Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Rolling Yangtze River Passes Away
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In the homes of the whole country, and even some overseas Chinese who can watch satellite TV, in front of the TV, countless people have sat firmly on the sofa, locked a set of programs on Huaxia TV, and are waiting for this moment to come.
At this moment, June 29, 1998, at 8:0037 p.m.
On the TV screen, the opening animation of the TV drama production center of Huaxia TV station appeared.
Then, unusually suddenly, the horn sounded.
On the screen, smoke and dust filled the entire TV screen, and it was an ancient army marching.
This was accompanied by the sound of armor crashing, and the sound of neat and slightly mixed footsteps.
The second horn sounded.
With a loud shout, the picture on the TV screen turned, and the soldiers who could barely see the end were lined up in a formation.
With this loud shout, the armor collided and there was a sonorous sound.
The picture turns again, the flags are sheltered, and the horse team is surging.
At the opening of the flag, the drums sounded.
A shirtless man stood on a high platform, his muscles knotted, and he was beating a drum vigorously.
The earth-shattering shouts came and went, and on the screen, siege ladders were erected.
The trumpet sounded again.
This is the third tone.
The shouts gradually filled the living rooms of more than half of the homes in China.
The soldiers climbed to the top of the city on the siege ladder, but they were covered by the dense rain of arrows, and on the TV screen, many soldiers screamed and fell, however, the picture turned. Still, many climbed to the top of the city.
Swords and guns intersect. Chaos begins.
At this time. Cuts and transitions suddenly sped up, and music began to join in addition to the drums and shouts.
This is the orchestra.
On the screen, a group of galloping cavalry suddenly plunged headlong into a horse trap.
On the screen, the two generals' war horses intersected, and when the two shouts sounded, the weapons struck each other.
The snare drum joins in, and the drum beats are heavy.
Side rear lens. A group of well-armored generals stood under the banner, their horses were crowded, and in the distance of their eyes, there was a scene of fighting on the battlefield, smoke and dust rising and blood pooling everywhere.
The wind swept the battle flag, the dark night was heavy, the firelight suddenly lit up, and then the camera pushed, it was a raging fire that covered the sky.
People are fighting. Shouting, the horses chirping.
The camera rotates again. This time, it was a large wooden boat that was burning, and countless soldiers screamed and jumped into the river with the flames on their bodies.
Suddenly, the heavens and the earth were silent.
It's a big white snowfall.
The sound of the cave flute whimpered, as if it came from far away.
Three men dressed in snow furs, each leading a war horse, are slowly climbing the mountain.
The camera always followed their backs, only to see the leader stop, looking up, between heaven and earth, only reckless, at the end of the line of sight, there seems to be a grass on the hillside, deep and quiet.
The camera cuts, and the sound of the zither flickered.
The aura of killing once again pervaded.
On the TV screen, under the pass of a dangerous mountain, hundreds of torches illuminated the sky and the earth red, and the two generals shouted and fought together.
The sound of drums, accompanied by the sound of a zither.
One glared angrily, and the other frowned.
The screen turns again.
In front of the great array of thousands of troops and horses, a man and a horse galloped forward.
The horses were crimson horses, and the men were dressed in green robes.
At the head of the big formation, a general dressed in armor turned over and mounted his horse, ready to meet the enemy.
At this time, a pair of Danfeng eyes that had always been squinted in the picture suddenly opened.
In the next picture, the Qinglong Glaive slashed down vigorously.
The rolling river came rushing and suddenly drowning everything.
The sound of the wind, the drums, and the strings converge at this moment.
Above the picture, a white wave hits the turbidity.
The sound of music gradually took over the center, or rather, the orchestra took over the center of gravity.
However, soon only the sound of the guzheng remained.
On the screen, the four square characters of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" appear on the waves one by one in the way of writing.
Original: Luo Guanzhong.
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Just the first minute of the picture and soundtrack have already amazed countless viewers in front of the TV.
Three Kingdoms.
This is the Three Kingdoms!
In other words, the Three Kingdoms must have this taste!
Jin Ge Iron Horse, a heroic figure.
At this moment, just over a minute has passed, and almost all the viewers sitting in front of the TV at this moment, whether you are a teenage middle school student, a university professor, or a worker, a farmer, or an urban white-collar worker, can't help but feel an indescribable feeling in their hearts in an instant.
