Chapter 318 Difficulty in Choosing

Chen Ze didn't expect Li Mu's promise to be so straightforward. After all, he asked Li Mu for a song. For a singer or a songwriter, a song is very important, and people like Chen Ze who don't understand music are quite clear.

Everyone knows how much a good song means to a singer in the music circle. A good song can make a fifth-rate singer become a first-class singer overnight, and can make the singer eat at it for a lifetime. For example, Ren Xianqin The first "Heart is too soft" is simply the golden song of his life, as is Sun Yue's "Peace to You".

Chen Ze thanked him repeatedly on the phone, and his tone was even a little excited. Li Mu was a little surprised by his unsteady behavior. From this, it can be seen that he must really love Du Fei, otherwise how could he be so concerned?

Chen Ze felt that Li Mu was giving too much face, and he had no confidence in asking, but he agreed without hesitation. Such a friend really has nothing to say.

Li Mu doesn't care about this. A good song is indeed precious, but there are too many good songs in his mind. The most troublesome thing for him to agree to Chen Ze's request is not knowing which song to choose for him. Du Wei.

After hanging up Chen Ze's phone, Li Mu thought about it in his mind.

Du Wei's role in "Old Boy" is generally a heroine with some sadness. Although she and Zhang Kexuan were childhood sweethearts, Zhang Kexuan left her life without saying goodbye. She has always been fond of Zhang Kexuan, but in the end she She didn't survive the time and reality, and married a man she didn't love. After she was married, Zhang Kexuan reappeared in her world because she participated in the singing competition, but at this time, she had almost completely missed Zhang Kexuan. The ending of the whole movie also ended with her crying while watching Zhang Kexuan participate in the finals. If the song is chosen based on her role, the tone of the song must be a little sad.

The first song name that popped into Li Mu's mind was "Our Love" by Fei'er Band, and one of the lyrics was quite in line with the love story of the hero and heroine in this movie, which was the most sung one: "We love, it will never come back.”

However, although this song is also very good, the overall mood is a bit too tragic. Originally, the duration of this micro-movie was only about forty minutes, and the main line of the plot was also about the simple plan. The four people's dedication to ideals and Pursuit, the relationship between the male and female protagonists is just an auxiliary line. If such a song is used to emphasize the love between the two of them that died prematurely, Li Mu always feels that it is not very appropriate to put the cart before the horse and overwhelm the host.

Immediately afterwards, Li Mu thought of Adele's "likeyou". Although this song is also rather sad, it is not a simple outspoken sadness, but from the level of nostalgia and blessing for the other party, with the mentality of pretending to be relieved to interpret this sadness. The artistic conception of the song "Our Love" is stronger by more than one grade, but there are many disadvantages in choosing this song. For example, English songs lack a sense of substitution for Chinese people, and there are very few English songs that can be sold in China. appeared on the music charts of

If I had chosen this song for Du Wei myself, this song would probably not be popular.

In addition, many famous songs of domestic female singers began to emerge in Li Mu's mind, but the more they appeared, the less he knew which song to choose.

Qu Wanting's famous song "In My Singing" suddenly appeared in Li Mu's mind. The mood of this song was more suitable, and this song really became popular in later generations.

Just when Li Mu was about to decide on this song, another song suddenly popped up in his mind, the theme song of the same name sung by Wang Fei for the movie "The Year in a Hurry".

In Li Mu's mind, the lyrics of the song "The Year in a Hurry" is one of the very top works in Mandarin songs. It comes from Lin Xizhi, the lyricist of the legendary version of the Chinese music scene. Especially the lyrics of those few choruses are worthy of deep understanding. grade.

"If you can't have red eyes when we meet again, can you still have a red face

Just like the beautiful rumors that we hurriedly engraved forever together

If the past is still worthy of nostalgia, don't let go of the past too quickly

Who is willing to have no relationship with each other like this

We have to owe each other, otherwise why should we cherish the memory..."

Not only the lyrics, but the tune of this song is also top-notch. Liang Qiaobo is also a well-known music producer in Hong Kong. He has not only cooperated with a large number of first-line singers, but also served as the music director of "I Am a Singer", with profound musical attainments.

Li Mu recalled this song, and he was already humming it in his heart, feeling that this song was also quite suitable, and it was not generally suitable.

Li Mu's heart was entangled in the two songs "In My Song" and "That Year in a Hurry". When the car drove to the door of a well-known Sichuan restaurant, Li Mu had not made a choice.

