Many people know Lu Guanting from the ending song "Love of a Lifetime" of "Journey to the West", which sings pure and delicate feelings that a person loves and cannot get.
Zhou Xingchi also likes this song very much, in 2013, he filmed "Journey to the West", still taking this song as the theme song, and Xingye even personally modified the lyrics of "Love of a Lifetime" for the Chinese version, sung by Shu Qi.
Back in 1994, Liu Zhenwei invited Lu Guanting to visit Xi'an, and the director said that there was a story that must be told to him in person, and after listening to it, he asked him to write a song for "Journey to the West".
At that time, Lu Guanting must not have imagined that this trip to the northwest would give birth to the most widely sung and classic song in all his works in the future.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Lu Guanting and Tang Shuchen</h1>
At about 16 or 17 years old, Mr. Lu made some money by washing dishes in the United States, buying one of the most expensive L5 Gibsons at a guitar shop for $1,500, a huge sum of money in the 1960s.
At that time, it may have been decided that music would be his life's work.
In 1977, the 27-year-old Lu Guanting returned from the Cornish Music School in the United States, he wanted to make a splash in the Hong Kong music scene with country rock, as long as someone listened to his songs, or could support himself.
At that time, Lu Guanting had a face with his own sense of joy, a small man and thin, and indeed a bit ordinary in the crowd, he had the creative talent of composing music but could not fill in the words, because he had reading and writing disorders.
In the early years of Zhang Guorong and Chen Baiqiang, he did not have a chance in the music industry, so he sang in a five-star hotel bar, during which time he met his true destiny.
During the Republic of China period, Tang Jiyao, a great warlord who dominated the side of Yunnan, after liberation, his descendants went to Hong Kong to develop, and then they spread their branches, and their grandchildren produced two female Haojie, one is Tang Shuxuan, a famous Hong Kong literary and art film director, and the other is a talented woman Tang Shuchen.
Tang Shuchen also studied in the United States, returned to Hong Kong and worked in the family business for a while, and then worked in the hotel where Lu Guanting was stationed, with her family background and personal ability, she worked as a public relations manager in the hotel.
One day, Lu Guanting performed in a bar, and few listeners listened to it, but among them was Tang Shuchen, who took the initiative to talk: "Your music hong Kong people don't like." ”
He faded back: "It's nothing, maybe it's a matter of taste, when I re-familiarize myself with Hong Kong, they will like me." ”
This calmness attracted the attention of the girl, who recognized his talent, and felt that a person who had little fame and fortune but persevered would one day achieve something.
Back and forth, Lu Guanting was also attracted to this bookish girl, he bought flowers to send beautiful people, but the girl did not like it.
Later, Lu Guanting asked Tang Shuchen to go for a walk in the forest park, and when the scenery went deep, he plucked up enough courage to take out the prepared necklace, which was originally a romantic bridge section, but Tang Shuchen grabbed the necklace and threw it away, and then turned his head and walked away.
In the eyes of the girl, these are all garbage, it is useless to pursue her to pile up with materials, who makes her Tang Jiyao's granddaughter!
Lu Guanting later stopped giving gifts deliberately, after a declining nobleman, what did he want most?
Make her laugh.
Lu Guanting's face was full of joy, which was a plus, he constantly changed his method to make Tang Shuchen laugh, and after laughing more, the distance between the two people was naturally closer.
Later, Mrs. Lu said to her husband: "Making me laugh shows that you have a brain." ”
Also, compared to being captured by an impatient necklace, letting an interesting soul attract, fang is worthy of the identity of the Tang family, this is the true nobleman.
The hotel management of the young lovers is very strict, it is forbidden for employees to have a romantic relationship, a date between the two was found by the hotel executives, Miss Tang family could not move, but the unlucky egg Lu Guanting had to manage the cover and leave.
I don't know if it was to comfort this frustrated man, Tang Shuchen made two decisions: to make a promise to each other and fill in the lyrics for the music of his lover.
In addition, the Tang family, who regards money as dung, really can't stand the name of "Lu Guofu", since they will go to the rivers and lakes together in the future, the name will also be changed by the way, just call it "Lu Guanting".
A treasure in a book, a hero in a person.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > 14 years</h1>
In 1983, Tang Shuchen officially entered the music scene as a lyricist, lu Guanting received this help from this sage, and his career was also ready to start.
In 1984, Lu Guanting found a place in the film industry, he did music design for "Urban Love", and in the same year, he ran a dragon suit in the movie "The Secret Order of the Queen of best drag", he played a subway driver.
What really made him famous was 1985's "Half Love", which was the only starring experience in his profession, and he wrote the theme song "Happy Honest Man" for the film.
This song made him receive a lot of praise in the industry, and since then, writing theme songs and soundtracks for the film has become his main job, and he has also made some cameos in the film, basically comedy roles.
In Shen Dianxia's classic movie "Rich and Powerful" series, Lu Guanting's role as Ah Mao is not much, but it is very interesting.
Lu Guanting's comedic face is simply a god's appreciation, and he, together with Wu Junru and Huang Yishan, filmed the funny ghost film "A Good Life" and received a good response.
Although Lo's performance in Hong Kong comedy films is also remarkable, it is obviously not a level compared to his musical achievements.
He is a third-rate comedian at best, but when it comes to making music, he definitely deserves to be compared to the top musicians in Hong Kong, he is a first-class musician.
