| Gu Jiahui,a famous composer in Hong Kong,has written more than 1000 pieces of music mainly for films and TV dramas with a reputation in Hong Kong's music industry.Gu Jiahui's main representative works of movie music are “Silently to the upstream”,“Love of the year”,“Run to the days ahead” and so on.As one of the most influential singers in Hong Kong in the the 1980 s,Zhang Guorong sang many theme songs for films and TV dramas,including the theme song “Silently to the upstream” for the film “Drummer”,the theme song“Love of the year” for the film “Heroes” and the theme song “Run to the days ahead” for“Heroes 2”,all made by Gu Jiahui.The music composition and singing technique of the three movie theme songs are exemplary and worthy of in-depth study.Gu Jiahui's usual composition techniques can be seen from the melody of three movie theme songs,which are sequence and repetition,by using the sequence of minor second and up and down third as well as the repetition of music theme materials so that the emotion of the film will be enhanced,the sense of hierarchy will be deepened;By using the common 2/4,4/4 beat to reduce the complex changes of the melody,and using the big dots,the big syncopation and the 46 rhythm type so that the melody is free in accordance with the music,the singer's emotion in singing will be more distinct with the change of rhythm;Lyrics are an important part of a song,Gu Jiahui together with Zheng Guojiang and Huang Zhan wrote complementary lyrics for three movie theme songs combined with the realistic lyrics and hierarchical music,so that the song will reproduce the film scene and deepen the impression of the characters in the listener's mind;And finally through the harmonica part composed of string music and a guitar,piano or the melodic part performed by harmonica,they overlay the appropriate accompaniment adapter in different parts of the music to make the levels rich,and to make listeners clearly feel what each part of the song wants to express.With Gu Jiahui's wonderful songs,the story of the films,the sense of tableau are much more abundant and stereoscopic.Zhang Guorong's performance for three theme songs was fascinating,whether the sense of struggle in “Silently to the upstream”,or the difficulty of get rid of a relationship in “Love of the year”,or the yearning for the future life in “Run to the days ahead”,Zhang Guorong made the songs become flesh and blood with his excellent performance.In singing,Zhang Guorong's light and flexible pronunciation diction are based on Gu Jiahui's melodic tendency to voiced the headings of musical sentences,lightly bite the heading or reduce labialpronunciation to blend subtlety,strength,and tenacity in songs;And he sings with a variety of resonance in the mouth,head cavity,thoracic cavity,with skillful skills to make it harmonious and unified,making the tone sounds very stable and smooth;Zhang Guorong seemed to play a role in each film when singing,the songs were full of affectionate,memories,yearning,and passion,so that the audience could have an immersive feeling.Zhang Guorong's proper performance of the songs written by Gu Jiahui,can present the perfect combination of sound and scene for the audience,and they can obtain a stronger sense of viewing experience through the combination of excellent songs and films. |
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