Laughing Pride of the Wanderer Theme Song

The theme song of The Laughing Pride of the Wanderer is "A Laugh at the Sea".

"A Smile on the Ocean" is a song written and composed by Wong Cham and arranged by Koo Ka Fai, and was the theme song for the film The Laughing Pride of the Wanderer, released in 1990.In 1991, the song was awarded the Best Original Movie Song Award at the 10th Hong Kong Academy Awards.

The song is in two versions, Cantonese and Mandarin, but the lyrics are almost identical. The Cantonese version was sung by Sam Hui and included in Sam Hui's album "Selected Golden Songs of 90 Movies" released by PolyGram Records on April 1, 1990, while the Mandarin version was sung by Luo Dayou, Huang Zhan, and Tsui Hark*** together, and included in Huang Zhan's 1990 album "Laughing Pride of the Wanderer's Hundreds of Unrestrained Huang Zhan's Works Collection" released by Rolling Stone Records.

Song Appreciation of "A Smile on the Ocean"

The song was written by Huang Zhan, who skillfully evolved the five tones of the traditional Chinese music "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu" into an undulating and catchy ditty, and then paired it with lyrics that are full of passion and anger.

The instrumentation of the song includes flute, guqin and sanxian, and the rhythm of drums is added to the background of the music. The steady beating of the drums combines with the rhythm of the singing, and the melody is lowered step by step, suppressed first and then raised, with peaks and troughs, and the listener falls into the desolation and lonesomeness with the music's imagery step by step, which brings the audience into the psychological world of the "Laughing Pride of the Wanderer" through the unity of sound and picture. The tune is simple and melodious, while the lyrics also have a flavor of Song lyrics, revealing a strong Chinese chivalrous getaway style.