Chapter 118: Records
Lily's singing voice will automatically transform into the language most familiar to the listener, Harvey listens to Chinese, and needs to be modified in combination with the voice and pitch recorded by the illusion crystal, and use [illusion] to adjust it to Barron.
Compared to the animation of the song, which is much simpler, [Illusion] allows Harvey to perfectly replicate the sound he has heard, find a lively street, sit in an open café with a newspaper, and choose the right voice from the crowd coming and going. So when the animation production was nearing completion, Harvey did a good job of supporting the character dubbing.
Only part of the choral repertoire for which the Griffin Ensemble was left unfinished.
"Frozen" is scheduled to be released in a month, and Harvey naturally has no intention of skipping the ticket, and Griffin promised Harvey that he will come up with results within a week. The Griffin Orchestra, under the patronage of Count Henrietta, quickly gained momentum, and was able to afford to buy a large number of high-quality instruments, hire professional musicians and conductors to rehearse, and attract more people to join the choir.
The reason why it didn't produce results for several months was actually to practice the score Harvey gave him and "Ode to Joy", so at Harvey's urging, the full-scale choir took a day to complete the recording and send the magic crystal to Harvey by mail.
Harvey is not as strict with the chorus as he is with "Letitgo", these ballad-like songs are meant to adjust the atmosphere in "Frozen", and the characters who sing are not professional musicians, and a few flaws that only musicians can hear are irrelevant.
The Griffin Orchestra sent the orchestral etudes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Ninth Symphony to Harvey.
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In the spring, when the scenery of Cromwell Manor remained, and the garden was more vibrant, the overflowing verdant was dotted with a little bright color, and the old butler, who was tending to the flowers, saw Harvey get out of the carriage, took off his gloves and handed them to the gardener next to him, and came to the carriage to welcome Harvey in.
Harvey walked with a suitcase and asked, "Is William there?" ”
The old butler bowed down and said, "Yes, Young Master William is in the studio on the second floor. ”
In the studio on the second floor, William was still working on the papers when Harvey pushed the door in.
Harvey didn't mind, put down his suitcase and sat on the sofa, these days he was almost familiar with his brother-in-law, William's personality was the same as Diana's, but he was tactful or much more mediocre.
"What are you doing?" Harvey reached out and picked up the red fruit on the table, took a bite and asked casually.
William didn't look up, looked at the documents on the table and muttered: "The establishment of a magic workshop, the land use right has been approved, and some workshop equipment needs to be customized from the Chamber of Commerce in Norton, and then there is the problem of recruiting apprentices." ”
Harvey quipped, "Can't take a break? I remember the last time I was here, you were pretty much the same, but it looked like there was still time to stand up and greet me. ”
William put down the pen in his hand, stretched his body and leaned against the chair, and said in a helpless tone: "Harvey, it's not me who has kept the Chamber of Commerce developing by leaps and bounds, the magic workshop was established to study the record technology you provided, and the materials are not difficult to find, Lawrence said that there is still more room for cost compression and improvement." Besides, as long as I stop, the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce will not be able to absorb the negative effects of leapfrogging development, and will only end up making the Chamber of Commerce bloated and useless. ”
The last time Harvey was researching color printing machines, he came into contact with the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce's magic workshop instructor and knew his identity. Even with a well-established alchemy workshop, Harvey still had to admit that Lawrence had more experience in civilian alchemy than he did. However, experience is one thing, and Lawrence does not have Harvey's vision and knowledge of modern knowledge.
A few months earlier, Harvey had handed over the improved technology for the record player, the phonograph, to the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce, and William had bought a factory in the city that had been making phonographs and was on the verge of bankruptcy.
However, there are some shortcomings in the record, the old version of the record is made with a special kind of shellac like the earth, which is usually expensive to build and has a short singing time.
Harvey used the same improvement method as the earth, changing the pins of the record player to artificial diamonds, and using a special chemical plastic to replace shellac as the raw material of the record, which greatly reduced the production cost and process, so that the record could be sung for a longer time without frequent replacement of the record.
