You can't imagine the happiness of the group performance

Chapter 422 The trip to New Zealand is over

“May it be an evening star
May the stars twinkle in the night sky

Shines down upon you
Endless starlight guides you on your journey

May it be when darkness falls
May the curtain of darkness fall
. . . "

"may it be", the original version is known as the chanting of elves, the sound of nature.

At the end of 2001, Irish female singer Enya was invited by director Peter Jackson to create a song.

As the theme song of the movie, "May It Be" won high academic honors and commercial status, and became the champion of the German singles chart after its release.

It also ranked among the top download charts in many countries, and was nominated for "Best Original Song" at the Oscars, "Best Original Song" at the Golden Globe Awards, and "Best Movie Song" at the Grammy Awards.

Regarding the matter of plundering foreign singers, Jiang Yan still said the same thing, without any psychological burden.

The version being broadcast now is sung by Jiang Yan himself. Naturally, the ethereal inspiration is not as strong as Enya, but it doesn't matter. Jiang Yan also explained that a female singer must be used to sing.

But even in this version, as the song progresses, a group of people, especially the director, already have a picture in their minds.

The bearded Peter Jackson was looking ready to enjoy it one second, and then zoomed in and focused the next second after his eyes lit up. Obviously, he was caught in it at the moment.

The melody and lyrics, as a song that fits the movie very well, if the director had no idea, Jiang Yan would probably think that this guy in front of him might be a fake.

The rest of the main creators may not have had such a big reaction, but they have somewhat similar reactions.

So in general, "may it be" is played for the first time, and its quality alone is basically considered stable.

After the song was played, the director took a breath and started to applaud, as did the rest.

Jiang Yan, on the other hand, took out a large stack of documents and notes, and began to talk about the source of inspiration for his creation.

While listening, the director and others saw Jiang Yan's dense notes and sketches, and they were all surprised by Jiang Yan's professionalism.

The most surprised one was of course the director, because Jiang Yan had said before that he wanted to shoot it himself.

But now, when he saw the sketches of the elves' clothing designs in the notes, he took a deep breath.

This is even worse than the ones made by my own team!
This is only for elves, what about the others?

The director couldn't help but sigh, fortunately Jiang Yan is a teammate now.

As Jiang Yan spoke one by one, he also released the rest of the soundtrack.

"Concerning hobbits", "the shire", "bag end" and other original classic music were released one by one. Jiang Yan also followed the script, vividly depicting the scene when the music appeared.

"Look, this paragraph, I think it can be placed in Shire..."

The Oscar-level classic soundtrack is no joke.

This time, even if there is no combination of movies, the sense of picture in everyone's mind is still very staring.

Hearing Shire's music, Frodo Sam and other hobbits were delighted at that time.

Hearing the background music of the big scene, Aragorn's fighting spirit burned. . .

In addition to the original music, Jiang Yan also played an improved version, which was modified by an old artist who consulted the elves in another world, so the overall version will be more artistic than the original version. Of course, which version to use in the end is up to the director himself To decide.

As for the soundtrack, the main principle is to match the picture of the movie, the two must be balanced, and one side should not be too prominent.

So after more than a dozen songs, a small music exchange meeting lasted for an hour.

In the end, Jiang Yan's spirit was a little too much, so he took the initiative to end the discussion, and then asked the director:

"Director, what do you think?"

The director clapped his hands and nodded: "Joey, I want to say, it's really great to have you join us!"

Others also expressed their appreciation:
"I can't wait to see the finished film."

"It feels like something out of Middle-earth, Joey, how did you do that."

"Wow, I think, next time I need to use a better player, no, I need to use a band to play live..."

The scene was harmonious.

Jiang Yan wiped the sweat off his forehead, and finally smiled with satisfaction.

Another halo, another three years of making music, and another hour of blah blah blah, blah blah, blah, blah, blah.

Thus, the cooperation was reached.

. . . . . . .

