When I rewatched "The King of Comedy" a few years ago, I accidentally discovered Huang Yinghua's name. In recent years, through "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu", Wong Ying-wa has become Stephen Chow's favorite soundtrack. Unfortunately, these films can add legend to Sing-chi's career as a director, but they cannot win more attention for Wong Ying-wa. Perhaps just like Hisaishi Joe who walks between Miyazaki Jun and Kitano Takeshi, two masters with completely different styles, Huang Yinghua also crosses paths between Stephen Chow and Johnnie To from time to time. As a regular member of Galaxy Image's early works, Huang Yinghua has contributed many classic soundtracks to the fans. In my opinion, he is definitely not inferior to any of the world-renowned film soundtrack masters today. But in today's increasingly impetuous and sluggish Hong Kong film industry, I don't know where movie soundtracks will rank. Although Jin Peida won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for "Isabella" a while ago, which attracted a lot of applause, in my opinion, it was just a gimmick that the media seized on after the film itself failed to win the award. It’s a bit far-fetched. In fact, I like Huang Yinghua’s soundtrack. It is Galaxy Image’s most successful film so far in terms of reputation and box office. I was possessed by a soul during the filming, hehe). When the thief played by Andy Lau stepped up the stairs, and the theme music sounded along with the crisp footsteps, I was immediately amazed by the sound of nature, and sighed that Hong Kong movies can also have such a soundtrack. From then on, Completely conquered by Huang Yinghua.

It was in the process of searching for a movie scored by Huang Yinghua that I discovered the creative team Galaxy Image. Long before Galaxy Image was established, its main members had made a collective appearance in "Emergency", including director Johnnie To, executive director Yau Tat-chi, screenwriter Yau Nai Hai, and actors including Liu Qingwan, Li Ruotong, Huang Zhuoling, Huang Haoran, etc., and served as the soundtrack. The one is Huang Yinghua. Among the official works of Galaxy, Huang Yinghua has acted in "Only One of Two", "The Final Judgment", "Dark Flower", "Real Hero", "Dark War 1&2", "Rejuvenation", "Zhong Wu" "Beautiful", "Bi Gu Bing Gu New Year Wealth", etc.

In fact, my personal favorite work of Huang Yinghua is not the soundtrack of "Dark War", but the theme music of "Real Hero" which was rearranged based on the famous Japanese song "Sukiyaki". The two protagonists in the film A life mixed with pride, betrayal, desolation, and tragedy seems to be reflected in this song, which makes people sigh. And "Real Hero" itself is an overlooked masterpiece. It is Lai Lai's most stylish performance since he started acting. Liu Qingyun's interpretation of the Galaxy-style down-and-out hero failed to gain the reputation it deserved. In "Dark Flower", which is the No. 1 film in the Milky Way in my mind, A-Chen finally managed to kill the arrogant and calm Yaodong, but was accidentally headshot by a shrimp and crab arranged by Mr. Hong. A-Chen's scene at the beginning of the film After the monologue of disdain for Mr. Hong appeared again (the Mandarin version seems to be dubbed by Shi Banyu), Huang Yinghua's slightly weird music suddenly sounded, and the strong sense of fate of Yinhe's work came to him. Although Galaxy's soundtrack team also included masters such as Huang Jiaqian and Zhong Zhirong, and later heavyweight foreign aids such as Jin Peida and Luo Dayou, my favorite has always been Huang Yinghua, because only his soundtrack can perfectly interpret the romantic feelings of modern knights in Galaxy's works. "Dark War" is the best example. Even in "Shaolin Football" when the Shaolin team reached the finals, the music that sounded when they entered the stadium also had the shadow of "Dark War".

In the past few years, Galaxy Image can only rely on a lot of farce to change the predicament in its early days of business. Occasionally, it can produce works such as "PTU", "Judo Dragon and Tiger List", and "Underworld" that still retain the style of the past. , but I always miss the three years between 1997 and 1999, because it was not only an era when Galaxy images were full of pioneering domineering and excellent works were produced, but also Huang Yinghua, who moved me to this day.

PS: This article was published in Made in Hong Kong a few days ago and has been revised with the additions of enthusiastic netizens. Because there are many friends in this forum who are as concerned about Galaxy Image as me, I am publishing it here again. In addition, some netizens once pointed out that "Big Brother" (original version in Cantonese) was Galaxy's first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. They thought that my taste was too poor. I will not respond to this. I believe that I really like Galaxy Video's works. People will have their own judgment.