《九州缥缈录》 电视剧原声带

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It is also available on Apple Music.

Novoland Eagle Flag (2019) 九州缥缈录

 I took the chance to binge-watch this 56 episode drama over the CNY 2022 break (my workplace is closed for a week over the CNY holiday). And just right after I finished it, most of the videos in the playlist were removed from Youtube. Sobz. 

There was another series in the Novoland media franchise which was in my watchlist, but I decided to watch this first as I had just seen the male lead in an earlier series.

About the drama adaptation

The drama is an adaptation from the novel by the same name by Jiang Nan, set in the fictional universe of Novoland. You can read the summary here (Cdramalove | Cnewsdevotee)

Based on some snippets in youtube and various other Chinese sites, some of the storyline differs from the original novel, but I won't go into detail since I haven't read it. Will post some thoughts on the drama itself if I have some free time. 

OST 

Main theme song is by Ayanga. 

Only after finishing the series did I realise that this was the song that he sang when he first appeared on "Young Forever" 

《琅琊榜之风起长林》 视频

琅琊榜 & 風起長林

萧平旌

萧平旌 - 武打篇

 

 萧平旌 - 豪情篇

 

琅琊榜之風起長林 蕭庭生花絮

回忆 萧平旌林奚

网上有许多不同的视频， 我只选了我比较喜欢的

《琅琊榜2》全剧50集

《琅琊榜之风起长林》 音乐

我一向来追剧时，头一次看是只顾着知道剧情结果如何发展， 时常是用 1.5-2倍 快速把整部剧 “赶紧追完”。在Youtube追剧时也没什么注意聆听此曲 （因为赶着跳跃视频，急着看下一集. 哈哈。。。）

看完了 《琅琊榜之风起长林》才上网找该剧的主题曲 《清平愿》。 在Youtube搜寻MV时才发现《清平愿》是由黄绮珊演唱。随后又查看了男女两个不一样的版本，细细聆听，真享受！

《琅琊榜之风起长林》电视剧 - 观后感

今年由于疫情的缘故，比往年更时常呆在家里，又对韩剧觉得比较厌烦，就开始找多一些中文剧来看。

2015年播出的 《琅琊榜》已看了几遍我自己都算不清楚（连我的女儿都看了不少过五遍）。我便开始找第二部 《琅琊榜之风起长林》。第二部《琅琊榜之风起长林》（我是指电视剧的故事）虽没有第一部来得精彩，但是还是有一定的颜值。

   

我本人比较喜欢的几个地方： 

1. 仍有不少的武打场面

以《琅琊榜》为名的剧情怎么能少得了琅琊高手呢？武打场面还是蛮不错，尤其是萧平旌，荀飞盏的戏份。只是看完了还是有些地方觉得好奇：

一，荀飞盏既然是前朝禁军大统领蒙挚关门弟子，为何武功看似比较花俏，总是持剑，不像蒙挚那种 “少林俗家弟子，身负大力金刚功” 的 强硬大纲的风格呢？撇开他以禁军统领的身份持剑对敌吧。他在城外搭救平旌时对抗段桐舟，或者再后来在琅琊山上与平旌一教高下,每次都是用剑。 记忆里只有一场（在金陵）当街与萧平旌打架时，才单单以赤拳对打。

二，萧平旌在琅琊山上学艺，武功是跟谁学的？（电视剧中并没有交代，等我读完原著再看有没有解答）

三，蔺晨（第二部里的琅琊阁老阁主）继承琅琊阁后，为何会决定改动琅琊榜的入榜资格，凡介入朝局或领有朝职者将除名？（电视剧里没有明确地交代，且等我看完原著后来又没有提。）

2. 多了一些儿女情长的戏份

第一部《琅琊榜》电视剧虽然把穆霓凰和林殊年少时的婚约与爱慕感情改编的与原著小说不一样， 可是还是从头到尾只注重林殊为赤焰军翻案的大义主题。主角（梅长苏）和其他角色（萧景琰，萧景睿，谢弼）都没多少感情戏（剧里并没有带进谢弼与天泉山庄的亲事）。

第二部反而把每一位高手、主角都加了恋爱对象；萧平旌与林奚的 “父母之命”却也 “自然恋爱”， 萧平章与蒙浅雪的 “青梅竹马，世世代代都要做夫妻“。连大反派萧元启也似乎对荀安如动了真感情，莫要说荀飞盏对蒙浅雪的单恋。

平旌与林奚的感情戏随从头到尾都有，可是又不像一些无聊的电视剧，随着 ‘男见女-喜欢对方-相爱求婚-结婚生子’ 的步伐。 林奚虽然看似是个弱女子，可是还懂一些武功，可以独当一面担任济风堂少堂主，而且志在四方，自小立志学习神农氏尝遍百草、编写药谱。并向平旌表示：“我的心会等着你，但我的脚步不会为你停留。”

