Chapter 672: Provocation

There are only tired oxen, and there is no ploughed land.

Jiang Xia reaffirmed this as a truth the next day.

Jiang Xia, who had some backache and back pain, did not follow Gong Shan to listen to boring theoretical classes, but followed Zhang Pengpeng to the music side, he has not studied vocal music since he took vocal lessons in Germania for two years, so he relied on the accumulation of so little knowledge, plus some practice, it was a smooth ride, and the vocal music class in college had never heard it at all.

This is the first time Jiang Xia has walked into a music class in college, and the classroom is not very large, and there are only a dozen people listening to the class.

Zhang Pengpeng said: "Half of them are here to audit, and I often see more talented musicians to audit, because there are two new Oscar-winning music masters here, which are relatively powerful." ”

"Oh. Jiang Xia just agreed weakly.

Zhang Pengpeng slapped him and said, "What do you mean?"

"Eldest sister, I was almost exhausted last night, what are you still letting me?" Jiang Xia rolled his eyes and said.

Zhang Pengpeng shook his head and said with a sad face: "Jiangxia, Jiangxia, why are you like this now? I saw you during the Chinese New Year, I was quite brave, didn't Sister Fang Fei squeeze you too much? ”

"Huh. Jiang Xia smiled at the corner of his mouth, squeezing, who dares to compare squeezing with you?

Zhang Pengpeng still wanted to say something, a middle-aged man in a suit with a fat belly had already walked in, stood in front of the lectern, and said to everyone: "Hello everyone, I'm Michael, and today I am everyone's lecturer." ”

"Vulgar name. Jiang Xia complained to Zhang Pengpeng.

Zhang Pengpeng glared at him and said: "This person is the best composer at the Oscar last year, and he has won it twice, he is very powerful, listen to the song well." He wants to be here for a month, teach ten classes, and study hard. ”

"Composition is such a thing, do you still need me to learn?" Jiang Xia rolled his eyes, he was not very good, but he could open up, this is self-confidence.

"Shut up and listen to the class. Zhang Pengpeng pinched Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia rolled his eyes, and could only listen to the lecture there weakly.

"It's a great pleasure to have more people today," Michael said. In the last class, we talked about the fact that music is a fusion of many elements, and it is something that needs to be heard and felt by the ears. Then the soundtrack of the movie is not the same as the usual music, and the soundtrack requirements of the movie are higher than the music you want. ”

Speaking of which, someone raised their hand.

Michael said: "What's the problem. ”

"Mr. Michael, are you doing movie soundtracks, that's why you say that movie soundtracks are difficult? I don't think movie soundtracks are very difficult, but simple music, and it is even more difficult to make musicality and pop at the same time. "It's a Mexican who speaks, and you can hear it by listening to his voice.

Jiang Xia's spirit was a little uplifted, and he was willing to see this kind of face-to-face mutual confrontation, which was particularly interesting.

Michael motioned for him to sit down and said, "It's more difficult to make pure music, and good music is even more rare." Throughout history, there haven't been many classic pieces of music. A good piece of music is bound to touch people's hearts. Whether it is happy or sad, it should be touching, and such music is good music that can be remembered. ”

Jiang Xia also agreed with Michael's words.

Michael continued: "In my mind, music is not the same as song, and that's the theme of my next lecture, the difference between music and song. As a side note, music doesn't need pop, and songs need pop. The scope of music is too big, but the scope of songs is a little smaller. I do film scores, and what I make can be called music in a broad sense, but in my narrow sense, it doesn't belong to music. Music, this concept, in my opinion, can only be counted as a melody that can touch the hearts of countless people, and the expression of melody can be arbitrary, it can be singing, it can be whistling, it can be musical instrument playing. ”

Speaking of which, Michael paused and said to the student who had just spoken: "So when you talk about music, I admit that film scores are not as good as music, but if you say it's a song, I think movie scores are a little bit more difficult." I'll explain the reasons to you in this class, so listen carefully. ”

Jiang Xia said to Zhang Pengpeng: "This old man is not bad. ”

"Shut up and listen well. Zhang Pengpeng looks like a good student, and he is also taking notes like Gong Shan.

Jiang Xia could only roll his eyes and look at the ceiling idly, full of contempt for these scholars.

Jiang Xia, who was in the fugue, didn't know how much time had passed, and suddenly felt that Zhang Pengpeng was stabbing him with his hand, Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at Zhang Pengpeng suspiciously.

Zhang Pengpeng pointed ahead, Jiang Xia turned his head to look, everyone in the class was looking at him, and Old Man Michael was also looking at him.

"What do you think of the soundtrack?" can you tell me?" said Michael.

Jiang Xia stood up and said, "I? Why me?"

