The theme song "Ode to Coral" from the movie "Red Coral" was sung by Fu Likun, and the original singer was Zhao Yunqing.

Zhao Yunqing was a famous singer in the Cultural Troupe of the Naval Political Department in the 1960s. His representative works are "Selected Songs from Red Coral: The Sea Breeze is Melancholy", "Ode to Coral", etc. He sang for the movie "The Soldiers" episode "Oath to Be the Successor of the Revolution". He also sang the interlude for the documentary "Sailing the Sea Depends on the Helmsman".

"Ode to Coral" is a piece of music written by Zhao Zhong, Zhong Yibing, Lin Yinwu, Shanwen and others, and composed by Hu Shiping and Wang Xiren. It was composed in the early 1960s as part of the opera "Red". The theme song of "Coral". Although the original singer is Zhao Yunqing, "Ode to Coral" sung by Zhu Fengbo is very expressive, opening up a new way for singing such red classic songs. It is a masterpiece that can be passed down from generation to generation and has become a red classic.

Song Appreciation

The lyrics of "Ode to Coral" adopt the method of borrowing objects to express emotions and using objects as metaphors for people. It praises the fisherman girl Shanmei by praising the red coral. Red coral grows in the deep sea. It is shaped like a branch, has hard bones, and is bright in color. It is extremely precious. Lyrics praise it for its beautiful shape like "a red flower on a tree", its brilliance as hot as "a ball of flame", and its strong character, which is not afraid of the wind. The waves are beating and the clouds cover the fog.

Every sentence of the lyrics is about objects, and every sentence is about people, achieving the state where the characters are unified and the characters are one. The lyrics are both literary and singable, concise yet rich, both popular and elegant. They not only easily arouse the composer's creative desire, but also set the tone for the entire music to be both refined and popular. In fact, the appreciation of refined and popular music is not only the theme song, but also the goal pursued by the entire pattern.