The earliest famous composer and arranger - Chen Zhiyuan is one of the " Wu Chen " of Taiwan Flying Saucer Records company. Since joining the "folk song movement" in the 1970s, Chen Zhiyuan's exploration in arrangement has made a huge contribution to the attention paid to pop music arrangement. His music was the beginning of the transition from Western pop music to Mandarin pop music - at that time, Taiwanese music elements were very fragmented, and most of them existed in the form of Japanese enka. Chen Zhiyuan and some other music masters boldly put arrangement elements of European and American rock music into Chinese pop songs. This transformation has made music more vital to this day.
In 1976, Chen Zhiyuan participated in the campus folk song album "Chinese Modern Folk Songs 2" and began record arrangement work.
His creative achievements are quite fruitful, and he has outstanding performances in folk songs, pop music and movies and television soundtracks , whose creative style also influenced later musicians such as Tu Ying, Tu Huiyuan. There is a saying in the Taiwanese music circle: Chen Zhiyuan can complete the arrangement of the next song in a taxi on the way. Chen Zhiyuan often arranges and composes all the music for artists' albums. Many early famous works were composed by him. His works have pushed many singers to the forefront and even to the throne of kings and queens, and have become enduring masterpieces in the history of Chinese pop music .
Chen Zhiyuan, who has a unique vision, also discovered the female singer who is resident in the pub: Zhang Huimei
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" Follow the feeling " is composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan, and written by Chen Jiali. Included in Su Rui 's album " Taipei·Tokyo " released on January 8, 1988.
" Miss You Every Day " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and Chen Lerong wrote the lyrics. It was included in the album of the same name " Missing You Every Day " released by Zhang Yusheng on November 1, 1988.
"Do I really have nothing " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan, and Chen Lerong wrote the lyrics. It was included in the album of the same name "Do I really have nothing " released on January 18, 1989.
" Never Look Back " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan, with lyrics by Chen Lerong, and was sung by Wang Jie , Tai Zhengxiao , Yao Kejie , and Zhang Yusheng. It was included in Zhang Yusheng's album " Free Song" released on January 25, 1989. 》.
" Falling in Love with Someone Who Never Goes Home " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan, with lyrics written by Ding Xiaowen. It is included in the album of the same name " Falling in Love with Someone Who Never Goes Home" released by Lin Yilian on December 27, 1990. "middle.
" I am an autumn tree " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and Xu Changde wrote the lyrics. It was included in Zhang Yusheng's album of the same name "大海" released on November 30, 1992.
" Infatuation is not a sin " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and written by Chen Lerong. It was included in the album " Infatuation " released by Pan Yueyun on June 1, 1993.
" Plum Blossom Three Lanes " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and Qiong Yao wrote the lyrics. It was included in Jiang Yuheng's album " Don't Let Me Get Drunk Alone " released on August 1, 1993.
" Never regret falling in love with you " was composed by Chen Zhiyuan, arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and David Wu, written by Chen Lerong, and sung by Jiang Yuheng. It was included in the album " The Complete Collection of Plum Blossom Three Lanes TV Theme Songs" released on October 1, 1993 "middle.
" Grateful Heart " was composed and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan and written by Chen Lerong. It was included in Ouyang Feifei's album " Exit and Entry " released on January 1, 1999.
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" whether " was composed and written by Luo Dayou, and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Su Rui's album " The Wrong Train Movie Original" released on December 15, 1983. audio album 》.
" Wine Dried If Sold Without " was composed by Hou Dejian, lyrics by Luo Dayou and Hou Dejian, and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Su Rui's album " Wrong Train: Original Movie Soundtrack " released on December 15, 1983.
"Tomorrow will be better " is composed by Luo Dayou, written by Luo Dayou, Zhang Dachun, Li Shouguan, Qiu Fusheng, Xu Naisheng, Zhang Aijia, Zhan Hongzhi, arranged by Chen Zhiyuan, sung by stars from Taiwan, China, included in Blue It is included in the single album "Tomorrow will be better " of the same name released by Yobai Records on May 26, 1985.
" About Winter " was composed and written by Qi Qin and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Qi Qin's album " Winter Rain " released on February 18, 1987.
" A Game, a Dream " was composed and written by Wang Wenqing and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Wang Jie's solo debut album " A Game, a Dream " released on December 19, 1987.
" Non-stop Sadness " was composed and written by Huang Shujun and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in the album of the same name " Non-stop Sadness " released on March 23, 1988.
" Forgot You, Forgot Me " was composed and written by Wang Wenqing and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Wang Jie's album of the same name " Forgot You Forgot Me " released on July 11, 1988.
" Sailor " was composed and written by Zheng Zhihua and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Zheng Zhihua's album " Private Songs " released on April 1, 1992.
" Stars Light up " was composed and written by Zheng Zhihua, and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Zheng Zhihua's album of the same name " Stars Light up " released in December 1992.
" A Fish Swimming All Day " was composed by Chen Fuming, lyrics by Xu Changde, and arranged by Chen Zhiyuan. It was included in Zhang Yusheng's album of the same name " A Fish Swimming All Day " released on August 24, 1993.
Chen Zhiyuan is a giant in the Chinese music scene , an outstanding representative of Taiwanese pop music, and a pioneer in Chinese music arrangement. In the past, when professional arrangers were not popular, he has arranged more than 2,000 songs and is responsible for half of Taiwan's pop music arrangers. It can be seen from the fact that at that time, all albums of UFO record singers must have his name : few musicians can match the quantity and quality of their works. In the record industry where fast food culture is prevalent, Chen Zhiyuan's composition and arrangement have made Taiwan's music scene not only commercially magnificent, but also shining with the brilliance of humanism.
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On March 16, 2011, Chen Zhiyuan passed away due to illness at the age of 61. His departure marks the end of the golden era of Chinese music. As a towering tree in the splendid landscape of Chinese pop music, Chen Zhiyuan left us one classic after another that will be praised forever, and the human brilliance and meaningful melodies that he exuded have long been forgotten by history. Remember it and never fade! On April 11, 2011, Chen Zhiyuan was posthumously awarded the " Lifetime Achievement Award " at the 11th Annual Music Chart Ceremony.