"Please take a seat, please take a seat, we say we are in class, in fact we are discussing, I am just conveying some of my musical understanding, so that more people can be enlightened. I just said that the soundtrack needs to be integrated with the actual plot, but it needs to be taken out, I think you seem to have some understanding, so I want to ask you what you think of the movie soundtrack. Michael said.

Jiang Xia then understood why the whole class was looking at him, and this was the reason for co-authoring.

Facing Michael's question, Jiang Xia said modestly: "Mr. Michael, I'm sorry, I'm here to accompany me, and I was distracted just now." ”

He doesn't want to express any ideas, everyone's music concept is different, and if he wants to talk about his music concept, he may have to quarrel with Michael, because his music concept is different from Michael.

When Michael heard this, he shrugged and said, "Oh, sorry, I didn't know that, so you're coming with the lady next to you?" ”

Zhang Pengpeng said: "I think the soundtrack of the movie is in common with the pure music concept that Mr. Michael said at some point. When a composer composes music, he must have feelings, and only by expressing such feelings in the form of melody can the listener feel his thoughts. And the soundtrack of the movie is not to create the feelings of the composer, but the feelings of the characters in the movie, and it is also to convey the feelings in the heart, so it is figured out. ”

Michael nodded his head and was about to say something, when one of the students said, "No, is it? The soundtrack is supposed to support the scene a lot of the time, not to convey the character's inner feelings." Mr. Michael, such a student still comes to audit, and he doesn't know enough about music at all, I'm afraid he won't understand your lesson. ”

"No, no, no, what this lady just said makes a lot of sense. The soundtrack of a movie, in many cases, is the inner monologue of the characters. As for the auxiliary scenes you mentioned, it is the background music, which is a minority compared to the main soundtrack of the movie. However, for a movie, the soundtrack anywhere cannot be underestimated, and it must be taken seriously. Michael explained.

Jiang Xia nodded when he listened, a movie, a good movie, the soundtrack must be taken seriously. Michael's view is very similar to his.

The soundtrack of the movie, there is no distinction between high and low, the same soundtrack, if used in the right place, the god-level soundtrack can win awards, and if it is used in the wrong place, it is a garbage soundtrack, harsh.

In Jiang Xia's view, any original soundtrack that is created with heart deserves to be respected.

Michael said: "Today I'm talking about the soundtrack, which I'm good at. Everyone also has a very good musical literacy, so I'll give you a scene, everyone improvises a melody, we play it live, and I will also be a judge to judge it, how about it?"

"Good. It's just that, Mr. Michael, we have a listener here who doesn't know music. ”

Speaking, it is still the person who said Zhang Pengpeng before, looking at his skin color and dress, listening to his accent, like a person from Australia, Jiang Xia has heard more Australian English, so he can naturally distinguish the difference between Australian English and American English.

The kid was jumping, and laughed to himself as he spoke, and when he laughed, several people laughed along.

Michael didn't laugh, but said, "This gentleman may not understand music, but he has talents elsewhere that you don't understand." So we should treat it as an equal and not make fun of it. ”

"Well said. Jiang Xia said.

Michael smiled and said, "Then the scene I gave is a war, but the two sides are not people, one side is an angel, and the other side is a demon." Okay, you're free to compose a melody to score this battle, it doesn't take too long, give everyone ten minutes, get started. ”

With Michael's words, the classroom suddenly fell silent, Michael's request was simple, and the scene given was also simple. On the contrary, it increases the difficulty of creation, there are too many angles, you can create from the perspective of angels, you can create from the perspective of demons, you can create fierce wars, and you can also create before and after wars.

Zhang Pengpeng wrote the melody on the paper, scribbling back and forth, and was also nervously creating.

Jiang Xia didn't create, he just had a brain motivation, and wanted to see if there was any suitable music to use here, but as soon as he thought about it, he thought of a lot, so he didn't want to use his brain at all.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Michael said, "Alright, it's time. Which student will come first?"

"Sir, why don't you let the lady who brought the escort come first? We also want to see how much strength the lady who came with the escort has. The Australian kid said, seemingly on the same side.

Jiang Xia frowned, he couldn't stand someone to provoke him.

So when Zhang Pengpeng was about to speak, he grabbed Zhang Pengpeng and said, "I don't know much about music, but I also thought of a melody just now, why don't I try it first?" Mr. Michael, is that okay?"

"Absolutely. Mr. Michael said.

"If you don't understand, you pretend to understand. The Australian student said disdainfully.

Jiang Xia raised his eyebrows and didn't speak, but stood up and walked to the piano in front of the classroom.

Zhang Pengpeng shook his head and put the melody he had just created in his hand in his notebook, not planning to take it out at all. also mourned for a second of silence for the Australian boy, Jiang Xia was unhappy and wanted to come out, and he would definitely slap his face later, waiting to be ravaged by Jiang Xia.