From 1984 to his retirement in 1988, Lo guanting did behind-the-scenes scoring work for hundreds of Hong Kong films, the most representative of which are the films of Wang Jing and Stephen Chow, without whom these films would have lost a lot of color.
Lu Guanting served as a music designer for "Gamble Saint", "Gambler", "Trickster Expert", "New Jingwumen 1991", "Comics Veyron", "Gamblers 2 Above the Beach Gamble Saint", "Truant Veyron 3", "Shaolin Soccer" and other films.
Originally, "Kung Fu" also wanted to invite him out of the mountain, but he refused on the grounds that he was "no longer young".
In 1989, Chow Yun-fat played the god of gambling Gao Jin, his domineering appearance music, this exclusive BGM is from the hand of Lu Guanting.
In 1991, Jet Li played Huang Feihong, and his appearance BGM was also created by Lo Guanting.
Lu Guanting is by no means only a good song, he and Li Zongsheng have collaborated on a song "Like the Wind Past", which still sounds like a lingering sound;
Jiang Yuheng sang his song "Looking Back Again", enough to eat a lifetime of old Books;
His brother Zhang Guorong also sang his "May People Last", and he wrote a song "Where Are You" for his brother, which is also very classic;
"Happy Honest Man", "Walk with You", "Years of Light Madness" and other classics are endless, and he is a well-deserved treasure musician in the Hong Kong music scene.
Just like Chen Kaige's "Farewell to the Overlord", Kevin Costner's "Dancing with Wolves", and Lu Guanting's song "Love of a Lifetime" is enough to be called a master.
And Lu Guanting made the ultimate version of "Love of a Lifetime" into a legendary work, which he used for 22 years.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > a lifelong love</h1>
Lu Guanting said that a good composer must not use logic to create, but use feelings and heart to feel the gifts given to him by God, so that such works can touch people's hearts.
He has dyslexia, he has not studied well since childhood, and he describes the language he receives, sometimes like scrambled eggs, all broken, completely unconnected together.
In 1994, Liu Zhenwei and Lu Guanting were in a hotel room chatting about stories, to be precise, one person telling and one person listening.
The director's pride and saliva flew together, and in a few hours, the love story of the supreme treasure was told a thousand times, and the hearers would clap their hands and applaud, so the whimsical ideas deserved any praise, but it was a pity that Lu Guanting only got a sentence "500 years of fruitless love".
However, this sentence is enough, Lu Guanting said that this sentence made him "sweat and hair stand up.".
On the plane back to Hong Kong, he began to compose music for the film, which was written that night, and his wife Tang Shuchen listened to the melody and completed the lyrics the next day.
This song is the same as "Journey to the West" many years later, which is regarded as a classic "Life And Love".
Lu Guanting sent this song to the crew, just in time for the final scene, Liu Zhenwei in the filming of the last city tower scene, the melody of this song is in his mind, Zhou Xingchi also insisted on changing the whole piece of nonsense performance, he used the way of affectionate drama and Zhu Yin to play, achieving this classic that can never be surpassed.
But the story doesn't end there.
With the advent of the Internet era, "Journey to the West" is on fire, and the melody of "Love of a Lifetime" is integrated into the blood of the movie, but it has not been able to catch fire, and even sometimes it will be ignored.
In 1998, under the impact of the Hong Kong financial crisis, the entertainment industry was in a slump, and because Lo Guanting suffered from chemical sensitivity, he was allergic to formaldehyde in dyes and decoration materials, and when he was severe, his chest burned and his ears were paralyzed.
So Lu Guanting and his wife, who have almost retired for more than a decade, run a "green life specialty store" on The Hill of Saigon, advocating environmental protection, and almost completely bidding farewell to the music circle.
However, during his retirement, Lu Guanting still spent 8 hours a day immersed in music and tone research, and he took out the songs he had created in the past and listened to them repeatedly, and a song could be listened to more than 100 times.
Lu Guanting said: Music, especially the songs sung, is the only channel that can directly shock people's hearts; of course, some people will be touched when they see paintings, but music can directly make you cry.
In 2016, 22 years after the original version of "Love of a Lifetime" was created, the 66-year-old Lu Guanting put on the guitar again, and there was an extra erhu accompaniment next to him, the melody was more simple and melodious, the sound of the instrument was crisp, and his voice that washed out the lead was integrated with the instrument, singing the vicissitudes of life, and the song was re-endowed with endless charm.
"Love of a Lifetime", without taking advantage of the east wind of Zhou Xingchi and "Journey to the West", can also completely conquer the audience with the charm of the music itself, which is a well-deserved classic song.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > postscript</h1>
Lu Guanting summed up the past, saying that actors give themselves 70 points, but music can play 100 points.
There were many cover versions of "Love of a Lifetime", but Lu Guanting did not give in: the version I sang was the best!
Almost all of Lu Guanting's famous songs, the lyricist is his wife Tang Shuchen, he often said "without a wife there is no me, the wife is the first, music is the second."
If Lu Guanting had not met Tang Shuchen, perhaps he could have created many classic musical works, but there would certainly be no "Love of a Lifetime".
Perhaps because everyone has something they crave but don't get, everyone can resonate with In Love of a Lifetime.
Enter the card below: Lu Guanting loved all his life; let's revisit the classics.
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