After the soundtrack was finalized, Jiang Yan couldn't bear it anymore, so he went back to the hotel first.

After typing the script of the first part with drowsiness, he fell into a deep sleep.

This night, he rarely slept 8 hours.

Early the next morning, the director hadn't started work yet, and when he saw Jiang Yan, he greeted him warmly.

The lasting effect of "Elf's Affinity" will vary from person to person, but it will last for a long time no matter what.

In addition, Jiang Yan's own appearance, talent, dedication, enthusiasm, and temper are all in line with the director.

So this affinity effect is basically permanent, unless the two of them turn against each other in the future.

Of course, this kind of situation is the same for everyone, even lovers who are inseparable will turn against each other because of cheating.

In fact, if Jiang Yan didn't have this skill, according to his behavior style and Peter Jackson's own character, Jiang Yan might be able to get along well with him for five or six days.

But now, the skill halo magnifies the goodwill, thus speeding up the process, which can save a lot of time, Jiang Yan naturally knows how to make good use of the opportunity.

So that morning, Jiang Yan officially signed the contract and became the soundtrack composer of the "Lord of the Rings" series.

After signing the contract, the purpose of this trip to New Zealand is basically achieved.

But Sissy is still there, and Jiang Yan will play with her for a few more days, at least he has to visit the hobbit hut.

The other group of main creators still have a high sense of closeness to him. Although they didn't speak a few words with Jiang Yan, but because of the influence of the halo, everyone didn't feel strange to Jiang Yan, and they were very close.

To be honest, this group of people are basically unknown actors.

Originally, "The Lord of the Rings" was looking for a lot of big names, but only a few of the last big names came, and now the leading actors are basically small roles except for dry tofu.

The dwarf Gimli is a 1.8-meter big man in reality, and he is a good wine.

Boromir's death scene has been filmed, but he still has a few days to wrap up, and this guy is also a good drinker, so there is nothing to say, drink up.

Let’s not talk about the protagonist Frodo and others. The amount of alcohol may not be very good, but there is not much nonsense about drinking.

Also, the actor who played Pipin knew how to compose music, so he seemed to be asking Jiang Yan for advice.

Aragon's actor Hugo, this guy was called here temporarily, and he didn't want to come at first, but was persuaded by his son to come.

But after this guy came, he was really a professional. From the fact that he learned the elf language, he knew that this guy was very attentive to "Lord of the Rings".

In addition, this guy is very good at playing. When he was on the set, he developed a "head bumping ceremony" to replace the handshake ceremony, which made the elf prince dizzy every time.

The elf prince came to Orlando. This guy has just graduated and is here to play soy sauce, so his mentality is the most relaxed one.

But Jiang Yan knew that when the trailer came out, his good looks would attract a lot of fans, and then he would immediately become popular, and the director's post-editing would also increase his role in the scene.

Then when the movie aired, this guy almost jumped straight to the first-line position, and later directly got the opportunity to star in "Pirates of the Caribbean".

But this is all for later, now, the group of people are almost all young people.

So that night, Jiang Yan once again spent money to invite a group of people to have a small party together. The insignificant acquaintances are always more precious.

At the party, after a few drinks, everyone began to tease Orlando, who played the Elf Prince.

The elven prince in Middle-earth claims to drink a thousand cups, but in reality, Orlando is drunk in one cup.

And Orlando has a weird idea about drinking.

That's the one with good looks and not a lot of alcohol.

So today when Jiang Yan was here, he changed his normal routine and joined the drinking party. He wanted Jiang Yan to have a partner who could advance and retreat with him when he was drunk.

As a result, he quickly realized that there are differences among handsome guys.

In addition, when saying goodbye to Jiang Yan the next day, everyone in the production team looked sluggish, but at the same time, everyone tacitly kept silent about last night's drinking party.

It's really embarrassing for a group of people to be drunk by one person. If it gets out, it might affect the box office. . .

(End of this chapter)