abnormal musician

Chapter 195 "Soul Cage"! (seeking subscription ~monthly ticket~)

When making some soundtracks, the composer must have sufficient understanding of the soundtrack works.

All the soundtracks are for the work. If you want to make a work, you must repeatedly study the character settings, worldview background, and story plot of these animation, film and television drama works.

Therefore, Li Shaojie was really dumbfounded the moment he got the information.

Take a look at the index.

"Doomsday Psychology"

"sociology"

"Introduction to Ecosystems"

"History of Biological Evolution"

"Derivation of Cosmic Evolution"

"Chinese and Foreign History"

"Detailed Explanation of Siddhan Sanskrit"

"Illustrated Ancient Babylonian Cuneiform Writing"

An Analysis of Ancient Indian Languages

"Ancient Egyptian Mythology"

"Religion and Philosophy" etc. etc.
It can almost be said that people were stupid at the time.

The data in the index is almost all things Paul.

Any unpopular subject that you can't imagine is likely to appear.

Li Shaojie even saw the extremely unpopular theory of "The Origin of the Black Hole Universe" marked in it, Penrose's theory of black hole universe cycle.

"?" Li Shaojie wanted to turn into a big question mark, asking whether this group of people wanted to make cartoons or win the Nobel Prize.

"Are you sure there's nothing superfluous here?"

"I'm sure."

The staff smiled and nodded seriously.

"This is all relevant information about the entire animation production."

"Of course, you may not need to read all of them, because this is the origin of worldview philosophy, original painting design, plot, character design, play and other designs."

"In terms of your soundtrack, you still have to consider the animation scene and content more."

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Li Shaojie began to doubt life.

Although the staff said yes.
You don't need to see it all.

But all these things together are quite scary.

Li Shaojie smacked his lips.

The myths, philosophies, religions, and even the history of ancient countries are related here, and they definitely need to be read.

Soon, the meeting begins.

The meeting is not simply a project start. In fact, the project has already started, and now it is just some follow-up work arrangements.

Such as related peripherals and so on.

After a brief introduction, the title of the anime was lifted.

Two words were projected on the conference hall.

"Ling Cage"! !

To be honest, after seeing this name, Li Shaojie was even more confused.

It's hard to guess the anime content from this name.

But after explaining and looking through the materials in his hand, Li Shaojie had a general understanding of the whole story.

In the future, the earth has experienced a devastating catastrophe. The surviving humans had to take refuge on a lighthouse suspended in the air, and then faced the evil creatures on the ground, as well as the contradiction between good and evil, right and wrong, and other contradictory stories. .

The technology of human beings is highly developed, and they can even collect interstellar resources. In this case, the damage to the earth is more serious. When human beings try to touch the realm of immortality in order to live forever, monsters will eventually be born in biological experiments.

The Mana ecology constructed by the Pole Devourer and the Flower of Mana, plunders the source of human life, breeds the Pole Devourer, and then plunders the source of life of human beings. After human beings experienced a wave of destruction and rebirth, the survivors chose two a different path.

The lighthouse human beings who linger on their last days and abide by the law of doomsday, or the human beings who choose to adapt and coexist on the ground where the mana ecology is completely assimilated.

But it seems that all roads are for the continuation of human beings and returning to the ground.

Of course, there are too many things in it, and it is difficult to understand thoroughly in a short time.

But to sum it up, it's nothing more than four words.

【Doomsday Wasteland】

Li Shaojie frowned slightly.

It feels like I have encountered a problem for a long time.

The human stories in the doomsday wasteland are very different from reality in terms of sociology and psychology. Let alone the wasteland, even the post-war human beings are completely different psychologically and socially from the peaceful era. Not to mention the end of the day.

And if you don't understand these experiences, it is difficult to make a suitable soundtrack.

Scene rendering music involves this fictional "mana ecology", so it is difficult to describe it through music language. There is not much to learn from, so we can only study it slowly to understand the philosophy and logic.

What about emotional music?
Naturally, it is more necessary to study how people's psychological activities and mentality are in the apocalypse, and more importantly, to think about how to make the mood of the characters in the fictional world resonate with the audience in the real peace era.

As for the fight music it's even harder.

Whether it is the choice of national scale or orchestration, it must more or less conform to the identity of the person in the battle scene and the way it is used.

