The Untamed character songs performances at Nanjing Concert 2019
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Happy 2nd anniversary to The Untamed concert in Nanjing 2019, I’m compiling a list of the character songs performed. This will be a long list, so everything is under the cut!
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Wuji - Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji character song - Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo
Qu Jin Chen Qing - Wei Wuxian character song - Xiao Zhan
Bu Wang - Lan Wangji character song - Wang Yibo
Chi Zi - Wen Ning character song - Yu Bin
Hen Bie - Jiang Cheng character song - Wang Zhuocheng
Recently collaborated with the amazing @sansatully (whose own playlist that inspired this collab can be found here!) to put together a playlist of 65 songs - 江风: A Collection of Chinese Songs ♫꒰･◡･๑꒱
[spotify] [youtube (more complete)]
To those who are looking for more songs that sound similar to those in the soundtrack of The Untamed, to those who want a list of Chinese songs to write, draw, work, study, or read to, or to those who are simply looking for new tunes: this one’s for you ✩°｡⋆⸜(ू˙꒳˙ )
* not on Spotify
^ on Spotify by a different singer
More information on the playlist and selected songs below!
《赠花卿》 杜甫
锦城丝管日纷纷，半入江风半入云。
此曲只应天上有，人间能得几回闻。
Dedicated to General Hua (Du Fu 712-770)
In Jin City, the melodies of string and wind instruments are heard daily
Half of the music is carried by the wind over the river and half of the music drifts up to the clouds
This music should only belong in heaven
How many times can it be heard in the mortal world?
A large number of these songs are from the 中国风 (zhong guo feng “Chinese style”) genre: songs that are typically characterised by the use of traditional Chinese instruments, a pentatonic scale instead of heptatonic, and lyrics that allude to Chinese culture and/ or imagery. [x] [x]
F.I.R. 飞儿乐团: Thousand Years of Love 千年之恋
A really cool song with elements of rock that will bring you to the western deserts of China
Jackie Chan 成龙: Endless Love 无尽的爱 (from The Myth 神话) with Kim Hee-sun 김희선
Has Korean in it! The Korean lyrics in this particular YouTube video are the Chinese translations of the Korean lyrics; other videos are Chinese gibberish that sound like the Korean lyrics
Jay Chou 周杰伦: Blue and White Porcelain 青花瓷
Warning: very sad MV
The actor who plays the male lead in the MV is Baron Chen, who has also appeared in Fights Break Sphere and Pillow Book
Jay Chou 周杰伦: Faraway 千里之外 with Fei Yu Qing 费玉清
Fei Yu Qing (or Fei Yu Ching) is a 60+ year old Taiwanese singer who looks like he’s in his 30s-40s (ʘᗩʘ’)
Jay Chou 周杰伦: Fireworks Cool Easily 烟花易冷
First part of the MV is REALLY silly but the song is A+ and the lyrics are extremely pretty
To quote a comment: “妈蛋找遍中国的网站都没这首MV，还得翻墙来看，可这是什么鬼😂 damn it (literally mother egg lol) searched the entire Chinese web but couldn’t find the MV for this song, had to cross the firewall to see this, but what the hell is this 😂”
Jay Chou 周杰伦: Huo Yuan Jia 霍元甲 (from Fearless 霍元甲)
Some parts in rap and other parts in Beijing opera style overall A++ combination
Jay Chou 周杰伦: Worldly Tavern 红尘客栈
Another sad MV
The lyrics of this song allude heavily to poet Tao Yuan Ming 陶渊明 (c.365-427AD)
Li Nan 李楠: Dian Yu Si 典狱司 (from The Mystic Nine 老九门)
Some parts in Beijing opera style
Please listen to the Youtube version instead of the Spotify one, it’s much better
Li Yu Gang 李玉刚: The New Drunken Beauty 新贵妃醉酒
Some parts in Beijing opera style
Li Yu Gang is a Beijing opera performer who specialises in the “nan dan” role (i.e. males who play female roles)
PLEASE listen to the Youtube version, because the Spotify version has some weird ass rap for most of the song
Qi Ran 奇然: The Pipa Player 琵琶行 with Shen Mi Ren 沈谧仁
Some parts in Beijing opera style
The lyrics of this song are actually a poem by Bai Ju Yi 白居易 (772-846AD)
Sa Ding Ding 萨顶顶: Upwards to the Moon 左手指月(from Ashes of Love 香蜜沉沉烬如霜)
This song stretches across 3 octaves (◯Δ◯∥)
S.H.E.: Chinese Language 中国话
Challenge: try rapping this song
Wang Leehom 王力宏: Bridge of Fate 缘分一道桥 (from The Great Wall 长城) with Sitar Tan 谭维维
Amazing song with extremely powerful vocals
Wang Leehom and Sitar Tan sing in two different vocal styles: Wang Leehom sings in pop, and Sitar Tan performs a traditional Qinqiang - a folk Chinese opera style from Shaanxi Province
Don’t ask me why Matt Damon is in it ಠ_ರೃ
Zhou Shen 周深: Big Fish 大鱼 (from Big Fish & Begonia 大鱼海棠)
Don’t be deceived, Zhou Shen, the same Zhou Shen who sang Xue Yang’s character song in The Untamed, is a male singer!
