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"Hong Kong has Huang Zhan, and the mainland has Lei Zhenbang."
Huang Zhan has created many classic episodes for Hong Kong film and television dramas, and became the father of composition in the Hong Kong music scene at that time.
Although the two are in different periods, Lui Zhenbang's musical attainments are even more powerful than Huang Zhan, and he has composed hundreds of interludes for more than 40 film and television films, each of which is a classic, and even the singing still brings tears to people's eyes.
"Dong Cunrui", "Wedding Vow", "Flowers and Full Moon", "Five Golden Flowers", "Liu Sanjie", "Visitors on the Iceberg" and other classic songs are all from him.
Many people must have a deep memory of "Liu Sanjie", and with the blessing of this song, Liu Sanjie's spicy and hearty image can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Nowadays, when people mention Guangxi, they will think of Liu Sanjie, and this episode even promotes the "March 3" holiday that Guangxi is now setting up in a sense.
In that era when the level of education was not high, how did Lei Zhenbang create so many popular classic songs, and after many years, how did Lei Zhenbang's descendants live?
The source of this article comes from the authoritative report [Haidian District Veteran Cadres Bureau of the Communist Party of China] [Baidu Encyclopedia] (the detailed source is attached at the end of the article). In order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly and for reference only.
01 Difficult study life in Japan
In 1916, Lei Zhenbang was born in Beijing, his family is quite wealthy, compared to those children in the hutongs, he can be regarded as winning at the starting line.
At that time, many people's dreams were doctors, lawyers, and engineers, because they were decent and could earn money, but Lei Zhenbang's dream was to be an excellent musician.
He was introduced to drama from an early age, and later became fascinated by music by his music teacher in middle school, especially harmonica composition.
Fortunately, Lei Zhenbang's parents did not stop him much, and they were very open-minded to send Lei Zhenbang to Japan to study music and drama.
In 1939, Lei Zhenbang boarded a ship to study in Japan, but at that time it was too difficult for Chinese to live well in Japan.
Lei Zhenbang has always been well taken care of in China, his parents praised him for being sensible and filial, and his teachers praised him for being smart and kind, but he was despised and despised in Japan.
Lei Zhenbang knew that the contemptuous gaze was because of his identity, and he was a person with strong self-esteem, so he was bound to fight back with excellent results.
Therefore, Lei Zhenbang studied very hard in Japan, and his hard work and talent made his grades improve by leaps and bounds, not only ranking among the top but also skipping a grade to complete his studies ahead of schedule.
In 1943, Lei Zhenbang chose to return to China as soon as he graduated, but the situation was turbulent at that time, and he could only go to school as a music teacher in order to seek stability.
The comfortable life did not kill Lei Zhenbang's passion for creation, and in his spare time, he took the students to sing and compose music together, and unconsciously formed a symphony troupe of more than 50 people.
As the leader of this symphony troupe, Lei Zhenbang was selected by the Chinese Film Orchestra, so he entered the Chinese Film Orchestra from school.
Lei Zhenbang did not stop studying in the China Film Orchestra, he kept improving his music theory knowledge, and at the same time learned the relevant knowledge of film and television drama interlude soundtracks, and he studied for 6 years.
In 1955, Lei Zhenbang finally entered the Changchun Film Studio to work, and since then he has truly started his life as a "Chinese music master".
02 For many years, he has insisted on collecting style and creating folk songs
A large part of the reason why Lei Zhenbang is known as the "master composer of China" is because his understanding of music is very advanced.
Lei Zhenbang believed that music was all-encompassing, but for China at that time, the important thing was not to create new music, but to pick up and carry forward the neglected local music.
So when he received the interlude for "Liu Sanjie", he cleverly proposed that the characteristics of Guangxi folk songs could be cleverly integrated into the interlude.
So Lei Zhenbang spent several months running all over the villages in Guangxi, and after careful consideration, he created 14 episodes.
Therefore, after "Liu Sanjie" was broadcast, it won numerous awards, won the Best Music Award of the 2nd Hundred Flowers Awards, and was also recognized by Premier Zhou Enlai, which can be described as a fight to fame.
Now that many years have passed, the episodes in "Liu Sanjie" still make people feel the vigorous vitality and the enthusiasm of Guangxi people.
In 1963, Lei Zhenbang was invited to be the person in charge of the episode of "Visitors on the Iceberg", in order to create good works, this time Lei Zhenbang went to Xinjiang to collect style.
At that time, the outposts in Xinjiang were all very remote and high-altitude places, which were very dangerous for Lei Zhenbang, who had no combat experience, so many people advised him not to go.
But Lei Zhenbang still trekked to a post for the sake of creation, and almost encountered an avalanche, but fortunately escaped in the end.
However, such a desperate effort can be regarded as a bit of gain, and it really allowed Lei Zhenbang to dig out a love story that can be sung and cried.
