Chapter 519 The Awards Season Arrives
On December 4, 1999, the Grammy Awards Selection Committee announced the list of nominations for all 74 awards of the 44th Grammy Awards. "Titanic Original Soundtrack" was nominated for a total of 15 related awards.
Among them, Liao Liao won the Best Newcomer of the Year, Best Female Singer of the Year, Best Single of the Year, Best Country Singer of the Year, Best Country Single of the Year, Best Film and Television Song of the Year, Best R&B Song of the Year, Best Song of the Year There are 12 nominations including best R&B singer and best pop singer of the year, while Li Qian won three nominations for best album of the year, best production of the year and best original music for film and television of the year.
In terms of the Grammy Awards, the six most important awards are Album of the Year, Best Male and Female Artist of the Year, Best Newcomer of the Year, Best Production of the Year and Best Single of the Year. At the Grammys, Liao Liao and Li Qian jointly won five of the nominations, and there was only one nomination for Best Male Singer of the Year.
When the news spread back to the country, it immediately caused quite a stir.
Of course, given the success of Titanic and My-heart-will-go-on throughout 1999, the Grammy nominations should come as no surprise.
It's just that for the Chinese music circle, which has always been difficult to break into the international mainstream market, the husband and wife team of Li Qian and Liao Liao won so many nominations this time, especially in the context of the current domestic music scene that is about to enter a trough. It still brought a lot of confidence to the entire Chinese music scene.
And just a few days later, on December 10, 1999, the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards officially announced the nomination list for the 57th Golden Globe Awards. "Titanic" led the way with 14 nominations, of which Lee Humble was undisputedly nominated for Best Film Score.
All of a sudden, the awards season in the United States came, and for the first time in history, it touched the hearts of the Chinese people. There were more and more discussions and reports about these American awards on TV, radio and newspapers.
And at this time, the domestic awards season also kicked off.
On December 28, 1999, the Great Wall Awards of China Film and Television announced the list of nominations for the major awards in 1999. It was almost indisputable. Li Qian himself and the crew of "Legend of the White Snake" won 16 nominations in one fell swoop. Nominated, leading the entire TV drama production market——
Best TV Drama of the Year, Best Costume Drama of the Year, Best TV Drama Director of the Year, Best Emerging Director of the Year, Best Actor of the Year, Best Actress of the Year, Best Supporting Actor of the Year, Best Supporting Actress of the Year, Best of the Year Emerging Actors, Best TV Drama Original Music of the Year, Best TV Drama Song of the Year, Best TV Drama Editing of the Year, Best TV Adapted Screenplay of the Year, Best TV Drama Photography of the Year, Best TV Drama Costume Design of the Year, and Best TV Drama Art Director of the Year.
In short, almost none of them can match the TV series "Legend of the New White Snake".
Four days later, on January 1, 2000, the nominations for the China TV Drama Feitian Awards were announced. Because the awards are set more concisely, this time, "Legend of the White Snake" won a total of nine nominations, once again leading this old TV drama award.
In terms of domestic awards, the Feitian Award is jointly sponsored by the two earliest established TV stations, Huaxia TV and JIANGSU TV, together with the Ministry of Culture and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. It is also the earliest TV drama award in China. Relatively speaking, it is more authoritative , and relatively speaking, it is more valued by the industry.
The Great Wall Award is jointly sponsored by thirteen units including China Film and Television Association, Shuntian Film Academy, China Drama Academy, China Media Academy, China Directors Association, China Actors Association, and China Screenwriters Association. It started relatively late, but Less influenced by the government and officials, on the one hand, the selection adheres to the academic nature, and on the other hand, it respects the tastes of the audience. Therefore, since the first edition, it has been more popular with the audience.
It's just that it has a big problem, that is, it is too ambitious, and it rushed to take care of both movies and TV dramas at the beginning, but in the end it made both sides less authoritative.
In terms of TV drama awards, the Feitian Award is more authoritative than it, and in terms of film awards, of course, the Huabiao Award is more authoritative.
On January 8, 2000, the production of Zhou Mo's new album "Red Bean" was completed. Li Qian left all the post-production work to He Wei and Li Jinlong, and went to the United States with Liao Liao, Xie Mingyuan, and Sun Meimei to participate in the Golden Globe. Awards dinner.
