Zhao Jiping: Take off in an unnoticed corner.

Zhao Jiping is a national first-class composer. He used to be president of Xi Conservatory of Music, chairman of China Musicians Association and chairman of Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Delegate to the 15th National Congress and the 11th and 12th National People's Congresses in communist party, China.

Zhao Jiping: Take off in an unnoticed corner.

This may be the first time in my life. That's true. I stand here alone in front of so many children and tell them something. The topic of "taking off in an unnoticed corner" came to my mind when I was young and chatting with my friends who were engaged in art. At that time, I thought it was quite poetic, but in fact, after such a long time of precipitation, I think it is most appropriate to sum it up with the word 16: I am willing to be lonely, peaceful, reverse thinking and persistent, which is how I have come over for so many years.

Then let me talk about music, the stories behind the three movies you are most familiar with. The first story is the story of the yellow land. 1983 165438+ One afternoon at the end of October, someone knocked at our door. After opening the door, a young man said, we are from the youth film crew of Guangxi Film Studio. This is our director Chen Kaige, and this is our artist He Qun. I am the photographer of this film, Zhang Yimou. We are fellow villagers, and I am from Xi 'an. This is said right away. They said that the youth film crew was going to make a film. At that time, it was not called yellow land, but called deep valley echo. We want to find a composer who graduated from the Conservatory of Music and is similar to our age, but more importantly, he has the same artistic pursuit. As a young man in my thirties, I listened to my work "Fantasy Suite of Pipe Concerto on Silk Road" (for them). I saw that at the end of the movement, Kaige smiled, and after that, no one else was expressionless. Yimou said: "Just wait for the news."

The next day, I went to a post office on business. Coincidentally, all three people were here, and they found me first. Then the song of triumph said, "Yimou, our composer (family), look at the size of this person's heart, not so petty." Kaige spoke: "Jiping, you are not the only person recommended by the teacher of Xi Conservatory of Music. The orchestra also has a composer, and the Conservatory of Music also has a composer. "As soon as I heard the name, I said that the composer of the orchestra is older than me, very talented and great. If you can't find it in the orchestra, I'll take you. " He said, "You don't have to bring it. Tell me about the Conservatory of Music. " I said, "The Conservatory of Music (composer) is my little brother. He is a very talented young composer now. "I said everything is fine. I recommended them truthfully. In fact, they have already booked me, just to set me up, just to see if I am a petty person. In fact, my second purpose in life is to be peaceful and kind to people, which is very important. The world is as big as the artist's thoughts.

I remember it was 1 2nd of the month, 1984, and we were in a van with ventilation on all sides. At that time, the conditions were very poor, and I went to Yan' an, which was more than ten degrees below zero, and walked for a day. You may not have seen the trousers worn by Zhang Yimou, but the Myanmar pants with big crotch worn by farmers in the forties and fifties are so long at the waist. Tie it with a rope, because it is too cold now and there is no such good equipment. When I arrived in northern Shaanxi, I lived in a heatable adobe sleeping platform. There was a mat on the heatable adobe sleeping platform, and there was a thin and thick mattress on the mat. The quilt is all black, and the eggs of small white animals are lice. How do we sleep? Tie the clothes with a belt and hang them on the beam. Sleep in that dark and smelly quilt at night. However, everyone's spirit is particularly good, and all we talked about along the way was the art and pursuit of the yellow land. We stayed in northern Shaanxi for more than a month, visited villages and families, and began to create when we came back. "Yellow Land" is a milestone of movies in the new period. Because of its artistic orientation, we use reverse thinking, and we all avoid the previous film practice. For example, when a big aria comes out, there are usually lyric paragraphs and empty shots in the middle of the movie. In the middle of the film, when Cui Qiao sent Gu Qing away, Cui Qiao sang on the yellow land (in the plot). She said that Brother Gu sang a little song for you, accompanied by the wind, just like the wind in Shan Ye, and it was a monologue of a person singing. This is not available in previous movies. From the camera lens, Zhang Yimou absorbed many techniques of Chang 'an School in composition. The directing technique of Kaige is also a new thinking. Therefore, it has achieved unprecedented success. 1988 Me, Yimou and Kaige won the Golden Rooster Award on the same stage. I think this is the result of the reverse thinking and perseverance of artistic concepts.

