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Chapter 1790 The invasion of culture, the magical soundtrack

At that moment, the old Russian man was standing in the corridor of the movie theater. He was desperate, angry, and helpless.

What came to my ears was the almost simultaneous sound of music in all the theaters.

It seems that the whole world is "Badaka".

There is no room for other movies.

In fact, in most regions where it premiered, "Badaka" entered a market with an almost domineering attitude.

After all, in markets outside of China, this is not a particularly important movie schedule. The Christmas schedule in European and American countries has passed, and the New Year schedule has also passed in countries that celebrate New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar.

In most markets, there are no big-budget films that can withstand the onslaught of "Badaka".

The rest are just some small miscellaneous fish and small productions.

This kind of crowding out of films in the cinema "Film Russia" is not an isolated case.

The world is so cruel sometimes.

There are many icing on the cake, but few give charcoal in the snow.

Some people already have a lot, but still have to give it to him.

Some people have almost nothing, but still want to take what he has.

At this moment, there are many people who want to cry without tears like this old Russian brother.

In the auditorium lobby, music leaked through the soundproof walls.

Some gloomy, depressing, almost sad music echoed around.

"Badaka" has begun.

A film score master once said: All film scores are about the tone, and the most important thing for a movie is to find the tone.

Usually, the title music is like a movie introduction, which will intuitively tell the audience what is the content and tone of the movie you will watch.

Obviously, the tone of this "Badaka" is so gloomy, depressing, and sad.

It's like a person sacrificed himself and sank his body into the deep ocean.

No, it's not just that.

After the gloomy, depressing tone, a strange clanging sound joined it, like a ray of sunshine, dispelling the cloud.

Added a touch of bright color.

That feeling was like sacrificing oneself, but in exchange for hope.

Just a short title song, already hinted at all the themes of this movie.

sacrifice and hope.

When the old Russian brother returned to the movie hall, sobbing, he heard the brisk, "jingling" sound echoing in the movie hall, which was quick and joyful.

It's like someone is trotting briskly, with one foot eagerly chasing the other.

He opened his eyes wide in doubt and looked at the screen.

what music is this?
In the melody, the tinkling sound is in the front, and at the back, another stringed instrument with a unique tone, lays out colors under the tinkling melody.

Just listening to the music, there is an inexplicable feeling, as if the wind blows over the forehead and the ends of the hair.

On the screen of the movie at this time, the colors are bright, the sun is shining, and the spring day is just right.

Cruas Chen, played by Feng Yidong, lives on campus with other students.

He walked briskly, shuttling between the classrooms, and beside him were three roommates who obviously looked like the other three people in 306, but sincere.

During the gap between studies, he and his girlfriend dated under the big tree. Like a chirping bird, his girlfriend turned her back in front of him, stretched her arms, walked a few steps backwards, and looked at him with a smile. His eyes were like crescent moons, and then he turned around again.

The sun shone through the thick leaves of the big tree and shone on his face, bright and warm.

The perfect combination of the bright colors in this section and the soundtrack makes people forget that it is cold winter now, and seems to have returned to the warm spring and summer.

The spring day of Cruas Chen is the original color of this movie.

And that old Russian brother stared wide-eyed at the movie screen, the bright colors and joyful soundtrack reflected in his tears, the contrast was extraordinarily peculiar.

Feng Yidong turned around and looked at the other audience behind him.

Everyone has smiles on their faces.

The world does not seem to stop laughing because of your tragedy. When you are crying, countless people are laughing.

In the face of this invisible force, human beings are even more insignificant.

In the theater next door, in the front row, Tokavsky sat in the middle, watching the movie with a frown.

It is the largest auditorium of the "Movie Russia" cinema, with a huge curtain in front, and the audio-visual effect is much better than that of the small auditorium next door.

His head was tilted slightly, as if carefully distinguishing what kind of music it was.

In the row behind him, Humato and Kotut from Indonesia also stared in doubt.

What music is this?nice!very familiar!But it's a little strange...

The most characteristic music in Indonesia is probably gamelan.

