Lyrics: Yan Su composes: Xu Jingqing sings: David Jiang Source: CCTV 1988 Edition Journey to the West Ending Music Creation Date: 1984 65438+ 10.
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You carry the heavy burden, and I will lead the horse to greet the sunrise and send away the late Tang Priest (CCTV version of Journey to the West stills)
Shata stepped over the rough and reached the road, which was full of difficulties and obstacles. Then it started again, and the rolling fields of ............................................................................................................................................ began again. Dare to ask where the road is. You carry the burden, and I lead the horse over mountains and shoulders, frosty clouds, lightning and thunder, all the way to the end of the world, to the undulating fields of ......................................................................................................................... Dare to ask where the road is.
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Xu Jingqing was born in Longkou, Shandong. National first-class composer. Member of China Musicians Association, member of China Film Association and director of China Film Music Society. Xu Jingqing likes music since he was a child. He often stands under the telephone pole, listening to humorous and provocative duets from the speakers of country radio stations. In middle school, he was sharp-edged in music creation. He not only learned to play erhu, but also learned to play flute and piano. He is the band leader of the school art troupe. He created and composed the chorus "Jixing River Reservoir" according to the labor scene of students taking soil and tamping soil. Listening to the students humming their own music, he really realized the happiness brought by music as spiritual food for the first time. 65438-0965 After graduating from Harbin Art Institute, he was assigned to Beijing Agricultural Film Studio (now China Agricultural Film and Television Center) as a composer, and created a lot of documentary music on agricultural science and education for him. His music works involve almost every field of music creation: national orchestral music, symphony, electroacoustic music, opera music and so on. , which shows his various talents and profound artistic skills in music creation. From 1972 to 1980, he successively composed the famous folk music ensembles "Dahua Everywhere" such as Banhu solo "Happy Sickle", large-scale folk music ensemble "Wusuli, My Hometown" and dulcimer concerto "Jinggangshan". After 1980, he participated in film music creation and composed music for eight feature films, such as Pu, Red Elephant, September, Night Bloody, OK Lohan's Belly and Marry You, which won the audience's love and praise. Yan Su, playwright. Formerly known as Yan Zhiyang. People from Baoding, Hebei. Chongqing University is a dropout. Born after 1930 and 1950, he worked as an actor of Southwest Youth Art Troupe, and 1 served as the head of the troupe. 1953, joined the China * * * production party. In the same year, he joined the China People's Liberation Army. He has served as the deputy head of the Southwest Military Region Cultural and Art Troupe, the head of the Air Force Song and Dance Troupe, the creator of the Air Force Song and Dance Troupe, and the third and fourth directors of the Chinese Dramatists Association. The lyrics "I Love the Blue Sky of the Motherland" and "Down in Sichuan" won the 1964 Excellence Award in the 3rd China People's Liberation Army Art Show. The opera "Jiang Jie" 1977 won the Creation Award of the 4th China People's Liberation Army Literary Performance. Opera "Yi Niang" and Peking Opera "Hanging the Red Lantern High" 1979 won the first prize of China people's * * * and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. 1986 Join the Chinese Writers Association. Ci writers, a famous playwright. Member of Chinese Writers Association, vice chairman of Chinese Dramatists Association and member of Chinese Music Association.
