The world's first movie song

Early films with sound were produced by simultaneous operation of projector and phonograph. When showing a movie, the staff must hold the phonograph head and look at the screen, and immediately put the phonograph head on the record when music is needed. The earliest vocal film in China was Spring in the singing world, which was shot by Tianyi Film Company on 1930. The film is directed by and starring Yi. 1933 Lianhua Film produced "The Light of Motherhood", written by Tian Han and composed by Nie Er. The tune of the episode "Caige" is fresh and vigorous. At the same time, two forms of chorus appeared for the first time in film music.

2. The earliest movie music in the world

Movies have undergone a great transformation from silence to sound. At the beginning of the 20th century, people gradually realized that silent movies need music to render the plot, which can also cover up the noise of the projector, so they tried to add music to the movies. 1900 September 13, Melbourne, Australia, showed the world's earliest documentary with music, Christian Soldiers. This 50-minute documentary was filmed by the Salvation Army Bayi Oscar Company, and the soundtrack was composed by Australian musician R N Macanori. 1908 1 17 10 released in Paris, France, is the earliest feature film with music in the world. The film was composed by Camille Sanssains.

3. The earliest stereo movie music

1932, Pakistani filmmakers Abel Gans and Andre Debley first equipped their films with stereo, thus obtaining a patent. This film is based on Ganzi's silent masterpiece Napoleon, which premiered at Paramawinter Theatre in Paris on 1935.

194 1 year, the animated film Fantasia filmed by Disney Studio used stereo music produced by ABC and Walter Disney Studio for the first time. The music of this film is played by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Leo Polder stokowski.

4. Oscar for Best Music

Starting from 1934, there are three awards for best music at the Oscars: best composition, best score and best song. The composition award is awarded to composers who create a series of music for large feature films. The score award is not simply to select ready-made music, but to creatively use music materials related to the theme; The best song award goes to the person who wrote the theme song for a large feature film. In the 1942 15 Oscar ceremony, irving berlin, a famous American musician, won the best song award. After he opened the sealed list, he was shocked and immediately smiled and said, "I am very happy to award this award to this guy who I have known for a long time." The winner was his song "White Christmas" for the movie "Holiday Inn", and irving berlin became the first person to give himself an award.

5. China's first dubbing film.

1929 Shanghai star film company filmed "the singer red peony". The film was edited by (formerly known as Zhuang), directed by Zhang Shichuan, photographed by Dong and starring. When 193 1 was first released in "Guangxin Grand Theatre" on March 5th, it not only caused a sensation in major cities in China, but also became famous in Southeast Asia. The representative of Shanghai Far East Company, the Filipino filmmaker, paid 18000 for the distribution right of this film.

6. China's earliest movie theme song

The word "looking for my brother" in the movie "Wild flowers and idle grass" produced by Lianhua Film Company 1929. Interspersing songs in the film or writing theme songs according to the theme of the film plays a great role in increasing the atmosphere and explaining the theme of the film. Looking for Brothers is starring Ruan, the hero and heroine of Wild Flowers and Grass. Although the ideological and artistic quality of Looking for Brothers is insignificant, it has important historical value because it is the theme song of China's first film.