Chapter 38: The Second Movement "Breaking the Cocoon"
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This is a day that many people in the music industry in Yanzhou will pay attention to, and it is also a time that some people in the entertainment industry care about.
Will the Silver Wing be able to continue the quality it had in the first movement?
Song Shihua, the big boss of Shihua Mountain, sat in the office with a full set of top-level audio and video equipment installed early in the morning and waited. It only takes one to watch the second movement to determine whether the speculation in his mind is true.
Did Silver Wing spend a bigger investment in this second movement? If so, then, it is obvious that Silverwing is going to use "epic" to push the virtual idol of Aurora up and compete for the endorsement of the game!
Eight.
This is the time when many companies go to work, and it is also the breakfast time before morning school in many schools.
The new century is divided into three stages of education: elementary, middle, and high school, each of which lasts six years, with primary education equivalent to primary school before the end of the world, secondary education equivalent to the aggregate of junior high school and high school before the end of the world, and higher education is education after high school, similar to university, but it will also involve deeper teaching content.
At this time, many students from secondary education schools in Qi'an are riding bicycles or public trains to the school and going straight to the school cafeteria.
The welfare of the New Century School is still good, the food is good, and it is cheap, so I rush to the school in the morning to have breakfast, and then rush to the classroom, which is the daily routine of many students who do not live in the school.
At this point in time, both students who live on campus and those who do not live on campus are running to the cafeteria one after another.
Qi'an No. 1 Middle School, in the North Point Canteen.
The big screen on the wall plays some fast-paced and powerful songs at this time of day to refresh the students, and the middle school cafeteria is already noisy, and the soothing songs are not heard at all, and may have been drowned out by the noise until only a few unclear tones remain.
November is the time for most secondary education schools in Yanzhou to usher in the mid-term exams, and the schools still attach great importance to this kind of large-scale examinations.
Students who sit in the cafeteria for breakfast in twos and threes complain to each other about their studies, homework, life, emotional sprouts, etc.
Some people are drinking soup while talking to their classmates, and they glance at the big screen in the cafeteria from time to time to see if there is any image they like.
"It's those every day, and with your eyes closed, you can guess what's next."
People in the era of high-tech network communication already know too many things when they are young, and the more they grow up, the less things they feel are new. The images and songs on the big screen may have a little feeling when they first listened to it, but boredom will come quickly, and now it has only been a long time, and they are already impatient.
The person who was going to stop looking at the screen suddenly heard an exclamation from a classmate next to him.
"Look, Aurora!"
"Where!?" Someone looked left and right.
"Big screen!"
"By the way, I almost forgot, today, November 1st, the second head of the aurora came out!"
A media survey has been conducted, and the most accepted "Heavenly Punishment" among students is not a senior education school, but a middle school student.
Although students in the secondary education period are restless at an age, they are not as impetuous as the students in the higher education stage who touch the fringes of society, and it is also a period of psychological sensitivity, and perhaps because of this, they are more likely to be emotionally aroused.
On November 1st, at 8 a.m., the second movement of "One Hundred Years of Annihilation" was released on the online platform.
At first, the overall tone of the image is grayish, but the picture is very clear. The screen in the cafeteria is large enough, and the hardware facilities such as projection equipment are all enrollment advertisements for each school, and the quality will naturally not be bad.
At the same time as the picture appears, there is a tense and uneasy emotional tone.
A sustained bass and repetitive rhythm, paired with the not-so-harmonious timbre of electronic music, strikes with a crescendo of oppression.
From the perspective of traditional musical aesthetics, electronic music weakens the musicality of the song, blurring the boundary between music and sound, but enhances the sensory stimulation of music, giving the listener a sense of curiosity and some apprehension. The human soul seems to communicate with the earth of the last days in music.
After a hundred years of extinction, the time and space in the image originated from reality but was not real.
In the second movement, Fang Zhao uses more electronic elements.
If the first movement was a success of electronic music with orchestral music, then in the second movement, electronic music is fully integrated into the composition.