The original meaning of gamelan in Indonesian is "hand operation" and "percussion". As the name suggests, it is mainly a percussion instrument.

Most of the musical instruments used in it are bronze musical instruments, with the core of hanging and horizontally placed combination breast gong instruments, plus double-sided drum "kentan", xylophone "gamban", bowed stringed instrument "lebabu", plucked stringed instrument "Qie Lianpeng", "Kachapi", bamboo flute "Su Ling" and so on.

And its combined gong instruments are extremely rich, mainly including large hanging gongs, medium hanging gongs, small hanging gongs, big kettle gongs, small kettle gongs, pai gongs, wooden platoon qins, metal platoon qins, resonating tube metal platoon qin... …

It can be said that it is very distinctive and has a certain popularity all over the world.

Listening to a gamelan performance can be said to be an experience not to be missed when traveling in Indonesia.

And Humato and Kotut grew up in this kind of music since they were young.

But at this moment, they feel that this music...

Like, but not, weird.

Yes, it's gamelan, but it's not gamelan.

They don't know that the music of gamelan has a long history and comes from the cultural influence of ancient civilizations such as India and China, but it really took shape in a certain year when a young man named Zhongjun The posture descended on the island of Java.

The metal gongs, harps, and wooden harps used by Gamelan are nothing more than imitations of bells and drums, imitating the infinite power that can shake heaven and earth.

And 600 years later, gamelan has already taken root in Java and developed its own unique characteristics.

And when the object it imitates - the qin of bells and drums imitates the gamelan in turn, what kind of effect will it have?
The gods are close to humans, imitating the primitive with advanced.

This is the strange sound they heard.

Strange piece of music.

Like, but not.

It's so magical that it's fascinating.

And this music seems to be clearly telling a truth.

This is a movie about Indonesia.

But in this story, the Chinese are the protagonists.

A Chinese in an Indonesian vest.

At this moment, Humato and Kutut, who were listening to this music, did not realize that this was actually an invasion.

Just like at the beginning, Gu Xiaobai broke through their defense line with an extremely tough attitude and captured the Indonesian market.

And now, this "Badaka" is another strong invasion by Gu Xiaobai.

The invasion of culture is actually a war without gunpowder.

Moreover, in this war, there can be no win-win situation.

The entry and change of one party will always be accompanied by the demise and retreat of one party.

And at this moment, the whole world is intoxicated in the brisk and wonderful music world created by Gu Xiaobai, and their hearts are jumping with the music.

Unaware of it at all, Gu Xiaobai once again invaded their market forcefully.

Who cares?
A weak culture has no power to resist a strong culture.

Isn't the whole world singing American songs and imitating American music?
And now, it's just the second wolf.

In fact, even Gu Xiaobai himself, who made the soundtrack, didn't notice this.

He just felt that since Cruas Chen in "Badaka" is such a Chinese character, it should be this kind of music.

Chinese musical instruments, Chinese scales, and Indonesian music.

And this piece of music is Cruas Chen's "theme", or "concept", musically, it represents Cruas Chen.

With the development of the movie, Cruas Chen graduated. He bid farewell to his teachers and classmates, made an appointment with his girlfriend for one year, and kissed goodbye at the airport.

He got on the plane and flew from China to Indonesia.

Here is the cutscene from the first act to the second act. There is no soundtrack in the first half of the cutscene, but when the plane flew over Indonesia, he looked down from the porthole.

Jakarta is just below.

From him overlooking Indonesia, to him walking out of the airport, to his various means of transportation, until he boarded the boat, the movie used a quick edit, and at the same time, another piece of soundtrack sounded.

Humato and Kotut couldn't help but smile when they heard the soundtrack.

Although the Indonesia shown in the movie is prosperous but backward, crowded and messy.

But without too much prejudice, very real.

Listening to this piece of music made them feel even more at home.

Walking on such streets, listening to such music, this is our Indonesia.

No, it is not the current Indonesia, but the purer and more memorable Indonesia in my childhood memories.

