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粉丝聚光灯 - 迪恩·科普里
Fan Spotlight: Dean Kopri
2024年3月24日
Mar 24, 2024
我们很高兴能够突出介绍古墓丽影社区中的另一位资深人才——作曲家迪恩·科普里。十多年来，迪恩一直创作受古墓丽影启发的音乐。如今，他自豪地获得了古墓丽影官方作曲家称号。
We're excited to highlight the talent of another Tomb Raider community veteran – composer Dean Kopri. For over a decade, Dean has been creating music inspired by Tomb Raider. Now, he proudly holds the title of an official Tomb Raider composer.
迪恩·科普里是一位来自克罗地亚的学院派音乐家。他在一所音乐学校担任手风琴（克罗地亚民族乐器）教师，并担任克罗地亚最成功的青少年手风琴乐队之一的指挥，该乐队在本地和国际上都享有盛誉。迪恩为各种合奏团创作了许多作品，其中几首作品获得了克罗地亚手风琴协会的认可。他与妹妹合作，共同创作了名为《玫瑰镇传奇》的流行摇滚音乐剧，该剧于2015年首演。此外，他还为伦敦的Honey-tongued Theatre Productions制作的《仲夏夜之梦》创作了配乐。
Dean Kopri is an academically trained musician from Croatia. He works as a tamburitza (Croatian national instrument) teacher in a music school and serves as the conductor of one of Croatia's most successful junior tamburitza orchestras, both locally and internationally. Dean has composed numerous compositions for various ensembles, several of which have been honoured by the Croatian Tamburitza Association. In collaboration with his sister, Dean co-wrote a pop-rock musical titled "Legend of a Rose Town," which premiered in 2015. He also composed the soundtrack for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," produced by Honey-tongued Theatre Productions in London.
迪恩的音乐事业还受到了交响金属乐队Nightwish的显著影响。他创作了音乐剧本，并在芬兰Kitee（Nightwish的家乡）的“Kiteenarium”音乐剧表演中担任作曲，该表演是芬兰百年庆典活动的一部分，于2017年举行。从2014年到2019年，迪恩担任芬兰Kitee国际音乐和艺术节的音乐总监。在此期间，他在音乐节上演奏钢琴，并有机会与乐队成员见面和交流。迪恩职业生涯中的一个亮点是为Nightwish的作曲家托马斯·霍洛帕宁演奏了他为Nightwish创作的原创曲目。
Another significant influence on Dean's musical endeavours is the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He composed music and the script for the musical show "Kiteenarium," performed in Kitee (hometown of Nightwish), Finland, in 2017 as part of Finland's 100th birthday celebrations. From 2014 to 2019, Dean served as the music director of the Kitee International Music and Art Festival in Finland. During that period, Dean performed on piano at the festival and got the opportunity to meet and hang out with the band members. One of Dean's career highlights includes performing a selection of his original Nightwish arrangements for Nightwish's composer, Tuomas Holopainen.
迪恩·科普里与Nightwish
Dean Kopri with Nightwish
迪恩成为古墓丽影官方作曲家的旅程始于他在彼得·康奈利的《古墓丽影：黑暗天使》交响曲专辑中担任客座音乐家，并为该专辑创作了名为“超越黑暗”的曲目。
Dean's journey to becoming an official Tomb Raider composer began with his feature as a guest musician on Peter Connelly's Tomb Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony album, where he composed a track titled 'Beyond the Darkness.'