"Coincidentally, I'm here for the record." Harvey opened the suitcase and put it in front of William to explain: "There are three records in it, one is the theme song of "Frozen" that I mentioned to you, "Letitgo", and the other two are symphonies, "Fifth Symphony" and "Ninth Symphony" used in the phantom of "The Count of Monte Cristo". ”
"Is it done so soon?"
"The orchestra only sent the illusion crystal today, Mr. Griffin's orchestra performance date is scheduled for October, and it is better not to announce these two symphonies before that, after all, it is still an experimental product, and Mr. Griffin will re-record it on the day of the performance. "Letitgo", you can make a batch of records first, and then choose a random time to release it after the phantom is broadcast. ”
"Hmm~~ Isn't it a little too urgent?" William's brow furrowed, and he folded his hands in thought.
Harvey shrugged: "Good times never wait for people, and we don't need good times. ”
After thinking about it for a while, William nodded to Harvey and said, "Okay, then I'll let the mall start selling old records and gramophones in the next two days, and a month's time for publicity should still be somewhat useful." ”
Harvey advised, "In order to promote the gramophone, be careful not to release a version of the illusion crystal. ”
"I know."
The three records are exclusive to the new gramophone, which is similar to the modern console games on the earth, and it is often heard that the game is exclusive to the platform, in fact, a large part of the reason is that the game platform manufacturers want to promote their own game consoles, so that more players buy game consoles for the sake of games, and the same is true of Harvey's concept of promoting gramophones.
"Frozen" Phantom broadcast and Griffin Orchestra in Norton are still afraid that these music are not well-known enough, and want to listen to the songs? Yes, buy a gramophone first.
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After Harvey left the manor, William did not bury his head in the official business of the Chamber of Commerce, and ordered the servant to bring a factory-made gramophone and put one of the three records Harvey had brought with him.
William lay down in his chair with his eyes closed, a brief silence followed by a rapid thud that struck his heart.
"Dangdangdang~"
The moment the familiar melody sounded in his ears, goosebumps rose in his mind, a stream of heat flowed from his heart into his limbs, and he remembered the words of the apparition of The Count of Monte Cristo, and the first sentence that Harvey had said written on the score of this symphony.
"Hold fate by the throat!"
Just listening to the music, William somehow flashed the picture of the phantom of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in his mind, and through the music, he recalled the high level of this story. Tide plot, the Earl's unyielding face of fate! Demonstrate the dignity of human beings! William listened intently, relaxing with the music...
Changing to the record of the Ninth Symphony, he continued to revel in the magnificent and unified symphony, and finally, the chorus of "Ode to Joy" suddenly sounded, William's whole head was empty, he clenched his fists, and under the solemn and solemn chorus, it seemed that his soul had been sublimated, and the lyrics and melody gave him a sense of sacrosanctity.
The full symphony may not be as powerful as the excerpt from the "Count of Monte Cristo" apparition, but the complete symphony highlights the symphony itself, and the beauty of music is that pure music can resonate with people's hearts.
The chorus ended at some point, and William came back from the vast and solemn chorus, and his whole body felt a sense of prostration and pleasure, and he laughed and laughed at himself: "It is a waste for a person like himself who has not suffered to be the first to listen to the complete versions of the Fifth Symphony and the Ninth Symphony." ”
When William listened to the two symphonies, most of the scenes that came to his mind were not his own struggle against "fate", but the phantom images of "The Count of Monte Cristo", and he couldn't help but feel a sense of shame.
After listening to the Fifth Symphony and the Ninth Symphony, he looked at the last record, which was the theme song of Harvey's Phantom of Frozen, and he didn't really know what he meant.
Country? Ballad? Nursery rhyme?
The fact that the record can be placed in Harvey's "Fifth Symphony" and "Ninth Symphony" shows that this so-called theme song may not be as powerful as the two symphonies, but it certainly has its merits.
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