The work of the soundtrack usually starts when the film is edited in the later stage, but if director Zhang Cheng wants to shoot "The Last Emperor" perfectly, he will naturally not follow the convention, and let the soundtrack engineer participate in the filming stage.

Zhu Guoping, a famous Chinese composer, has previously composed music for many historical dramas, and is good at writing magnificent and atmospheric songs.

Sakamoto Ichiro's music style is more popular, and he is good at writing relatively lyrical, melodic movements that are suitable for expressing personal destiny.

Shen You is not very good at soundtracks, even if he has memories of his past life and countless famous pieces stored in his mind, in terms of soundtracks, he still can't compare with Zhu Guoping and Sakamoto Ichiro for the time being.

After all, these memories still need to be digested and understood before they can eventually be transformed into their own abilities.

Joining their soundtrack team, Shen You's role is more like a catalyst.

He has a deep study of the script of "The Last Emperor", and also has his own unique understanding of the fate of the characters in the story and the history and culture of China.

In later contacts, Shen You's words often inspired Zhu Guoping and Ichiro Sakamoto, making the music they wrote more integrated with the movie images, more in line with the characters' current emotions and future fate, and adding a unique Chinese classical aesthetic charm to their music.

On the third day of joining the group, the second day of joining the film scoring team, in a large hall in the imperial city, Shen You, Zhu Guoping, Ichiro Sakamoto and more than a dozen other auxiliary musicians were watching the materials taken by Director Zhang yesterday.

From the enthronement ceremony, until Prince Yong sent his youngest daughter Defang County Lord into the palace.

Because the emperor was too young and too lonely in the palace, the regent Chai Feng sent his two-year-old daughter Chai Yuchuan into the palace as Chai Yuan's playmate.

After reading these materials, Zhu Guoping said: "Let's start with the opening song, which is the theme song of this movie." After the opening, we must first set a tone, the movie "The Last Emperor" has an epic grand narrative, and the first act of the opening is set in the imperial city of the Great Zhou, so I suggest that the soundtrack should be based on a magnificent and tragic style. ”

After listening to Zhu Guoping's words, Ichiro Sakamoto pondered for a moment before he said: "In my opinion, although "The Last Emperor" is an epic, it is still essentially a personal biography, it is more about things related to personal fate, and it should be based on gloom and sadness. ”

The difference between tragic and sad is one word, but the style of music is very different, the two were deadlocked for a while, and no one could convince each other.

Then, they looked at Shen You together and said, "What does Boss Shen (Mr.) think?"

Shen You thought about it for a while and smiled at the two: "I think what Mr. Zhu and Mr. Sakamoto said makes sense.

It's just that I personally have some different opinions, and I don't know if it's right or not.

Tragic or desolate themes don't necessarily have to be interpreted with sad music, but with a light-hearted tune, the effect may be better. ”

Hearing Shen You's words, Sakamoto Ichiro's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. Shen means to match the theme of sadness with cheerful tunes. ”

When Shen You heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "I even know that I know how to write about grief with Lejing, it seems that Mr. Sakamoto has a deep understanding of Chinese culture!"

Ichiro Sakamoto said with a straight face: "Chinese culture is broad and profound, and it is indeed worth studying in depth, and many of the previous soundtracks were inspired by Chinese culture. ”

Seeing that Boss Shen was impressed by Ichiro Sakamoto, Zhu Guoping smiled and said: "Since Boss Shen's idea is better, then this opening song will be written by Boss Shen." ”

Ichiro Sakamoto nodded and said, "It should be so." ”

Shen You hurriedly waved his hand: "I just have this idea of using music to give sorrow to the topic, let me write it specifically, I'm afraid that it won't be good to write." ”

Zhu Guoping persuaded: "Boss Shen doesn't have to be modest, I have seen your composition ability before, and I will definitely be able to write this opening song." ”

Sakamoto Ichiro also smiled: "Yes, there is an old saying in Huaxia that Mr. Shen does not have to refuse." ”

"Okay, then I'll try. Hearing the two of them say this, Shen You no longer shirked.

The task of the theme song was set, and they quickly divided the other two soundtracks in the footage.

Zhu Guoping was responsible for writing the soundtrack for the opening chapter of Chai Yuan's enthronement hall, and Sakamoto Ichiro had to compose a tune for the scene where Lord Tokufang entered the palace.

Returning to his temporary residence, Shen You began to concentrate on composing the opening song for "The Last Emperor".

It's also an opportunity to learn.

Out of the instinct of a Peking Opera actor, for the first time to score a movie, Shen You chose the voice he was most familiar with.

It starts with a drum sound, then a small gong, and then adds a piece of Jinghu performance in the middle, and the general musical structure is like this.

Well, isn't it a bit too dull to just use drums, I remember that the Indians seemed to have a crisp and cheerful percussion instrument called marimba......

For a smooth connection, add a piece of lute, and if you want a richer melody, add a piece of violin......

Lying on the table, one thought after another came to his mind, and before he knew it, a light-hearted and pleasant movement flowed out of his pen.

That's it, it's done?

Shen You muttered to himself with some uncertainty.

Just now, when he was composing, his mind was racing, as if someone was holding his pen to write this song.

It's no wonder that many artists in their previous lives felt like God helped them when they created amazing works, just like they just felt.

Early the next morning, when Shen You finished writing and submitted his work, Ichiro Sakamoto and Zhu Guoping were taken aback.

They boast that they are amazingly talented, and when inspiration comes, they can produce a song in ten or dozens of minutes, but it is just ordinary music, and such high-quality works will definitely not be able to be written in one night.

Handing over the score to the musicians, Shen You, Zhu Guoping and Ichiro Sakamoto sat and listened to the musicians.

Knock knock, it begins with a decent drum beat, a gong sounds, and then a crisp and cheerful percussion.

Ichiro Sakamoto couldn't help but praise: "What a wonderful chemical reaction, this flowing marimba neutralizes the dull drum sound, and directly transitions the music from solemn to relaxed and pleasant." ”

The marimba is followed by a violin performance, with a gorgeous, melodious, slightly repetitive, simple but extremely expressive melody.

The pipa is also added to this soundtrack, and the various instruments are smoothly connected and harmonious, and the whole is staggered, with the mystery of the court.

Zhu Guoping said: "This song is fantastic, and it will definitely add a lot of color to the movie." ”