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Lim Giong

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.
Lim Giong
Born
Lim Chee Hong (林はやし志こころざし峰ほう)

(1964-06-07) 7 June 1964 (age 60)
Changhua, Taiwan
Occupation(s)Musician, DJ, music producer
Years active1990–present
Musical career
Also known asLin Chiang

Lim Giong (Chinese: 林はやし強つよし; pinyin: Lín Qiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Kiông; born 7 June 1964) is a Taiwanese musician, DJ, actor, and an active figure in the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene. He is known for recording rock songs in Taiwanese Hokkien, starting with his first hit song "Marching Forward" in 1990. He is also known as writing film scores for directors such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, and Bi Gan. His has received numerous awards for his work, including the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2015 for The Assassin.

Early life

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Lim was born in Changhua, later moving to Taichung where his parent ran a small food stall. He was educated in public schools and can speak Mandarin fluently, but he chose to sing in the local dialect Taiwanese Hokkien. After he finished his service in the army in 1988, he went to Taipei with the intention of pursuing a music career, and spent the next two years working in restaurants and beer halls.[1]

Career

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Lim Giong's music career began in 1990 when he was signed by a record company, and his first album, Marching Forward (向こう前まえ走はし) was released in December 1990. The album proved highly successful, selling over 400,000 copies.[1] In his early albums Lim sang exclusively in Taiwanese Hokkien, and his music showed influences from American and British disco-pop, rock, metal, rap as well as Bob Dylan.[1] His songs ranged from love songs to observations of day-to-day reality of life in contemporary Taiwan including schools, military service and traffic. The title song from his first album, which describes his excitement upon his arrival in Taipei, became highly popular, including being used as campaign songs by political parties.[1] It was chosen as the Song of the Year at the 3rd Golden Melody Awards.[2]

His second album. Brother of Spring, was released in early 1992. It chronicles his struggles before he became famous.[1] This year he also started his acting career and association with the films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, first appearing in a cameo in Dust of Angels. He was associated with the genre known as New Taiwanese Song and gave rousing performances of folk-pop songs, such as "A Soundless Place" from the soundtrack of Dust of Angels.

From his third album onwards (Entertainment World, recorded in England in 1993), his compositions, inspired by Taiwanese traditional music, became increasingly infused with electronic music and evolved from drum and bass, break beat, ambient and electronica towards more experimental and freestyle work. This trend continued with his next two albums: China Fun (2002) and Folk Paradise (2003).

Having studied acting and after appearing in films as an actor, he became the favorite composer of Hou Hsiao-hsien, for whom he wrote the music of Goodbye South, Goodbye and Millennium Mambo. From these experiences, he developed an original perspective in the interaction between sound and image in a form called "Stereo Picture" (立體りったい音おん畫が, sometimes translated as "Three Dimensional Sound Picture"). His album Insects Awaken was released in 2005 in Europe on a French label (MK2.) and, a few months later, in Taiwan on the Taiwanese label EWise Digital Multimedia Corp. He was invited to perform music from this album for an outdoor event at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, with images of the National Palace Museum's collection. This album won the award of Best Crossover Album at the 17th Golden Melody Awards in 2006. He also produced the music for a special 90 seconds commercial film commissioned to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Palace Museum, in October 2005. This short film won the gold award at the American Association of Museums' 2006 Muse Award. He also participates in the activities of the Creative Commons in Taiwan.

Lim composed the music for The Assassin, which won the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2015.[3]

In June 2018, Lim was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[4]

Discography

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  • Move Forward Hiòng chiân kiâⁿ 向こう前まえ走はし (1990)
  • Brother of Spring Chhun-hong siàu-liân hiaⁿ 春風しゅんぷう少年しょうねん兄けい (1992)
  • Entertainment World:娛樂ごらく世界せかい (1993)
  • Goodbye South, Goodbye (Original Movie Soundtrack) 南國なんごく再さい見み,南國なんごく (1996)
  • The Best of Lin Chung 向こう前まえ走はし林はやし強つよし (2001)
  • China Fun 歡樂かんらく電子でんし中國ちゅうごく年ねん (2002) China Fun
  • Folk Paradise 電でん民謠みんよう (2003) Folk Paradise
  • Insects Awaken (2005)
  • Jia Zhang-Ke Movie Music Collection – Music by Lim Giong 賈樟柯電影かげ音樂おんがく作品さくひん集しゅう (2007)