相反的，因为不同环境与原故，武艺高强的蒙浅雪却因从小收养于长林王妃身边，年少时由皇帝赐婚，成为长林府的世子妃。我总觉得林溪在认识世子妃和平旌后，一定不肯透露自己的身份，因为她不想被困在王府的“牢笼“ 里。

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简单说了喜欢的部分，现在提一下我本人不喜欢的部分

（无聊的）宫廷斗争

因为第二部宫廷里的反派真的描的太笨了。真不敢相信景琰会为他的儿子（萧歆）选这么迷信又没脑的荀氏皇后（这点应该是因为改编成电视剧的问题，有些细节没有办法完整的交代）小说里第九章有解释荀氏一族的来历，并交代武靖帝（萧景琰）对荀白水之父的恩信， 所以当时才会立荀白水之妹为东宫的太子妃。

墨淄侯

我应该说什么呢。。。鼎鼎大名的琅玡榜第一高手出手时，绝大部分就只是CG跳来跳去。。

好了，暂时就写到这。。。最近忙着工作 （年底到了，会计方面的好多事情还没做）没有这样多时间慢慢地阅读原著。等到农历新年到了才有比较多时间赶上阅读进度（我只读到第23章）

Hotel Del Luna (Youtube playlist from TvN)

One of the dramas that I can't help but re-watch. 아직도 델루나 앓이 중이라면 [#다시보는호텔델루나]

《长歌行》电视剧

追看电视剧了过后，总觉得意犹未尽。

Mystic Pop-Up Bar (Youtube playlist)

 I've been breezing through many dramas over weekends, thanks to Netflix. 

미스터 션샤인 Mr. Sunshine OST

As promised on my earlier post on Mr Sunshine, I managed to find the video links for the OST. 

Parking the OST video playlist here, originals from Stone Entertainment. 

 

#1. 박효신 (Park Hyo Shin) - 그 날 (The Day) MV

Drama - Mr. Sunshine (Korean: 미스터 션샤인)

I just finished binge-watching "Mr Sunshine". It has been on my watchlist since it was first broadcast in 2018, but I could not find any sites to watch it free AND with subtitles. 

So when we decided to cancel our Starhub TV subscription (contract was up and we hardly sat down in the living room to watch anything, anyway), my hubby decided to subscribe to Netflix. I took the opportunity to watch those titles that I couldnt watch on VIU or other free platforms. 

I had watched Yoo Yeon Seok's works on "Mood of the Day" (movie) and "Youth over Flowers"(travel variety) & "Coffee Friends" (variety on cafe on Jeju Island), after suffering from the 'Chilbongie' syndrome from watching him in Reply 1994. But I hadn't seen Lee Byung-Hun and Kim Tae Ri in anything else. My interest was piqued as there were frequent instances in "Coffee Friends" when the cafe customers spoke to YYS about liking his role in Mr Sunshine. 

When I watched the initial episodes, I was blown away by the beautiful cinematography. It was something best enjoyed on a large screen, not on my pathetic mobile phone screen. The first quarter of the drama was pretty draggy and full of slow-mo scenes. I started questioning myself about whether I wanted to watch another Kim Eun-sook (KES) drama. Speaking of which, I really should pen down my thoughts on her works. That will be another post. What pulled me into watching the first few episodes were the scenes of the actor Kim Kang-hoon portraying young "Yu-Jin", who was the same child actor who starred in "When the Camellia Blooms". 

I am not adept enough in writing to be reviewingthe drama but I will just share my thoughts. Having watched KES' previous popular dramas like "Descendants of the Sun" and "Goblin", I would say that "Mr Sunshine" struck me as somewhat with deeper substance than the former two titles. It required audiences to think more about the plot and character analysis than just following for the romance of the 'One-True Pairing' (OTP). Being a drama set in the early 1900s, and about Joseon and the influences of Japan and America, I was totally lost in the history aspect. Notwithstanding the historical background setting, I enjoyed some of the witty dialogue that KES is known for writing, although some of it is likely to be lost in translation(on Netflix). I will probably have to re-watch the drama in parallel with some review sites (like dramabeans) to re-relish this aspect of KES' work. 

Strong females

One thing that was striking in comparison is that KES had managed to impress with the writing of several strong female characters in Mr Sunshine. Going beyond lead Ae-Shin, I also enjoyed the multi-layered character brought out by Kim Min-jong (portraying Kudo Hina) and the other supporting actresses like Lee Jung-eun (as Ae-shin's maid and mother figure) and other badass mothers(of Ae-shin, Dong-mae and Eugene), sacrificing their all. Looking back at "The Heirs" and "Goblin", which seemed to pay more(or sole) attention to the male lead, it must really be true that the writer likes to tailor her script for a particular actor in her past works. 