With the development of human society to the information age, the standard of living and mental state have undergone tremendous changes compared with those before the end of the world. In the information age, science and technology are highly developed, mechanical automation and artificial intelligence have been common things in life, and along with these, there are all kinds of mechanical and electronic sounds, which are full of life in the new century, and people have long been accustomed to it.
New Century Music, on the other hand, makes use of this and incorporates it into the material of music. People's aesthetics are changing, preferences and styles are changing, and the so-called popularity is also changing.
Electronic music, which produces more timbre and sound, is more reflective of the times and more acceptable than traditional musical instruments.
Therefore, composers in the new century either use electronic materials or use traditional instruments to accompany electronic music. Following the local customs, Fang Zhao incorporated these new things into his works, incorporating metallic and electronic acoustic sounds into the music, after all, the music style that spans too many years may not be easily accepted by the public.
The first movement, "Heavenly Punishment", sounds to many people with an alternative classical style, and the appropriate novelty will attract people. But if you go too far, you will be ostracized.
In the North Corner cafeteria of Qi'an No. 1 Middle School, the original noise was a little quieter, and more people noticed the image on the big screen.
Because the cafeteria is always noisy, the sound played by the sound equipment is also louder, and the noise is smaller, and the sound of the music is more obvious.
Behind the gloomy sky with rain dripping and devastation, the melody of the double bass has a bit of lyrical nature, and the sound of the horn seems mournful and long, revealing a deep sense of helplessness, as if mixed with a sense of tragedy and desolation.
The tree people who choose to leave their homeland and find a new place to survive are looking forward to being shattered by reality again and again. The world is full of crises, and they don't know where they are safe, or if there is a peaceful place for them to live.
The companions who had left their homeland together were either sick and dead, or were bitten to death by the diseased beasts, and the trees were scarred, filled with disappointment, weariness, and decadence inside and out.
For them, life is already at a low ebb, and the belief that they were looking for a new place has given up resistance under the cruel reality, and the long-term sense of fear and helplessness has almost swallowed up their consciousness.
The classical style of lost, numbing music conveys emotions of despair and terror. The low harmonies are pressed against the backdrop of a somewhat gloomy orchestral music.
There seemed to be a voice whispering in my ear, "See? ”
The low chant of harmony, with the tension of the undercurrent of crisis, speaks of the coldness and ruthlessness of the last days and the powerless wailing of all beings.
The figure at the front of the group of trees also had a lot of scars on his body, with obvious scratches and cuts on the branches, and the green leaves rolled up on the branches had also become sparse and very embarrassed.
Ahead, there was a hillside, and on the hillside were some figures of wild beasts full of blood and evil.
In the rear, there are ethnic groups that have been hit hard by the cruel reality.
Behind the heavily colored images are the whirling sighs of the bass strings, as if everything was going to end in this sound.
You see, the world is like this, there is no help, give up, don't go any further, find a place to hide, and pray that your luck can last long enough to live one day, one day.
The surreal imagery, blended with orchestral and electronica, creates a sense of grandeur and absurdity, with the powerlessness of repeated struggles, as if standing at the bottom of the abyss and looking upwards at the cold and cruel arrangement of the heavens.
Strength alone is no longer enough to sustain them to continue to rebel against this fate.
There is no neutrality in this era!
The eerie sound effects brought by the large number of electronic timbres, the rhythmic percussion constantly playing, the flashing vibrato sounds, the desolate and rich timbre of the solo bass, the figure at the front of the group of trees, walked forward.
After two steps, he turned to look at the tribe, and no one followed. He looked ahead, and there was already a figure with teeth and claws running towards him.
……
In the North Corner cafeteria of Qi'an No. 1 Middle School, there was almost no sound of speaking, and the people who had already brought the soup spoon to their mouths even forgot to drink it, and their eyes were glued to the picture on the big screen.
The chefs who served in the cafeteria all took their actions lightly.
