The popular theme song of Mao Weining's new drama "Oath" and "Frontier of Love" attracts attention

"Oath"

The military brain-burning drama "Oath" produced by Mao Weining and the contemporary emotional drama "The Frontier of Love" directed by Mao Weining were broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV respectively, and received heated discussions from the audience. Not only is the plot exciting, but the soundtracks of the two plays have also attracted much attention from all walks of life. From 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. today, Music radio DJ Wei Ye broadcast and introduced the theme songs of the two TV series,"Mystery" and "Night in the Outskirt of Moscow", on the program in the Free Music column, to analyze the creative process for the audience.

The Sound of Music is the third program of China People's Radio. It focuses on broadcasting pop music and is a milestone in the history of China's broadcasting. The broadcast of "The Mystery" and "Night in the Outskirts of Moscow" shows the recognition of the two theme songs.

"Oath" is a military brain-burning drama produced by Mao Weining as the chief producer, directed by Mao Weining's disciples Yuan Junping and Zhang Tong, and starred by Jia Nailiang, Li Sheng, Liu Yijun, Qin Hao, Liu Wei and Li Jing. It tells the story of the talented young man Yan Shaobai (Jia Nailiang) bearing national hatred and family hatred. Under the training of his mentor Xiao Siyu (Qin Hao), he gradually grows into a master of military chess and plays a game with Japanese intelligence officer Kato Bowen (Liu Yijun). The strongest brain confrontation.

In order to conform to the tone of the play, Mao Weining personally selected Hu Xiaoou, a gold medal composer who had won many composition awards around the world, to write the ending song for the play. Hu Xiaoou graduated from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music and later went to the United States to study composition. He was the first person in the western province to obtain a doctorate in composition in the United States. He was called a "composer with a new musical language" by contemporary composer and soundtrack master Philip.

Earlier, Hu Xiaoou composed music for "Ordinary World" and "Ten Sends to the Red Army", which left a deep impression on the audience. He believes that every work should have its own special musical view. This time, Hu Xiaoou created the theme song "The Mystery" of "Oath", based the theme on the deduction of war chess. In order to understand war chess deduction, he specially consulted experts and found that some rules in war chess deduction were similar to the "polyphonic" in music (polyphonic: multi-line melodies proceed simultaneously, rely on each other, exist independently, and can enter and exit the other's voice zone). Conditional entry and exit) writing is very similar, like a complex intellectual game. "Oath" is full of suspense and climaxes. Based on the plot, Hu Xiaoou decided to adopt this multi-line melody writing and orchestration technique in the song, hoping to bring this complex "confusion" feeling to the audience.

In terms of style,"The Frontier of Love"

uses a waltz style that is not bright or glorious, giving the audience a tense atmosphere like the protagonist "dancing on the tip of a knife." The color of the whole song gradually changes from "gray" to "bright"-the main song is a little hesitant, the chorus uses continuous syncopation to bring the music to a climax, and finally uses multi-part harmony to strengthen the concept of "polyphony", forming a rich sense of hierarchy, as if the plot is advancing bit by bit, leading the audience deeper into the plot.

At the orchestration level, Hu Xiaoou chose a unified configuration of a small string troupe and a violin solo, such as the bow bouncing naturally on the string, increasing the pressure on the bow to produce a tearing sound, which made people unconsciously feel heartbreaking with the drama. The heart-breaking plot was combined and couldn't help but burst into tears. Not only that, the song was also invited to perform by Chen Sisi, deputy head of the Cultural Troupe of the Political Work Department of the Rocket Force of China People's Liberation Army and China soprano singer. Chen Sisi's voice is very malleable, slightly dull and hoarse, and deep and full in the middle and low tones. The unique texture vividly interprets the myriad restrained emotions in the play.

The theme song "Night in the Outskirt of Moscow" of Mao Weining's other hit film and television work "The Frontier of Love" was re-adapted by the famous Hollywood composer Mark Xia Tai, and performed as the singer and starring Yin Tao. Mark Xia Tai grew up in the West and currently lives in China. When writing the song, Mao Weining put forward high requirements for Mark Xia Tai-the theme song must not only be as grand as the symphony, but also have China characteristics. During the arrangement process, Mark Xia Tai gradually realized that Director Mao hoped that the theme song could not only assist the development of the screen plot, but also allow the emotions in the plot to be revealed and spark, and praised,"Mao Weining is a very visionary director."

From the creative process of "The Mystery" and "Night in the Outskirt of Moscow", it is not difficult to see that Mao Weining attaches great importance to the soundtrack, using not only the highest level composers, but also the composers who are most suitable for the temperament of TV dramas. For nearly 20 years in filming film and television dramas, Mao Weining has always paid attention to quality and has strict requirements for every part of the TV series. His ingenuity is impressive.

Two high-quality dramas,"Oath" and "The Frontier of Love", are being broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV and Zhejiang Satellite TV. They are not seen at 7:30 every night.