The soundtrack of the TV version of “The Blade of the Ghost” was jointly performed by two composers, Yuki and Shiina. According to Shiina’s name, the division of work between the two teachers has been decided in advance. Mr. Zhapu is responsible for creating the main melody part, and according to the melody, made a number of different arrangements. The songs made by Mr. Zhapu appear in the prelude, middle and final of the first words; the second is the last; and the fourth part. Teacher Shiina is responsible for the battles in the writing film and the rest of the scene, plus some special songs for the characters

This is a composing form called “Film Scoring”. The composer does not write the song in accordance with the instructions in the “Animated Music Production Menu Details” given by the supervisor, as in the usual case, but directly composes the music according to the specific image seen in front of him

The reason why the composition of music used in this kind of film works is mainly because the scene of “Ghost Blade” contains many details. If it is simply composed by pre-segmentation, it will inevitably be in the scale of the music. There is a certain sense of discomfort in the high and low, rhythm and sparseness. In order to save the time and effort required to coordinate the above problems one by one, we simply choose “Film Scoring”

Since the composer has selected the rhythm and pitch of the whole song from the beginning, and arranges the appropriate start and end in the coherent movement, in order to ensure that the audience can enjoy the smooth while enjoying the picture. Soundtrack

The background of this drama is set to the Taisho era, and the Japanese society has since bid farewell to the various old-fashioned systems of the Edo period. For example, the man no longer combs the former “Ding Wei” (the big sumo wrestler’s hair is a kind of Ding Yu), but instead cuts short hair, and also introduces a “steam locomotive” and other mechanical devices that mark the civilized opening. A new chapter in modernization. In addition, considering that the Taisho era has gradually popularized electrical lighting, this is not clear from the beginning of the Showa era. In addition, in the custom music, the producer proposed to use Japanese national instruments as little as possible. Therefore, Shiina’s chorus was highlighted by the selection of European style ensembles to highlight the increasingly close characteristics of Japan and Europe during this period. Of course, the harmony instrument is still used, but it doesn’t “play the protagonist”

When it comes to the configuration of the instrument, the name of the syllabus draws inspiration from the personality traits, the background of the appearance, and the clothing accessories. For example, my wife’s good image is cute and full of affinity, so the clarinet used in primary and secondary schools is used in the theme song of the character. In the appearance of the rex rabbits, in order to express the role as a ghostly strange temperament, the composer specially assigned a piece of Irish folk songs, which is said to be the association of character costumes. However, at the time of the composing, the character had not finished coloring. After seeing the name of the vertebral rabbit, he saw the green, orange and black of the rex rabbit. After the clothes like Kabuki, he quickly added the gong and drum

Although using the “Film Scoring” operation method, but Shiina frankly, after seeing the finished image, he made a lot of modifications. Not only to match the meticulous rhythm changes, but also because of the color and photography, the atmosphere created is different from his previous imagination. Especially for the key shots in the play that are absolutely incapable of deviation, such as Charcoal Lang’s “water breathing” trick, the name of the spine is borrowed in advance to complete the set data and trial images

I have hoped that my own score for the “Ghost Blade” will be able to quickly lead the audience into the story situation, just like the pedal placed in front of the sports class

Speaking of the future of music, it is worthy of attention. Shiina said that with the constant appearance and development of various “ghosts”, various techniques will be used to display different music. For example, there is a technique called “slow motion” that can control the time axis to be still and start, and it is a “slow motion” processing of the music version, which can create a unique sound. Therefore, he suggested that the audience, may wish to pay attention to the plot image of the work when viewing the first time, and then combine the beauty of the soundtrack with the second brush

References:

• 19th July issue “Animedia”