Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 54 Write a martial arts song again?Do not write! (seek ticket collection)
Time passed so lightly.It’s already August, and the weather in Yanjing is extremely sweltering. It rained several times in the first few days, and it was still cool, but suddenly it became high temperature. The “clear and hot” mode was turned on. The sky was very clear and the sun was particularly strong. There is almost no wind, and a little wind is hot wind.

Yu Dongqing went to Lijing Records to sign the song copyright use agreement, and went to work again and again.

Fortunately, the office is very air-conditioned, which makes people forget about the sauna day outside.

This morning, not long after he went to work, 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? Who are you writing them for? I know that every time you tell me something, you write songs." Yu Dongqing joked.

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

"Director Lu of Huangdu Film and Television Media is going to start filming a martial arts TV series called "Wulin Heroes". He said that the soundtrack "Small Knife Overture" you wrote for "Jianghu Inn" is very good, so he asked you to give him this TV series by name. Write the theme song."

Yu Dongqing knew that director Lu, called Lu Yongru, was a well-known TV director in this time and space. He liked to make martial arts dramas, and he was a bit like Zhang Jizhong in that time and space.

Wu Lan also gave Yu Dongqing the script of "Heroes of the Martial Arts", Yu Dongqing took it over and looked at it, and immediately lost interest.

It is written in the late Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, the story of martial arts people serving the country loyally, a bit like the original Huang Feihong series in that time and space.

Not to mention the plot, the martial arts scene design is terrible, just like the martial arts movies made by Shaw Brothers movies in the 70s.

The martial arts routines of Shaw Brothers dramas were born out of Huangmei Opera movies, and the sets and main tone were also shaped on the basis of Huangmei Opera.Among them, the characters and storylines of the movie are derived from the drama and are higher than the drama, but they cannot get rid of the samples of Huangmei Opera and exist independently; so that many fighting scenes and storylines in the movie give people more stage effects.

Yu Dongqing really couldn't see it.

Last time, Yu Dongqing secretly regretted the soundtrack "Small Knife Club Overture" for the bad movie "Jianghu Inn".

Such a good song is paired with such a rubbish movie. If the composer Shang Yi knew, the coffin board would not be able to hold it down. Would he cross over and kill people with a 40-meter-long sword?
Therefore, Yu Dongqing decided to shirk, of course he couldn't directly say the reason.

"Wu Lan, the weather is sultry and hot recently. I'm so dizzy all day, how can I write?" Yu Dongqing looked depressed and pinched her temples pretendingly.

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

A few days ago, I asked you to write another song suitable for Ai Tong, and you were so evasive!
Wu Lan was a little dissatisfied with Yu Dongqing's attitude, but there was nothing she could do.

After all, creating this matter really needs inspiration, and it is really impossible to write any good songs when you are no longer in a state.

"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.

Humph.
Wu Lan gave him a blank look.

If you want to be lazy, you can pull others to cover your back.

But aside from Yu Dongqing, Fang Jinsong is the only company that writes theme songs for martial arts dramas.

He seems a little silent recently, why don't you let him try?

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

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

"Should I give you a week off?" Wu Lan finally asked with concern.

"I can't ask for it!"

Yu Dongqing replied immediately.

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

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

On such a hot day, running back and forth on the road to and from get off work dressed neatly is really a pain.Wearing a small vest and big pants is so carefree at home!

Then it will be even more refreshing to take the baby girl to swim and play in the water.

So, Yu Dongqing started to take vacation.

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

Fang Jinsong has been a little depressed recently.

I used to be in Jinye Records, and I was definitely the first brother in writing lyrics and music, but recently Yu Dongqing overshadowed the limelight, and he is not a professional song writer, just a music editor!

But it also made him lose his temper. The songs they wrote were really hits, and you couldn't accept it, so he longed to write a good song himself.

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

In the end, Wu Lan gave a few more words of encouragement: "Jin Song, you know, Director Lu is a well-known director of film and television dramas in our country, and he is very popular especially in martial arts dramas. I hope you can write a good song and add icing on the cake to the whole drama! "

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

"Well, I like you!"

So, while Yu Dongqing was leisurely on vacation, Fang Jinsong locked himself in the office and started passionate creation.

After rummaging through a large number of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign famous songs, and after several nights of painstaking research, I finally wrote a song "Wulin Heroes" with a martial arts flavor!
He felt very satisfied.

Look at how impassioned the lyrics are:
The sky is blue, the water is far away,
Board Jieshi to watch the tide of the sea.

Unlimited country, countless heroes compete,

Sighing loyalty and treachery, the waves are all washed away.

Wearing a three-foot sword, thousands of miles away, how much blood rains down.

Tenderness has cherished wind and moon since ancient times,
The boldness has always shocked Bixiao.

There is a world of mortals, and a beautiful woman looks back, how can I say loneliness?

When I saw it, my blood boiled.

First send the song to Xiong Zhenghai, the deputy director of music with whom I usually have a good relationship, and ask him to check it out, and then send it to Wu Lan after getting affirmation.

Wu Lan listened carefully several times, and felt that it was not bad, much better than the song he wrote some time ago, so she called Director Lu and sent the song to the other party for him to try it out first.

Unexpectedly, after a short time, Wu Lan received a call from the other party: "Director Wu, didn't Yu Dongqing write this song?"

"How do you know?" Wu Lan was a little surprised. She didn't say who the songwriter was. If the other party approved it, Fang Jinsong wrote it, so that I could make a difference. I didn't expect the other party to recognize it.

"Director Wu, I have carefully studied Yu Dongqing's "Small Knife Club Prelude", which uses a lot of folk music, including the tone of the pentatonic scale, and rarely uses 4 and 7."

On the phone, Lu Yongru stated his reasons in one breath: "Although the soundtrack of this song "Heroes of the Martial Arts" also uses traditional musical instruments such as drums and erhu, its melody is still Western! Am I right?"

Ah?
I can't see that you, a director, have such a deep understanding of music!

It was only then that Wu Lan remembered that Lu Yongru used to be a film sound designer when he was not a director!

Wu Lan decided to tell the truth.

"I found Yu Dongqing, but he was on vacation during this period, and he said that he has no inspiration to write recently."

"This song was written by Fang Jinsong of our company. You have heard his name before. He is also an excellent musician and is especially good at martial arts songs! But as far as this song is concerned, the majestic music atmosphere you need , he also wrote it out?"

Wu Lan finally said.

Lu Yongru on the phone was a little hesitant.

In all fairness, this song "Heroes of the Martial Arts" is well written, and it can be said to be better than most popular martial arts songs on the market.

But in Lu Yongru's heart, there is always something missing.

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

(End of this chapter)