Zang Tianshuo’s songs

Zang Tianshuo has many songs, and his representative works include: "Friends", "Prayer of the Heart", "Love Forever", "Heart Is Still Waiting", "Dream Butterfly", "Sadly Holding Myself" and "Talk" "Waiting for That Day", "Old Corn", "This Is What I Look Like", etc.

Zang Tianshuo (March 6, 1964 - September 28, 2018), born in Beijing, China, is a male singer, lyricist, composer, and actor in Mainland China.

In 1984, he released his musical debut "Heart's Prayer" and entered the music scene. In 1987, he released his first album "Into the Forbidden Zone". In 1991, he composed the theme song "Sun, World, Children" for the "Ten Years of Disaster Reduction" concert, and won the Artist Contribution Award from the Ministry of Culture.

On July 15, 1995, the album "My Ten Years" was released, with the title song "Friends". In 1996, he composed and recorded the film music and theme song "Love Forever" for the film "Let's Talk" directed by Zhang Yimou. On September 5, 1997, Zang Tianshuo's solo concert was held for the first time. In January 1999, he starred in the Lunar New Year sitcom "Everything Comes True".

On March 31, 2000, he participated in the "China Song Ranking 99 Annual Awards Night" and won three awards for best lyrics, song and top ten golden songs for "Praise Yourself". In 2002, he participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang the song "Happy New Year".

On September 19, 2010, "Heart's Prayer" was sung at the "Thanksgiving Relatives Seeing Action" reform results report meeting held in Beijing Prison.

Character Evaluation

Zang Tianshuo is an amphibious talent who can both create and sing. The lyrics he chose are neither overly popular vernacular nor difficult classical verses. The content of the lyrics is mostly about things that happen around people. Some song lyrics have broader meanings.

The melody of his songs is beautiful, and his manly singing voice makes people feel deep, powerful and tough. It is really commendable that Zang Tianshuo can create his own songs as a man. Zang Tianshuo's songs are outstanding examples of rock music works that are being explored. He went against the practice of most rock songs that emphasize the second and fourth beats. Instead, he emphasized the first and third beats and used medium-tempo rock music.

His melody uses more high-pitched areas, which also reflects a characteristic of rock music. Singing high notes with natural vocalization will make you feel hoarse, and this is another characteristic of rock music (Commentary of "Musicology Series").