From Middle Age: Leisure Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 54: Write another martial arts song? No! (Please vote for collection)

Time passed by so lightly. It was already August, and the weather in Yanjing was extremely hot. It rained several times in the first few days, and it was still very cool. Then suddenly it became high temperature, and the "sunny and hot" mode was turned on, and the sky was very cold.

It's clear, very sunny, almost no wind, even a little bit of wind is hot.

Yu Dongqing went to Lijing Records to sign a song copyright agreement, and went to work over and over again.

Fortunately, the air conditioning in the office is very strong, making people forget about the sauna day outside.

This morning, not long after he started working, Yu Dongqing was called to his office by Wu Lan and made him a cup of chrysanthemum herbal tea with a smile on his face.

"Holly, I have something else to tell you,"

"Are you writing songs? And for whom? I know that every time you tell me something, you are writing songs." Yu Dongqing joked.

"Oh, you guessed it right. But this time I am writing a theme song for a TV series." Wu Lan said.

"Director Lu from Huangdu Film and Television Media is about to start filming a martial arts TV series called "Martial Arts Heroes". He said that the soundtrack "Knife Club Overture" you wrote for "Jianghu Inn" is very good, so he asked you to give him this TV series by name.

Write a theme song.”

Yu Dongqing knew that Director Lu, named Lu Yongru, was a relatively famous TV drama director in this time and space. He liked to make martial arts dramas, and he was a bit like Zhang Jizhong in the original time and space.

Wu Lan also gave Yu Dongqing the script of "Martial Arts Heroes". Yu Dongqing took it and read it and suddenly lost interest.

Wearing a three-foot sword, the road is thousands of miles away, and there is so much blood raining down.

"To be honest, I wrote several songs in succession some time ago, which took a lot of energy from me and now I have no inspiration."

"Wu Lan, why don't you find Fang Jinsong? He has written a lot of martial arts songs and is very experienced. Maybe he can write a hit song this time." Yu Dongqing came up with an idea.

There is a rolling dust of mortals, and when a beautiful woman looks back, how can she say she is lonely?

"I found Yu Dongqing, but he was on vacation during this period, and he said he had no inspiration and couldn't write anything recently."

If it can be written well, Director Lu doesn't care who writes it.

On such a hot day, it’s really hard to run all the way to and from get off work. Wearing a small vest and big pants makes you feel more at ease at home!

"Director Wu, I have carefully studied the song "Little Knife Club Overture" written by Yu Dongqing. It uses a lot of folk music, including the tones that tend to be on the pentatonic scale, and the two tones 4 and 7 are rarely used."

Besides, after Yu Dongqing left the office, Wu Lan immediately called Fang Jin and asked him to come to his office.

The martial arts routines of Shaw Brothers dramas were born out of Huangmei Opera movies, and the settings and main tone were also shaped on the basis of Huangmei Opera. The characters and storylines of the movies are derived from the drama and are higher than the drama, but they cannot get rid of the Huangmei Opera samples and exist independently; so many movies

The fighting scenes and storyline give more stage effect.

Yu Dongqing answered immediately.

Wu Lan then remembered that Lu Yongru once worked as a film sound effects designer when he was not a director!

But this also made him lose his temper. Those songs written by others were really popular, and you couldn't help but accept it, so he longed to write a good song himself.

Such a good song goes with such a trashy movie. If the composer Shang Yi knew about it, the coffin board might not be able to hold it down. Would he have traveled through time and hacked people directly with a 40-meter-long machete?

Therefore, of course, the reason why Yu Dongqing decided to shirk cannot be directly stated.

Yu Dongqing secretly regretted the last time she scored "Little Knife Club Overture" for that bad movie "Jianghu Inn".

If you want to be lazy, ask others to support you.

But apart from Yu Dongqing, Fang Jinsong is the only one in the company who writes martial arts drama theme songs.

"I can only say try my best." Yu Dongqing returned lazily.

Sighing for loyalty and treachery, all the waves are gone.

