The following week.
The box office figures for the movie "Dragon Fish Dance" continued to rise with a promising trend.
As the theme song for the movie, "Big Fish" kept gaining popularity, with more and more people loving it.
Qin Art, being a related institution, naturally was the first to take notice of this song.
On the campus forum and in various large and small groups across departments, there was no shortage of discussion about this song.
Among the students of the vocal department on campus, there was a particular excitement: "Did you see that? The importance of excellent singing to a song is self-evident!"
Qin Art was an art institution.
The ecological environment here tended to be more professional, so the importance of composition was always considered higher than singing. Previously, when "Life Like A Summer Flower" became a big hit, more than half of the school students were shouting—
"Maestro leads the way!"
"Maestro carry!"
"Even a dog tied in the studio could become famous!"
"Doesn't our senior Sun Yao Huo need some respect!"
Anyway, the vocal students, looking at these posts, were trembling with anger, sweating all over in the hot summer, with cold hands and feet.
*The composition students were always so superior.*
*When could our vocal department stand up?*
Unexpectedly, the opportunity for a counterattack came so quickly!
It was also a work of Xian Yu, but this time "Big Fish" was not a song that just anyone could sing. Jiang Kui's voice undoubtedly added to this song, which was why the vocal students at Qin Art were fired up!
The composition department was used to being superior.
How could they let the vocal department be arrogant?
Soon, a bunch of posts came out to refute the vocal department.
"Do you know what official customization is?"
"Do you know how ingenious the hook of this song is?"
"Do you know how difficult it is for this song's melody to fit with the movie's plot?"
"Do you know that for Maestro, impression songs belong to a customized category, and their style gets directly restricted, like dancing with shackles? Yet, Maestro wrote such a song within a small framework, a perfect level performance!"
"..."
Some composition students almost staked their dignity, pouring all their university knowledge, deeply analyzing from a technical level just how masterful the composition of "Big Fish" was:
"The verse part of 'Big Fish' mainly uses step progression, interspersed with leaps, with the first phrase using continuous step progression, creating a strong sense of propulsion. The interval of the continuous step progression reaches an octave, and the verse part is a typical pentatonic mode, simple yet extraordinary, amazing!"
The vocal department dwindled gradually.
The composition department, however, discussed with growing enthusiasm.
"What impresses me most is the rich methods of melodic development used in this song, including strict repetition, varied repetition, extension, antithesis, and even sequence progression methods."
"Yes."
"In the song's climax part, there are many large jumps in proportion, such as mi-sol-do-si-mi, mi-re-do-la-do, re-mi-la. Moreover, the large jumps that appear in the song mostly have opposite direction preparations."
"The singing follows the existing sheet music, but how many brain cells of Maestro did these things burn?"
"The 4th, 10th, and 16th phrases of the song are the same melodic segment, and the chorus part also uses strict repetition techniques, making it sound so beautiful, and by the harmony part, the song directly reaches a supernatural level, no explanation needed."
"..."
The vocal department was thoroughly defeated.
Fortunately, the composition department was only defending the dignity of Maestro.
After a round of analysis,
they did not deny the added value of the singing: "Of course, Jiang Kui sang very well. Using a game metaphor, if last time senior Sun Yao Huo won by lying down, then this time Jiang Kui was the one who initiated the team fight. She initiated a great team fight, but the team victory still relied on Maestro's explosive output."
"I have to say, the songwriting part also deserves credit for the success of this song!"
Qin Art did not only have vocal and composition majors, there was also a relevant major in songwriting, which was a feature of Qin Continent, the Land of Music.
Now the composition and vocal departments were fighting fiercely.
How could the students of the songwriting professional remain indifferent?
A songwriting student posted: "Afraid you'll fly far away, afraid you'll leave me, but also afraid you'll stay here forever. Don't you feel this sentence is harsh? In just one sentence, it captures the subtle mindsets between the white dragon and the little girl, matching the atmosphere of the animated movie. It also epitomizes countless parents' expectations of their children. Count how many parents hope their children can spread their wings and fly, yet are reluctant to let them go?"
"Verses like poetry!"
Another songwriting student added: "The lyric imagery needed for an impression song is fully displayed in these lyrics, rich and not lacking in touching details, transitioning from grand scenes to delicate emotions, full of the traditional cultural beauty of our Blue Star."
All the music-related majors were so lively.
Even the arrangement department couldn't resist stepping in: "The lyrics, composition, and singing are all excellent, but don't overlook the importance of the arrangement to this song. The instruments and drumbeats match the ethereal part of the vocals, and even the singer's breath is accompanied by instruments, it's simply a seamless harmony."
There was a saying in the arrangement department:
Arrangement is like a makeup artist who makes the song look beautiful. A powerful arrangement can be like a top-level makeup artist who can make an originally unattractive person look stunning.
However...
Whether on Earth or Blue Star, the status of arrangement was always weaker than that of composition and singing. Once someone asked the arrangement master Zhong Xingming when arrangement could stand up, to which Zhong Xingming replied, "It depends on our efforts."
The bitterness goes without saying.
But after going in circles, a non-music student who was just watching couldn't help but say: "But you've been discussing for so long, except for the singing part, the composition, lyrics, and arrangement of this song were all done by Xian Yu alone."
The music students collectively: "..."
All the debates instantly dissolved, and everyone's focus shifted to Xian Yu: "This newly emerged Maestro really has something. Handling all the lyrics and music is one thing, but releasing only two songs and not leaving out even the arrangement is another."
"Isn't this the pace of a trump card?"
"In a few years, Xian Yu is sure to be a trump card!"
"Do we even need you to prophesize that?"
A composition student sighed: "After the 'Life Like A Summer Flower' exam, I already began resisting Xian Yu, but when his new song came out I still couldn't help singing its praises."
"Add me to that list above."
"I'm different from you. When you all were raving about Xian Yu last time, I worried he might just be a flash in the pan. After all, everyone has moments of overflowing inspiration, but this new 'Big Fish' proves his level is indeed very impressive."
"Well, isn't Qin Continent the Land of Music?"
"The music circle in Qin Continent is indeed full of talent!"
Thus, this sense of superiority elevated from the composition department to the entire Qin Continent, feeling that no matter which major they belonged to, they were indeed capable once again.