When the ethereal sound of the bamboo flute rang out in the concert hall, many people in the audience had satisfied smiles on their faces. Sure enough, it was Zhou Yan who caught people's ears with just a brief opening.
And the taste of this music is so right. Although it is played on a bamboo flute, you can still hear the new century style in it, and new century music is Zhou Yan's specialty.
Someone once jokingly called Zhou Yan the "King of the New Age", but this title was opposed by many of Zhou Yan's loyal fans, because these fans believed that Zhou Yan only occasionally played new age music and should not be labeled To be labeled as a new century player, he must be an all-around player.
The beginning of this paragraph sounds melodious and brisk at first, but after listening carefully, you can feel a hint of tension, just like the calm before the storm.
The audience felt right. The light and melodious melody ended quickly, and the mood of the tune gradually became tense, and gradually there was a feeling of a horse sharpening an army.
There was no fierce fighting, just the tension of everyone getting ready before the big battle.
No, it is not just a simple feeling of tension, but also a variety of emotions, such as anxiety, expectation, excitement... What it depicts is the complex emotions in people's hearts when war is coming.
The stream clouds are beginning to rise, the sun is sinking into the pavilion, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is filling the building.
Many viewers now understand why Zhou Yan named this piece "The Beginning". Isn't this depicting a scene where the war is about to begin? The name is very apt.
The song "The Beginning" is not Zhou Yan's original creation, but the background music in the movie "Red Cliff". Its name is also "The Beginning". Zhou Yan did not change its name.
The movie "Red Cliff" has been criticized by many people. Some people think that the production level of this movie is very high, and the service and special effects production are much better than those of the same period and similar film and television works. However, some people think that this movie is It's just artistic garbage, just superficial and completely devoid of the connotation of the story of the Three Kingdoms.
Generally speaking, the reviews of this movie are average. Many people can’t remember what the movie is about after watching the movie, and the casting of the movie also made many people feel uncomfortable.
Although the actors participating are all very well-known, when it comes to their roles, nothing feels right. The key director was also unwilling to dub these actors, and insisted on using their original voices. The lines would be painful to the ears.
Especially when they saw Xiao Qiao speaking with a Taiwanese accent, many viewers were confused.
The most famous thing in the movie is Lin Chiling's phrase "cute and cute".
But no matter what, the soundtrack of this movie is still remarkable.
The soundtrack director of the film is Neon musician Taro Iwashiro, and the song "The Beginning" was also composed by him.
Although Taro Iwashiro is not as famous as Kitaro, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi and others, he is by no means an unknown person. He has always been active in the fields of games, TV series and movies.
Except for "Red Cliff", the works that he participated in the soundtrack are probably "Memories of Murder" and "Tai Ping Wheel" that are most familiar to Chinese people. Among them, "Memories of Murder" is the most widely circulated.
Iwashiro Taro is probably only in his thirties now. He has made a name for himself in Neon and is not very famous.
The original orchestration of "The Beginning" was a Western orchestral instrument, with some more Western drum beats. After Zhou Yan took it over, he made some adaptations based on the timbre and playing skills of the bamboo flute, which sounds quite different from the original version.
However, Zhou Yan still did not choose to put this piece of music into "Three Kingdoms" back then, because even if it was an adapted version, it still did not fit well with the overall soundtrack style of "Three Kingdoms".
In fact, there are three pieces of music in "Red Cliff" that impressed Zhou Yan the most. One was the song "The Beginning", another was a guqin piece played by Zhou Yu and others, and the last was a child on the hillside when Zhou Yu's army was training. The flute that was played above.
Of the three pieces of music, Zhou Yan’s favorite is the guqin piece, which was written by Tang Jianping, their Yangyin teacher. However, there are too many distractions in the movie, and even the position of the guqin during the performance can be wrong. , the props team and the on-site music director were so unqualified, such low-level mistakes should not be made.
The music was written by Tang Jianping, and Zhou Yan knew Tang Jianping very well because they were colleagues in the same department.