The atmosphere in the entire cafeteria was tense, and it seemed that there was also a string pulling back and forth in my head.
……
In the image, the lonely figure walking towards the hillside, the branches that had already gathered on both sides are once again constricted and twisted to form strong arms, and the roots of the tree are also twisted into stronger and more powerful legs.
The tone of the strings pulling back and forth, as if the emotions of inner resistance and evasion, like the air around them, cannot be perceived, but they are always enveloped in the surroundings.
The two parts of the music seem to have different forces and emotions chasing and entwining. It was as if there was a heavy cocoon that binding the figure, and every step was so difficult.
"It's all gone
Where is the light?
……”
Resigned to fate?
And what is fate?
Where are the people of the past, the desolate homeland.
Life in the last days will be sad and melancholy, but it will also struggle and resist!
In the heavy clouds in the sky, there were flashes of lightning, the wind grew stronger, and the rain intensified.
The wind plays like a crazy howl that grows stronger. The heavier drum beat was like a thunderous roar, heralding an even stronger storm.
Drums, wind music, double basses, and some electronic elements play a very layered melody, and the changeable male voice hums, with a deep and tragic connotation, as if a deeper power is about to burst out.
The figure walking alone, his brown pupils constricted, and he looked at the approaching reddish-brown beast like a dried bloodstain, leaned over and picked up a stone from the ground and held it in his hand.
The strings are like the sound of a tread branch.
With a big stride, the body leaned forward, the arm formed by the twisted branches was raised high, and the hand holding the stone formed a suffocating arc in the air, like a violently slammed hammer into the rushing figure!
Bang!
A heavy drum beat exploded, like the figure with teeth and claws that fell down in the image, and it seemed like smashing something invisible.
The figure in the image, gasping for breath, looks at the threat of being knocked down.
The repetitive key notes seem to confirm something, and the high melody behind it makes the atmosphere less heavy.
He finally found that many things were not as terrible as he imagined after he bravely faced them, and the world would not be alarmed.
But...... So!!
The sun goes down today, and it rises tomorrow, and although the sky is covered with thick smoke and dust, he knows that the sun is still there!
Lift your foot and stomp on the fallen beast, completely cutting off its chance to open its teeth again, trampling all the fangs that once terrified them under their feet!
Glancing back at the group, he stepped forward again, threw away the stone in his hand, picked up a larger stone stick, and walked towards the second beast, moving from stride to running. The clumsy body also seemed to be flexible, as if it had been freed from the heavy cocoon that had been enveloping the whole body.
"The world in a storm
And you
……”
The deep male voice becomes heroic with the rhythm of the battle, and in the majestic and magnificent atmosphere of orchestral music, this most natural, primitive and direct means of musical expression points directly to the hearts of the people!
War!
No other way!
In this day and age, there are always people who have to stand up.
Not reluctantly! Don't flinch!
Fight against this absurd and cruel fate to the end!
Life in the last days stands in the abyss, follows the darkness, chases the light, and climbs upward.
Faith is like a deep stream of still water, and it is also thrilling. It's beautiful, but it's bloody.
Under the epic orchestral arrangement, the fusion of electronic sounds, the urgency of sabre-rattling and the overwhelming momentum, there is also a sudden rise of unruly anger!
Music and shadow are temptations that people cannot refuse in any era.
The elements of electronic music are perfectly integrated into the grand orchestral system, and the images combine these sounds, and everyone who sees and hears it is like someone has suddenly put a piece of ice from the back of the neck, which makes a shiver, but the heart is as hot as being burned on a fire, and the mood seems to be broken and re-stitched.
The human-like figure in the image, the body formed by the gathering and twisting of tree branches, seems to be covered with explosive muscles, and every step is accompanied by an aggravated drumbeat, like a war drum beating again and again.
The figure that got rid of the heavy restraints, like a vigorous and swift leopard, stepped on it vigorously, swept over the ground, took off the body, and waved his arm at the oncoming figure, and its strength was a few more violent than just now!
