According to Hong Kong media reports on January 4, the famous composer and musician Gu Jiahui passed away in Canada on January 3 at the age of 92.
Speaking of Gu Jiahui, many young netizens may not be familiar with it, but as long as his works are mentioned, "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains Are Always Love", "A Thousand Thousand Knots in the Heart", "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword", etc., is almost unknown to everyone.
Gu Jiahui's music career can be said to be high and high. His first work presented to the public was the interlude "Dream" in the Shaw Brothers movie "无情".
Since then, he has composed many film scores for Shaw Brothers Films and Golden Harvest Film Company, and later became the music director of TVB. Koo Ka-fai can be said to be an indispensable and important figure in Cantonese pop music, and is even hailed as the "Father of Hong Kong Philharmonic" by the media.
The period from the 1970s to the 1980s was the peak of Gu Jiahui's creation. During this period, Gu Jiahui completed many works that were loved by the public. The well-known ones include "The Cause of Laughter", "A Thousand Knots in the Heart", "Love in Thousands of Rivers and Mountains", "Spring Dream in Beijing", "Shanghai Beach", etc.
Nowadays, who can't hum a piece of "Shanghai Beach"? The music and lyrics of "Shanghai Beach" complement each other perfectly. I'm afraid neither one of them can make Shanghai a prosperous city.
If you mention Gu Jiahui's masterpiece "Shanghai Beach", you have to mention Huang Zhan, the lyricist of "Shanghai Beach". Huang Zhan is not only Gu Jiahui's partner, but also Gu Jiahui's old friend.
In 1977, Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan collaborated for the first time. The two jointly created the theme song of the same name for the TV series "Family Change".
In 1980, Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan jointly composed the theme song of the same name for the TV series "Shanghai Bund". It was this collaboration that made the public realize the power of two swords. Gu Jiahui's unique style of music and Huang Zhan's emotional Cantonese lyrics made "Shanghai Beach" and even "Hui Huang Group" possible.
The background of the song "Shanghai Beach" is also very interesting.
According to Huang Zhan, when he was composing this song, he was inspired by an experience he had with diarrhea. At that time, he thought of "Running, wandering, thousands of miles of turbulent rivers that never end." To this day, people still hum this classic lyric about stomach upset in their spare time.
Huang Zhan even revealed that when the two composed the song, due to time constraints and the lack of a fax machine around, Huang Zhan called Gu Jiahui, who hummed the song he composed over the phone, and Huang Zhan copied the song.
After that, Huang Zhan sang the copied song again and asked Gu Jiahui to hear if there were any mistakes. After all this was completed, Huang Zhan took another 20 minutes to fill in all the lyrics.
The "Huihuang Group" who cooperated seamlessly not only achieved their own achievements, but also had a huge impact on the stardom of many singers.
Jenny , once known as the Queen of Chinese Singers, moved from Macau to Hong Kong to develop in 1977, and met Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan in this year.
In 1978, after cooperating with the "Hui Huang Group", Jenny Yen released her first Cantonese album "Struggle" in Hong Kong.
Once this album was released, it was deeply loved by the public, with sales of 800,000 copies, setting a sales record at the time. It was this album that gave Jenny Jenny a place in the Hong Kong music scene.
In 1983, the theme trilogy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" " Iron-Blooded Heart", " Life is Meaningful" and "The World Is Always Hello", written by Huang Zhan, composed by Gu Jiahui, and Luo Wen and Zhen Ni sang, achieved great success. The
trilogy is so popular that almost everyone knows it, and it is precisely because of this that the golden age of theme songs for film and television works has officially begun.
In 1998, Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan held two "Hui Huang Concerts" at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou. At the concerts, Gu Jiahui and Huang Zhan sang the outstanding works created that year with a group of singers, and contributed to many god-level performances.
Among them, there are many top singers such as Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, Ye Liyi, Zhen Ni, Luo Wen, Anita Mui, etc.
Until now, on a certain online broadcast platform, barrages of this star-studded concert in 1998 are still popping up. It can be seen that good works never go out of style, but can always resonate with audiences of all eras.
At the end of 2004, Huang Zhan passed away due to illness. At that time, Gu Jiahui, who had gradually faded out of the music scene and moved to Vancouver , returned to Hong Kong to pay homage to his old friend.
The farewell concert originally planned by the two people was canceled because of this, and was changed to December 11 to 16, 2005, at the Red Hall to hold the "Golden Melody for Half a Century" concert to commemorate the 50th anniversary of entering the industry.
In the end, I didn’t know whether Gu Jiahui had no intention of starring because of the loss of his old friend, so he announced that he was resigning due to illness. This was also a pity for many fans.
After Gu Jiahui passed away, his friends Zeng Zhihua, Mak Zhenhong and others posted messages to express their condolences.
Gu Jiahui has created more than a thousand works in his life and has won many awards. Throughout Gu Jiahui's music career, it can be said that he has been working hard to create. Although he has always had achievements in the music industry over the years, he has been unassuming and has a good reputation.
Now that Master Gu Jiahui has passed away, it seems that it also marks the end of the heyday of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. I wish Mr. Gu Jiahui will have a safe journey and meet his old friends again in heaven.
