Japan's NHK TV produced a documentary called "Silk Road" two years ago, and invited Mr. Kitaro to be the music producer, so Mr. Kitaro launched two collections of "Silk Road 1" and "Silk Road 2", and then Mr. Kitaro signed a contract with Geffen Records in the United States, he returned to the United States some time ago, and listened to your song "Silk Road" from me, and immediately appreciated it, and immediately asked me to ask you to go over and talk to him. Yo-Yo Ma explained the reason for the incident.

"I have also heard of Mr. Kitaro's "Silk Road" series, and it is indeed a rare masterpiece, and I can't ask for it to meet such a master." Shen Long immediately agreed, he originally thought that Yo-Yo Ma would be the first to introduce himself to Bernstein and other Western music masters, but he didn't expect that the first one was Kitaro.

However, when I put down the phone and thought about it, it was also reasonable that Bernstein and others were still Western musicians after all, and they did not have a deep understanding of traditional Chinese music, and Kitaro had just created the "Silk Road" series, and when he saw the "Silk Road" he took out, he would definitely be interested.

So Shen Long and Guo Yan cleaned up and came to Kitaro's studio together and met this Japanese music master; Kitaro is six years younger than Wang Qiming, and he is only twenty-nine this year, but he has already made a name for himself in the Western music industry.

In 1978, he began his activities as an independent musician and released his first album "Celestial Realm", which kicked off the New Age of the East.

In 1980, he served as the music producer for NHK's program "Silk Road", and NHK, Japan's most influential public media organization, used the soundtrack of his songs as the theme song for the documentary series "Silk Road", which increased his international popularity.

He signed a contract with Geffen Records in the United States, released the albums "Dunhuang" and "Qi" last year, and toured 30 cities across Japan and Asia this year, becoming the first Japanese musician to perform in Taiwan and mainland China.

"Mr. Wang, I have been listening to your "Silk Road" for the past few days, and after listening to it, I began to regret why I didn't let me hear your music earlier, if I had heard it before working with NHK, I would definitely not accept this task, but would recommend you to make music for NHK." As soon as they met, Kitaro was amazed.

"Mr. Kitaro has won the prize." Shen Long modestly said that Tan Dun composed this "Silk Road" more than 20 years later than Kitaro, and the music industry has also undergone great changes during this period, so these two works of the same name cannot be directly compared.

"Mr. Wang, why did you think of using gourd silk to reflect the desolation and loneliness of the desert? This is obviously a musical instrument from Yunnan? Almost nothing to do with the Silk Road? "Japanese traditional music is deeply influenced by China, so Kitaro is also very familiar with traditional Chinese musical instruments, and he immediately told the origin of Hulusi.

"Although the gourd silk is a national musical instrument in Yunnan, it evolved and transformed from the gourd sheng, and the history of the gourd sheng can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, and it is also a common musical instrument in the cave murals along the Silk Road, so I thought of this." Shen Long has also made preparations in this regard, but it is not false at all.

Both sides have a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture, so they chatted happily, while Yo-Yo Ma was a little embarrassed, Kitaro, a Japanese, knows so much about the culture of his home country, but he is a Chinese, but he can't interject a few words, it seems that he really wants to go back and have a look......

"Mr. Wang, I really admire your understanding of Chinese culture, and I hope to come and sit here often in the future, so that I can listen to more teachings." Kitaro was deeply impressed by Shen Long's cultural skills.

"I didn't dare to take it seriously, but the exchange with Mr. Kitaro was very pleasant, and Mr. Kitaro's attainment of traditional Chinese music also opened my eyes." Shen Long replied modestly again, in fact, he was also curious about Kitaro.

Because this world-famous composer did not receive an orthodox music education, he didn't even know the stave at the beginning, he used his own way to record the score, and the score he wrote was a bit like a picture, and every time he wrote the score, someone had to help translate it into a stave before he could hand it over to the orchestra to play, which was really interesting.

After the tea tasting, Kitaro invited Shen Long and the others to visit his studio and showed them his collection of musical instruments, many of which were traditional Chinese instruments.

During the visit, Shen Long saw a Japanese man who looked like a businessman waiting respectfully in the living room, so he said, "If you have a guest, please go and receive it, don't delay the business." ”

"Don't worry about it, it's the people from Toei Co., Ltd., they're planning to shoot an animated film right now, and they want me to help them do the soundtrack, and I'm going to be on tour right now, so I don't have time to worry about that." Kitaro said nonchalantly.

"Oh? What is an animated movie? Shen Long had an idea in his mind, and quickly asked, could it be the one he imagined? Isn't it going to take a few years for a work to start drawing? And the composition is not Kitaro.

"It's an animated film about the Three Kingdoms, they want to make "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into an animated film to bring to the Japanese audience, to be honest, I'm a little interested, but I really can't pull away, as long as they politely refuse, but they don't seem to be very willing, saying that this animated film has taken a long time to prepare and produce, and there is no need to worry about time." The answer is the same as Shen Long's guess, and it is indeed the classic Three Kingdoms series.

""Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when I went abroad, I heard that the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" had been put on the agenda, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had to wait for a few years, but I didn't expect your country to be ahead." The Japanese are obsessed with the Three Kingdoms, and Shen Long is quite impressed.

"It's just an animated movie, not a live-action work, so Mr. Wang doesn't have to regret it." Kitaro could hear Shen Long's mood change.

"No, it's just emotional, it's a good thing to let such a classic work be seen by more people, but I regret that I can't do anything." Shen Long sighed.

"Oh? Could it be that Mr. Wang is interested in this work? Oh yes, if it were Mr. Wang, he would definitely be able to write good music! Kitaro looked at Shen Long, and then at a glance at a member of Toei Co., Ltd., and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Why don't I go and talk to him, and let Mr. Wang try it?" If Mr. Wang's work is suitable, I think they will definitely accept it! ”

Well? I didn't expect to come and sit down and encounter such an unexpected opportunity?

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