On the phone, Lu Yongru explained his reasons in one breath: "As for this song "Martial Arts Hero", although the soundtrack also uses a lot of traditional musical instruments such as drums and erhu, its melody is still Western-oriented! Am I right?"

Infinite country, countless heroes competing to surrender,

Then it would be even more fun to take my baby daughter to swim and play in the water.

"Well, I'm optimistic about you!"

Look at how impassioned the lyrics are:

The sky is blue and the water is vast,

Climb Jieshi to watch the tide.

So this time Wu Lan called him over and gave him this task. He happily accepted it without saying a word.

"Do I want to give you a week off?" Wu Lan finally asked with concern.

Wu Lan finally said.

So, while Yu Dongqing was having a leisurely vacation, Fang Jinsong locked himself in the office and began to create passionately.

Normally, I am the top brother in Jinye Records when it comes to writing lyrics and music, but recently I have been overshadowed by Yu Dongqing, and he is not a professional music writer, just a music editor!

snort.

Wu Lan rolled her eyes at him.

Tenderness has cherished the wind and moon since ancient times,

Grandeur has always shaken the sky.

"Wu Lan, the weather has been sultry recently. I've been so dizzy all day that I can't think of writing?" Yu Dongqing looked depressed and pretended to pinch her temples.

"How do you know?" Wu Lan was a little surprised. She didn't say who the songwriter was. If the other party agreed, she would say it was written by Fang Jinsong, so that she could communicate. She didn't expect the other party to actually hear it.

Not to mention the plot, the martial arts scenes are extremely crude, just like the martial arts films produced by Shaw Brothers in the 1970s.

A few days ago, I asked you to write another song for Ai Tong that is suitable for him to sing, and you resisted in the same way!

Wu Lan was a little dissatisfied with Yu Dongqing's attitude, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Yu Dongqing really couldn't stand it.

He seems a bit silent recently, how about letting him try?

"Don't worry, Director Wu, I will definitely write a hit song this time!" Fang Jinsong was gearing up and full of confidence.

Wu Lan listened carefully several times and felt that it was pretty good. It was much better than the songs he had written some time ago, so he called Director Lu and sent the song to him for him to listen to first.

First, I sent the song to Xiong Zhenghai, the deputy music director with whom I have a good relationship, and asked him to check it. After getting approval, I sent it to Wu Lan.

“What I wish for!”

Ah?

I can’t believe that you, a director, have such a deep understanding of music!

So, Yu Dongqing started taking a vacation.

Thinking of this, Wu Lan and Yan Yuese said that you should take a good rest recently and recharge your batteries.

Finally, Wu Lan gave a few words of encouragement: "Jinsong, you know, Director Lu is a famous film and television director in our country. He is very popular especially in martial arts dramas. I hope you can write good songs and add beauty to the entire TV series!"

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"This song was written by Fang Jinsong from our company. You have heard his name before. He is also an excellent musician, especially good at martial arts songs! But as far as this song is concerned, you need a majestic musical atmosphere

, he also wrote it out, right?"

Unexpectedly, not long after, Wu Lan received a call from the other party: "Director Wu, this song was not written by Yu Dongqing, right?"

My blood boiled when I saw it.

Wu Lan decided to tell the truth.

Fang Jinsong has been a little depressed recently.

"Then you have to promise me one thing. If I ask you to write a song next time, you can't shirk it anymore!" Wu Lan said.

After going through a large number of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign famous songs, and after several nights of painstaking research, I finally wrote a martial arts-flavored song "Martial Arts Hero"!

He felt very satisfied.

It tells the story of martial arts people who served their country loyally at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. It is a bit like the original Once Upon a Time series in that time and space.

After all, creation really requires inspiration, and you really can’t write any good music if you’re not in the right state.

Lu Yongru on the other side of the phone hesitated.

To be fair, this "Martial Arts Hero" song is well written and can be said to be better than most popular martial arts songs on the market.

But in Lu Yongru's heart, he always felt that something was missing.

But since Wu Lan said so, he seemed to have no reason to refuse.

(End of chapter)