The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 465 Music Master
At 2009 am on December 12, 19, the Yanjing area was overcast and it looked like it was going to snow.

Brother Cheng Long's Yaolai International Cinema is full of people coming and going, and many young people come to watch the movie.

A car stopped, Li Shengyao led his assistants out of the car, and hurried to the top floor of the studio.

He's done editing Sicario.

This movie makes an ordinary story thrilling, and the editing level is naturally very high.

Even though Lee Sheng-yew had the experience of his previous life to draw on, it still took him half a month to complete the editing of the film.

He then prepared film dubbing, scoring, and special effects work.

There are no major problems with special effects and dubbing, it just takes time to hone the skills.

The soundtrack made Lee Sing Yew very dissatisfied.

In his previous life, the success of "Sicario Sicario" was inseparable from the excellent soundtrack, and the film created a tense sense of impermanence from beginning to end.

The audience can't help but understand that this is a ridiculous and true story about police and criminals without going into the plot.

In this environment where interests are paramount, everyone may be sacrificed. A righteous and kind heroine is not necessarily the most suitable person to survive. Or the "bad guy" who helps the Glenbian drug dealers work.

Li Shengyao actually doesn’t need a soundtrack to express such uncertainty, life is impermanent, and there is no sense of security
But he needs a good enough soundtrack team to help him create a sense of tension, so that the whole movie is very "cool" and has a stern beauty.

He originally used Fenghua's soundtrack team, but he didn't need a complete version. After just seeing the soundtrack for the first battle scene, Lee Sheng-yew felt that this level was not good. The soundtrack for some idol dramas was okay. The soundtrack for "Sicario" was of that level. Far from enough.

He immediately discussed with several assistant directors. Everyone thought that the soundtrack teams in the company were not very good at scoring idol dramas all the year round, so it was better to hire an excellent soundtrack team from outside.

China still has many excellent soundtrack masters, such as Tan Dun, Zhao Jiping, Xu Jingqing and so on.

However, after careful consideration, Li Shengyao felt that these people were more inclined towards traditional music.

And he hopes that the film's soundtrack will have more modern music elements so that the film will have a cooler temperament.

Li Shengyao didn't look for these mainland masters, he thought of a few good soundtrack masters in Hong Kong Island.

He had already bought a plane ticket and was going south to Hong Kong Island. In the morning, he heard the news that Hong Kong Island soundtrack master-Chen Guangrong had come to Yanjing and was promoting "October Siege" in Cheng Long's Yaolai International Cinema. ".

"October Siege" is Hong Kong Island's latest film masterpiece. It was produced by Peter Chan. It invested a lot of money and invited many stars. The film finally had a box office of [-] billion.

However, the movie still lost money, and it is said that only Peter Chan made a profit.

Li Shengyao didn't care about these things, he just wanted to meet Chen Guangrong.

The level of this master is still very high. "Infernal Affairs", "Daisy", and "Martial Arts" are all his soundtracks.

Not long after, under the surprised eyes of the staff, Li Shengyao came to the top floor of Yaolai, and met the actors of "October Siege", but his purpose was not these actors. He smiled and nodded, and then expressed his intention of coming.

Li Shengyao then saw Chen Guangrong.

Master Chen is only in his early forties at this time, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and his hairstyle looks a bit like Chen Haonan, but his appearance is not comparable to that of Brother Haonan. Overall, he is not as handsome as Brother Haonan. Like an introverted man of science and technology.

"Mr. Chen, long time admiration, long admiration."

"Director Li, you're welcome."

Lee Sing Yew has participated in several Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremonies. Many Hong Kong Island filmmakers know him. Although he also knows many people, he does not know many people behind the scenes.

Just like Chen Guangrong, Li Shengyao didn't know him, but Chen Guangrong knew Li Shengyao.

The staff of Sparkle Roll then served tea and fruit plate.

Li Shengyao said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, you are the soundtrack, do you want to come to promote it?"

Chen Guangrong lowered his head and smiled, "I don't need to promote, I just came here to have fun..."

He paused and then said: "The contract I signed with them stipulates that I will go to three places for publicity. After the publicity is completed, if I go to three more places, I can get an additional 10 yuan."

He looked a little embarrassed, but his tone was relaxed. He actually didn't think it was a shameful thing.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Did you get the reward of 10 yuan?"

"Not yet, there are four more cities."

"Don't worry, it will only take four or five days."

During the movie promotion period, the main creators wanted to visit seven or eight cities in one day, and Chen Guangrong had to go to four more cities to promote, which would only take a few days.

Afterwards, the two chatted. Chen Guangrong talked about recent events in Hong Kong Island, while Li Shengyao talked about his current busy work.

In the end, Li Shengyao said: ""Sicario" needs a powerful soundtrack team to help me complete a high-quality soundtrack. We Fenghua do not have such talents. Mr. Chen, I need your help."

Chen Guangrong frowned slightly when he heard the words, "Director Li, it's not that I don't promise you, it's just that I promised my family a long time ago that we will travel to Switzerland and see the Alps."

"Is it for the New Year's holiday?"

"Yeah, it's for the New Year's holiday."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, there is still more than a month of annual leave. If you help me get it done before February, can't I go to Switzerland for vacation?"

When Chen Guangrong heard this, he looked at Li Shengyao blankly and did not respond immediately.

Everyone has their own characteristics. People on Hong Kong Island pay attention to efficiency and do everything very quickly. The same is true for the film market.

But Chen Guangrong is different, he is a person who is used to slow work and meticulous work.

It usually takes more than a month for him to score a movie.

He felt that he needed to spend enough time understanding the film so that he could bring the soundtrack to life.