Pacing

The writing is not as tight as some other historical dramas I've watched (Six Flying Dragons and Tree with Deep Roots remain favourites in this aspect) and towards the end, I felt like there were some loose ends that were not tied up and wished that the plot hadn't been so draggy in the first half. Of course, that resulted in major heartache when our ensemble of patriots fell to the enemies in the last few episodes.

The Bromance

I loved the bromance, not just between the trio Eugene-DongMae-HuiSeong, but also between Eugene and the English translator Gwan-soo, Eugene-Kyle, Eugene- Domi. The comedic elements also served to lighten the heavy historical (and often violent & bloody) aspects of each episode. 

The OST by Stone Music Entertainment

I have not looked at the translation of the lyrics of the OST songs, but while I enjoyed the music and songs, it is not outstanding. Certain songs are able to convey the sentiment (to a foreigner like myself who does not understand most of the lyrics). I loved the instrumentals though.

박효신 (Park Hyo Shin) - 그 날 (The Day)

Video link

I will look them up on Youtube/Spotify when I have time. 

《琅琊榜》曲目 MV+歌词

曲目

1.风起时 - (电视剧《琅琊榜》主题曲)MV

 Link

风起时

作词：海宴

作曲：孟可

变幻 风云几卷

乱世起 惊澜

血仍殷 何人心念

烈火 清平愿

慧剑 借别红颜

无意续 余年

帝阙巍 豪气仍在

冰心 誓破长夜天

昔年朱弓 壁上空悬

征途望断 铁甲犹寒

明眸在心 青山难掩

江山如画 是我心言

关山横槊 谁可补天

碧血长枪 昨日少年

孤影归途 不见烽烟

一笔千秋 后人心间

风起

云散

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2.红颜旧 - (电视剧《琅琊榜》插曲)MV

西风夜渡寒山雨

家国依稀残梦里

思君不见倍思君

别离难忍忍别离

狼烟烽火何时休

成王败寇尽东流

蜡炬已残泪难干

江山未老红颜旧

忍别离

不忍却又别离

托鸿雁南去

不知此心何寄

红颜旧

任凭斗转星移

唯不变此情悠悠

狼烟烽火何时休

成王败寇尽东流

蜡炬已残泪难干

江山未老红颜旧

忍别离

不忍却又别离

托鸿雁南去

不知此心何寄

红颜旧

任凭斗转星移

唯不变此情悠悠

忍别离

不忍却又别离

托鸿雁南去

不知此心何寄

红颜旧

任凭斗转星移

唯不变此情悠悠

唯不变此情悠悠

唯不变此情悠悠

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3.赤血长殷 - (电视剧《琅琊榜》插曲)MV

王凯《赤血长殷》MV

 

青砖黛瓦 故景如旧

草木无情 不解凡忧

当时烽火骤 焚尽几多残留

一袭白衣祭故人 陈情此时休

霁月清风 琅琊榜首

谁记昔年 策马风流

十载倏忽过 几回魂梦旧游

又多少冤魂织就 那缓带轻裘

尔虞我诈斗 无论缘由

本唤作成王败寇

这风雨一路 他只影独走

抛却欢喜悲凉感受

尘埃落定后 提缰回首

万千过往烙心头

暗香幽幽 江山皆没入一眸

朱墙宫深 人心难嗅

黑白纵横 杀伐无由

权倾谈笑变 妙计敛藏于袖

负手算尽天下事 当饮一樽酒

病骨一身 未雨绸缪

心中算谋 几人看透

纵年寿难永 无愧一生所求

此去踏关山千重 将前尘挥袖

泣血书千轴 悲歌唱彻

战骨碎尽志不休

且待赤焰归 整军再从头

守我山河家国依旧

横长枪 换却离愁

倾余生风骨同守

此血仍殷

此身豪情仍未收

泣血书千轴 悲歌唱彻

战骨碎尽志不休

且待赤焰归 整军再从头

守我山河家国依旧

横长枪 换却离愁

倾余生风骨同守

此血仍殷

此身豪情仍未收

情义千秋

在梅岭雪间长留

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4.破茧成蝶 - (电视剧《琅琊榜》片头曲)

2019 倚天屠龙记

I don't remember a lot about my childhood, compared to some of my friends and siblings, but 《倚天屠龙记》 was one of the first Chinese sword-fighting drama I watched. I recall eagerly waiting for the episodes to be aired on TV on Sunday evenings. Then we didn't have the internet or on-demand TV programmes. Just the good old, free-to-air TV channels and a trusty videotape recorder. I remember, in some cases, being the one to set the VHS tape to the desired location, and waiting for that exact moment when the episode aired, to press the red "Record" button. And of cos, some of the instances, when we would panic upon realising the tape was coming to the end, and hoping that there would be an advertising slot so that I could quickly pause the recording and swop a new blank tape. I would also sometimes sneakily, snap off the small square at the corner of the tape, so that it would prevent someone else from recording over that particular tape.