On the Silk Road, a poor young man fell in love with a princess in a foreign land, but due to the disparity in their identities, they were forced to give up each other, and finally the young man fell on the long ancient road, and even his last eyes were still looking in the direction of the palace where the princess was.
Lei Zhenbang was shocked by this story, and it didn't take long for him to write "Why Are Flowers So Red", which was even regarded as a representative song of Xinjiang's local characteristics for half a century.
And these are just one or two of Lei Zhenbang's representative songs, he has created hundreds of popular classic songs with his life's enthusiasm, and has always insisted on the excavation and promotion of folk songs.
The interlude "Sanliwan" composed for "Flowers and the Full Moon" is very characteristic of Shanxi folk songs, and the interlude "Butterfly Spring" composed for "Five Golden Flowers" is derived from the ...... of Dali folk songs.
As a music master, Lei Zhenbang not only regards music as his life's work, but also actively leads future generations to follow the path of music.
As we all know, Lei Zhenbang got married as early as 1939, did his descendants inherit his mantle and embark on the road of music? How are they doing now?
03 Three musical giants have been born in one family
Among Lei Zhenbang's descendants, only his daughter Lei Lei inherited his mantle and became a veritable musician, and her achievements are also very high!
Lei Zhenbang arranged for Lei Lei to learn piano when she was five years old, but even so, Lei Lei's dream was not music, but to be an ice skater.
However, it is a pity that she was born at the wrong time, and under the advice of her parents, Lei Lei still embarked on the road of music.
Lei Lei used to be a little repulsed in her heart, because she didn't want to fight for her career with her father's halo, but as time went by, she gradually fell in love with music.
In 1984, the producer and director of "Four Worlds in the Same Hall" approached Lei Zhenbang and wanted to invite him to compose music for this TV series, but Lei Zhenbang recommended his daughter Lei Lei.
Presumably, the director and producer of "Four Worlds in the Same Hall" were also a little confused at first, but it was okay to let young people try it, and they could change it if it was not good, so they agreed.
Lei Lei cherished this opportunity very much, for fear that she would lose her father's face if she didn't do well, so she wrote "Reorganizing the Rivers and Mountains for Future Generations" after a period of time.
The song is ready, but who will sing it is a problem, when Lei Lei and the director and others had a headache, Lei Zhenbang recommended Luo Yusheng in a timely manner.
Lei Zhenbang once asked Lei Lei to help him record a piece of Luo Yusheng's singing, and he was shocked when he heard it, but now that he thinks about it, Luo Yusheng's singing voice is very suitable for Lei Lei's song.
In this way, with the help and guidance of Lei Zhenbang, Lei Lei successfully completed the episode of "Four Worlds in the Same Hall", which became popular all over the country as soon as it was broadcast, and Lei Lei also made her own reputation.
After that, Lei Lei successively made interludes for "Desire", "Plainclothes Police", "Water Margin" and "Love and Blood Feud", and they were well recognized by the audience, and the response was very enthusiastic.
For Lei Lei, every time she composes a song, she is very nervous, and it is regarded as an exam, but the examiner is the audience, so she will strive for excellence and go all out every time.
Later, Lei Lei also met her like-minded lover Yi Ming on the road of pursuing music, Yi Ming is a music lyricist who has written lyrics for film and television drama episodes such as "Desire", "Water Margin", "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "Mansion Gate", "Qiao's Courtyard" and so on!
Therefore, Lei Zhenbang not only has high musical achievements, but his daughter and son-in-law are also "everyone" in the history of Chinese music, and it has become a good story in the industry that three music giants have been born in one family.
However, it is a pity that Lei Zhenbang unfortunately died of illness in 1997 at the age of 81, which is still regrettable.
On September 17, 2022, Lei Lei accepted an interview with "Old People" to tell the story of her father Lei Zhenbang's creation.
On July 30, 2023, Lei Lei accepted the CCTV variety show "Echo Loud - Great Song" and talked about her understanding of the film soundtrack here:
"Film music, including television music, serves its theme content, and it is necessary to be willing to do and do a good job of the function of green leaves and safflowers."
Once Lei Zhenbang's dream was to pass on music, and Lei Lei's dream was to pass on the story of his father Lei Zhenbang and music, which may be their inheritance of music.
epilogue
Although Lei Zhenbang has been away for 27 years, he has left us countless classic songs, each of which is very classic.
And he also cultivated such an excellent musician daughter, presumably he knows everything, and he will be very pleased to see his daughter's achievements.
I hope that today's singers in the entertainment industry can learn more from excellent musicians like Lei Zhenbang, and strive to create more excellent songs!
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Source of information in this article: [Haidian District Veteran Cadres Bureau of the Communist Party of China] [Baidu Encyclopedia]