Chapter 922: Journey to the West, It’s Over! It’s Over!
Journey to the West was about to start filming, and Lin Fan couldn’t delay it any longer, so he had to reluctantly take out all the soundtracks of Journey to the West and give them to Zhou Yue to produce.
Zhou Yue got all the soundtracks and was so excited that he almost performed a dance for Lin Fan on the spot.
There is no way, the soundtrack Lin Fan came up with is just too good. Needless to say, "Overture to Journey to the West" was the theme song that Lin Fan had come up with as early as when he decided to shoot the "Journey to the West" animated film.
In order to support Hui Qiaodan, Hui Qiaodan was specially invited to participate in the production of this theme song and sing the soprano part.
"Overture to Journey to the West", also known as "Swift Sound of the Cloud Palace", is the opening song of "Journey to the West". Although there are no lyrics, as soon as the notes sound, the feeling of Journey to the West comes immediately.
This piece of music is majestic when it should be majestic, ethereal when it should be ethereal, beautiful when it should be beautiful, dreamy when it should be dreamy, and vicissitudes of life when it should be vicissitudes of life.
The affectionate parts make people immediately understand the vicissitudes and hardships on the journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, especially the combination of the silhouette of Tang Monk riding a horse in the sunset and the shot of Sun Wukong rowing out to sea to learn skills, which creates a natural sense of tragedy.
In addition, there is the ending song "Where is the Road?" The melody of this song is progressive, inspiring, and slightly Buddhist. The lyrics are also very inspiring and catchy. It is grand and has a national charm. The combination of lyrics and music is quite perfect, and it is also a portrayal of Tang Monk and his disciples.
And the song "Daughter's Love" which was specially composed for the chapter on the Kingdom of Women has an incomparably beautiful and classical melody. No matter when you hear it, you can imagine the scene of the Queen of the Kingdom of Women pouring out her heart to Monk Tang.
The prelude is a perfect combination of Xiao and Guzheng, and the sound of the music box immediately brings everyone into a classical, fresh, elegant and quiet realm. Afterwards, the singer's affectionate voice floats over, and the Xiao and the singing sing in harmony, just like a woman whispering her thoughts.
There are also classic music such as "The Indian Girl" which is the interlude when the Indian girl who is the incarnation of the Jade Rabbit Fairy gets married to Tang Monk, "Why Go to the West Thousand Miles Away" which is the interlude when the four masters and apprentices mistakenly enter Xiao Leiyin, "Pig Bajie Carrying His Wife on His Back" which is the interlude when Zhu Bajie gets married, "Five Hundred Years of Changes" which is the interlude when Sun Wukong is pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, and "The Great Sage Song" which is the interlude after Sun Wukong jumps out of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
The 1986 version of "Journey to the West" is an unparalleled classic in many people's minds. It allows people to display their heroic complex in a more vivid way.
The music is also extremely classic. Not only are the lyrics and music excellent, but it also pioneered the combination of electronic music, folk music and orchestra in TV dramas. In short, its rich connotation, beautiful melody, and perfect fit between the plot and music are rarely matched so far.
These are the music specially composed by Master Xu Jingqing for "Journey to the West". Lin Fan plans to copy them all, because these music are integrated with the soul of "Journey to the West". If any one of them is replaced, the soul of "Journey to the West" will be missing a part.
This made Zhou Yue very happy: "With so many good songs, this TV series will definitely be a hit!"
Yang Hongxia doesn’t understand these things, but she understands people.
Since it was Lin Fan's interlude, and it was approved by Zhou Yue, it must be good music! "Then during the early promotion, can we pick an interlude and use it as a promotional song?"
Zhou Yue agreed: "Okay, just look at the focus of the promotion and choose the right songs."
Unfortunately, "Investiture of the Gods" is not that classic. Lin Fan retained the music that is more in line with the plot, such as "Exclusive and Unrestrained", and changed all the other music that did not match the plot and modern aesthetics.
With Lin Fan's current musical attainments, he could have created music that is not inferior to "Cloud Palace Swift Sound" a long time ago, but Lin Fan has never started to do it. There is no other reason, mainly because of one word - laziness.
At the same time, in order to better integrate the plot of "The Investiture of the Gods" with the mythology system of Blue Star China, Lin Fan also modified a lot of content and settings.
Not only the plots in the film and television dramas, but also the original novels have been modified and corrected to make them more in line with people's cognition.
This is also the reason why "Journey to the West" was published before "Investiture of the Gods". "Journey to the West" does not need to be modified at all and can be used directly.
However, this is not entirely without benefits.
After all, the "Journey to the West" comic has been serialized for several months, and its fame and popularity have long been established. It is a piece of cake to launch the "Journey to the West" novel, and it is not difficult.
After the publication of "Journey to the West", it received unanimous praise from the public as expected.
More importantly, with the original novel of "Journey to the West", the colleagues in the animation studio were finally able to understand Lin Fan's approach of making individual settings for each character.
It’s not that Lin Fan has high demands, nor that he is being unreasonable, but that this work is worth it.
Such an excellent work may become a Chinese certified classic in ten years, and may even be included in textbooks and known by every Chinese.
Every character setting and every final character drawing made by the animation studio for this work may become material for people to study this book in the future. How can this not make our friends excited?
Therefore, there is no need for Lin Fan to urge them to do anything. The colleagues in the animation studio are now actively and consciously studying the original book every day, carefully working on the details, building a network of relationships, and exploring the hidden connections between each character before finally producing a confirmed draft.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lin Fan couldn't find any fault with the character setting created in this way, so of course it passed the first draft.
Now that the character settings are completed, the subsequent comics of "Journey to the West" can naturally be modified and corrected, and then put online.
So, when Lin Fan’s fans clicked on Penguin Comics and wanted to urge for updates according to the three meal times as usual, they suddenly found out: Journey to the West, it! Is! Over! For a moment, everyone couldn’t believe their eyes!
Although the comic book "Journey to the West" has been serialized for several months, it is time to enter the final stage and prepare for completion. However, considering that Lin Fan is publishing a book, preparing for the filming of a new TV series, and announcing that "Journey to the West" will soon start filming - under such a busy situation, the lazy Lin Fan will definitely delay updating the comic book first.
But the reality is just the opposite. Lin Fan did not delay the update, but instead finished the comic. This is as rare as Lin Fan taking the initiative to do business!
And this is not the point. The point is that Penguin Comics announced that Lin Fan’s next comic is already in preparation.
And like "Journey to the West", this comic will also be published as a book simultaneously. More importantly, the film and television drama of this work is already in production.
If everything goes well, after the comic is finished and the novel is published, the majority of netizens will be able to continue watching the TV series! The majority of netizens were shocked. This is not a surprise, it is simply a shock! (End of this chapter)