Chapter 1214: An Unexpected Chance

"The Japanese TV station produced a documentary called "Silk Road" two years ago, and invited Mr. Kitaro to be the music producer. Mr. Kitaro therefore launched two collections of "Silk Road 1" and "Silk Road 2". Then Mr. Kitaro signed a contract with Geffen Records in the United States. He returned to the United States some time ago and listened to your song "Silk Road" from me. "Yo-Yo Ma explained the reason for the incident.

"I have also heard of Mr. Kitaro's "Silk Road" series. It is indeed a rare masterpiece. It is of course my wish to meet such a master." Shen Long immediately agreed. He originally thought that Yo-Yo Ma would be the first to introduce I introduced myself to Bernstein and other Western music masters, but I didn't expect Kitaro to be the first one.

But after putting down the phone and thinking about it, it makes sense. Bernstein and others are still Western musicians after all, and they don’t have a deep understanding of traditional Chinese music. Kitaro has just created the "Silk Road" series not long ago. The "Silk Road" he took out will definitely generate interest.

So Shen Long and Guo Yan tidied up, and came to Kitaro's studio together, and met the Japanese music master; Kitaro was six years younger than Wang Qiming, only 29 this year, but he had already made a breakthrough in the western music world. He gained quite a reputation.

In 1978, he started his activities as an independent musician and released his first album "Heaven", which kicked off the prelude to Dongfang New Age.

In 1980, he worked as a music producer for the program "Silk Road", and Japan's most influential public media organization used the soundtrack of his songs as the theme song for the documentary series "Silk Road", which brought him increasing international popularity.

Then he signed a contract with Geffen Records in the United States, and released the albums "Dunhuang" and "Qi" last year. This year, he toured in 30 cities across Japan and conducted an Asian tour, becoming the first Japanese musician to perform in Taiwan and the mainland.

"Mr. Wang, I have been listening to your "Silk Road" for the past few days. After listening to it, I began to regret why I didn't let me hear your song earlier. If I heard it before I cooperated with you, I would definitely I won’t accept this task, but I will recommend you to make music.” When we met, Kitaro was full of admiration.

"Mr. Kitaro has won the award." Shen Long said modestly. Tan Dun wrote the song "Silk Road" more than 20 years later than Kitaro. During this period, great changes have taken place in the music world, so the two works of the same name cannot be directly used. Come out and compare.

"Mr. Wang, why did you think of using cucurbit silk to represent the desolation and loneliness of the desert? This is obviously a musical instrument from Yunnan? It has almost nothing to do with the Silk Road?" Traditional Japanese music is deeply influenced by China, so Kitaro is very interested in China. I also know the traditional musical instruments very well, and I can tell the origin of cucurbit silk at once.

"Although cucurbit silk is a national musical instrument in Yunnan,

But it was evolved and transformed from the gourd sheng, and the history of the gourd sheng can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. It is also a common instrument in the grotto murals along the Silk Road, so I thought of this. "Shen Long has also made preparations in this regard, and it is not empty at all.

Both parties have a deep understanding of traditional Chinese culture, so they had a pleasant chat, while Yo-Yo Ma was a little embarrassed. Kitaro, a Japanese, knows so much about the culture of his home country, but he is a Chinese, but he can't get in a few words , it seems that I really have to go back and take a look...

"Mr. Wang, I really admire your understanding of Chinese culture. In the future, I hope you can come to me often and let me listen to your teachings." Kitaro was deeply impressed by Shen Long's cultural foundation.

"I don't dare to be so. The communication with Mr. Kitaro was very pleasant. Mr. Kitaro's knowledge of traditional Chinese music also opened my eyes." Shen Long replied humbly again. In fact, he was also very curious about Kitaro.

Because this world-renowned composer has not received an orthodox music education, he didn’t even know the stave at the beginning, and he used his own method to record the score, and the score he wrote was a bit like a picture. Someone helped translate it into staves before handing it over to the orchestra for performance, which is really interesting.

After tasting the tea, Kitaro invited Shen Long and the others to visit his studio, and showed them his collection of musical instruments, many of which are traditional Chinese musical instruments.

During the visit, Shen Long saw a Japanese who looked like a businessman waiting respectfully in the living room, so he said, "If you have guests, please go and receive them, don't delay the business."

"Don't worry about it, it's from Toei Co., Ltd. They are planning to shoot an animated film and they want me to help them with the soundtrack. I still have to prepare for a tour, so I don't have time to worry about it." Kitaro said indifferently .

"Oh? What kind of animated movie?" Shen Long had an idea in his mind, and quickly asked, could it be the one he imagined? Doesn't it take a few years for any work to start drawing? And the composition is not Kitaro.

"It's an animated movie about the Three Kingdoms. They want to make "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into an animated movie for Japanese audiences. To be honest, I'm a little interested, but I really can't get away. As long as I politely refuse, it's just that they don't seem to I am so willing to say that the preparation and production of this animated film took a long time, so there is no need to worry about the time issue." The answer was the same as Shen Long guessed, it really was the classic Three Kingdoms series.

""Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when I went abroad, I heard that the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" has been put on the schedule, and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has to wait for a few years, but I didn't expect your country to be ahead." Japanese Shen Long was deeply impressed by his obsession with the Three Kingdoms.

"It's just an animated movie, not a real-life work. Mr. Wang doesn't have to feel sorry." Kitaro heard Shen Long's emotional change.

"No, it's just a feeling. It's a good thing that more people can see such classic works. It's just a pity that I can't do anything." Shen Long sighed.

"Oh? Mr. Wang is interested in this work? Oh, yes, if it is Mr. Wang, he must be able to write good music!" Kitaro looked at Shen Long, and then looked at which member of Toei Co., Ltd. , suddenly his eyes lit up, "Why don't I go and talk to him, let Mr. Wang try it? If Mr. Wang's work is suitable, I think they will accept it!"

Um? Didn't expect to come across such an unexpected opportunity?