Gone Is The Dream With Its Everlasting Songs:Musical Analyses Of The Theme Song And Interlude Songs Of The 87 Version Of The TV Series A Dream In Red Mansions

As products of the period after the reform and opening up, the theme song and the interlude songs of the 87 version of the TV series A Dream in Red Mansions are classic melodies in people’s heart. They have a so perfect combination of ancient poetry, melodies of traditional folk songs and both eastern and western composing techniques that they not only have the unique style of Chinese folk music, but also are catchy and easily understood. To those countrymen who were just free from culture durance, it definitely is a music feast. A Dream in Red Mansions is one of the Chinese traditional four major masterpieces whose characters and plot are well-known. Moreover, its theme song and interlude songs are refreshing. They act as a go-between and play with the effect of the finishing touch enjoying their great popularities till nowadays. They set the trend for film and television music creation and also become a model for film and television music creators to learn. Through analyses of the creation of the theme song and interlude songs of the TV series A Dream in Red Mansions, the paper enables singers to have a deep understanding of the intentions of these songs and thus helps them to gain a more precise interpretation of the songs and also tap its novelty to impose a reference for film and television music creators.The paper will be three-pronged analysis:First, start from the background related to the creation of the theme song and interlude songs of A Dream in Red Mansions, make analyses of the literary work, TV work and composer one by one and then pave a good way for comprehensive musical analyses; Second, analyze the characteristic of the music, including lyric analysis, composition analysis and singing analysis, and then dig deep meaning of the character and the scene; Third, analyze its novelty from the film and television songwriting angle so that all the fans of music can understand and sing the theme song and interlude songs of A Dream in Red Mansions better. Meanwhile, it can provide film and television songwriting with reference and inspiration so that more Chinese excellent film and television works favored by the majority will be created.