Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 41 This song is too difficult
"Xia Fan: Thank you, Mr. Kishimoto. I am also looking forward to the finished product of the recording."

After a moment of silence, Xia Fan politely responded in the group.

"Hey, hey, this guy from Xiafan actually responded to Master Kishimoto in such a perfunctory tone?!"

"Shouldn't the formulaic words used in family groups be a little richer, more heartfelt, and more grateful?"

"Should we say that this character of Xia Ren is aloof or too simple?"

No matter how the producers complained, the chat in the work group ended today, and even Section Chief Yamazaki, who loved to preach, no longer showed up.

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Two days later, Cursed Blade Film Production Committee.

"No, this kind of singing quality is not even as good as that of a virtual singer. How can it be shown in a movie? How can it be worthy of a theme song like "Gurenge"?"

In the conference room, Tsuchiya Haruo took off his headphones and shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"But director, several main female voice actors have all recorded several times, and Kurokawa Tsubasa even recorded three voice lines."

The head of the music team sitting opposite him rubbed his face bitterly.

The voice actors sitting behind the conference table kept their heads down in silence.

Just yesterday, the theme song for the animated film "Cursed Blade" was finally finalized, and the music team immediately started recording the song.

The accompaniment was recorded with real instruments, and the music team temporarily invited several strong external players from the symphony orchestra. After working through two nights, they finally finished it.

The voice actor team of the TV animation "Cursed Blade" already includes well-known current voice actors such as Shimono Natsuki, Sakura Inori, Minase Ayane, etc.

This film production also introduced the up-and-coming voice actor Kurokawa Tsubasa to play the ultimate BOSS "Cursed Queen" who made her debut. Both his dubbing skills and singing level can be said to be top in the industry.

However, after several female voice actors actually recorded the song, they discovered that the song "Gurenge" was much more difficult to sing than it looked.

In terms of singing skills, the main difficulty of "Gurenge" is that the vocal range is too wide, spanning 3 semitones from the lowest note E29 to the highest note G5, which causes the singer to have a sound gap.

Generally speaking, when a song has a span of 6 semitones, most singers tend to have interruptions no matter which pitch range they are in. Only a very small number of the world's top singers can span 12 semitones without interruption.

But the span of "Gururenhua" is 8 semitones, and all the low, middle and high ranges have to be sung once. A small number of singers with excellent high or low notes may be able to overcome the difficulty of spanning 8 tones continuously, but they still cannot withstand spanning all three ranges.

What's even worse is that this song is obviously more suitable for a female singer to perform, but the span of the vocal range just passes through the first, second, and third voice change points of a female, which makes it very easy for obvious flaws to appear when the voice changes.

What's more, to perfectly perform the song "Red Lotus", one must not only overcome the technical difficulty of the vocal range and three voice change points, but also be able to present the emotions of the song such as "burning", "despair" and "unyielding".

It was not until now that the members of the film production team understood why Xia Fan had used the virtual singer "without sincerity" when submitting his work.

Because it is difficult to guarantee the effect of this song by asking an ordinary singer to record a DEMO in a short period of time.

"What should I do? The film's post-production is complete, and the only thing left is the theme song. The release date is next month, and the time left for recording is too tight. And this song is so difficult."

"I heard that the promotional PV for Attack of Dwarf, which is scheduled to be screened in the same period, has been completed and several previews have been held."

"How about applying for an increase in budget to invite a top singer to sing?"

Supervisor Haruo frowned and thought.

According to industry practice, songs in animated films are generally sung by the main voice actors for a combination of reasons such as consolidating character popularity, saving costs, and subsequent soundtrack sales.

However, as long as the budget is sufficient, there is precedent for hiring singers to sing. "Supervisor, please give me a few more days for this song. I will definitely be able to sing it well."

The popular current voice actor, Sakura Inori, stood up.

As a popular sweet voice actor, the character she is responsible for dubbing is Tojiro's sister, Kozuko.

Although the song "Gurenge" is difficult to compose, the lyrics, composition and emotional appeal of the song are all excellent, which made her see the great potential of the "animation divine song".

Although voice actors have many opportunities to perform singing, if they want to truly step onto a bigger stage as a "singer", a theme song that will be recorded in animation history is the best opportunity!

"Supervisor, I also want to try it."

On the other side of the conference table, Horie Tsubasa also stood up.

"Kurokawa Tsubasa? As a newcomer, it's a bit too arrogant to want to master a theme song of this difficulty."

Sakura Qi narrowed her eyes in displeasure.

"For a theme song, what matters is the final presentation effect... not the singer's qualifications and seniority..."

Horie Tsubasa took off his glasses and looked her in the eye without hesitation, completely different from his usual "polite" and "gentle" self.

"You...don't be so arrogant..."

"Ah, I am not here to look closely at you, Senior."

The two main female voice actors confronted each other, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly seemed to have arrived on the eve of the final decisive battle of "Cursed Blade"...

"That's enough. The most important thing about a theme song is indeed the final presentation effect. Our current budget is not enough to hire top singers to support it."

"I will invite industry experts to assist in the recording, and you two will re-record it and choose the version with the best effect."

Tsuchiya Haruo interrupted their conversation.

"Please contact the author of this song, Mr. Xiafan, and ask him to participate in the recording guidance."

"Got it, I'll contact you right away."

"I'll try to ask Mr. Keizo Horie to come over and serve as the music supervisor."

After making arrangements with the head of the sound effects team, Tsuchiya Haruo glanced at Horie Tsubasa intentionally or unintentionally and picked up his phone.

"Keizo Horie, the retired national treasure-level musician? Director Haruo is actually willing to use his personal connections. It seems that he is really working hard for this movie."

"Hey, one picky supervisor Haruo isn't enough, and now we have another one, the famously harsh Keizo Horie?!"

"I think it's hard to record a good quality song of 'Gurenge'. I'll just use a virtual singer to sing it."

While everyone in the room was talking in low voices, Horie Tsubasa silently put on his glasses, sat down dejectedly, and said no more.

"Mr. Horie, it's me. Is it convenient now?"

"I'm calling to bother you because I want to invite you to be the music supervisor for our animated film theme song..."

In the corridor, Tsuchiya Haruo, with a respectful look on his face, had already made the call.

(End of this chapter)