Yi Mou and I live in the same cave in Jiaxian County near the Yellow River. I found Zhang Yimou very good. He has many cards, one after another, with pictures and words on them. These are all the records he made by watching those excellent movies. He said how to deal with this scene and what he would do if he was asked to be a director. He said, "Jiping, I should also be a director." I said, "You are definitely a good director if you work so hard." He said, "In your words, I have to ask you to compose music for my first film." I said, "No problem." I am having a swell time.

1987, Zhang Yimou came with the script of red sorghum. We discussed it together for another afternoon, and then discussed the artistic orientation. This film has pre-music, namely "Dianjiao Qu", "Sister, Go Forward Boldly" and "Dionysus Qu". Jiang Wen's Sister, Go Forward Boldly is the second draft, and we want to write the first draft in a dramatic way. As a result, I wrote the first draft, but Jiang couldn't. Later, I discussed with Yimou, and I said, "Yimou won't go this way, I will write in the northern style." When I was collecting wind in Yulin, I had a song of tamping. "The people's commune is awesome, and the ox cart and carriage roar, and another guy, roar, roar, and live by a bunch of guys, roar, roar, roar." This is a rammer, and people are knocking, "Hey, hey, hey, hey." Then, behind Sister, Go Forward Boldly, "From then on, you set up that red embroidered building, sprinkled red hydrangeas and drank a pot of red sorghum wine with you." This became a love song that bandits sang to their sweethearts. This can't be folk anymore. If you write a very cultural one and then let Bel Canto sing there, the movie will be over.

The song "Red Sorghum" is extremely important to reflect the inner feelings of the characters at that time. The score is even worse. You should remember that Jiang Wen, a bandit, snatched the bride Gong Li from the donkey's back and went to the sorghum field, which was a great event. How to write this song? Then I came up with an idea. Use 36 suona to simulate the cry of life, and then use 4 sheng to arrange into a sound group from the lowest to the highest. After I finished writing the score, to tell you the truth, our teacher read it and said, "Jiping, you are messing around." I'll wander around if I want. Just try it. After the music is recorded, match it with the picture. I, Yimou, looked at this scene and trembled all over. That kind of impact (which is extremely strong) is an unconventional means and reverse thinking. Unconventional band, unconventional combination, unconventional influence.

If artists want to be creative, they must have artistic imagination, and don't follow others' advice. Since the suona song came into being, the northwest wind has blown all the suona, which is a swarm of bees. Don't join in the fun, use your head and take off in an unnoticed corner.

This is something from the 1980s. Say something 20 12. It's my cooperation with Xiaogang Feng. He said that he would shoot "1942" and asked for a song at the end of the film. There is a song by Liu Zhenyun, which was read to him by a common people next to the church. "The river of life, the river of joy, slowly flows into my heart. I want to sing a song, a happy song, dark clouds on my head, and troubles in my heart. " After Xiaogang read it to me at that time, I said that this cow is very good. How can it be so good? This is the words of ordinary people. I said grounded. I wrote it.

After I wrote it on the piano, I was a little moved when I played it to my wife. I suggest you listen to this song, because it is Bella's swan song. Me too. Then she sang, and I felt very moved. There is also a hymn of four churches behind it, and now this version is gone. This is a humming hymn. People feel that 1942, Henan villagers starved to death more than 3 million people. How precious life is. So this is what it feels like to be pinned down at this time.

I'll sum up two sentences now. Take off in an inconspicuous corner. For young people, remember to get rid of impetuousness and be willing to be lonely. Have a normal heart, a peaceful heart. Success cannot be a burden. Another (yes) reverse thinking, don't go to busy places, don't go. Choose a good road by yourself and look for the right one. One road will go dark and get brighter.