In Gu Xiaobai's soundtrack, the name of this section is "Indonesia Impression".

This music is based on the accompaniment music of gamelan "Ramayana" and "Mahabharata" and other dance dramas. It combines the playing style of gamelan near Semarang, Central Java, and invites a traditional Semarang The gamelan band plays.

This is indeed a true gamelan.

The members of this traditional gamelan band are all real folk musicians. They walk among various folk celebrations all year round. Most of them are from Yeluzi. They have never been in a recording studio in this life. , took several days to complete.

In order to record this piece of music, Hao Fanbo personally brought Gu Xiaobai's score, brought several excellent producers, and found the local cultural department, and let them spend several days in the recording studio.

Recording was more difficult than imagined.

Many members of this band are already old, their skills are uneven, and most of them don’t know notation. Later, they specially recruited students from the local conservatory to help communicate and demonstrate.

Finally finished this piece of music.

It can be said that it does not count the cost.

But the effect is surprising.

At this moment, almost all Indonesian audiences have exactly the same feeling.

That is……

"Ah, Xiaobai knows Indonesia well!"

This is Indonesia!

Indonesian feel!
It's just a piece of music, good impression, instantly full!
And when Cruas Chen boarded a boat on the coast to the island where he was going to teach, the music gradually diminished.

Hearing Cruas Chen's destination, the captain of the ship shook his head and exhorted:
"My child, that island is not a good place. Hurry up and go home before it's too late..."

Cruas Chen didn't listen to the advice of the ship's boss, he still stubbornly boarded the ship.

Just then, the music changed again.

Primitive, mysterious, rough, and strangely fatal music sounded.

It seemed that Cruas Chen's fate was already doomed.

In the movie theater, Ke Tut suddenly widened his eyes.

"Hey?? Hey?!"

what is this?
This is……

Gerdan?
He heard their Bata music!

Gerdang is a primitive religious ritual and celebration music in northern Sumatra.

In northern Sumatra, almost every major event in everyone's life is spent in this kind of music of the tribe.

When he heard this music, he seemed to have smelled the smell of his hometown and saw the warm smiles of his family.

He was born, he married, he was promoted, his grandfather died...

All in this kind of music.

But what's different about this music?
The mournful timbre sounded in this passage of the Bata tribe. When the instrument sounded, it made people feel like crying and laughing, but they didn't know how to deal with it.

It's complicated.

Tokavsky's eyes widened too.

This voice is too familiar to him!

Suona!

Not long ago at the Spring Festival Gala branch venue, this instrument just played the opening performance.

And in this piece of music, Gu Xiaobai uses the suona to replace the extremely important suona-style instrument Sarney in Gerdangli.

In an instant, the emotional rendering of this piece "Sea Island" has been raised to another level!
Seeing this, the mood of the audience is also ups and downs.

"Badaka" is adapted from real events.

Everyone knows how this story ends.

With dreams and responsibilities in mind, Cruas Chen has already walked towards his own destiny.

It can no longer be reversed.

When the shrill suona tore through the fog on the sea, a small island slowly emerged in front of it.

The music stopped abruptly.

Cruas Chen has already ushered in his final destination.

There is no longer anything that can stop him from falling into the spiral of fate.

"Alas..." The boss of the boat sighed deeply, then turned his head and left the island.

Just like the mood of moviegoers.

Why, tragedies are always unstoppable.

Cruas Chen turned around and looked at the small island.

Simple smiling faces, enthusiastic men and women, on the surface, it looks like a peaceful and peaceful scene.

But a gloomy, dark, vague melody sounded.

This music is still gamelan, but even the native Indonesians don’t know that the combination of gongs and drums of gamelan can still play such a gloomy, evil, and depressing feeling!

The second theme or concept that appears in Badaka.

"pirate"!
Contrary to "Cruyas Chen", the "Pirate" as the villain!
Although the real pirates have yet to show up, Cruyas has yet to discover the truth about the island.

But, the truth is just lurking there, waiting for you to discover it.

And the battle between light and darkness begins now!
(End of this chapter)