If Li Mu was asked to choose subjectively, he would prefer the song "The Year in a Hurry", but there are too many classic songs by Tianhou. In fact, this song did not become a phenomenon-level popularity in later generations, but "My Song" The song "Li" has been popular all over the country for a period of time. Li Mu couldn't hold whether "The Year in a Hurry" has the genes of phenomenal popularity, but "My Song Li" undoubtedly does.

However, "That Year in a Hurry" also has its own winning points. This song is stronger than "My Song" in terms of connotation, artistic conception, tune, etc., and the life of this song will definitely be longer. In the future It is also more likely to become a classic.

Sitting at the dinner table with the menu, Li Mu was still comparing the pros and cons of the two songs in his mind. Su Yingxue saw that Li Mu was a little absent-minded, and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking, you are so engrossed."

Li Mu came back to his senses and said embarrassedly: "I want to write a song for the heroine of our movie, but I'm not sure what starting point to write from. I have two thoughts in my heart. trade-off."

Su Yingxue smiled and said, "Then why don't you write down both ideas. In this case, you have two more works yourself, and the girl has one more choice."

Li Mu asked her, "You mean to write two songs for her to choose?"

Su Yingxue nodded and said with a smile, "Since you have the ability to write songs, and you can write so well, why don't you motivate yourself and write more?"

Li Mu thought about it too. I wrote one song, and I wrote two songs. Since I can't choose one, I might as well write them all and let Du Wei record them as two demos. It was decided that the song that I put in the movie was my remuneration for Du Wei and the favor to Chen Ze. Besides, the extra song was regarded as my gift to Du Wei, and I had to Said that Li Mu still likes Du Wei very much, although she is about the same age as himself, but in Li Mu's heart, there is a kind of love like treating his sister.

After he made up his mind, Li Mu's entanglement disappeared immediately, and he ordered a few dishes that Su Yingxue liked from the menu.

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Back on the set, Li Mu stayed on the set for nearly eight hours at a stretch, and it wasn't until ten o'clock that he finished shooting the sets of shots scheduled for today.

Su Yingxue stayed behind Li Mu the whole time, watching him meticulously staring at the screen behind the monitor for a while, then watching him jump out, his gestures paired with language, and giving various suggestions to the scene props and photography, and then running to give the actors The acting seems to be very professional, but what surprises and admires Su Yingxue is that every time Li Mu makes a request, the effect of the filming is stronger than the last time, not only Li Mu, but also Ning Hao and Chen Kundu feels that Li Mu has a super strong grasp of the camera. When to advance the camera from what angle and what trajectory, when to show a certain side of the actor, and when to capture a certain key point of the scene, Li Mu has a very good grasp of these. .

Although Ning Hao doesn't really like this kind of movies that are straight-forward and have no technical content, but after continuous cooperation with Li Mu, he also found that Li Mu has a very strong talent for movies, and some of the feelings he created are his own. It is impossible to think of or do it. If Li Mu is given a little more time to accumulate more experience, he may even direct a 90-minute big movie.

When the filming ended at ten o'clock, Zhang Kexuan's voice was almost dead, and he finally called to stop work. You have to insist on really singing, I just sang it for more than four hours today, and my voice is almost dead."

It's no wonder Zhang Kexuan complained. Today, he captured the two songs and two sets of scenes in the movie that he simply planned to participate in the preliminary and final rounds. Moreover, Li Mu can be regarded as a person who strives for perfection. He thinks that the movie is fake. There are too many cases of playing, and many of them are fake to make people embarrassed. Music is half the soul of his film. He doesn't want the two most important scenes in the film to be replaced by lip-synching. In that case, It feels so bad.

Li Mu laughed and scolded: "I'm doing this for your own good, and also for the good of the movie. Really playing and singing really makes the audience feel more real. You will definitely thank me in the future."

However, Zhang Kexuan complained and complained. He understood Li Mu's intention and said with a smile, "I'm not upset, or I'm just too tired to complain."

Li Mu said, "You go back and take good care of your voice, and when we take the shot of Sister Wan, I'll add some close-up shots to you, so you still need to sing a few words properly."

Zhang Kexuan nodded: "I go back to sleep for ten hours at night, and I will definitely be resurrected tomorrow."

"That's good." Li Mu said to everyone with a smile, "I'll be here today, and we'll continue tomorrow."

Ning Hao also raised his hands high and clapped while saying, "Take it for a while, then you can withdraw when you're done."

Li Mu stood up and said to Su Yingxue, "Let's go too." (To be continued.)