianqi), "Good People and Good Dreams" (Sun Yue, Tai Zhengxiao), SHE "Tropical Rainforest", "Prague Square", "Chivalry" (Jolin Tsai), "Love Before the Common Era", "Nunchucks", "Black Humor", "Qilixiang", "Chrysanthemum Terrace", "Blue and White Porcelain", "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and so on.
third place, Chen Yang
Chen Yang is not only a master composer, but also a master arranger, just like Mr. Zhang Hongyi.
However, unlike Zhang Hongyi, Chen Yang's works not only have Li Taixiang's classical music, but also fit the direction of popularity.
Chen Yang won the Best Arrangement Award at the 1st and 6th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for "Love to the Highest Point" (Wu Sikai) and "My Neighbor Totoro Bus" respectively.
Mr. Chen Yang's representative works include "Who is Blinking Eyes" (Liu Wenzheng), "A Few Sorrows", "Looking at Tearful Eyes" (Teresa Teng), "Murmuring", "Several Dynasties of Wind and Rain", "Feet of the Desert" (Huang Yingying), "Spring Beauty" (Zhang Delan), "Osmanthus Lane" (Pan Yueyun), "Away Autumn Hatred" (Zeng Shuqin), "Every Meeting of Life" (Feng Feifei) and so on.
second place, Tu Ying
In 1989, a song "Lu Binghua" won the Best Film Interlude Award at the 26th Golden Horse Awards, and this song also brought newcomers Yao Qian and Tu Ying into the public eye.
In 1991, at the 2nd Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, Jiang Shuna sang the song "I'm a person who doesn't like to be lively", which made the young Tu Ying the best arranger of the Golden Melody Awards.
Years later, Tu Ying, who studied under Chen Zhiyuan and benefited from MIDI technology, has become the most successful arranger in the Chinese music scene, and the number of his more than 2,000 arranged songs has become closer and closer to that of a generation of arranger Chen Zhiyuan.
Tu Ying's representative works include "Drifting Across the Sea to See You" (Doll), "Taste" (Xin Xiaoqi), "Reserved", "Sky" (Faye Wong), "Forget You, I Can't Do It", "Love Letter" (Jacky Cheung), "Prison Bird" (Peng Ling), "The End of the Song" (Zhang Yu), "Hiroshima Love" (Mok Wenwei, Zhang Hongliang), "If the Cloud Knows", "Sweet Dreams Come True" (Xu Ruyun), "Love Danube", "Your Eyes" (Xiong Tianping), "When" (Power Train), "Over the Fire", "Faith" (Zhang Xinzhe) I don't love you enough (Andy Lau, Chen Huilin), "So You're Here Too" (Liu Ruoying), "Orange is Red" (Huang Lei), "Roof" (Wen Lan), "What If" (Fan Weiqi) and so on.
The first place, Chen Zhiyuan
As I have said many times before, Chen Zhiyuan is the chief arranger master of the Taiwanese music scene, and he is also a master composer, and he has completed the arrangement of nearly half of the songs in the 80s of the last century in the Taiwanese music scene, and his arrangement works are close to 3,000 songs, and he is the first musician to earn 100 million yuan by arranging.
Chen Zhiyuan began arranging music in 1975 and worked tirelessly until his death in 2011.
Mr. Chen Zhiyuan's representative works include "If the Wine Sells Dryly", "The Same Moonlight", "Follow the Feeling" (Su Rui), "Just Like Your Tenderness", "The Last Night", "You Are a Cloud in My Heart" (Cai Qin), "Tomorrow Will Be Better" (Stars), "About Winter" (Qi Qin), "Snow is Burning" (Huang Yingying), "Do I Really Have Nothing" (Wang Jie), "Miss You Every Day" (Zhang Yusheng), "Falling in Love with a Person Who Doesn't Go Home" (Lin Yilian), "Three Alleys of Plum Blossoms" (Jiang Yuheng), "Sailor", "Sailor", " The Stars Light Up (Zheng Zhihua), "Grateful Heart" (Ouyang Feifei), "Singing While Walking" (Huang Lei) and so on.
Taiwan's Chen Zhiyuan and Hong Kong's Koo Ka-fai may be the two insurmountable peaks of music in the arranging world.
In addition, Zhou Guoyi, Bao Xiaosong, Huang Zhongyue, Chen Mingdao, Huang Yuxun, etc., are all excellent arrangers with many arranging works, so I won't repeat them here.
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