Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Chapter 162 The Orchestra of Twin Towers City
Tom and Jerry without music is like lion head without oil, mapo tofu without peppercorns, and hot pot beef without fresh meat.

If you say it's edible, it's barely edible, but it just doesn't taste right.

The production of Tom and Jerry follows the production habits of the silent film era. There are no lines, and a lot of music is used to express emotions.

Compared to the sound era where the soundtracks set off the emotions, the silent film era, which relied heavily on the soundtracks, had a higher demand for music.

The most common solution is to use a large number of classic symphonies, which is a very borrowed feature. From the music library accumulated over history, suitable ones can be selected and used without any copyright issues.

A well-equipped symphony orchestra was standard equipment for many studios in the silent film era.

But thanks to the advanced recording magic, Drogo skipped the silent film era.

There was sound from the beginning.

In previous films, no special attention was paid to the soundtrack, except for "Frozen", which was a musical in nature, and all other works were left to the Zhuoer team to play freely.

The main reason was that Drogo Ben-Long was not a professional in music, and he had some understanding of the rock and pop songs he sang to the underground abandoned children.

When it comes to classical symphony music, I can only name two composers: Beethoven and Mozart. I have no impression of the other one.

We know Beethoven's "Fate" and "Ode to Joy", but we don't know any of Mozart's representative works. We only know that he was a genius since childhood and was also diligent and hardworking.

This part mainly appears as writing material.

Exam essay!
A collection of celebrity stories that completely lack logic.

"Elsa!" Drogo yelled. "Stop laughing at a five-second clip."

"Ah, what?" Elsa came back to her senses.

She had watched the scene of Tom being burned twenty times and laughed every time she watched it.

"Go call the composition department and contact the best orchestra in the city," Drogo ordered.

"Okay," Elsa looked at it again before leaving, and asked reluctantly, "Do you still have this magic shadow?"

"If you don't find someone here quickly, it might be gone." Drogo urged.

Elsa rushed out the door.

After all, he is only 20 years old. Although Tom and Jerry is popular among people of all ages, it is obviously more lethal to young people and children.

None of the previous demon shadows had aroused such great interest in her.

And I don't think there's anything wrong with a match being able to create the effect of Pyroblast on a ladder.

This is very different from painters who are cautious about rationality.

Imagination and acceptance of new things often decrease with age, and childish innocence is negatively correlated with the time spent in society.

When you have ideas, you don’t have the ability to create; when you have the ability to create, you lack ideas. It’s very contradictory.

Soon, the composing department and the leaders of a number of orchestras in the city came to Drogo.

It is called the Composition Department, but actually it is just those few outstanding people.

The ones who have the ability to compose music are mainly Xiao De and his friends. The other Zhuoer are all specialized in singing, and there is simply no place for them to be assigned to the composing department.

It is not worthwhile to set up a singing department for these few people.

As for that group of band leaders, it is well known that the best usually represent the bunch.

Just like there are eight or nine universities in the top three, weird little "common sense".

The band leaders had already started scheming against each other in Drogo's office, even arguing for a long time about who should sit closer in the seating order.

Each of them brought small gifts for Drogo.

The ways of the world are the same everywhere.

It is said to be dregs, but it has indeed continued for thousands of years and cannot be gotten rid of.

Everyone knows that being able to connect with the Drogo Group now basically means a huge increase in income.

However, Drogo decided to use a simpler plan, which was to give the most capable people the job.

All teams audition for the same episode and bid.

Drogo brought out another board with storyboards drawn on it.

"Mr. Drogo, what are you doing?" asked a captain.

"Composition based on pictures," Drogo answered.

Many times, the soundtrack work for a film does not begin until the film content is completed.

In most cases, the composer may start composing music based on a script, or even an outline that is not even a script. Sometimes, he may also be faced with extremely abstract requirements from the client, such as the classic saying "do it better than Mozart".

"I need to compose music for a seven-minute short film," said Drogo, without using the word animation. "The main content of the story is that a cat wants to catch a bird, and the bird and the mouse cooperate to avoid the cat's capture and finally escape."

"That's it?" the band leader asked tentatively.

"That's all. The specific details will be written in the storyboard. I'll give each of you a copy later."

The band leader didn't quite understand why such a story was worthy of music.

Their usual work is to serve in plays, musicals, or church concerts.

Originally, I came here hoping to compose the music for a long film, that would be rich. I heard that the composer will get a share of the profits from every ticket sold.

But at just 7 minutes long, the story was so strange that it sounded like a short film to entertain children, and most people lost interest.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe in the strength of the Drogo Group, but that he trusts his own aesthetics too much.

"The requirements are very simple. You can re-interpret some classic songs in history. As long as it is appropriate, it must match the mood and rhythm of the short film. It can't be too repetitive. The timbre must fit the matching sound effects. The sound effects will also be given to you. The key movements must have corresponding variations..."

Drogo made a long list of demands.

The band leaders listened with smiles on their faces, but were already joking in their hearts, saying, "This is what you call a simple request?"
"In short, I hope to have the 7-minute content ready within a month."

In the original Tom and Jerry movie, the soundtrack really plays almost non-stop throughout the entire film.

In order to keep up with the update rhythm, one episode is produced per month. After the finished film is released, the rhythm will definitely need to be adjusted according to the details in the film.

"This will be a magic shadow drama with at least a hundred episodes. We will have long-term cooperation in the future. The remuneration per episode will vary according to the workload, but it will be at least ten gold coins."

After hearing this, several members of the orchestra began to become somewhat motivated.

No matter whether the 7-minute short film is successful or not, it counts as one episode's earnings.

With the incentive of ten gold coins, the orchestras were very efficient, and within two weeks, all teams gave their soundtracks.

Except for Xiao De and his band, they gave up, thinking that their style was not suitable.

There is a pile of magic crystals on Drogo's table, filled with music from various orchestras.

He had already listened to more than half of it. To be honest, it was not even satisfactory. However, at least it should make people a little satisfied.

These compositions are really not appropriate at all.

It’s not that there is a problem with the technical level, the performance level is very high.

But the styles are not quite suitable.

It was the symphony that Drogo imagined, but it didn't match the original film in his memory.

What went wrong?

It feels less energetic and the pace isn’t tight enough.

Drogo tried to recall his memory of Tom and Jerry.

Suddenly I realized that the music used most in the original film did not seem to be symphony.

I had the impression that it was all symphony music, mainly because the episode where Tom conducted left such a deep impression on me, and various introductions always praised the symphony music.

In fact, most of the original film's soundtrack is closer to the style of a jazz orchestra.

It's getting bad, where can I find a jazz band?

Do you want him to create a new music genre from scratch? I don't think he has the ability to do that.

Drogo just felt overwhelmed.

Without much expectation, I activated the last magic crystal.

Continuous syncopation and complex rhythmic combinations appear, and the scale becomes freer and more flexible.

Getting better.

Drogo immediately checked which band had sent the magic stone, but there was no band name, only a name.

"Keiran Finarfin."

It is written in Elvish.

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