Let the story of "Blossoms" continue to be told in music. The original music album of "Blossoms" series "Blossoms shanghai", proudly released by Universal Music, was released today and is now available on all major music platforms.
The annual phenomenon-level hit drama series "Flowers" produced by director Wong Kar-wai, with its unique narrative aesthetics and film quality, depicts a brilliant and prosperous scene in Shanghai in the 1990s. As the story of each character in the play slowly unfolds, it is indispensable to recreate the atmosphere of the times with classic melodies and soothe the characters' lives with emotional songs.
Three album covers release new stills of the three heroines
"The original music & soundtrack of blossoms shanghai" uses a stamp with a postmark from the 1990s as the cover, and the stamp album that is one of the core clues in the play Echoes. The black and white Abao on the stamp seems to indicate that the entire "Flowers" is his memory.
The entire album consists of three albums, each unfolding narrative clues from the perspectives of the three heroines. The three covers are precious stills of the three heroines released for the first time, bringing a new angle of interpretation to the fate of the characters. 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 heroines that the audience is most concerned about can also find clues to solve the mystery from the carefully arranged song list of this album.
Classic old songs that have been sung to this day have a new sound
It can be said that this original music album is not only a music collection of the TV series "Flowers", but also a continuation and supplement of the TV series "Flowers". It is a second creation of the TV series version. The sequel to the audio version of "Flowers". I believe that after listening to this album, the audience will understand more hidden metaphors in the plot, and perhaps get new answers to all the difficulties. 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 the audience's 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 Zhou Zihan's sung "In the Night Wind" is the younger generation's tribute to the classics, and it is also the endless 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.
Zeng Bit, who was born in 1993, sang "Looking Back Again" in 1993. His young and pure singing gave this old song a new meaning, with relief that things are different and people have changed, and more importantly, he paid tribute to the times. It perfectly fits the mood of the characters in the TV series "Flowers" ending their lives and seeing each other again. With this work, Zeng Bit was recognized with the honor of "TV Drama Song of the Year" at the just-held "2024 First Film and Television Music Festival". With the release of the original music album of "Flowers" this time, another episode of the drama "What I Want in Life" sung by Zeng Bit will also be released for the first time, which fans have been calling for, to present this classic old song. Brand new version.
Music and film and television creation achieve mutual success
As a partner of director Wong Kar-wai's film soundtrack album, this time we received a music request for the TV series "Flowers". Universal Music relied on its strong music library resources and production capabilities to provide the director with hundreds of songs. The song list is in line with the director’s ideas and settings in the creation of character stories.In order to meet the director's requirements to the greatest extent, Universal Music also hired new talents to remake many classic old songs, and assisted the producers in handling a large number of complex music copyright matters to ensure that the series was released smoothly as scheduled, and finally made this "Flowers" 》Original music album can be presented to the world.
Chen Zhiguang, Managing Director of Universal Music Hong Kong, said: "First of all, I am very grateful to Director Wong Kar-wai for selecting a large number of golden songs from the 1990s in "Flowers", so that the younger generation of fans can have access to the classics of that year, which is also the reason why "Flowers" The greatest sense of accomplishment that this project brings me is that 30-year-old songs like "Stealing Hearts" can be widely sung again because of "Flowers", which also proves the lasting value of our classic music library 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 "The original music & soundtrack of blossoms shanghai 3cd" is also released today. Released simultaneously in Hong Kong. The physical album is released in the form of a box set and is sealed with leather-textured material. It has a low-key and luxurious sense of the times, as well as the hard work accumulated over the years. The package includes a carefully produced 3CD and picture album. The picture album contains dozens of pages of genuine stills and classic lines, bringing fans a full range of audio-visual enjoyment.
Author: Jiang Fang
Text: Jiang Fang Picture: Universal Music Editor: Xu Yang Editor: Xing Xiaofang
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