Time seemed to slow down, and the splintering stone chips from the stone rods carried blood stains through the rain, and the splashes of muddy water exploded in all directions, drowning the broken tooth.
The music is like the intensity of the explosion in the cold light, there is no longer a sensational melody, and the blending of electronic music and expanded metal wind music, with a gripping power, is like an unsheathed knife, cold and heavy!
It was the coldness of the gentle piece of peeling.
The seemingly discordant harmony follows the high male voice, like a shout, like a roar, but the unconventional musical combination brings a stronger sensory stimulation and auditory shock, more instruments enrich it, and the music reaches a climax through superposition, and every note is surging with an unyielding passion for life.
The sound of the piano pulling up, like a gust of wind, spiraled up, and roared straight into the sky, making the body shudder, as if there was an icy electric current rushing up the tail vertebrae, and the pores of the whole body were about to explode.
The figure holding the stone rod did not look back this time, because it was no longer needed, and he had already heard the footsteps coming up. Stepping on the body of the beast on the ground, he continued to walk forward.
After him, the second pair of feet, the third pair of feet, stepped on the two beasts one after the other.
……
The last days, a hundred years of extinction, it was an era of heroes.
Many people thought that Fang Zhao just chose a species that appeared during the end of the world, and used a clever way to create a virtual idol with epic music.
But Fang Zhao's choice of the Dragon Elephant Tianluo Shuren Aurora is actually a metaphor for their generation who were born in peaceful times, but spent most of their lives fighting to survive in the last days.
The cruelty of the last days to human beings lies not only in the slaughter of life, but also in the trampling and destruction of the human spirit, the double tearing of the body and spirit, and the lightness and mockery of life.
The heroes of the Annihilation Period, who were widely praised and even deified by the people of the new century, have lost the color and pride of heroism, and in fact they were just ordinary people with reasonable demands for survival.
For fame and glory?
Joke! At that time, they were just fighting death.
It's the harsh life of survival battles that turns them into iron-blooded heroes.
Rooted in the soil and has a voice.
That's why Fang Zhao chose Aurora.
On the video, the image gradually pulls up. The torrential rain continued to fall, and behind the figure in front, among the trees where it was stationed, some figures gradually came out, and the branches twisted into a sturdy form suitable for battle, stepping on the mud, stepping on the corpses of the wild beasts on the ground, and keeping up.
The wind music has a tense rhythm, and the strings continue to pull rapidly on the same key, and the high momentum unfolds with a wider field of vision on the image. Under the thunder and lightning rainstorm, there is a terrifying aura that is about to erupt!
The film and music abruptly stopped, and the closing credits appeared on the screen.
"MV Protagonist: Aurora
Species: Dragon elephant Tianluo
Song title: The second movement of "A Hundred Years of Annihilation" - "Breaking the Cocoon" Producer: Fang Zhao
Production team: Aurora project team, Fang Zhao, Zu Wen, Song Miao, Pang Pusong, Zeng Huang, Wan Yue, Fu Yingtian, Stella, Zhang Yu, etc.
Production company: Silver Wing Media. ”
……
It wasn't until the big screen in the cafeteria began to play other songs that the quiet cafeteria became noisy again.
"I think I'll be able to blow up the cafeteria right now."
"I don't know why, I suddenly have an inexplicable sense of mission."
"Master! Bring me two more pots of rice! I'm going to go to war when I'm full! "There are three more exams today.
"It's coming!" The chef in charge of cooking in the cafeteria waved the rice scoop vigorously, and he always felt that the scoop was particularly powerful. Outside the cafeteria, some students who came one after another looked at those who rushed out of the cafeteria.
"What's going on with them?" People who have just arrived at the cafeteria ask their companions. There is a murderous feeling......
"Just took the midterm oath?"
"Swearing in the cafeteria?"
"They're all in the second grade, leave them alone, it's always like this, neurotic."
"No, I just saw a middle 5th grader."
The unusual atmosphere left some of the later students with questions about what had happened in the cafeteria before they arrived.