Tang Jianping knows Chinese folk musical instruments very well. As long as the director can consult Tang Jianping, he will not make such a stupid mistake.
Zhou Yan also liked the flute music played by the children, but this part was Taro Iwashiro's big mistake.
The mode of this flute piece is "Yale Seven Tones Feather Mode". This mode has Persian style and can be heard in northwest China, but it is impossible to appear in the music of Jiangnan. It's a bit outrageous to hear it played by a child.
Iwashiro Taro doesn’t understand these things at all, so when scoring movies, it’s easy to lose touch with reality.
This is also the problem with finding a foreigner to be the soundtrack director. Of course Iwashiro Taro’s musical quality is no problem, but his grasp of the style of Chinese national music is not accurate enough.
Later, when some Chinese films were being shot, foreign musicians would be chosen as soundtrack directors in an attempt to achieve "internationalization", but in fact many of the results were not very good.
Actually, Taro Iwashiro's performance is quite good. What impressed Zhou Yan most was another movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth". The director hired Rahman, a well-known Indian scorer, to serve as the soundtrack.
Of course Rahman’s level is no problem. He is a world-renowned musician, but his style does not fit with Chinese movies. As a result, the music list of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" sounds good. , but when put in the movie, it seems a bit nondescript, which is difficult for many people to accept.
And Zhou Yan thinks that there are too many musical passages in "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", and it even looks a bit like a musical. In some places, the music passages are too closely connected to each other, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Being out of breath not only weakens the movie image itself, but also weakens the role of the music.
If "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" can find Zhao Jiping or some other outstanding Chinese composers to serve as soundtrack guide, then the musical performance will definitely be better.
But for a certain period of time, Chinese people lacked self-confidence and always liked to pursue internationalization.
In terms of movies, as long as it has something to do with Oscars, I will believe it without thinking.
The adapted version of "The Beginning" is slightly longer, nearly six minutes in total, but Zhou Yan plans to make this version longer.
After Qingyinfang formed a group, although it could rely on his old songs to develop, it was still a bit uninteresting.
So Zhou Yan wanted to leave some music for Qingyinfang, so that whenever the audience hears these songs in the future, they can immediately think of Qingyinfang.
On the basis of already having "Snow Flower", Zhou Yan is ready to leave "The Beginning" to them as well.
After Zhou Yan played the song "The Beginning", many audience members couldn't help but stood up again and applauded Zhou Yan.
This previously unreleased song gave them too many surprises.
At first, when they heard Zhou Yan say that "The Beginning" was a piece eliminated from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many viewers subconsciously thought that this piece would not be very long. After all, even the length of the pieces that became the soundtrack Even if they are not long, can Zhou Yan make the eliminated songs longer?
But what they didn't expect was that this piece of music was actually six minutes long, and it was so complete that it didn't look like a random composition at all.
After listening to "The Beginning", many viewers also expressed doubts, why such a beautiful song did not become the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?
Of course, many viewers understand that the song "The Beginning" is indeed very nice and impeccable in all aspects, but it is not suitable for "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" because it is the same as the soundtrack of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" The overall style doesn't fit very well. Amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience, Zhou Yan put away his bamboo flute and stood on the stage waiting for a while to let the applause last for a while.
When the applause gradually subsided, Zhou Yan stepped forward, bowed down to greet the stage, and then said: "As an old Chinese saying goes, there is no such thing as a feast that never ends. Thank you all for following me. We spent such a wonderful night together, see you tomorrow."
After that, Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "Auntie washes the railway."
The audience has already formed muscle memory at this time. When Zhou Yan says "Auntie washes the railway," they will also reply with "Auntie washes the railway," and it is very neat.
The second time, some people shouted "Auntie washes the railway", while others shouted "I love you".
Zhou Yan smiled, that was good. Although he was saying goodbye, there was not a word of goodbye in the audience.
After Zhou Yan went down this time, he never returned.
Although some viewers still shout Zhou Yan's name, most people know that Zhou Yan will probably not come up again.
Gojima Takashi didn't go to Zhou Yan again. The effect tonight had far exceeded his expectations.