Although it's just an opening, it seems to suddenly pull people into that long history!
Next, it is a journey of the Three Kingdoms that lasts for 92 episodes.
It was also at this moment that countless professionals in the music circle sitting in front of the TV couldn't help but nod their heads - just an opening soundtrack, maybe not "excellent", "amazing" or anything like that, but at least, you have to admit that he did a good job!
A few simple traditional musical instruments - drums, zither, flute, with the vocals in the original TV shot, supplemented by orchestral music, the soundtrack at the beginning of more than a minute, clean and free, but people's expectations for the word "Three Kingdoms" are given, and the atmosphere is rendered very well, enough for the audience to start looking forward to the content just by watching this section of the film. The soundtrack of film and television dramas is of course another creation outside the camera, but in the final analysis, this kind of soundtrack must serve the film and television content itself, so it is fitting and appropriate, and it has reached the standard.
The soundtrack, which will give the first impression to all viewers in this minute, is not to be praised, but at least, it is qualified! and even quite beautiful!
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Subtitles fade.
As soon as the sound of the zither was rubbed, a rich baritro voice sounded-
"Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water,
The waves sweep away the heroes.
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In front of the TV, many people's eyes lit up.
For the vast majority of the general audience. Before the start of the TV series. Naturally, it is impossible to know in advance what the theme song of this play will be. But for many well-informed industry insiders, Li Qian's choice of an ancient word to compose the music cannot be said to be a secret, at least in a small area, there are still quite a few people who know.
It's just that that's all they can know, not to mention the deeper situation. They didn't even know which poem Li Qian chose - of course, in many people's speculation, Yang Shen's poem, which originally appeared at the beginning of the original book, must be the object of suspicion.
And now, "Sure enough, it's this one!", at this moment, countless insiders said in their hearts.
However, it's useless to know that it's this song, it's really eye-catching. It's this tune.
The classical genre of music is composed in an atmospheric and calm manner. And with this baritone...... Regardless of whether you admit it or not, you can only nod your head again and admit that the song is great - regardless of whether you choose the opening words of the original book, or the idea of the composition, and the final style, and then all the way to the choice of singers and voices, and even this arrangement that is mainly based on the pipa and supplemented by orchestral music, well, it is still the same sentence, "He did it beautifully!"
For ordinary audiences, they will only feel that this opening is very gripping, very in line with their own conjecture about the word "Three Kingdoms", and they will also feel that this theme song is very good, baritone, the words are classical, the song is good, and it is very compatible! But in the eyes of insiders, they have to admit that whether it is the important soundtrack at the beginning or the current theme song, Li Qian can achieve this level, which is beyond reproach.
Because if it were for you to come, few people could confidently say: I will do better than him!
Yes, the soundtrack, fabulous!
Yes, the theme song, even better!
At this moment, even those who were originally worried and questioned Li Qian's responsibility for the soundtrack of this TV series had to sigh: Okay, it seems that at this level, well, it's not blind!
Even, this theme song will definitely become a generation of classics!
As for some people who were very dissatisfied with Li Qian's leading of the soundtrack of this drama before, at this time, they could only murmur a few times secretly, at least, even if they were still unconvinced in their hearts, they also understood that their dissatisfaction was no longer convenient to express to any outsiders - are you still not convinced to do this? Unless your past achievements have reached a certain level, otherwise, it will only make people laugh.
This sound and this painting, what do you say?
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"Success or failure turns empty,
The green mountains are still there,
Several degrees of sunset red.
White-haired fisherman on the river,
Accustomed to seeing the autumn moon and spring breeze,
A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet,
How many things have happened in ancient and modern times,
It's all laughing and talking.
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In the living room, Xie Mingyuan leaned over with a smile and asked, "Dad, how do you feel?"
Old Man Xie Jinshun sighed and nodded, but did not speak.
But Xie Mingyuan was not in a hurry, just continued to look at him with a warm smile.
After a while, the opening film was completely finished, the TV picture dimmed, and the words "Episode 1" were revealed, and he turned sideways and said slowly: "It's very suitable." ”
Xie Mingyuan thought about it and laughed slowly.
Yes, it's suitable.
Whether it's lyrics, songs, or singing, it's appropriate for the soundtrack and theme song of a TV series, but it's actually the highest evaluation, isn't it?
