According to the TV animation “BEATLESS” adapted from the popular SF novel of Mr. Chang Gu Min, depicting the era of ultra-high performance AI·hIE, which is far superior to ordinary human beings in the 22nd century, this film not only has a lot of futuristic The stage setting, as well as the often intense fighting scene. In the play, the soundtracks created by NARASAKI and kz (livetune) use their different musical characteristics to subtly highlight the plot, to listen to the comprehension of the companion kz’s understanding of the soundtrack and practical analysis. .
Previously, kz had produced ImageAlbum “BEATLESS “Tool for the Outsourcers””. He mainly inspired directly from the novels of the novel and the illustrations of the teacher of redjuice (しる). It is said that the creation was due to the other party. There is no excessive requirement for the details, so it is relatively free and easy. .
The reason why kz took over the animated version of the composition task, a large part of the reason is that this is the work of Mizushima Jingji. Kz and Shuidao are private friends, acquaintance films, communication will be more convenient, naturally more peace of mind. .
Counting, “BEATLESS” is the second work of the kz playmate. Last year, when writing an animated background music for the first battle of “The Battle Women’s Academy”, kz boldly introduced the style of dance music, and also challenged the music of the 19-person lead singer. When I came up, I encountered a tricky one. In his own words, it seems that he is always recording a lead singer. It is a work that consumes a lot of calories. On the other hand, he also tried a lesser orchestral style, which is usually rare. .
And this time, kz is mainly sharing the soundtrack of “BEATLESS” with NARASAKI teacher and other composers. In fact, at the beginning of the original plan, kz only responsible for the ED1 “PRIMALove” sung by ClariS. For this matter, he and the Water Island Supervisor met with a head. I didn’t expect to talk a few words. The Superintendent asked him if he had to go to the game. Because of this, the teacher of NARASAKI has been the composer of the work of the water island supervision. Therefore, the teacher is mainly NARASAKI, and the song written by KZ is separately designated by Mizushima. .
At the earliest consultation meeting, kz once asked the supervisor whether he should use his own teacher and NARASAKI to create the theme song and soundtrack together? However, Water Island decisively required the two to work separately, in order to highlight the different musical characteristics of the two. Therefore, before the work at hand was completely settled, kz had never heard the part of the teacher’s composition of NARASAKI. .
In the mind of kz, when doing ImageAlbum, and after the animated version of the soundtrack, do not deliberately distinguish between the two impressions. He believes that the “BEATLESS” world view itself has a strong personal character of Mr. Changgu, and the water island supervision is also adapted in accordance with the principle of respecting the original, trying to compile the vast amount of original information into the length of the cartoon. Going, there is no conflict in the grasp of the general direction. .
Water Island’s assignment to kz is directional. In all the playmates, 11 are written by KZ. The specific work content of each composer has been specified at the beginning of the playmate decision-making meeting. Just browsing the composition menu, even if you don’t listen to the songs made by the other party, you can roughly figure out the overall layout. Kz is basically only responsible for the dance style. .
The first part of the opening, the moment of the helicopter debut kz songs came in handy. However, the song belongs to one of the two “Moods” songs that the Water Island Supervisor added. It is said that the compositional instruction is “a song that highlights the sense of restlessness”, and one of the songs was placed here.
That melody was used throughout the whole melody, mostly in serious drama. However, what impressed the audience was the dance style part of kz. Especially in the second episode of the fashion show, there is the transition from Pa’s Lam System’s “Trust” in ImageAlbum to kz composing, and Halca singing “Resonator”, which is a good atmosphere. The original “Resonator” was not created to connect with “Trust”. Moreover, the water island supervision did not intend to use the songs in ImageAlbum. However, in the process of animation production, the supervisor suddenly thought of using several of them. Therefore, banvox’s “Monolith” and “Dreaming Shout” written in the name of livetune adding NIRGILIS were used later. Among the tracks, the first one used “Trust”, so when kz saw the name of Pa’s Lam System appear in the cartoon cheats, it also felt strange. .
“Resonator” is a song created by kz in the name of livetune+, with the music of the future bass style. According to Kz, the supervisor had proposed to make some EDM (electronic dance music) in the atmosphere of the fashion show. However, if the rhythm of the song is treated as a pure catwalk, it will enlarge the unnecessary frivolity. When searching for the melody of the natural tone, Porter Robinson suddenly appears in the mind of KZ. Face. Robinson always loves to write BPM at 100 to 110 slow shot EDM. KZ’s “Anywhere” (“Vocaloid Sleeping Nemu”) has also been similar, and he wrote “Resonator” with similar feelings. .
The part related to the battle scene, the performance of the music is not sharp and sharp. For example, the “Rush” inserted after the kidnapping of the 3rd Resia is an obvious music production technique of Dubstep~Brostep. According to kz, the application of Dubstep in animation works, as early as 2010, the sound of “WobbleBass” effect is too much, it sounds like a strong itchy root, so the main purpose of kz is this part Upgrade and upgrade the style of 2017~18. As a result, Bass recently used a 16-point sound to become a more subtle sound, just like the influx of Middle Eastern music into the pauses that often appear in Trap. The prelude part belongs to this tone, including the preference of the kz individual from the second half to the fourth shot. .
In short, the music arrangement of “BEATLESS” is very rhythmic, and the part composed by kz is strong in sound pressure, surpassing the drum rhythm or BGM level in the general sense, even reaching extremely noisy and hot. Degree, and these are all kz intentional. Because the Water Island Supervisor allowed him to use music to focus on the meaning of the existence of two people, kz realized that the key to composing is how to create a sense of violation of the positive meaning that comes with the existence of ‘I’. For this reason, kz feels that he should jump out of the shackles of “I am writing a companion at the moment” to create a soundtrack that is not like a companion. .