乔内尔·埃利奥特、迪恩·科普里和埃里克·洛伦在#TR26德比现场
Jonell Elliott, Dean Kopri and Eric Loren at #TR26 Derby
照片中：乔内尔·埃利奥特（劳拉·克劳馥配音演员）、迪恩·科普里和埃里克·洛伦（库蒂斯·特伦特配音演员）
In the photo: Jonell Elliott (Lara Croft VA), Dean Kopri and Eric Loren (Kurtis Trent VA)
迪恩还为一部名为《古墓丽影：艾尔哈瓦的神话》的短动画粉丝电影创作了配乐。这部由默蒂·斯科菲尔德编剧、乔内尔·埃利奥特饰演劳拉·克劳馥的粉丝电影，描绘了劳拉在《古墓丽影：最后的启示》和《黑暗天使》之间的非洲冒险故事。
Dean also wrote the score for a short-animated fan film titled Tomb Raider: The Myth of El Hawa. This fan film, written by Murti Schofield and featuring Jonell Elliott as Lara Croft, depicts Lara's adventures in Africa during the period between Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation and Angel of Darkness.
《古墓丽影：艾尔哈瓦的神话》
Tomb Raider: The Myth of El Hawa
“默蒂·斯科菲尔德的故事和贾斯敏·斯坦纳的艺术作品给了我极大的灵感，甚至在我开始为视频创作音乐之前，我就已经明确了自己想要创作一首能够展现我对古墓丽影音乐热爱和奉献的实质性作品。音乐中既有完整管弦乐队、打击乐器、合唱团和丰富配器的宏大时刻，也有少数乐器和人声的细腻部分。埃及和非洲元素在一定程度上融入了音乐中，但整个配乐是从劳拉的角度出发——反映她的情感和思想，而不是描绘地点。我决定不太频繁地使用原始的古墓丽影主题旋律。为什么呢？在剧本中，劳拉放下了她的过去，我在音乐中也做了同样的事情。整部作品听起来像是古墓丽影宇宙的一部分，但原始的主题旋律只在劳拉回忆起她的过去生活、她的家园时才出现……我认为这样效果很好。另外，很长一段时间以来，我的音乐中都没有使用真实的人声。但在这里，它们非常合适。女歌手的声音讲述了劳拉成为‘艾尔哈瓦’，即‘沙漠之风’的故事。这个声音也代表了劳拉逃离荷鲁斯神庙后，直到在巴黎遇到冯·克洛之前的道路和旅程。”
“Murti Schofield's story and Jasmine Steiner's artwork inspired me so much that even before I started composing the music for the video, it was clear to me that I wanted to create a substantial piece that showcases my love and dedication to the music of Tomb Raider. There's a clear contrast between moments when I'm using a full orchestra, percussion, choir, rich orchestration, and more intimate parts with just a few instruments and voices. Egyptian and African elements are somewhat included in the music, but the whole soundtrack is composed from Lara’s point of view – reflecting her emotions and thoughts rather than painting the locations. I decided not to use original Tomb Raider motifs too often. Why? In the script, Lara lets go of her former life, and I did the same with the music. The whole piece sounds like it is a part of the Tomb Raider universe, but the original motifs appear only when Lara remembers her past life, her home... I think that works well. Also, for a long time, I didn't use real voices in my music. Here, they fit so well. The female singing voice tells the story of Lara becoming El Hawa, the Desert Wind. That voice also represents Lara's path and journey after escaping the Temple of Horus until she meets Von Croy in Paris.
“在德比TR26活动的《艾尔哈瓦的神话》首映式上，坐在彼得·康奈利旁边，他向我竖起大拇指并轻拍我的背以示赞许，还见到了乔内尔·埃利奥特、埃里克·洛伦、默蒂·斯科菲尔德以及创意团队的其他成员，这是一次难忘的经历。”
Being at the premiere of The Myth of El Hawa in Derby at the TR26 event, sitting next to Peter Connelly in the theatre as he gave me thumbs up and tapped my back as a sign of approval, and meeting Jonell Elliott, Eric Loren, Murti Schofield, and the rest of the creative team, was an unforgettable experience.”
迪恩的辛勤工作最终得到了回报，他接到了为手机游戏《古墓丽影：重装上阵》创作片尾曲主题音乐的邀约，从而正式获得了古墓丽影官方作曲家的称号。
Dean’s hard work eventually led to receiving a call to write the ’End Credits’ theme track for the mobile game Tomb Raider Reloaded, finally earning him the title of an official Tomb Raider composer.
