The original music & soundtrack of blossoms shanghai, the annual phenomenon-level hit drama produced by director Wong Kar-wai, was officially released on June 21st. It was released by Universal Music and is now available on major music platforms. .
"The original music & soundtrack of blossoms shanghai" uses a stamp with a postmark from the 1990s as the cover, echoing the stamp album that is one of the core clues in the play. The black and white figure of Po on the stamp seems to indicate that the entire "Flowers" is a memory of Po's time. The entire set of albums consists of three albums, each unfolding narrative clues from the perspectives of the three heroines, and the three covers are precious stills of the three heroines released for the first time, bringing a new interpretation of the characters' fate. The
album carefully selects the classic dialogues in the drama, and combines it with the original soundtrack of the drama by master Chen Xunqi. It includes many of the most talked about golden songs of the era in the drama, leading the audience to instantly return to the story world of the TV drama "Flowers".
Not only that, the relationship and development of Abao and the three female protagonists that the audience is most concerned about can also find clues to solve the mystery from the carefully arranged song list of this album. This original music album is not only the music collection of the TV series "Flowers", but also the continuation and supplement of the TV series "Flowers". It is a second creation of the TV series version, which can be described as the "sequel to the audio version of "Flowers"". The
album contains many classic old songs that have been sung by Universal Music to this day, such as "Stealing the Heart" (sung by Jacky Cheung), "Unrepentant" (sung by Faye Wong), and "Don't Pick the Wild Flowers on the Roadside" (sung by: Jacky Cheung) Teresa Teng), "Glory Days" (sung by Beyond), and "Samba" (sung by Grasshopper), each of which can instantly evoke memories of the past. In addition, it also specially includes songs sung by characters in the play, including the excerpt "Open a Window for You" from Shanghai Opera "Last Night Love" sung by Ma Yili, Chen Guoqing and Zhu Lin, and "I'm a Little Bird" sung by Chen Long. . It is worth mentioning that "Flowers" uses new interpretations of classic old songs by many new-generation singers, including "Looking Back Again" and "What I Want in Life" sung by Zeng Bit, "Red Doubt" sung by Axi and "Red Doubt" sung by Zhou Zihan "In the Night Wind" is the younger generation's tribute to the classics, and it is also the inheritance of music. Through new interpretations by new generation singers, these golden songs can transcend the boundaries of the times, resonate with contemporary audiences, and show new vitality.
Universal Music has always been a partner of director Wong Kar-wai’s film soundtrack albums. This time, when receiving music requirements for the TV series "Flowers", Universal Music provided the director with a playlist of hundreds of songs to suit the director’s character. The ideas and settings in the creation of the story, in addition to using new people to remake many classic old songs.
Managing Director of Universal Music Hong Kong, Chen Zhiguang, said that music has always played a very important role in Wong Kar-wai's works. Music and film and television creation should complement each other, and a good soundtrack will make film and television creation more complete.
The physical album of "Flowers the original music & soundtrack of blossoms shanghai 3cd" was also released simultaneously in Hong Kong today.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Shoupenghuan
editor/Gong Lifang