A youtube playlist of the 2019 drama


Back to this particular story, this 2019 version is probably the 3rd rendition I've watched. I marathoned-watched this 2019 version on Youtube(actually "watched" is the wrong verb to use, as I mostly listened to the Mandarin dialogue while doing household chores), then tried to find some (decent quality) videos online, of the original one I watched, but failed. Watched the above playlist from start to finish again a second time, which cemented my review of it as being lesser than the 1986 TVB version, starring a very young Tony Leung (see picture below).Ah, the psychological effects of first impressions and nostalgia combined. I even went one step further and found the original novel text on 金庸网. I am no good at reading Mandarin text, so I was lucky to find websites with the full length text and exported to play it on my mobile using the "@Voice Aloud Reader" app. That became my latest entertainment means after I'd stopped watching Korean dramas early this year.

Youtube playlist by Bugs - Moonlight Drawn by Clouds OST

Parking this playlist instead of clogging my youtube channel

Goblin (도깨비) OST | Full Album

Just finished watching "Goblin" over the weekend. This is SO gonna be on my playlist for quite a while.

Waiting eagerly for the release of the BGM tracks, though.




The official playlist below.

Shopping King Louie OST Full [Shopaholic Louis OST]

Feel-good, happy romcom.

Watched "Coffee Prince"

Last week, I started on a new TvN drama 'Goblin' (official title "Guardian:The Lonely and Great God") and was so caught up with it that I re-watched the premiere episodes (ep 1-2)  nonstop whilst waiting for the next episode (ep 3) to be available after a week. Check out its trailer here.

I decided to catch up with one of the lead actors' Gong Yoo's previous work, one of the supposed classic K dramas "Coffee Prince". Here is the link to the MBCClassic youtube videos, though I watched my version on Viu.

OST - "Reply 1988"

'Reply 1988' OST Songs

• CJENMMUSIC Official

I started watching "Reply 1988" after watching "Love in the Moonlight" and "Jealousy Incarnate". Partly because I wanted to see Park Bo Gum's and Go Kyung Pyo's previous works and also because it was on my KIV list .

Although I do not belong to the same generation as the leads and the songs are foreign to me (cos they are mostly in Korean), I enjoyed the storyline for the bromance and family stories. And of course, I was spared all the angst of "finding the husband", that was characteristic of the Reply series, because I only started watching after the whole drama was over.

OST - "Moonlight Drawn by Clouds" by Bugs

Bugs (벅스) is a South Korean music company I first came across when searching for the lovely soundtrack of the 2016 hit drama "Moonlight drawn by clouds".

Below is the playlist of the Moonlight drawn by clouds playlist on Youtube.


My favourite of the list has to be the Lee Young version of "Because I Miss You"
[M/V] 그리워 그리워서 (이영Ver.) (구르미 그린 달빛 OST) (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds OST). The feels you get when listening to his voice, even though you do not understand a single Korean word being sung. *Swoon*

More on Hwang Chi-yeul in a later post....

Japanese anime series -Nodame Cantabile

After we were cooped up at home on the hazy Hari Raya Haji public holiday, hubby and I decided to get around and walking in town while the PSI was not so bad. We visited HMV at Marina Square which was closing. 

As I was browsing the Kids section, I noticed this Japanese anime DVD titled "Nodame Cantabile" (See Wikipedia entry). No, I'm no Japanese anime fan, but this title caught my eye cos there is a Korean drama series starring Joo Won which is supposedly based on this Japanese manga story. Haha. It features some aspects of music making and orchestra, so I thought it could be something to engage YX in. However, there were only discs 3 and 4 with no copies of the earlier episodes. 

I made a mental note to search the web for streaming sites for this, and I found it! 

Here is episode 1 on animeram.

Watched "Wonderful Days | 참 좋은 시절 | 美好时光"

A rather long (50 episodes!) Korean drama on family and forgiveness. With quite a few typical K-drama makjang elements. Initially watched it for the female lead, Kim Hee Sun, after watching her in "Faith", but was glued to the finish for the bromance between Lee Seojin and Taecyeon.