By Chilimovie - 28 July 2021
Since I was born, music is my inner growth, music is part of my body, like my blood. This is a legendary figure in American music history.
He composed the first truly African American song I Have a Woman, which was a sensation. The Blues Pioneer has almost become synonymous with him. He combined the spirit of gospel music with the melancholic blues music, creating a precedent for soul music.
Won the Grammy Award, which represents the highest honor of American pop music 13 times, and won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. In the second year of his death, the 47th Grammy Awards ceremony was like a commemorative ceremony held for him. The Grammy judges awarded him all 8 awards including the best album of the year. Music is his life.
He is Ray Charles, a black musician known as the father of spiritual music in the United States. Before Ray Charles died, Hollywood planned to put the life of such a musical giant on the screen. In order to truly record Lei's musical world, but also to cherish the memory of this great musical man, director Taylor Hackford spent 15 years producing the film The King of Soul Singer.
The movie The King of Soul Singer faithfully records the legendary and unyielding life of Ray Charles, a great genius.
Born in a poor family, lost his younger brother in childhood, 7-year-old eye disease and blindness, early music was not recognized and even blocked by major music stations, love was bumpy...
Promise me, promise me not to let anyone treat you as a disabled person, not accept other people's charity, and rely on yourself to stand in the world. Tribulation, ups and downs, changes, and loss, Lei's life is full of twists and turns. However, his mother's teachings, as well as his persistence and persistence in music, kept him strong and dignified in a difficult life.
He finally broke through the shackles, returned to his family, relied on his perseverance to quit drug addiction, became a fighter against the apartheid policy, and made extraordinary achievements in music step by step, dominating his music, life, soul, and winning the whole world. The praise of the world.
Under the interpretation of Jamie Fox, Ray Charles's flash and suffering are vividly expressed. Before the film started, Ray Charles was still alive and Jamie Fox accepted his personal interview. After the interview, Ray Charles stated that Jamie Fox was the best actor.
In order to play this role well, Jamie Fox spent a month adjusting to the blind life. He spent a lot of effort searching for Ray Charles's voice and video materials, and devoted himself to research in order to realistically reproduce the different aspects of musicians on stage and in real life.
The arc of his mouth when he laughed, the stumbling posture when walking, the painful expressions and movements of Ray Charles during the detoxification period, and the persistence and firmness between his brows are exactly the same as the real Ray Charles.
He showed the panic of a blind man about the dark world, the madness of a genius musician, and the integrity of a black man fighting for national rights.
Jamie Fox’s outstanding performance allowed him to win the 77th Oscar for Best Actor, and was recognized as the most uncontroversial winner of the Oscars, and defeated Leon, the leading actor of The Aviator. Nardo DiCaprio.
The success of the movie The King of Soul Singer is not only due to the perfect performance of Jamie Fox, but the music in the film alone is enough to make the film a classic.
17 classic songs by Ray Charles were staged in the film, including a number of live singing master tapes authorized by Ray Charles himself.
The film unfolds Ray Charles’s famous songs from different eras along with his life journey. Known as the first true black song, I Have a Woman. In 1962, the US Bulletin Board ranked the number one golden song I Can't Stop Loving You for five consecutive weeks.
Ray Charles blocked all his performances in Georgia for opposing the apartheid strike. Twenty years later, he was designated as the state song Georgia in My Heart. With a deep, deep voice, high-pitched without losing tenderness and melancholy, with music that penetrates the soul like rays, he expresses his perception of life and created the glory of an era.
Ray Charles said: I am willing to show the trials and tribulations I face to as many people as possible on the big screen. They have been with my bumpy pace since I was a child, even when I entered the temple of music. Never go far. I am also very happy to tell everyone how to heal their heart's pain from successive misfortunes--maybe you are experiencing similar sufferings while watching the film, but even at the lowest point in life, As long as you don’t give up your life or your soul, you will eventually find a way out and get out of the predicament, just like me.
His music is full of respect. It is a soul voice that forgets troubles and pains. It is a kind of unrestrained and wild and primitive humanity that transcends the times. When will his influence on the United States and the world pop music last? Stopped.
Those who understand music can get rid of all the worldly troubles, let us feel the charm of music together!
