On November 8, the official of League of Legends and Eason Chan officially announced the first animated drama of League of Legends,"Battle of Two Cities", Chinese and the theme song "Lone Warrior" was officially launched. Following the Dream Dragon Band, "The Battle of Two Cities" once again cooperated with the hall-level singers, and the importance of the work to Fist and Tencent can be imagined.
How good is his singing ability? Performed a 3-minute tale of two cities with singing skills]
"League of Legends: Battle of Two Cities" is a story that revolves around the Worldview of League of Legends in PiCheng and Zuan. What kind of civilization spark collides between the bustling shangcheng, which is keen on scientific and technological progress, and the chaotic bottom city that chases the chemical industry? What kind of heroic stories are interwoven by well-known heroes Such as Jinx, Wei, Caitlin, Ike, Jace and others? With such a huge world view and content, Eason Chan uses only one song to tell their stories in your ear.
Eason Chan's breath use is always out of the ordinary. The natural vocal singing method is modified, with frequent abdominal resonance, the air voice with his deep voice line, bringing out a super textured bass, the song is like pouring in your ear, telling the real, thick story of the heroes of the twin cities.
In an era of widespread high pitch, there are not many mid-bass singers who can have such a deductive ability. The "Battle of Two Cities" revolves around the story of the clash of civilizations in the upper and lower cities, and the tempering and transformation between the growth of heroes, making Eason Chan the best candidate for cooperation. Some musicians have commented: "Mellow as a bellows, whistling when pulling, humming when closing", solid and magnetic, in songs such as "Long Time Gone" and "Ten Faces Ambush", his bass sings an inexplicable emotion. Coupled with the pure true and false tone conversion of the alto area, the natural baritone voice is born to be a person who tells stories with music.
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Eason Chan relies on these excellent conditions and the character of loving to play and dare to play and like to challenge, bringing one good album after another, and also singing a lot of classic theme songs with different styles in TV series, movies and even animated series.
Recently, the theme song "Lone Brave", which was jointly created Chinese by Eason Chan and the first animated series "Battle of Two Cities" of "League of Legends", was officially released, and chose to create from the perspective of "ordinary heroes" and "heroes outside the lights", deeply grasping the core intention of "The Battle of Two Cities" and the temperament of many character group portraits, and restoring those unsung heroes who are not in the orthodox sense.
They say to tame every monster with light
They say to sew up your wounds, and no one loves clowns
Why loneliness is not glorious
Man has only imperfections worthy of praise
Who says that a sludge-covered man is not a hero
The thick bass is like stepping on the streets of the lower city, telling the hero who is different from "their" eyes, no light, no one loves, lonely, imperfect, and covered in mud. But so what?
Does it match? Go? This ragged cape
War? Battle! In the humblest of dreams
To the whimpering and roaring of the night
Who says that standing in the light is a hero
"Worth it?" War? "With a deafening question about the status quo that is not borderline with reality, eason has a piercing true voice, and breaks the doubt with a roar, even if he is in the night, even if he can only whimper, he can have a humble but lonely dream.
Unlike the other English theme song "enemy", sung by the legendary band Menglong, which expresses a flamboyant attitude, the theme song of the Chinese version sung by Eason Chan injects a strong emotion and heart-to-heart resonance. His skillful breath is breathable, can be released and retracted, relaxed and measured, and there is no hoarse exhaustion for despair, only the emotions that are difficult to control. Empathy generally sings the cry of "little people" - every lone hero, even the ordinary player of every game, whether in the dark alley or desperate, whether against the wind or desperate situation, can fight for themselves, fight for their dreams.
[Under the highlight, the songwriting team insists on telling stories with heart]
In the highlights, it is not easy for the behind-the-scenes songwriting team to make the most of Eason's strengths. This time" by Teacher Tang Tian lyrics, Teacher Qian Lei composed, arranged and served as a producer, and the two teachers are not the first time to cooperate, as early as the "My Father and Me" film and television works launched, has cooperated with Faye Wong to create a tear-inducing work "As Desired" has been widely praised.
Different from the last cooperation, "League of Legends" as a moba category and very personalized game IP, a variety of players, players' peak operations and competitions have their own stories, coupled with the animated series "Battle of Two Cities" has a deep and complex story, which makes it particularly difficult to tell a good story with music. Teacher Tang Tian accurately found the core idea, and decisively chose the perspective of "ordinary heroes other than light" in his lyrics. "I want to write about the people who are struggling in the mud than the shining people who get up and put on their armor." Teacher Tang Tian said, "I hope it is a song of 'real combustion', not preaching a beautiful attitude, not being brave for the sake of bravery." The heroes in this song are those who look up and walk the night road, those who have a temple in their hearts. ”
Coincidentally, when Composing, Teacher Qian Lei also perceived the composition challenges and opportunities brought by the "League of Legends" IP. "League of Legends songs have always been European and American style electronic rock, and this type of song will be biased towards blood burning. Use a simple and memorable hook to type the singing degree. However, eason is the charm of singing emotions is the most unique, so when I was writing music, I wanted it to be a song that had both emotional output and was very explosive, and I wanted to make a 'pop electronic burning song in Chinese context'" Qian Lei shared.
Under such tacit understanding, a burning song that meets the IP characteristics of "League of Legends" and stands in the perspective of both players and the public, a theme song that only belongs to Chinese League of Legends players was born.
【High-quality production, let players surprise and let the market admire】
This year, the "League of Legends" national costume ushered in the tenth anniversary, the national service mobile game was launched, and a series of games built around the "League of Legends" universe are also in full swing. On November 2, the official Weibo of Fist Games said that in October this year, more than 160 million players played the "League of Legends" series of games. The "League of Legends" e-sports system is currently the most successful e-sports event in the world, in addition to the professional competitions in each division, every year will also hold the "League of Legends" Mid-Season Championship Tournament", "League of Legends" Global Finals" and "League of Legends" All-Star Game" three world-class events, the popularity of the game is higher and higher every year.
Under such a current situation, "League of Legends" launched the first animated drama series "The Battle of Two Cities", and jointly created two versions of the theme song with top Chinese and foreign artists, which shows the ambition of "League of Legends" to broaden the territory. They do not want to be limited to games or related e-sports systems, but to develop in more fields of film and television and music.
"Battle of Two Cities" story takes place in the background of the League of Legends game Utopia - Piervov and Dungeon - Zuan two cities, the protagonist is Wei and Jinx two sisters, a total of 9 episodes, each episode is 40 minutes, and on November 7 at 10 o'clock on Tencent Video, Pocket League of Legends, "Battle of Two Cities" official website exclusive broadcast on the network, the premiere of free 3 episodes; follow-up will be updated every Saturday at 16:00, non-member users update 1 episode, member users on November 13 at 16:00 to watch 5-6 episodes, Watch episodes 7-9 (see the full episode) at 16:00 on November 20. Along with the popularity of the animated series, a variety of games in the series will also usher in a number of linkage activities, including terminal games, mobile games and strategy card games, and jointly launch the eye-catching battle of "Battle of Two Cities".