After all, this is a doomsday story. Human beings have no distinction between countries and races. It is difficult to choose what orchestration and harmony to use, or a specific national scale in a mixture of nationalities.

especially
Not only to sketch out the feel of the end of the wasteland.

It is also necessary to express a theme.

[No matter what kind of difficulties and challenges we face, mankind, as a community of shared future, should abandon prejudice and unite to forge ahead in the long river of time. 】

A community of shared future for mankind.

How to deal with this becomes more tricky.

However, it was such a challenge that made Li Shaojie even more interested! !

The greatest joy of learning music is nothing more than these marginal knowledge.

Culture, religion, history, philosophy, and even the extension of special themes such as martial arts guns and mechs, etc.

After the meeting, Li Shaojie brought a thick data index, animation original paintings, plot and other design settings, and returned to Dabihua Music Studio to prepare for the production.

First of all, it is to set the data of the story itself and understand the plot of the story thoroughly.

Don’t think about some related knowledge that you don’t understand first, memorize it by rote, remember these points, and eat slowly later.

So, after reading the settings, Li Shaojie started to read comics.

Soon, the production of the first attempt will begin.

"Well, where do we start?"

Li Shaojie thought thoughtfully.

If we say that the fighting methods of lighthouse humans are mechas, guns, and high-tech typical technological civilizations.

But the fighting methods of humans on the ground are more or less like cultivating immortals
To evolve human beings, the mantras of Sanskrit characters, combined with the method of exhaling and inhaling qi, stimulate the innate energy in the human body, and also use the method of returning to the original mind to shield emotions, so that the beast cannot detect itself.

Simply put, Lighthouse Human has a more cyberpunk feel.

High tech, low survival.

Then, maybe there is a little electronic music in the production of the music.

As for the fighting and survival methods of humans on the ground, there is quite a feeling of "evolution" + "ancient martial arts", especially in some clothing, fighting, and even various elements such as "breathing" and "guiyuan mentality".

In terms of music production, Chinese style can be used.

With a sense of simplicity, but also with new ideas.

As for the music related to the Mana ecology, there may be more talk about it.

An ecosystem that is completely different from humans, and even completely hostile to each other, must seem weird and threatening to humans, and it can even be a little scary.

Therefore, it must be a bit darker in production.

Mystery also needs to be created.

At this time, maybe using some hellish instruments will have a miraculous effect?Such as the water piano, the Apprehension Engine, and even some underworld synth sounds.

On the basis of composition, the weirdness and mystery brought by "disharmony" will also be considered.

Tritone, a typical devil interval.

According to the theory of Pythagoras, with a scientific explanation, the simpler the number of the vibration ratio of two tones, the more harmonious they sound, such as a pure octave.

The octave vibration ratio, according to the A sound 440Hz, the octave relationship is the higher octave A sound 880Hz.

Simple 1:2.

The ratio of vibration frequency between tritones is about 12:17.

Moreover, when creating a corresponding sense of tension, it is entirely possible to "scare people" by rapidly increasing and decreasing the volume.

It was as if in a very quiet place, suddenly there was a soft chirp, which immediately turned into a roar in the ear, then faded away instantly, and turned into silence again.

Or the tearing feeling of electronic music, the changing rhythm makes the heart skip a beat.

Or the repetition of minor second intervals such as EF makes people nervous and anxious in the constant repetition of brainwashing.

And these things, depicting the ecology of Mana, can even be applied to many classical composition techniques.

Like narrative poetry?
Or. With a sense of religion, theology.

Gradually calculate the skills and instruments that need to be used.

Li Shaojie's thoughts on composing became more and more clear.

Just do it.

For these ideas, the best place to cut into is probably the battle music of the humans on the ground.

Others need to carefully sort out the elements slowly, make a sample, and then combine the scenes produced by the animation to refine it in detail, and even need to further understand the detailed logic of many worldviews.

Add a little Chinese style to reflect the method of exhaling and breathing, and the feeling of martial arts.

Thus, the production officially began.

A week has passed.

During this period of time, Li Shaojie produced a lot of phrases and short demos based on different information.

The duration can be said to be very short.

The purpose is to facilitate adjustments after the follow-up animation is really done.

