(No, I haven't listened to all the dramas or read the novels before I started looping their music.)
Love is a storm by 贰万
Season 1 main theme from 台风眼/Eye of the Storm -- This song sounds like a cult-classic indie film: all the pieces are working together to tell the story of a great, tumultuous love that is too hard to keep but too precious to let go.
一台风月 by Mario, 胡碧乔
"A Stage for Romance" -- Main them from 唇齿之戏/The Plays of Lips and Teeth -- The energy takes a while to build up, but the traditional Chinese elements work wonderfully here, and the later parts get so fun and joyous, just like listening to xiangsheng!
归航 by 沈谧仁, 徐远书
"Returning Journey" -- Main theme for Cherish/钟情 -- Sweeping, dramatic, and romantic, it's such a perfect song for a space opera about an emperor's epic love story with his soulmate.
诸事莫问 by 郑希 倒霉死勒
Season 1 main theme (cast version) from 督主有病/Governor's Illness -- It sounds like the opening theme of a serious wuxia drama, full of energy and adventure. I can't put it to words but I just really like it.
鸣潜(主役版)by 陈张太康
Main them (cast version) from 六爻/Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Audiobook version -- To complement the previous song, this melancholic ballad sounds exactly like the ending theme to a wuxia costume drama. Like I can already visualize those flower petal special effects and powerpoint transitions they will use for the video montage while the credits roll.
Season 2 theme from 督主有病/Governor's Illness -- The song always made me feel I like it doesn't go quiet high or low enough, but isn't that exactly what a wandering wuxia hero would feel like, before he finds his real home?
曾有青鸟衔枝来 by 奇然 沈谧仁
Second theme from 判官/Panguan Season 1 -- I have no idea what the novel is about, but the song sounds so sad but so careful, like everyone is trying to keep the same secret.
So my college is putting on the play Getting Near to Baby, a Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) piece where two sisters lose their baby sister and go to live with their aunt because their mom is grieving, and climb onto the roof to “get near to baby” in heaven. (It’s based on a book and I cried when I read the script, it’s so good) They are going to bus 5th and 6th graders up to campus to watch it, and My TYA class is in charge of the resource guide to the play. I designed the cover for the resource guide, which will include some lesson plans and other materials for the teachers, and I wanted to share because I love how it turned out.
Twinkle twinkle little star
(闪烁的星星啊)
How I wonder what you are
(是什么照亮了我)
In the past, we played guitar
(那时的我们弹着吉他)
You were far from me
(在这首歌里你似乎离我很远)
But close to my heart
(却又好贴近我的心)
Twinkle twinkle little star
(闪烁的星星啊)
Why do you say love is a storm
(为什么你说爱是一场风暴)
Like clouds and rain
(像置身云雨之中)
When our souls intertwined
(当我们的灵魂也这样纠缠不清)
Can I find me in your eyes
(能否在你眼里找到我)
你要的爱
是台风雷雨是破坏
是假平淡
是真痛快
过去未来
是你和你除此之外
都留不住
都放不开
Huh~
你要的爱
是台风雷雨是破坏
是假平淡
是真痛快
过去未来
是你和你除此之外
梦里梦外
都放不开
Don’t say goodbye
(别就此告别)
Don’t say we’re running out of time
(别说我们来不及)
Don’t say goodbye
(别就此告别)
Don’t say goodbye
(别就此告别)