Pop 樂隊 – 夢醒不了情 喳喳音樂第五輯 = Hong Kong Popular Cha Cha Music Vol. 5 https://www.discogs.com/ja/release/18171481-Pop-%E6%A8%82%E9%9A%8A-%E5%A4%A2%E9%86%92%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%86%E6%83%85-%E5%96%B3%E5%96%B3%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%94%E8%BC%AF-Hong-Kong-Popular-Cha-Cha-Music-Vol-5
Story of our man https://min.news/zh-hk/entertainment/6883369ca71f892b78d461c29e0031f5.html
Many of us who were born in the 1970s used to listen to soft music played on the radio from time to time when we were children. These soft, humorous and heartfelt melodies brought us a lot of initial musical enlightenment in our childhood.
However, few of us know what bands these melodies come from, and who the builders of these melodies are.
The founder of the Oscar Orchestra, Mr Yeung Daofo, graduated from the Law Department of Fudan University in the early 70‘s. He came to Hong Kong in the early 70’s to pursue his career in the unfamiliar territory. By chance, he was spotted by the owner of Windy Records, who recorded(風行唱片) several albums that made Windy's reputation.
The first battle was a success. Soon after, Yeung was tapped by Lai Fung Records to form the band Apollo. Since Yeung's English name was Oscar Young, the band's name was naturally Oscar Young, not associated with any Academy Awards.
At 3pm on the 1983 Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station broadcast a music programme called ‘Light Music Wonderful’. The programme, which lasted nearly two hours, consisted of light music compiled from famous orchestras from various countries and regions. The first piece of the programme was ‘The Sound of Spring’ played by the Oscar Orchestra.
The hostess introduced, ‘The Oscars were the first band to reach us in the Mainland, often adapting world-famous classical sketches and songs into light music’.
The mysterious Hong Kong Oscars, with no photo of the founding members
At the end of the Turbulent Years, video cassette recorders became commonplace on the mainland. People in the Mainland, who were used to listening to traditional Chinese operas and red coloured songs, were shocked by the gentle style and beautiful melodies of the Oscars for the first time!
This was fuelled by the repeated broadcast of foreign music programmes on local radio stations. In those days, Oscar's works were popular throughout China.
Unfortunately, there was almost no publicity in the media about the Oscars and their conductor, Mr Yeung Daofo, not even a photo, so many music lovers didn't even know which country or region the band was from, and could only make guesses.
Most people only know the name of the band and associate it with the Oscars in the US, thinking that it is an American band, but they know nothing about Mr Yeung Daofo's life story. The reason why the music of the Oscar band is so charming is closely related to the thinking of Yang Daofo. Although he is not a poet, when you listen to his adaptations of a large number of world-famous songs, you can find that he pours a lot of poetic feelings into the music.
In his early years, when Yang Daofo was studying law at Fudan University, he played the piano very well. As a Mainlander, he came to Hong Kong and absorbed the Western culture. The collision and fusion of the two cultures made Yang's music style a blend of East and West. Therefore, to a certain extent, he has an advantage over the founders of the world's top three light music ensembles.
The most familiar foreign orchestra to music lovers in China is the Paul Molière Orchestra from France. Paul Molière is not one of them. Paul Molière uses purely Western instruments to perform Chinese music, which is also beautiful, but it lacks the charm of Chinese music. Unlike Yang Daofo, he is able to combine Chinese and Western instruments in a nostalgic yet hip way, as well as adapting Japanese music, adding traditional Japanese instruments to make his works more exotic.
The mysterious Oscar-winning Hong Kong Orchestra, whose founder doesn't even have a photograph Yang Daofo's adaptations cover a wide range of musical genres. Apart from the world's most famous songs, he also pays great attention to China's folk music. In the album ‘Chinese Masterpieces’, a lively and joyful song ‘Youth Dance’ brings us a different feeling.
In the late 1970s in Hong Kong, with the release of a large number of classic TV dramas by the two giants, Asia Television and TVB, the Oscar Orchestra followed the trend and released ‘Hong Kong Television Gold Record Music’.
These soundtracks were given a new lease of life by the careful orchestration of Yeung with classic melodies from Little Li Flying Dagger, Lu Xiao-Feng and The Book of Swords and Enmity.
The Mysterious Hong Kong Oscars Band, without a photo of the founder
In addition to adapting a wide range of music, Yeung Daohuo often composes music for TV dramas. His compositions for Bam Bam and Samson Sisters' “The Sword of the Echidna” and “The Sword of the End of the World” and “The Legend of the White-Haired Witch” theme songs show another side of Yeung Daofo's extraordinary personality.
Yeah！Conclusion goes back to the beginning. Our man is mystery for everyone!!
