GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) Wuxia Theme Song Singers?

[Ken Cheng]

He wasn't popular as a singer, but for some reason i enjoy this song & the series.

https://youtu.be/yVRgQSc_CEA

Tony Leung did have a somewhat middling career as a pop singer in the late 1980s. Lui Fong, however, was a pop superstar during that period.

[Stance]

Not a classic but i enjoy this song.

https://youtu.be/oiUoIrOTGcY

[wkeej]

THE BUND (SHANGHAI BEACH) is not a duet song. It's a solo song, and its main performer was Frances Yip Lai Yee.

My bad. Thanks for the correction.

[Trien Chieu]

Tony Leung is a rubbish singer, especially for wuxia. The HSDS soundtrack would have been better had it been Anita Mui by herself.

Tony Leung is not the greatest singer for wuxia songs but still very good. Can't complain about his song as all. His theme songs in Grand Canal and Two Most Honorable Knights are also very good.

[Trien Chieu]

Adam Cheng is among the greats, if not the greatest.

[EdenResident]

Tony Leung is not the greatest singer for wuxia songs but still very good. Can't complain about his song as all. His theme songs in Grand Canal and Two Most Honorable Knights are also very good.

Yeah I agree. Tony Leung isn't a great singer by any means but he did a respectable job with those theme songs. You still get a very wuxia feel in them, though it's also because those were very good compositions to begin with.

On a related note, I wonder why Andy Lau didn't sing any of the themes in ROCH 83, considering his pop career later on.

[Doc Kwok]

On a related note, I wonder why Andy Lau didn't sing any of the themes in ROCH 83, considering his pop career later on.

I imagine that he hadn't taken voice lessons at that time. I remember seeing both him and Tony Leung singing the theme to 'Duke of Mount Deer 84' on a show shortly after it was released - they both sounded terrible and out-of-tune.


And... he did sing something in ROCH 83! The 'Nan Yin' Condor hero song sung by the blind man playing the erhu, which was heard by the three Guo siblings.

[Doc Kwok]

Besides Shanghai Beach and LOCH, what are their other collaborations?

They also sang the theme for Genghis Khan 87.

[pannonian]

Yeah I agree. Tony Leung isn't a great singer by any means but he did a respectable job with those theme songs. You still get a very wuxia feel in them, though it's also because those were very good compositions to begin with.

On a related note, I wonder why Andy Lau didn't sing any of the themes in ROCH 83, considering his pop career later on.

Thankfully he didn't sing any of the main themes. Zhang Denan was perfect for the tone of the story.

[Ken Cheng]

Thankfully he didn't sing any of the main themes. Zhang Denan was perfect for the tone of the story.

Those other songs weren't suitable for a male singer, even a very good one.

[Doc Kwok]

Those other songs weren't suitable for a male singer, even a very good one.

Here is Andy Lau singing one of the main themes. I much prefer the original .

[pannonian]

Those other songs weren't suitable for a male singer, even a very good one.

Not just the individual songs, but the story itself exudes a tenderness that best fits a female vocal.

[WhiteLotus]

For me, Michael Kwan hands down. His body of work evokes the typical themes that you'd expect in a genre like wuxia, such as heroism, romantic love and tragedy.

Heroism:

Reincarnated Opening Theme (Rediffusion)
Dragon Strikes Opening Theme (Rediffusion)

Tragic Love:

DGSD 1982 Opening Theme with Susanna Kwan

Melancholy:

Dragon Strikes Sub Theme (Rediffusion)
DGSD 1982 Sub Theme 3

Not sure how I would categorise this, but another song I'm fond of by him:

Born to be King 1987 Theme Song

One of the great Cantopop singers of all time. Wuxia themes were never the same without him, Roman, Adam, Joseph Koo and Michael Lai.

[FeilongZ]

This song is perfect for how Yang Guo felt during the 16 years separation with Xiaolongnu.
However, the original song by Teresa Cheung Tak-lan is the best.
Song with translation.

https://youtu.be/LjcIVeXy2fE

[FeilongZ]

Powerful duet song from 1995 Return of the Condor Heroes.

https://youtu.be/tuIxQiGnb90

[FeilongZ]

1997 DGSD.
Any Wuxia song with Wakin Chau is an instant classic.
To me, this is a powerful, engaging song.

https://youtu.be/tq2wpi53vCQ

[FeilongZ]

To me Wakin Chau is the GOAT of Wuxia singers.

[WhiteLotus]

A singer that springs to mind who has the vocals for this genre is Jacky Cheung. That muscular, authoritative, baritone voice is perfectly suited for the testosterone-filled atmosphere of the wulin. I haven't come across a lot of his work that is specific to wuxia though. He did songs for A Chinese Ghost Story Part II and The Eagle Shooting Heroes as far as cinematic discography goes. For TV series, there's The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1999) which is my favourite of the wuxia stuff he did. (that I know of)

Flying Fox 99 Opening Theme Sung by Jacky Cheung

But for martial arts as a whole, the end theme song for Fong Sai Yuk (could be debated if it's simply kung fu not wuxia, although it featured Chen Jialuo of The Book and the Sword)

Fong Sai Yuk 1993 End Theme