Chinese Music for Film

[John_P]

Hello everyone,

 

I have just joined this forum specifically for the following reason.

 

I have been borned and raised in the island of Rhodes, Greece, and for the past years I have been living and working in London, England. I am a filmmaker and foudner of a small Film production Company, and we are currently going through a couple of projects that are on a pre-production state.

 

At this moment in time I am in the writing process of a film set in London that tells the story of a group of Chinese characters [ I don't want to spoil too much as you will hopefully get the chance to watch the film in the not so distant future ;) ] And I would like to have a good number of songs that will make their presence in the film to be Chinese.

 

I am not a huge fan of modern music in general, although if the song is good I will take the time to listen to and perhaps be inspired of (Such as Adele, with the theme of Skyfall coming to mind), so with only this in mind please knock yourselves out suggesting your favourite Chinese music!

 

Epic, gripping, dark, edgy, or just plain good? Recommend it here!

 

Best Regards!

[Mouseneb]

北京City by 苏醒

穷开心 by 花儿乐队

时.机 by 啊鲲

[renzhe]

You could look at some of Tan Dun's soundtracks, but that might be too classical for a modern movie.

It's a bit difficult to pick something when you're not really looking for anything specific. Most people here could list dozens of bands or artists they know, but you could get such a list from the internet too.

It would help if you could give us more information: what type of music are you looking for? Traditional Chinese instruments, rock, pop, Beijing opera? Sad, uplifting, funny, aggressive? What are the characters like and what sort of music should accompany them? If it takes place in London, I would imagine that something more modern would be better?

Anyway, my suggestion is

. It is epic, gripping, dark, edgy AND just plain good.

[valentine]

Some recommendation:

1.Name: <情歌> （Love Song） Signer: 陈珊妮（Sandee Chan）Movie:<失恋33天> （Love is not blind）

MusicUrl: http://www.songtaste.com/song/5610/

MovieUrl:http://www.letv.com/ptv/vplay/1596967.html

 

2.Name:<第36个故事> (Story 36) Signer:雷光夏(Lei GuangXia) Movie:<第36个故事> (Taipei Exchanges)

MusicUrl:http://www.songtaste.com/song/1901688/

MovieUrl:http://www.iqiyi.com/dianying/20110516/3c77cbc041a31d0e.html?src=frbdaldjunest

Btw, all musics in this movie is strongly recommended.

 

3.Name:<那些年> (Passed Days) Singer：胡夏(Hu Xia) Movie:<那些年，我们一起追过的女孩>(You Are the Apple of My Eye)

MusicUrl:http://music.baidu.com/song/8869256?fm=altg4  (The blue button "播放" means play)

MovieUrl:http://www.iqiyi.com/dianying/20120301/f38d2b66c7d0f6d3.html?src=frbdaldjunest

 

4.Name:<火车快开> (Train) Singer:二手玫瑰(Second hand rose) Movie:<Hello,树先生>(Mr. Tree)

MusicUrl:http://www.songtaste.com/song/50426/

MovieUrl:http://www.iqiyi.com/dianying/20111204/660b261b0567c8e6.html?src=frbdaldjunest

*Signer "Second Hand Rose" is a rock band.

 

5.Name:<Eyes Contact> Signer:张渊杰 （Zhang Yuanjie） Movie:<练习曲>(island etude)

MusicUrl:http://www.songtaste.com/song/222318/

MovieUrl:http://v.pptv.com/show/ZlNT0TmfD02wLrI.html

*It's lyrics is English.

 

and, all the movie link is chinese website and with no english captions.

other questions,mail to:

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best regards.