Oscar on OST 越女劍:The Sword of the Echidna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ETh0ozZBY&list=PLvsUumvG5xgyQC_u9RXHaNwGsfADwN7p9 天涯明月刀:The Sword of the End of the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE9GUGeQGLM&list=PLvsUumvG5xgxiGr1qBOZmh6cd_q4olJl5 白髮魔女傳:The Legend of the White-Haired Witch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMhi-bIWqE&list=PLvsUumvG5xgyjlZ4WBECdSs1-5onhF_Rc
Pop 樂隊 – 夢醒不了情 喳喳音樂第五輯 = Hong Kong Popular Cha Cha Music Vol. 5
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MRHI aka 余错了Yú cuòle
Story of our man
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Many of us who were born in the 1970s used to listen to soft music played on the radio from time to time when we were children. These soft, humorous and heartfelt melodies brought us a lot of initial musical enlightenment in our childhood.
However, few of us know what bands these melodies come from, and who the builders of these melodies are.
The founder of the Oscar Orchestra, Mr Yeung Daofo, graduated from the Law Department of Fudan University in the early 70‘s. He came to Hong Kong in the early 70’s to pursue his career in the unfamiliar territory. By chance, he was spotted by the owner of Windy Records, who recorded(風行唱片) several albums that made Windy's reputation.
The first battle was a success. Soon after, Yeung was tapped by Lai Fung Records to form the band Apollo. Since Yeung's English name was Oscar Young, the band's name was naturally Oscar Young, not associated with any Academy Awards.
At 3pm on the 1983 Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station broadcast a music programme called ‘Light Music Wonderful’. The programme, which lasted nearly two hours, consisted of light music compiled from famous orchestras from various countries and regions. The first piece of the programme was ‘The Sound of Spring’ played by the Oscar Orchestra.
The hostess introduced, ‘The Oscars were the first band to reach us in the Mainland, often adapting world-famous classical sketches and songs into light music’.
ReplyDeleteThe mysterious Hong Kong Oscars, with no photo of the founding members
At the end of the Turbulent Years, video cassette recorders became commonplace on the mainland. People in the Mainland, who were used to listening to traditional Chinese operas and red coloured songs, were shocked by the gentle style and beautiful melodies of the Oscars for the first time!
This was fuelled by the repeated broadcast of foreign music programmes on local radio stations. In those days, Oscar's works were popular throughout China.
Unfortunately, there was almost no publicity in the media about the Oscars and their conductor, Mr Yeung Daofo, not even a photo, so many music lovers didn't even know which country or region the band was from, and could only make guesses.
Most people only know the name of the band and associate it with the Oscars in the US, thinking that it is an American band, but they know nothing about Mr Yeung Daofo's life story.
The reason why the music of the Oscar band is so charming is closely related to the thinking of Yang Daofo. Although he is not a poet, when you listen to his adaptations of a large number of world-famous songs, you can find that he pours a lot of poetic feelings into the music.
In his early years, when Yang Daofo was studying law at Fudan University, he played the piano very well. As a Mainlander, he came to Hong Kong and absorbed the Western culture. The collision and fusion of the two cultures made Yang's music style a blend of East and West. Therefore, to a certain extent, he has an advantage over the founders of the world's top three light music ensembles.
The most familiar foreign orchestra to music lovers in China is the Paul Molière Orchestra from France. Paul Molière is not one of them. Paul Molière uses purely Western instruments to perform Chinese music, which is also beautiful, but it lacks the charm of Chinese music. Unlike Yang Daofo, he is able to combine Chinese and Western instruments in a nostalgic yet hip way, as well as adapting Japanese music, adding traditional Japanese instruments to make his works more exotic.
The mysterious Oscar-winning Hong Kong Orchestra, whose founder doesn't even have a photograph
Yang Daofo's adaptations cover a wide range of musical genres. Apart from the world's most famous songs, he also pays great attention to China's folk music. In the album ‘Chinese Masterpieces’, a lively and joyful song ‘Youth Dance’ brings us a different feeling.
In the late 1970s in Hong Kong, with the release of a large number of classic TV dramas by the two giants, Asia Television and TVB, the Oscar Orchestra followed the trend and released ‘Hong Kong Television Gold Record Music’.
ReplyDeleteThese soundtracks were given a new lease of life by the careful orchestration of Yeung with classic melodies from Little Li Flying Dagger, Lu Xiao-Feng and The Book of Swords and Enmity.
The Mysterious Hong Kong Oscars Band, without a photo of the founder
In addition to adapting a wide range of music, Yeung Daohuo often composes music for TV dramas. His compositions for Bam Bam and Samson Sisters' “The Sword of the Echidna” and “The Sword of the End of the World” and “The Legend of the White-Haired Witch” theme songs show another side of Yeung Daofo's extraordinary personality.
Yeah！Conclusion goes back to the beginning.
Our man is mystery for everyone!!
MRHI aka 余错了Yú cuòle
Oscar on OST
ReplyDelete越女劍:The Sword of the Echidna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ETh0ozZBY&list=PLvsUumvG5xgyQC_u9RXHaNwGsfADwN7p9
天涯明月刀:The Sword of the End of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE9GUGeQGLM&list=PLvsUumvG5xgxiGr1qBOZmh6cd_q4olJl5
白髮魔女傳:The Legend of the White-Haired Witch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMhi-bIWqE&list=PLvsUumvG5xgyjlZ4WBECdSs1-5onhF_Rc
Amazing how versatile he was.... Thanks Yoshio!
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