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The Journey to the West's theme song "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" has become a household name in China. This song has won many awards in China since it came out, and also won the 1998 lion award for the first French film and television song in China. The author has always wanted to know the composition of this song. Finally, in a small office, I chatted with Xu Jingqing, the songwriter of this song. "1983, as the tenth examinee, I began to enter the music creation of Journey to the West. At that time, this song was supposed to be an episode. This is a manly song. But during the recording, another composer chose a male voice as the theme song, so I had to use Zhang Baomo instead. As the first singer, Zhang Baomo's singing is very distinctive. Her voice is soft and firm, soft and beautiful, and it is very intrinsic. " After the recording, the band, me and the singer were calm, as if they had completed a very ordinary task. No one praised, no one applauded. However, some people said they did not like it. They think that Journey to the West is mainly about the Monkey King and should be humorous and lively. Some people think it is too popular. A commentary in the newspaper pointed out that' la la la ...' was wrong. The song was sent to a publication and returned, saying that it was suspected of mental pollution and was' not suitable for publication' and so on. Soon, a senior leader criticized the crew for changing the composition at a meeting, saying that my songs and music were not suitable for The Journey to the West's classic. My mood is very low. I think it's over. I can only write some science and education music for the unit in my life. Later, director Yang Jie pushed his way through the crowd and affirmed me. "In fact, there is nothing to write this song without sleeping for a few days. I don't write when I'm not in the mood. A good song doesn't sound as good as you work hard, sometimes it backfires. And often unconsciously, inspiration flashes and sparks appear. At this time, you should firmly grasp it and think and create according to this shocking feeling. Of course, in this case, you don't get diamonds completely, and sometimes you catch stones, straws and the like ... I remember that day, about winter, when I was sitting on the window of a bus, I saw snowflakes and pedestrians swarming, and the melody "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter ..." suddenly popped up in my mind. I was so excited that I got out of the car and borrowed a pencil from a passing child's schoolbag and leaned on it. After I came back, I squatted at my desk and began to write from the first sentence,' You carry the load and I will lead the horse'. The whole process takes about two hours, and it is difficult to have a good mood when you are excited. So I put it on the table, left it empty for two days, changed two notes, and the music was finished. "Writing a song doesn't have to start from the first sentence, just as a director doesn't have to start shooting from the first shot of a script when making a movie. Grab what excites you the most and start writing. Maybe there will be wonderful sentences. The melody of' Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter ……' is the climax of this song and the most touching place. "This song, people gradually accept and like it. This may be the reason why 25 episodes of TV series are often broadcast. Imagine listening to a song 25 times a few times. " Writing songs mainly turns an inner feeling into notes through lyrics. It's not a word, it's not an image, and it's not something that can be clearly stated in a language. So different composers will have different feelings about the same thing. If the first consideration when writing a song is how perfect the form is and how superb the composing skills and methods are, then what you write is just a bunch of regular notes, and it will never be a touching good song. "The theme song of Journey to the West should be said to have both atmosphere and national charm, and the combination of lyrics and songs complement each other. Although it was written 16 years ago, it still sounds very touching and lively today, especially David Jiang's singing, which took this song to the extreme and was called the best singing version. Dare to Ask Where the Road Is and Music of Journey to the West are Xu Jingqing's famous works. In the past 20 years, he has created nearly 100 films and TV music, and the greatest feature of his film and TV songs is the fusion of national style and the flavor of the times. This is reflected in the theme songs of his TV series in recent years, such as Women Are Not the Moon, Soong Ching Ling and Her Sisters, Half a Building, Master Hongyi, Love Debt and Zhou Xuan. He said to the author: "the understanding of the national style of music cannot be copied, except in special circumstances." It's an artist's practice to copy it, which will only narrow your path of music creation. "Ethnic and folk things should be chewed up, eaten thoroughly and turned into their own cells, so that the rewritten works can have their own characteristics.
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The lyrics of the song are "You pick the burden and I'll lead the horse". As soon as this sentence came out, we seemed to see the vast dust and sand, the distant world, pig Bajie holding the white horse, sand monk carrying the burden, and master and apprentice walking on the vast road to learn from the West. According to Shangque's "Greeting the Sunrise and Sending the Sunset, Treading on Rough Roads" and Xiaque's "Crossing the Mountain, Wading over the Shoulder and Frost, Thunder and Thunder", although the road to the west is far and dangerous, the four masters and apprentices of the Tang Dynasty are brave and fearless, stepping on rough roads, climbing mountains, doing at sunrise, doing at night, flying flowers and falling snow, and thundering and thundering. We have never changed our will, and we are moving towards the paradise in the west. "Fight over obstacles before starting" and "Go all the way to the ends of the earth" are reminiscent of the scene of the Monkey King exorcising demons along the way. As the most important backbone of the Westward Journey team, he is brave and enterprising, lively and optimistic, expelling demons and ghosts, and repeatedly making outstanding achievements, clearing away many obstacles for Tang Priest and his disciples. After 81 difficulties, it finally achieved great success. "After some spring, summer, autumn and winter, I dare to ask where the road is, and the road is at my feet." This melody is the climax of the whole song and the most touching place. I never understood novels when I was a child. According to the description of Journey to the West, the Monkey King, a miraculous the Monkey King, turned a somersault, with a distance of 108,000 miles. "Say it, and you will go to Lingshan early." Not only that, Marshal Zhu Bajie in the canopy and General Friar Sand in the confinement can "shrink the ground", and with a little magic, they can reach their destination in an instant. If you let them learn from the scriptures, it can be said that it is a piece of cake. But the Tang Priest is a mortal, he can't fly by himself, and he is doomed to go through all kinds of hardships to get back the scriptures. So the sentence "Dare to ask where the road is" is really a good question. "The road is at your feet"-there is no place in the world where you can't go. The longest journey is at your feet, and the great journey begins. The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold. How can you see a rainbow without experiencing some wind and rain? This is also the place where Journey to the West touched us the most.