Filmography

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As actor

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As composer

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  • Goodbye South, Goodbye: 南國なんごく再さい見み,南國なんごく (1996)
  • Millennium Mambo: 千せん禧曼波は (2001)
  • Two Summers: 兩個りゃんこ夏なつ天たかし(2002)
  • The World :世界せかい (2004)
  • Reflections: 愛あい麗うらら絲いと的てき鏡子きょうこ (2005)
  • Quiet Summer: 寧やすし静せい夏なつ日び (2005)
  • Three Times: 最さい好このみ的てき時じ光こう (2005)
  • Do Over: 一いち年ねん之の初はつ (2006)
  • Joyful Life: 樂らく生せい (2007)
  • Still Life:三さん峡かい好こう人ひと (2006)
  • Dong: 東ひがし (2006)
  • Our Ten Years: 我わが們的十じゅう年ねん (2007)
  • Useless: 無用むよう (2007)
  • 24 City: 二に十じゅう四よん城しろ记 (2008)
  • City of Trance: 迷樂上海しゃんはい (2008)
  • Tree of us: 我わが們三さん個こ (2008)
  • Yang Yang: 陽ひ陽ひ(2009)
  • I Wish I Knew: 海上かいじょう傳奇でんき(2010)
  • R U There (2010)
  • Deep in the Clouds: 碧あお羅ら雪山ゆきやま (2010)
  • A Touch of Sin:天てん註定 (2013)
  • Forgetting to Know You:忘了去さ懂你 (2013)
  • The Assassin: 刺客しかく聶隱娘むすめ (2015)
  • Kaili Blues: 路邊ろへん野の餐 (2015)
  • Fly, Kite Fly: 老ろう鷹たか想そう飛ひ (2015)
  • City of Jade: 翡翠かわせみ之の城しろ (2016)
  • The Road to Mandalay: 再さい見み瓦かわら城じょう (2016)
  • Small Talk: 日常にちじょう對話たいわ (2016)
  • The Priestess Walks Alone: 我わが和わ我が的てきT媽媽 (2016)
  • The Gangsters Daughter: 林はやし北小きたこ舞まい (2017)
  • Missing Johnny: 強つよし尼あま．凱克 (2017)
  • End of Summer: 西小にしお河かわ的てき夏なつ天たかし (2017)
  • The Foolish Bird: 笨鳥 (2017)
  • Return: 回かい程ほど列車れっしゃ (2017)
  • Chi-Yi: 起おこり義よし (2018)
  • Last Year When the Train Passed by: 去年きょねん火ひ車しゃ經過けいか的てき時候じこう (2018)
  • Ash is Purest White (2018)
  • Nina Wu: 灼人秘密ひみつ (2019)
  • Salute: 我わが心こころ我わが行くだり (2022)

As narrator of documentary films

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  • Emerald Horizon (2006)[5]
  • Bird Without Borders (Black-faced Spoonbills):返かえし家か八はち千里せんり(黑くろ面めん琵鷺) (2009)

Awards

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Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (金かね馬ば獎)

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American Association of Museums' Muse awards

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  • The Gold Winner of the Promotional and Marketing 2006: "Old is New" (NPM Image Advertisement)

The Golden Melody Awards(金曲かなまがり獎)

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  • Song of the Year (1991): "Marching Forward" (向こう前まえ走はし)
  • Best Crossover Album (2006): Insects Awaken(驚おどろき蟄)

Other awards

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  • 11th Taipei Film Festival (2009) (年とし 第だい十じゅう一いち屆とどけ 台北たいぺい電でん影かげ節ぶし 劇げき情じょう長ちょう片へん最さい佳けい音樂おんがく《陽ひ陽ひ》林はやし強つよし)
    • Narrative Features, Best Music: LIM Giong, for Yang Yang
  • 13Th Shanghai International Film Festival (2010)
    • Award for Best Music: LIM Giong, for Deep in the Clouds (China)
  • Ghent International Film Festival (2013)
    • The Georges Delerue Prize for Best Music: LIM Giong, for A Touch of Sin
  • Cannes Film Festival (2015)
    • Soundtrack Award: LIM Giong, for The Assassin

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Einhorn, Bruce (28 May 1992). "Taiwan's bad boy". Far Eastern Economic Review. pp. 32–34.
  2. ^ "第だい三屆金曲獎得獎名單". Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "'The Assassin' composer Lim Giong wins Cannes Soundtrack Award". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ "ACADEMY INVITES 928 TO MEMBERSHIP". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Emerald Horizon".
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