我只为运动而战——《古墓丽影：重装上阵》片尾曲
I Only Play for Sport – end credits theme from Tomb Raider Reloaded
“我从大约13岁开始就创作受古墓丽影启发的音乐作品，17岁时首次在音乐会现场演奏了其中一首，并在2008年首次将作品上传到YouTube。如果有人当时告诉我，有一天我会被邀请为古墓丽影游戏创作并录制一首曲子，我绝不会相信那是真的。我想，多年的努力，与艺术家、古墓丽影自制关卡制作者、YouTube博主和粉丝项目的各种合作（比如尼科巴斯的《西安匕首》、提塔克的《喜马拉雅之谜》自制关卡、乔瓦尼·卢卡的《古墓丽影III高清重制版》等），或是像彼得·康奈利的《古墓丽影：黑暗天使》交响乐和动画短片《古墓丽影：艾尔哈瓦的神话》这样的项目，以及我不断提升自己的能力和知识（当然还有设备），最终都得到了回报。”
"I started composing my Tomb Raider-inspired pieces when I was about 13 years old, had my first live performance of one of them at a concert when I was 17, and uploaded the first one to YouTube back in 2008. If someone told me back then that one day I would be commissioned to compose and record a piece for a Tomb Raider game, I would have never suspected that to be true. I guess years of hard work, various collaborations with artists, TRLE builders, YouTubers and fan-made projects (Nicobass' Dagger of Xian, Titak's Himalayan Mysteries TRLE, Giovanni Lucca's Tomb Raider III HD Remaster to name a few) or projects such as Peter Connelly's Tomb Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony or animated short Tomb Raider: The Myth of El Hawa, and constant improvement of my abilities and knowledge (and equipment, of course) finally paid off.
“我接到了埃德·珀金斯（之前担任《古墓丽影：重装上阵》的移动出版总监）的邀请，他说他非常喜欢我的作品，并问我‘你想成为古墓丽影的官方作曲家吗？’……当然，我激动得无以复加！我接到了创作一首史诗般的片尾曲的任务，风格要符合我的特色，并可以自由使用从《古墓丽影1》到《古墓丽影：地下世界》等游戏中的音乐主题或风格。我有两个月的时间来完成它——但我在不到两周的时间内就完成了。:) 考虑到我要创作的是片尾曲，我并没有受到《古墓丽影：重装上阵》中地点或特定场景的限制，所以我拥有更多的自由。我可以在其中融入经典的古墓丽影音乐主题和个人风格，这些风格类似于《古墓丽影：黑暗天使》、《古墓丽影：传奇》以及《古墓丽影：重装上阵》原声带中的其他音乐。我永远感激这次给予我的机会。”
I was approached by Ed Perkins (previously Director of Mobile Publishing - CDE Entertainment for Tomb Raider Reloaded) who acknowledged he's a big fan of my work and asked "Do you want to become an official Tomb Raider composer?"... naturally my excitement went through the roof! I was presented with the task to write an epic end credits theme in my style with the freedom to use motifs (or a music style) of games ranging from Tomb Raider (1996) to Tomb Raider: Underworld. I was given 2 months to work on it - I had it done in less than 2 weeks. ;) Considering that I was supposed to make an end credits theme, I wasn't restricted by Tomb Raider Reloaded's locations or specific scenes, so I had more freedom. I could make it more fragmented while implementing classic Tomb Raider motifs and personal themes that resemble the music styles of Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, Legend, and the rest of the Tomb Raider Reloaded soundtrack. I'm forever grateful to be given this opportunity.”
最近，迪恩决定以一种非常特别的方式来致敬期待已久的《古墓丽影I-III复刻版》的发布。
More recently, Dean decided to pay tribute to the long-awaited release of the Tomb Raider I-III Remastered in a very special way.