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A brief narration introduction, in just over a minute, quickly outlined the political situation of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty before the Second Emperor Huan Ling, and then, the Yellow Turban Uprising began, with the appearance of Liu Guanzhang and the three of them, the TV series soon entered the real plot.
At this time, of course, the vast majority of the audience began to enjoy the TV series, but on the Internet forum, it suddenly became lively-
Posts with "very good" as the keyword,It's really unprofessional.,It's also what everyone will say.,So,Although such posts appear one by one within a few minutes.,Swipe the screen and quickly occupy the entire section.,But at best, get a few emotional top posts.,It's impossible to get too much attention at all.,What can really attract everyone's attention and a large number of replies is definitely some slightly technical posts.。
It's good, everyone knows it, after listening to it, everyone says that this song is very good, but what exactly is good is not just anyone can say.
As a result, the emperor of technology and the emperor of professionalism appeared.
"Let's talk about the soundtrack of the opening first, I estimated it, it's about one minute and five seconds, this soundtrack, everyone sounds very simple at first glance, that is, those pictures are interspersed, with drums, vocals, flutes, zither, etc., plus a majestic orchestral music, it's fine, but it's not, its logical ideas are very exquisite.
Specifically, it is divided into four bars: the first bar, pure vocals and drums, ending with the orchestra cutting, the orchestra cutting, representing the beginning of the second bar, and starting from the picture that should obviously be the three visits to the thatched house, that single flute sound, is the third section, until the guzheng enters, the rhythm changes, until the opening credits appear, for the fourth stanza, in short, the most traditional novel four-paragraph method: start, continue, turn, and close.
Not only is the music itself full of tension, but it also highlights the importance of this 'turn', that is, the importance of the three visits to the thatched cottage for the entire Three Kingdoms. This soundtrack, and the opening clip, simply complement each other, and ......they are perfectly matched!
The number of follow-ups downstairs is increasing at a rate of dozens per minute.
"I'll rub it, let the landlord say this, and I really feel a lot taller!"
"Like, sit back and wait for the landlord's live broadcast, comment on the theme song!What is it called? Patronize and listen, I didn't pay attention to the subtitles, is it called 'Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water'?"
"The sect master's product must be a high-quality product!"
"Back to the fourth floor, it's called rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water. ”
"It's a long time!"
"Actually, what I admire the most is the landlord's typing speed, it's only been a few minutes, a lot of words, but it's still so professional......"
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In fact, to be honest, the first episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not very attractive. Moreover, it doesn't matter who shoots it, it can only be like this - the story is certain, it must, and it must be the Taoyuan Three Knots, and this story, to be honest, is not easy to spread out, because for what everyone knows, it will inevitably give people a feeling of procrastination.
Therefore, the first episode must be worshipped, but on the contrary, the statement of Liu Bei Zhenlong possessed by the original book and opened the two tigers is really too uncredible.
But fortunately, the screenwriter added a little adaptation to this scene, when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fought, Liu Bei did not go up to fight, but said loudly with a hint of rebuke but very forceful words, "Such a hero, he doesn't serve the country, but fights privately on the street, it's a pity, it's a pity!" Although in fact this may not be reasonable enough, it is much more reasonable than Guan Zhang, the two fierce men, being forcibly separated by Liu Bei, so Guan Zhang and the others were attracted by his words, and therefore stopped fighting, and the story of Liu Guanzhang and the three of them began from this.
Then, when Liu Bei had sold enough of the forced style and tears, the three decided to bow down and conspire together.
The plot progressed to this point, and in front of the TV, the eyes of many professional musicians quickly lit up - as the beginning of the entire Three Kingdoms story, it is really unreasonable not to have a soundtrack here!
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Well, I'll admit that yesterday I had a bit of a tsundere, and in terms of my character, for my age as a thirty-year-old man, it was a bit of a bargain...... But, really, when I saw the book review area at that time, I really felt like I had a basin of cold water on my head, and all my interest and fighting spirit were all gone all at once, and I just sat there sulking and couldn't write a word.
However, it is good to have you, who are always willing to stand up and encourage me when I am hit, which really makes me feel that I am finishing this book with you.
Thank you, brothers!
In addition, I would like to solemnly thank you for the reward of the brother "You are not tired of me and I will not leave", and your alliance leader will be added to the next few days!
I have to say, at this time, a big red is really uplifting!(To be continued.) )