Li Shengyao had investigated Chen Guangrong a long time ago. He knew Chen Guangrong's style very well. After thinking for a while, he said, "Mr. Chen, I know your style. This time, I really made it difficult for me. I owe you a favor."

Director Li's favor is naturally very rare.At this time, very few people can help him.

Han Sanping always wanted to return favors, but Li Shengyao never gave him a chance.

Chen Guangrong naturally has some friends in the entertainment industry, such as Zheng Yijian and Lin Jiaxin.

Zheng Yijian was held up by him alone. It can be said that without Chen Guangrong, there would be no Zheng Yijian.

Lin Jiaxin used to be his mistress, and their relationship only lasted for a year, but the people on Hong Kong Island were more open-minded about this.

The two are still in touch and often meet for dinner.

Chen Guangrong paused slightly when he heard Li Shengyao's words, and then said, "Director Li, what story is this movie about?"

Hearing this, Li Shengyao immediately put aside the story of "Sicario", and finally said: "The story of this movie is actually very ordinary, and there is nothing special worth mentioning. The selling point of the movie is the photography, the gunfight scene, and the soundtrack."

"I wanted to make a really real, really cool movie."

Hearing this, Chen Guangrong looked at Li Shengyao in puzzlement, he couldn't understand what "cool" meant.

Li Shengyao continued: "Mr. Chen, what I understand by cool is that it is very real, very professional, and very exciting."

"It's like the second battle scene. There is a twelve-minute escort scene before it starts. The police are taking the drug dealers through a very dangerous city. The film first shoots the dirty and chaotic city, and then you can see the hanging Corpse."

"There are still drug dealers following. The police are very nervous. They heard gunshots. There are gangs fighting in the road ahead. They have to turn around and go on from a small road."

"When they returned to the main road and encountered a traffic jam, the drug dealers followed them again. After a pause, the police and drug dealers officially engaged in a battle."

"This is the second battle scene, a twelve-minute escort scene. I need the composer to give music that is realistic and tense enough to create a cool feeling."

Chen Guangrong thought for a while, and he probably understood Li Shengyao's request.

"Director Li, I understand what you mean."

"Mr. Chen, you are a smart person, you can definitely do it."

Li Shengyao picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and continued: "There are four battle scenes in the movie. The main purpose is to provide music for these four battle scenes. The other scenes are relatively simple and do not require too much emotion."

Chen Guangrong thought for a while, "Director Li, the soundtrack of this movie doesn't sound too difficult, but what if we can't meet your requirements?"

Film scoring is not an ordinary job. Generally speaking, an agreement is signed with a soundtrack team, and a completion date is specified, and then it is like opening a blind box.

If the effect is good, everyone will be happy. If the effect is not good, they can only accept it.

Lee Sheng-yew used to have Feng Hua's composer score the music, so he could change it at will, but if he signs an agreement with Chen Guangrong, success or failure will be a one-and-done deal.

Unless Lee Sung Yew finds another soundtrack team to complete it later, but it will take at least another month.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled and said: "I believe in your strength. If you fail to meet my requirements, then I am unlucky and the responsibility lies with me."

When Chen Guangrong heard Li Shengyao's words, he didn't immediately agree. He lowered his head and began to think.

"Mr. Chen, do you have any concerns?"

"Director Li, as we make music, our inspiration is actually limited every year. Just like Jay Chou, he writes songs while working. He can write dozens of good songs a year, which is very impressive. But you If you squeeze him so that he doesn't have to go to work and write songs at home every day, although he will have more time to prepare songs, he may not be able to write more good songs."

Chen Guangrong paused, and then said: "Do you understand what I mean?"

"We compose and score the same music. Our inspiration is not endless. I used to score two or three movies a year."

"In the past year, I have scored music for "You Long Xi Feng", "October Siege", and "The Overheard", which has been relatively productive. At other times, I often score one or two movies a year."

"The movie you told me about, the shootout scene, I don't think it's very difficult, but it's just my feeling, the final effect may not be very good, you need to understand that."

Chen Guangrong spoke very sincerely, and several words were spoken in Cantonese.

Of course what he said was true.

In addition to monotonous physical labor such as sweeping the streets, let alone artistic creation, even mental workers such as code writers have a limit.

Some code writers have tens of thousands every day, and some people have four thousand every day.

It’s not that those who wrote four thousand didn’t want to write more, it was just that their brains couldn’t keep up.

What Chen Guangrong means is that he has completed the soundtracks of three films this year, so he may not have any inspiration.

It's not impossible to come to the soundtrack of "Sicario Slayer" at this time, but if the effect is not good, you can't blame him.

Li Shengyao smiled without any hesitation, "Mr. Chen, it doesn't matter, I will be responsible for all the consequences."

As for the soundtrack of "Sicario", Lee Sing Yew didn't make any arrangements. Before the movie started, he should have found a soundtrack master, given him the script, and asked him to find inspiration.

Now I am looking for someone temporarily, whether it is Chen Guangrong or Zhao Jiping, in fact, the time left for others to find inspiration is short.

Just take a gamble.

If Chen Guangrong's soundtrack is not effective, then Lee Sing Yew will find someone else to make the soundtrack, and then the film will be delayed for two or three months.

Hearing this, Chen Guangrong nodded happily when he saw Li Shengyao's magnanimous eyes and grand speech, "Okay, Director Li, I will take this job."

Lee Sing Yew is a great director who has achieved great success in Hollywood, and the selling point of "Sicario Sicario" is very interesting.

Chen Guangrong feels that if the soundtrack is done well, the movie will be as cool as Lee Sheng Yew said.

He was willing to try.

Li Shengyao happily shook hands with Chen Guangrong, "Mr. Chen, it's a pleasant cooperation."

(End of this chapter)