This time, it is said that several TV stations and more newspapers in China also went to the United States to report for the first time, because everyone can vaguely guess that although it is the first time to be nominated, with the help of "Titanic No. ", this time, Li Qian is very likely to win the award.
Of course, Huaxia Television and Suncheon Satellite TV both proposed to simultaneously film the whole process of Li Qian and his party going to the United States, but Li Qian refused without hesitation.
If there is no accident, in the next month, he will travel back and forth between China and the United States to attend various award ceremonies.
January 11 is the Golden Globe Awards in the United States, January 18 is the Great Wall Awards in China, January 25 is the Feitian Awards in China, and February 3 is the Grammy Awards in the United States. The Huaxia Music Golden Melody Awards on the day the dragon looks up on the 2nd of the month.
And, of course, the Oscars.
On January 14, shortly after the Golden Globe Awards, the Oscars will announce the nominations, and the awards ceremony will be on January 28.
And if nothing else happens, Li Qian believes that there should be no problem in getting nominations in this regard with the soundtrack of "Titanic".
In short, in about twenty days or so, he will be a trapeze artist.
Li Qian doesn't like this kind of life very much, and in fact, he has never paid much attention to various awards, from the time when he was invited to participate in the Golden Melody Awards and was rejected by him, until now. Now, he still has this attitude.
Whether it is out of personal feelings or for his own career, he has always been very active in bringing those excellent literary and artistic works in his mind to this world, but in his heart, although he is in this " On the way of "transporting", he also put in a lot of effort and even made a lot of creations, but deep down in his heart, it was difficult for him to regard those works as his own.
It is OK to win an award, but standing on the podium to accept the award, you will feel a little bit ashamed, so he has always been hiding and avoiding if he can.
However, that was just his positioning of himself. As a singer, he thought that Liao Liao should not feel ashamed at all for winning the award, because he could be classified as a "plagiarist", but Liao Liao The singing is absolutely original.
It is the same reason, because from the creation of the script of "Legend of the New White Snake", to the creation of the storyboard script, which took hundreds of days, to the construction of the crew with one hand and one foot, to shoot one shot at a time, and to guide the actors performance, and then editing, soundtrack, etc., although there is definitely still the concept of "plagiarism" that cannot be escaped, Li Qian believes that in the matter of filming the TV series "Legend of the New White Snake", he still has fairly high degree of originality.
To sum it up with the simplest concept: copying a song that only needs 3MB or 4MB, and copying a TV series that needs 20G, the difficulty of the work is absolutely different.
There are too many things involved in the filming and production of TV dramas. To be honest, even if you have watched the original TV series a hundred or two times, it is absolutely impossible if you don’t have the corresponding ability, if you don’t have a certain degree of re-creation. It was filmed in another time and space.
Therefore, compared to music awards, he pays a little more attention to TV drama awards.
Even if one side is the Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars, which are well-known all over the world, while the other side is the Great Wall Awards and Feitian Awards whose influence is limited to China, in the eyes of the world, the former must be more important and more important. Dazzling, but in Li Qian's heart, if the latter wins the award, it will be a more important affirmation for him.
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On January 11, 2000, at the 57th Golden Globe Awards Gala, "Titanic" unsurprisingly won a total of 13 nominations, 14 nominations, and only one missed.
And Li Qian became the first person in history to stand on the podium of the Golden Globe Awards as a Chinese, although in the Golden Globe Awards, which is a film and television award, he won awards related to music , but the first, is the first.
When the news was sent back to China, public opinion was boiling for a while.
Considering that in the United States, the Golden Globe Awards have always existed as an outpost and weathervane of the Oscars, the domestic media and Li Qian's fans are generally full of expectations for the upcoming Oscars.
And only three days later, on January 14, 2000, the Oscars officially announced the nomination list, and "Titanic" once again led the Oscars with 14 nominations.
As the creator of the film's music, Li Qian either alone or tied with Xie Mingyuan won three nominations in one fell swoop: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing and Best Original Music.
Liao Liao, on the other hand, undisputedly won the nomination for Best Original Song with "My-heart-will-go-on".
If there is no accident, the first person to stand on the Oscar podium as a Chinese will also appear soon.
Of course, Li Qian and his group of four, after attending the Golden Globe Awards Gala, returned to China before the Oscar nominations were announced.
Because the award ceremony of the China Film and TV Great Wall Awards will be held on January 18th.
And "Legend of the New White Snake" is a big hit for the award!
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