For Gansu, the singer of the theme song "Three Realms and Four Continents" of "Black Myth: Wukong" is a musician from Jinchang, Gansu Province. In her singing, the roughness of the desert, the music of Dunhuang, and the flowers of Linxia are reflected in her singing. They are all inspired by the ethereal and deep melody of "Three Realms and Four Continents", allowing Gansu to go global with the penetrating sound of "Black Myth: Wukong".
html On August 22, a reporter from China Gansu Network interviewed the musician Zhe Lainv over the phone and listened to her talk about her relationship with the music of "Black Myth: Wukong".According to Zhe Lainv, "Black Myth: Wukong" is derived from Chinese mythology and explores the philosophy of heaven, earth and man, and contains people's longing and challenge for the unknown.
So I believe that the theme song "Three Realms and Four Continents" has both boundaries and no boundaries. It represents the courage to face challenges and the courage to cross beyond the three realms. In such an atmosphere, music should give people strength and courage, leaving traces of their past in the vast sky.
Zhelainv said that in 2021, she met the "Black Myth: Wukong" team through musicians. Through in-depth communication, they very much recognized her music style and hoped to communicate with the world through her ethereal singing. 》The game goes in the same direction and finds the key to the wonderful world of Eastern aesthetics.
has confirmed the cooperation. What kind of music should be integrated into the story of "Black Myth: Wukong" so that the songs can express a rich emotional world? Walking through game screens, I feel more and more that the aesthetics of the game are more suitable for the style of the northwest wilderness, and my hometown in Gansu has this kind of grand beauty, the knight-style moment of "the solitary smoke is straight in the desert, and the sun is setting in the long river" It injects soul into the music.
Zhelainv’s hometown is Yongchang, Jinchang, and the Hexi Corridor has always been one of the inexhaustible sources of her music creation. The scenery of the desert gave her inspiration and an ethereal singing voice, making her voice transcend constraints and constraints.
said that in the creation, they incorporated elements of Dunhuang music and the style of the Western Regions.
In Zhe Lainv's creation, hometown has always been a lingering plot point. The Dunhuang music here absorbs the essence of cultural exchanges between China and the West, blends the styles of various ethnic groups, and forms a unique sound of nature.
At the same time, Zhe Lainv also particularly likes Gansu Hua'er. She has visited famous Hua'er artists many times to collect music, and brought Hua'er's rough, straightforward and passionate singing style into her music works.
"In the theme song of "Black Myth: Wukong", we also integrated Qin Opera and other singing elements into it, just to better express the unbounded connotation displayed in the game, so that the music can better interpret the theme and lead people into the huge and A rich inner world." Zhe Lainv said. In her mind, the distance of her hometown is the poetry and distance in singing, which brings her into the best realm of creation.
For Gansu, "Black Myth: Wukong" became popular all over the Internet and was sought after by foreign players, which also brought surprises. The protagonist of "Black Myth: Wukong" is Sun Wukong. In the mural of Tang Monk from the Western Xia Dynasty in Yulin Grottoes, the sister cave of Mogao Grottoes, a monkey is leading the horse, which is called the earliest prototype of Sun Wukong. With the popularity of "Black Myth: Wukong", this mural story has once again been hotly discussed on the entire Internet. It has become a messenger of Dunhuang Grottoes culture, and together with the singing of Zhe Lai Nu, it has led players around the world to enter Gansu and understand Gansu.
Zhe Lainv said that the scenery and culture of her hometown gave her creative soil. She hopes to use world music to express herself internationally and make her hometown known to a wider group of people. "Three Realms and Four Continents" is such a way of expression, allowing the beauty of the East to embrace the world, and using music to make people perceive the East.
is newly launched, dedicated to the global players of "Black Myth: Wukong", the destiny song "Song" is another heartfelt song performed by Zhelainu in "Black Myth: Wukong", with its highly recognizable voice Brings a beautiful mood of sudden enlightenment.I hope to break the emptiness of all things and reconcile with all things in the world, and awaken the Wukong deep in everyone's heart.
"I hope netizens can better enter the game through my music, break the language boundaries, and experience the infinite excitement brought by the game." Zhe Lainv said.
Northwest corner • China Gansu Net reporter Song Fangke
Editor in charge: Che Danqing