After that, the Broadcasting Art Troupe returned twice more, and tonight’s concert finally came to an end.
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Later, the Broadcasting Art Troupe went outside the concert hall and performed several additional programs for the audience who had not bought tickets, but this time Zhou Yan did not attend.
Zhou Yan didn’t come, but Gojima Takashi was very happy.
As the organizer of this series of concerts, NHK certainly hopes that the audience will come and buy tickets. For those who have not bought tickets, it is best not to let them see the performance, otherwise it will reduce the overall enthusiasm of the audience to buy tickets.
We should let them know that if they can't buy tickets, they won't be able to see Zhou Yan.
In this way, if you want to see Zhou Yan, you have to buy a ticket, and then their tickets can be sold more expensive.
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The next day, as Gojima Takashi expected, all major media reported on last night’s concert.
But what Gojima Takashi didn't expect was that the most popular people this time were Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina joining hands to support the concert.
Although Kudo Shizuka and Nakamori Akina disguised themselves well, they were still recognized and took photos.
The reporter who photographed them must have noticed them a long time ago, and even had photos of them walking into the concert hall.
There are also photos of two people sitting in the front row and shouting along with other audience members.
Originally, two female stars going to a concert was not a big deal worth discussing, but when the two female stars were Shizuka Kudo and Akina Nakamori, the situation became different.
Let’s talk about Kudo Shizuka first. Since the beginning of last year, she has been firmly at the top of the list of popularity in the neon singer circle. She usually attracts a lot of attention in everything she does.
And there have been rumors about her and Zhou Yan's affair, so reporters must be paying close attention to her when she appears at the concert.
As for Nakamori Akina, she has rarely appeared in front of the media and the public recently. There are rumors outside that she is going to retire, and some people directly speculate that she has committed suicide.
Her appearance at Zhou Yan's concert this time was indeed a surprise.
And looking at the photos taken by reporters, Akina Nakamori seemed to be in a pretty good mood, and she would shout like other viewers at the scene.
The hottest news the next day was this, followed by Zhou Yan saying "Auntie Washes the Railway" and "I Love You" at the concert, and he played another long-lost song "The Beginning".
But in any case, because of these news, the popularity of the "Three Kingdoms" theme concert has soared, and it has also aroused the desire of many people to buy tickets to attend the concert, but people only know when they go to buy tickets. , the tickets for the first three shows have been sold out.
If you want to buy tickets now, you can only buy tickets for the next three games, but the prices of the remaining tickets for the next three games have increased.
The sixth concert was held in Nagoya, and the ticket price for this concert was 25% higher than the ticket price for the first concert in Tokyo.
The population size, economic level and music market of Nagoya cannot be compared with Tokyo at all. If there is a ticket that is more expensive, it should be Tokyo.
But the fact is the opposite. The Nagoya show is also the most expensive in the entire series.
Zhou Yan does not care about the ticket price of the concert, because no matter how much the ticket price is, it has nothing to do with him. He is getting a fixed salary this time.
For a while, Zhou Yan followed Li Yiding and others in concerts every day, and wrote his own score when he had time.
The score of "Snow Flower" has been written, but the score of "The Beginning" has not yet been completed. Of course, basically at the end of the day, Zhou Yan has a lot of leisure time every day these days, and his work efficiency is much faster.
As for Qingyinfang, Zhou Yan naturally didn't have time to follow them, but every time their activities ended, Zhou Yan had to pay attention to the specific situation.
After Dongyi's concert, relevant units soon approached Qingyinfang and wanted to cooperate.
Now Qingyinfang has added two more university concerts, an interview and two business performances.
Zhou Yan only nodded in agreement after watching the two commercial performances.
According to the current pace, I am afraid that Qingyinfang will not leave Neon in the short term. Zhou Yan is already considering setting up a studio specifically for Qingyinfang in Neon.
The nine people in Qingyinfang are only responsible for the performance, but the logistics work and external relations work need to be done by dedicated personnel. (End of chapter)