The hit drama "Want to See You" has finally ushered in the finale since it aired in mid-November last year. The plot combines romantic crossing and multiple issues, with a number of tailor-made songs, which has become a hot topic on the Internet. In the work "Want to See You", singer-songwriter Sun Shengxi single-handedly created the opening song "Someday or One Day" and the interlude "Escape" in the film, and with the broadcast of the recent finale, she and the lead singer of the Eight Three Dreams Orchestra Ah Pu teamed up to cooperate with the Chinese-English mash-up "Easter Egg" song "Want to See You Someday or One Day" adapted with the opening and ending song, and its mv rushed to the line a few hours before the premiere of the finale, quickly exceeded 200,000 viewers.
It is understood that the song "Want to See You Someday or One Day", from adaptation, recording, MV shooting to the shelves, all stayed up late in 24 hours to complete, and the Beijing News interviewed Sun Shengxi to further understand the creation of these three songs behind the scenes.
Sun Shengxi and ah pu, the lead singer of the Eight Three Dreams Orchestra. Courtesy of respondents
The opening song and interlude project their own emotions and memories
At the beginning of 2019, Sun Shengxi received the information given by the crew of "Want to See You", which contained the introduction of each character, the lines of several scenes, and also provided accurate style reference direction. Regarding the creation of the opening song "Someday or One Day", Sun Shengxi said that he thought this crew was very special, hoping that she would use the English record title song, and it was a rural retro style, originally did not know whether she could control these two elements, but after writing it, I found that the stylistic challenge was feasible, and the lyrics pleased Christine Welch. Sun Shengxi said that he likes the mood described by Chris Ding, and it is also particularly suitable for the drama "Want to See You".
Sun Shengxi said that in fact, when composing the song "Someday or One Day", the reference script fragment has the heroine Huang Yuxuan waking up from a dream and finding that her boyfriend Wang Yisheng is no longer around in the house they moved in a few years ago. She feels, "Whenever I hear the song 'Someday or One Day,' I always remind myself of my family, or people who have left my side, and when I miss it, I feel warmth and regret, I know that it is unlikely, but I still believe that one day we will return to each other." ”
Another film interlude "Escape", written by Sun Shengxi, said that it was a song written for the role of "Chen Yunru", "Chen Yunru's personality and story just fit well with her current low tide, so she unconsciously projected herself on her." The data describes that she is a girl who studies hard, just to not be hated by her family and not eliminated, the only safe place is the record store where she works, she thinks that life is full of despair, want to disappear into this world, only 'he' can make himself happy, but he loves not her. When I only got the plot outline and very few lines, I had to use my imagination to complete the important opening song in a short period of time, which was actually very challenging. But Sun Shengxi feels that the personality and situation of each character evoke some of their own emotions and memories, and these two songs have become two very important songs in Sun Shengxi's life.
Take a group photo with the main creator of the crew. Courtesy of respondents
In the process of chasing the drama, they cooperated in the "Easter Egg" song
During the interview, Sun Shengxi repeatedly said that he was also a fan of the drama "Want to See You" and had been chasing the drama. Talking about the song "Easter Egg" "Want to See You Someday or One Day" with the Yachizoo Orchestra, she recalled, "At that time, two days after watching the penultimate episode, Yasanyao asked me if I wanted to adapt the two mixes together and sing each other's songs, and since "Want to See You" is a drama that travels through time and space, the opening ending song also crosses over. So we adapted, recorded, filmed, edited, and wrote on Saturday, and after we were done, we gave you this gift the next day, in fact, we also chased the drama ourselves, wanting to comfort ourselves and everyone's reluctance to this drama. ”
Doing soundtracks and film soundtracks has always been one of Sun Shengxi's dreams, and through this creation, she feels that there is a complementary and mutual relationship between acoustic music and film and television works. "If there's good content, good images, the song will feel more and make a deep impression." And if the song has a feeling, it will also add points to the image. ”
Compared with the original music in the past, Sun Shengxi feels that the most special thing about this creation is that his memories and feelings have a similar feeling like in the song, as long as he falls into that feeling to experience, the sound that pops up when he sings corresponds to the play: "For the film and television drama creation, you can quickly start writing words, there is a clear story and character limitations, you can quickly play the imagination, so as to get the picture, but the style needs to be in line with the characteristics of the play, easy to be framed." Creating your own songs can play a variety of styles, and the story has unlimited possibilities, but sometimes it is more likely to take yourself as the protagonist, and you need to spend some time to find the theme. ”
At first, Sun Shengxi felt that the songs created for "Want to See You" were not songs with high popularity or high market popularity, but were completely loyal to feelings and plots, and I did not expect that everyone could also like them, which gave me a lot of courage. Next, my new album will have different styles, and I hope that everyone will continue to pay attention to the new works after that.
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
Edited by Tian Kaini Proofreader Wang Xin