This piece of background music is taken from the traditional Chinese music "General's Order". Because of its majestic momentum and strong image, it is often selected by Hong Kong movies. For example: "Westward Journey", "Unparalleled", "Kung Fu", "Lord of Destruction", etc., which can be said to be the icing on the cake of Hong Kong movies. In addition, this song was later adapted into the song "Men Should Be Strong" by the famous Hong Kong composer and lyricist Huang Zhan.

"Introduction to the General's Order"

1. Words

The sound of the long bagpipe is cold and cool

The sun sets in the desert and the moon is waning in the sky

Listen to camel bells day and night and follow your dreams to your hometown

Six letters from home beside the pillow of Qingfeng with three feet in hand

Determined to behead the enemy general and shed tears after reading it

2. Introduction

"General's Order" originated from the royal music of the Tang Dynasty and has been circulated for more than a thousand years. There are many kinds of music scores and performance forms. The music mainly expresses the ancient generals' promotion to the throne. The majesty and solemnity, the agility and agility when going out on the battlefield, and the fierceness and tension during the battle. What is introduced here is Sichuan Yangqin music. "General's Order" was originally the opening music of "Sichuan Yangqin" (a kind of folk art). It was composed by Li Decai and Li Deyuan and compiled by Li Xiaoyuan and Xiang Zuhua.

3. Performance

The music expresses the majesty and solemnity of ancient generals when they raise their tents, their agility and agility when they go to battle, and the fierce tension during battles. *** is divided into four sections: loose, adagio, allegro and presto.

1. Sanban introduction: The sound of the piano simulates the three-way drum beating before the battle in ancient times. The strong and powerful drum rhythm, from slow to fast, with frequent bursts, exaggerates the tense atmosphere of the battle that is about to begin. .

2. A slow section, a solemn and steady melody, repeating the spin in a "sentence-double" style, and using the left-hand piano and bamboo "playing the wheel" technique to play a powerful wheel sound, coupled with the frequent occurrence of The background of the lower octave also shows the inner power contained in the melody, just like the majestic state of the general when he raises his tent.

3. The Allegro section is a variation of the second section. It mainly uses fast sixteenth note rhythm. The forte position in the beat (the first and third notes of each beat) is often hit with heavy hammers. The strings are strengthened to express the mighty and majestic scenes of the soldiers.

4. Presto, using the technique of plate variation to double the melody, changing the 4/4 beat to 2/4 beat, and the continuous sixteenth note rhythm makes the melody without pause The movement was carried out with fierce and urgent momentum. The lingering sound of the dulcimer after striking the strings is very long. In this way, the lingering sound of the previous melody mixes and symphonizes with the sound of the striking strings. The sound is grand, exciting and has a strong musical effect.

"General's Order" is often used as the opening music in operas and as accompaniment to scenes such as formations. Folk artists also often play this song to increase the festive atmosphere.

General’s order: Sunan Chuida. Two large suonas are used to play the melody, accompanied by "big gongs and drums" to exaggerate the mighty and majestic style, and a long recruiting call is used to enhance the momentum. In folk customs and life, folk artists play this music to add to the warm atmosphere of the festival. It is used as opening music in operas and as accompaniment to scenes such as formations.

Zhou Rongshou and Zhou Zufu used the "General's Order" as a model. Adapt and process. A tune was added at the beginning of the music, and some additions and deletions were made to the original song. In terms of band formation, a pair of large suonas are still used to play the melody, and flutes, shengs, horns, etc. are added to enhance the melody color. The percussion instruments include the tuned "ten-faced gong" and the bass gong (sea gong). As a result, the band's tone is enriched and its expressiveness is greatly enhanced.

At the beginning of the music, the deep and deep sounds of trumpets, bass drums and sea gongs intertwined with each other, creating a solemn and solemn atmosphere. Then the drums and horns sounded in unison, and the majestic suona sound, set off by the gongs and drums, was majestic and inspiring. This is the intro part of the music.

Then the music enters the main part. In terms of orchestration, the arranger divided the band into two groups: "rough gongs and drums" and "fine gongs and drums", and made various changes to make the timbre and intensity full of layers and contrasts. Fully grasp the original music's tempo, which sometimes starts slowly and sometimes gets faster, the rhythm sometimes breaks up and sometimes adjusts, the palace tunes are changeable, and the sound waves are ups and downs, etc., and the structure of the music is reasonably layered and orchestrated. And give full play to the continuous circulation of the suona in contrast to the staccato of the flute and sheng; the percussion to contrast with the muffled blow and the sound release, etc. It makes the music rhythmic and orderly, and the sound waves are well-proportioned, giving it new impetus.

At the end of the music, the soldiers are blown frequently, the gongs and drums are played in full, and it ends in an extremely warm climax.

4. Guzheng version

The guzheng song "General's Order" can be divided into four parts. The first part uses long sections of finger shaking and left-hand playing techniques to show the scene of the sound of drums and horns, and the melody is tense and mysterious; the second part uses the exaggerated chanting and sliding techniques of the left hand to outline the image of a general with both wisdom and courage; the third part uses The continuously accelerating "quick four o'clock" technique shows the soldiers' rapid formation; the fourth part depicts the confrontation between the two armies, the battle on the battlefield, the sound of trumpets, and the victorious return to camp. The whole song is completed in one go, the rhythm is urgent and measured, and the music is full of momentum.

"General's Order" is one of the representative pieces of Zhejiang Zheng School. Zhejiang Zheng School not only comes from Hangzhou Tanhuang, Jiangnan Sizhu and other folk music, but also many of them evolved from the Thirteen Suites of String Suo. . "General's Order" is one of the pieces of music recorded in the ancient musical score "Thirteen Sets of Strings".

This ancient song shows the majestic scene of ancient soldiers fighting on the battlefield and returning to camp victoriously.

The ensemble score of "General Order" was first seen in "Thirteen Sets of Strings" compiled by Rong Qi in 1814. In 1935, the Hangzhou Chinese Music Society printed the zheng score of the ensemble "General Order" , the application of the "two-hand kite grabbing" technique can be clearly seen.

5. Wind and percussion music

"General's Order" was originally the opening music in operas and accompaniment for scenes such as formations. Folk artists also often played this music to add to the festive atmosphere. Warm atmosphere.

The Sunan percussion music "General's Order" uses two large suonas to play the melody, accompanied by "big gongs and drums" to exaggerate the mighty and majestic style, and uses the long call to strengthen the momentum. The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra made an adaptation based on "General's Order". A song card was added at the beginning of the music, and some additions and deletions were made to the original song. In terms of band formation, a pair of large suonas are still used to play the main melody, and flutes, shengs, horns, etc. are added to enhance the melody color. The percussion instruments include the tuned "ten-faced gong" and the bass gong (sea gong). As a result, the music creates a strong contrast in speed, intensity and timbre changes, making the tune more majestic and majestic, as if thousands of troops are surrounding the coach returning victoriously.