"When the suona comes out, I get goosebumps all over my body" "The ethereal chimes, the shocking Chinese drums, the music is so burning"... Recently, produced by Tencent Video and Xinli TV, directed by Deng Ke, Zhao Liying, The costume myth drama " and Feng Xing " starring Lin Gengxin is currently on the air. After the series was aired, the soundtrack in the series attracted the attention of many music lovers, especially the suona that accompanied the protagonist Shen Li when she appeared on the stage.
Red Star News reporter learned that the music director of "Traveling with Phoenix" is the well-known music producer Yang Bingyin. As early as two years ago, after the script was finalized, Yang Bingyin began to enter the project. Not only did she read the script and read the original work, but she also communicated with the producer, director and Zhao Liying, who plays Shen Li, many times.
chose Suona as Shen Li's exclusive "bgm" because Yang Bingyin believed that Suona is very explosive and very suitable for Shen Li's "I am here" domineering attitude. Regarding the many classic suona music left in past film and television dramas, Yang Bingyin said that there are many points that can be explored in folk music. I hope that when everyone hears suona again in the future, they can also recall Shen Li's "War Hymn of Blue Blue".
Suona is used to set off Shen Li's domineering
"How dare you stop me!" The opening chapter of "Walking with the Phoenix" is the battle between Shen Li (played by Zhao Liying), the Bi Cang King of the spiritual world, and the army of the spiritual world who are chasing her. The core used in the soundtrack The musical instrument suona made this fierce battle look both burning and domineering.
The beginning of the music production of "Xing Feng" also started with Shen Li. Shen Li in the play is the resolute and brave King of Blue Cang in the spiritual world. With a silver spear, he can terrify the world and ward off evil spirits. At the same time, she is a girl and an orphan who has never met her biological parents. “Let’s first determine the main direction based on the characteristics of the character. The role of teacher Zhao Liying has a very large and heavy role. If her music Once the image is correct, the musical development of the whole drama will be smoother."
Yang Bingyin communicated with the producer and director Deng Ke many times, and finally determined a few points: Shen Li is a god, and he must be able to create a "fairy-tale feeling." "; use relatively ancient musical instruments such as chimes and vocal singing to reflect this "divinity".
During the broadcast of the series, many viewers discovered that the "bgm" accompanying Shen Li's battle was an impassioned suona. Regarding the use of suona + similar Sanskrit chanting, Yang Bingyin is also quite satisfied with the idea, "The explosiveness of suona is very strong, just like the domineering power of 'I am here' at the core of the play, it needs to be able to be displayed immediately in one second. At the same time, when rushing out, the low voice and humming extend the mystery and imagination of the spiritual world. "
Compared with Shen Li's domineering style, the music designed by Yang Bingyin for the male protagonist Xingzhi (played by Lin Gengxin) is of another kind. style. Xingzhi is an ancient god, and he should have an ancient feel when he appears. He uses Mongolian long tunes and humai to set off the deity, conveying the divinity of his identity and the calm atmosphere of his character.
There are many points to be explored in folk music.
There are various musical instruments, and the suona is the king.
"The suona is a very explosive instrument, and we are more cautious when using it." Before "Traveling with the Phoenix", Yang Bingyin had also tried to use the suona in the soundtracks of other projects, but it was only auxiliary. Function. This is the first time that the suona is used as a musical image as the core role in "Walking with the Phoenix".
In recent years, suona music in many film and television musicals has been loved by netizens, and they have even spontaneously created new songs.
For example, in the movie " Flash Girls " released in 2017, students learning Western musical instruments and national musical instruments were divided into two groups, and staged a competition between Chinese and Western musical instruments. The violin, cello, flute, erhu, pipa, and morinouqin came and went, until at the end, the suona sounded, overwhelming the audience.
Regarding Suona's film and television works, there is another movie worth mentioning. This is " Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix " released in 2016, the swan song of Wu Tianming, the leading fourth-generation director in China. The film tells the story of Jiao Sanye, an old suona artist, who trains his apprentices to learn suona and inherit the suona spirit.
In the movie, its tune is melancholy, without the cheerful mood, and it has become a funeral song that only the respected deceased can enjoy.
has movies specifically about Suona, as well as classic film and television music performed by Suona. For example, "Overture" in the animated movie "Havoc in Heaven ", "A Man Should Be Strong" in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Heaven ", "Song of a Hero" in "Water Margin ", and Stephen Chow in "A Big Story" The "Little Knife Club Overture" used in "Journey to the West" and "Kung Fu"... The loud and high-pitched sound of the suona is perfectly integrated into these film and television music.
Regarding everyone’s past impressions of suona in movies and TV dramas, Yang Bingyin said that there are indeed many points that can be explored in the use of folk music. I hope that when everyone hears suona again in the future, they can also recall Shen Li's "War Hymn of Blue Blue", which is more gratifying for the creator.
Music is the soul of the drama
As a well-known music producer in China, Yang Bingyin attracted attention in the industry more than ten years ago when he participated in the music production of the movie "Let the Bullets Fly". Subsequently, his footsteps spanned various types of works, and together with his team, he worked on film and television dramas, animations, games, etc. Created music.
"Music is also the soul of a drama to a certain extent. It is not a very concrete thing, but you feel that after the music is added to the picture, it becomes particularly concrete." Yang Bingyin said that composing music for a film and television drama is generally Divided into three stages.
first reads the script and has an imagination of the characters, storyline, etc., and then creates part of the music based on this imagination. “This imagination may be different from the final presentation, but the music may transform this The imagination is more magnified and more concrete. In turn, it may also affect their creation. When shooting pictures, they may be inspired by music. "In the middle stage of
, Yang Bingyin will look at some edited content and make some based on the pictures. specific musical passages. For example, "Traveling with the Phoenix" will have many important scenes, and the music will be produced point-to-point based on these scenes, so that the emotions can be transferred and integrated. The last stage of
is after the special effects are completed, the music type is supplemented according to the relevant content of the special effects, and music is used to demonstrate the power of the special effects.
It is worth mentioning that the music creation of "Traveling with the Phoenix" took two years. Yang Bingyin entered the project just after the script was finalized. In more than two years, sixty or seventy pieces of music were finally created for use in the play, and more than thirty pieces were finally selected to be released on the ost album.
Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng intern Xiao Senyang editor Zeng Qi