To put it simply, it is to "Mark" first.

soon.

When Li Shaojie sorted out many basic elements here, carefully determined the music motivation through miscellaneous marginal information, and made a good track, a well-produced video came from the other side.

titles.

When it is opened, it is a statue similar to a stone.

A man is head to head with a baby.

Dim color, completely lifeless.

Li Shaojie knew that this was actually a metaphor for the setting in the anime "Meat Soil".

After human beings have absorbed the source of life, they will become something like a stone statue. The flesh is still there, but it has become something like dirt.

According to myths and legends, Nu Wa made man out of soil.

People who died after being sucked from the source of life left only this humanoid clod.

The flowers of mana grow, and monsters like gnats crawl on the soil.

Black smoke shrouded the various shapes of fleshy soil. From the expressions of these human-shaped soil clods, it seemed that people's different reactions could be seen at the moment of the end of the day.

Hug and kiss with the one you love, smile to comfort the child in your arms, or be frightened, desperate, angry, and stunned.

All shapes and sizes are different.

The tentacles of the mana flower stretched out, separating the man from the baby.

Cracks gradually appeared on the body of the clod man, and his outstretched hand seemed like a child who was reluctant to stay away, but his face was expressionless.

Soon, the field of vision shifts to others.

The flesh and soil entangled by the tentacles of the Mana Flower gradually collapsed.

Whether it's howling in terror, twisted madness, crying in despair, or fleeing hysterically.

They gradually turned into ashes.

In the end, the picture was fixed on the man whose head was broken.

And the rising baby, intact, about to step into the sun.

Just one and a half minutes.

This kind of imagery made Li Shaojie praise again and again.

It seems that the humans of the old world bid farewell to the new world?
Or build a foundation with the flesh and blood of people in the new world, overcome the mana ecology, let mankind return to the earth, and usher in a beautiful future era?
It seems that no matter how you explain it, it will work.

"Damn it's so hard, but I like it so much!"

Li Shaojie immediately became motivated to work.

"Should I say it or not, first think of a title."

Li Shaojie touched his chin and thought about it carefully.

Since it is the doomsday wasteland, build a community with a shared future and strive to survive.

expresses this feeling of human rebirth.

"Then call it "Rebirth"!"

Immediately, the production will start soon.

The fragments of the passages that were written under the inspiration before were reproduced accordingly.

Soon, after the production was completed, Li Shaojie began to check.

The opening song is suggestive and predictive.

Li Shaojie scratched his head, frowned and shook his head.

"No, the music doesn't reflect the unresolved feeling of the opening video!!"

After carefully weighing the whole song and thinking about it, I seem to understand where the problem is.

Yes.

According to the basic composition habits, when composing, the "complete cadence" is used.

But as it happens, the full cadence will give people a feeling of "dust settled".

"By the way, it's not good to use the full cadence in these places. In fact, you should use unstable chords to create a kind of... hindering the cadence, or making a half cadence."

The progress of the music also has a sense of "anticipation".

If the ending completes the audience's sense of expectation, then it is completely terminated.

Half-termination and hindered termination often give people a feeling of being indifferent.

It's not over yet, or there will be a follow-up.

But in this clip, if the ending is obstructed or half-terminated, it can greatly arouse the audience's sense of expectation and pave the way for the animation to follow! !

Soon, Li Shaojie revised it.

Finally, after all the details have been polished, it is time to consider the problem of orchestration.

"Sense of stillness"

"The sense of sadness that comes with the end."

"There will even be a kind of tragedy?"

That...maybe you can cut in with the piano at the beginning.

then with the bass strings
Use the "whispering" tone of the cello to create this feeling.

Then, the addition of rhythm, let the brass express this sense of tragedy, which is great.

After reading the story of "Ling Cage", Li Shaojie finished all the lyrics and music.

After almost two days, the project of this minute and a half was finally finished.

So, Li Shaojie called Zhou Yuanyuan to sing the opening song.

　I have to buy the original soundtrack of the spirit cage, 15 yuan, 21 songs.

　　Anyway, I bought it. The music here is really good. If you don’t want to buy it, you can go to station B to search by the song name~~
　　ps, the book cover review failed, which is strange.

　　I just changed the name with the current book cover, and it was not approved.

　　I will ask the editor tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)