《简陋居所》——受《古墓丽影1-3复刻版》启发的作品
Humble Abode - Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered inspired
“随着《古墓丽影I-III复刻版》发布日的临近，那份激动让我重新找回了久违的创作热情。首先，我与艺术家兼好友伊娜·维朱扎尼娜合作创作了《奇妙之地》这首作品。我发现伊娜的古墓丽影艺术作品美轮美奂，我总是从中汲取灵感。对于《简陋居所》，我想营造出一种宁静的氛围和轻松的风格。这是一首混合了部分低保真音乐元素的作品，但同时又忠实于我的作曲风格和编曲方式，其中交响乐团乐器和合唱是主要焦点。加入电子鼓、贝斯吉他以及不同的合成器和音色垫是我一直想做的事情。由于这首作品是受复刻版启发的，因此使用这三款游戏中现有的、熟悉的音乐主题对我来说是必不可少的。这首作品最终变成了一首我想象中在克劳馥庄园播放的曲子，当劳拉在冒险之间休息时——因此得名。至于视频部分，我想邀请社区里的人们参与，所以我请求大家提供克劳馥庄园的截图。我收到了许多精美的截图，并在视频中尽可能多的展示它们。我开始制作受《古墓丽影I-III复刻版》启发的背景，其中还包含了一些彩蛋，并用一些漂亮而又简单的动画将它们串联起来。最终，这成为了一场对劳拉和粉丝们的盛大庆典。”
“As Tomb Raider I-III Remastered release day approached, all that excitement nudged me back into my creative mood, which I have been missing lately. First, I collaborated with an artist and a dear friend Inna Vjuzhanina for the 'Wondrous Places' piece. I find Inna's Tomb Raider artwork gorgeous and I'm always returning to it for inspiration. For 'Humble Abode,' I wanted to go for that vibe and chill style. A hybrid piece that has some elements of lo-fi music, but yet again is true to my composing style and arrangements where symphonic orchestra instruments and choir are the main focus. Adding synthetic drums, bass guitar, and different synths and pads was something that I wanted to do for a while. Since the piece is inspired by the Remasters, using the existing/familiar motifs from all three games was a must for me. The piece turned into something that I can imagine playing at the Croft Manor while Lara's resting between her adventures - hence the title. As for the video, I wanted to include people from the community, so I asked for the Croft Manor screenshots. I received many wonderful screenshots and tried my best to include as many as possible. I started making backdrops inspired by Tomb Raider I-III Remastered with some Easter Eggs, and wrapped it all up with some nice yet simple animations. Turned out to be a great celebration of Lara and the fans.
我想借此机会向所有与我合作过的社区成员表示衷心的感谢。每一个项目都让我感觉像是向前迈出了一步，而在完成这些项目的过程中，我用我的音乐换来了宝贵的经验（常常是友谊）。因此，我获得了在官方和非官方的古墓丽影项目中分享我的音乐的美妙机会，甚至更进一步，为各种视频游戏、短片等创作了音乐。这对我来说意义重大。另外，我还要感谢大家让我有机会在这次粉丝聚光灯下亮相，并对我的音乐表示认可。让我们期待更多的周年纪念、复刻版和劳拉的新冒险！（以获得灵感）！！！干杯！
I'd like to take this opportunity to extend a group 'Thank you' to every person from the community I've ever worked or collaborated with. Every project felt like another step up, and by wrapping it up, I've traded my music for valuable experiences (often friendships). As a result, I've been given wonderful opportunities to share my music in both official and non-official Tomb Raider projects, and even further, composed music for various video games, short films, etc. This means a great deal to me. Another thank you goes out for being featured in this Fan Spotlight and for the acknowledgment of my music. Here's to many more anniversaries, remasters, and Lara's new adventures! (to be inspired by ;)) !!! Cheers!”
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