The first episode of the whole drama also tends to be a normal drama with the opening of the first episode. To the half of the episode, the background music is intended to play the role of explanation and explanation. After that, it gradually turned away, apparently it was a transition to kz. The part of the composition. Of course, the most iconic is the abduction scene of the third word. When you see that place, the viewer will probably be able to guess the intention of using kz for supervision. For this, the composer is deeply honored.
Here, I have to mention the origin of kz and rock, and the song titled “Emergency” fully demonstrates this element. This is a piece of music that is strongly shocked with a metallic guitar and is repeatedly quoted throughout the animation. For “Emergency”, kz himself is quite proud. The song’s composing requirement is “used when the character is in crisis”, and kz borrowed inspiration from the 2011 KORN (Cohen Band) and SKRILLEX’s “Get Up!” The song actually became an opportunity for KORN to establish a future electronic route, and Kz felt that the GrowlBass used in the song was perfectly matched with the low metal guitar, and then added a string performance with a partial drama. It was quite experimental and he was very happy. I was eager to find a chance to try the rock guitar kz. I finally got my wish in the song, and I was joking, and I was a good match for the first-hand drama. .
Kz also specially wrote songs for the debut characters. Most of the companions related to Mei Lan in the film are from the hands of kz. The character has the most mechanical sense in many hIEs and has a powerful power comparable to the ultimate big boss. Therefore, the water island supervision requires kz to add a sense of violent, as well as violent notes when making “lastboss”. .
The second quarter of the new OP song is “Shapeless” written by KZ for “Tokyo Dance Doll”. Because “BEATLESS” throughout the article runs through the ultimate discussion of the relationship between “object” and “human”, so kz wants to express in the song, whether it should add “emotional” variables between the two. And on this basis, add “soft EDM”, specifically electronic music with emotional sound. Moreover, kz’s arrangement also conforms to the popular slow-motion dance standard, which makes the song sound like a “Tropical House”. This has something in common with the “Dreaming Shout”. In this regard, kz also admitted that the two songs may have an intersection on the extension line. .
In the first quarter, OP’s “Error” by GARNiDELiA’s MARIA, and “Truth.”, which was composed by TrySail in the second quarter, sparked the topic. Then, as two seasons of ED “PRIMALove” and “Shapeless” The creator, how does kz view the connection between the two songs he has made? .
According to kz, when writing a song, there is no deliberate association. “PRIMALove” can be regarded as a kind of “high school girl” song that deviates from the theme, because the water island supervision is to let kz describe the song “Modern high school girls think about the future after a hundred years”, the kind of derivative drama. In the second quarter, it was “Shapeless” written to match more serious plots. .
Has long been claimed to “want to write a companion” kz, what is the feeling after writing “BEATLESS” companion? First of all, the kz statement does not feel that he has written a companion for “BEATLESS”. For him, it is just a simple dance creation. As for the real knife and the script, the kz knows that it needs to be supplemented. Too much. After listening to the composers of other composers, Kz found that the interpretation of the same theme has an ever-changing version. It is imperative to enrich your imagination in this respect. For example, the proposition of “Happy Tune” has to change at least 100 or so. It is really a long way to go. It still needs to be constantly sought. .
Although there is still a distance from the target in mind, kz still feels that this creative experience is very happy. Even the music-based kz, the biggest recent move is also from the enjoyment of video and soundtrack in animation or film. Moment. Therefore, kz hopes that one day, one day, he can create such a work. Therefore, he does not want to be a composer at the moment. Kz feels that this has nothing to do with the amount of his own creations, and has nothing to do with the length of his spending. When he feels that his name is deputy, he will naturally claim to be a “playing writer.”
Of course, as in the present, taking over the work of animated companions and music production projects, the prospect of kz as a creative producer is still very promising. This is also in line with his personal “multi-point attack” preferences. Take “ClariS” as an example. If all the albums are arranged by kz, it will definitely become completely different from the present, and if you just treat kz as “an occasional uncle”, it will be just right. The same applies to “Tokyo 7th sisters” (Tokyo Seven Sisters). Including the water island supervision, kz also wants to maintain occasional joint cooperation in a similar way. Because there are so many things that are of interest to them, kz always keeps short-term contact with the surrounding as frequently and frequently as possible. Sometimes, he also listens to “providing tracks outside of himself” from a fan perspective. .
Of course, in the face of “ClariS” “Tokyo 7th sisters”, “BEATLESS” “call”, kz does not disgrace the mission, and handed over a satisfactory answer, he expects that he can shoulder more in the future. The main event is to create more meaningful works. .
As a non-class music creator who stands out from the Internet, kz sees a state of survival between the artist and the composer. While possessing the craftsmanship of the mass-produced writers, it also carries the artist’s perseverance. It is precisely because of this inherent contradiction that once it is really positioned as a companion writer, it will be inexplicable. This kind of swaying between “who wants to be famous and wants to be a hermit” often makes kz feel at a loss. To be honest, kz always has a kind of resistance to the appreciation of the “orthodox mainstream” and the need to express the enlightenment when he is called. He believes that he is only doing some play in the space that deviates from the existing music route, and does not It is really going to be a writer in the traditional sense. It is estimated that such an idea will still plague kz for a long time, and I hope to find the answer as soon as possible. .
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