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Phantom of the Theatre
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Wikipedia article
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Huaxia Film Distribution
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Hong Kong
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'Phantom of the Theatre' is a 2016 Chinese thriller film directed by Raymond Yip, starring Ruby Lin, Tony Yang, Simon Yam, and Huang Lei. The film depicts a story set in Shanghai during the 1930s, representing the prosperity and charm of Shanghai in its peak time, with distinctive characteristics of that time and irreproachably interpreting the humanity. It was released in China on 29 April 2016.
Premise
A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show and bring in new victims. The Phantom of the Theatre depicts a tragic love story between rising film star Meng Sifan and young director Gu Weibang, the son of the warlord Gu Mingshan.
Cast
* Ruby Lin as Meng Si Fan / Kong-jin / Kong Lan
* Tony Yang as Gu Wei Bang
* Simon Yam as Gu Ming Shan
* Jing Gangshan as Kong Shen
* Huang Hung as Fei Li Shi
* Lin Jiang Guo as Tang Shi Rao
* Hu Ming as The Adjutant
* Natalie Meng Yao as Pan Ru Yu
* Wu Xu Dong as Liu Kang
* Patricia Ha as Wei Bang's Mother
* Han Zhi as The Butler
* Zhang Zifeng as Kong Lan (Young)
* Huang Lei as The Theatre Owner
* Luo Tian Jiao as Xiao Mei
* Du Chang Rui as Actress
* Li Jia Xuan as Actress
* Li Ching as Master of Ceremony
* He Yun Wei as Master of Ceremony
* Li Yang as The Thief
* Li Jing
Production
The film cast is led by Ruby Lin, Raymond Yip, and Manfred Wong, their third collaboration working together on horror films. Phantom of the Theatre was filmed in Shanghai, where shooting of the film started on 13 January 2015 and was wrapped up on 3 March 2015.
Release
The film was moved from its scheduled release date of 27 November 2015, to 28 April 2016.
Reception
The film grossed on its opening weekend in China.
Music
Music composed by Yu Peng, also credited as YuPeng.
*Zhu ZiRong: Female solo vocalist
*Yu Peng: Male solo vocalist
*Piao Ying, Zhang SuChen: violin solo
*Chen XiaoLong: cello solo
*Chen Kun: flute
*Zhang Xin: oboe
*Hu Yu: bassoon
*Guo ZhanBao, Shi JieLiang: horn
*Liu ZhanYi: trombone
*Mou XianQuan: tuba
*Tu HuaBing: Chinese flute
*Zhang Sheng: Tu HuaBing (job name appears to be an error)
*Xie YuDan: pipa
*Lu YiWen: erhu
*Zhu ZhiRong, Chen Qin, Fu XiaoLi, Wu Jing, Wang GuoFang, Jiang Bin, Zhang ChaoJun, Guo JunYu, Yu Peng: choir group
*Shanghai Piao Ying Chamber Music Group: strings group
*Lu Xiaoxing: music recording engineer
*Yu Peng: music mixing engineer
*Anders Lee: music producer
*Shanghai San You Recording Occupation Studio: music studio
* "M W" (; "The Fog") sung by A-Lin
"Episode"
*The Mist
Singer: Eric Juu
Lyrics: Wu Di
Composer: Yu Peng
Arranger/Producer: Yu Peng
"Theme Song"
The Mist
Singer: A-Lin
Lyrics: Wu Di
Composer: Yu Peng
Producer: Chen Jiangi
Line Producer:Brandy Tien
Arrangement: Zhang Chaoyu
String Writing: Zhang Chaoyu
Cello solo: Liu Han
Cello: Liu Han, Lin Jiayu
Viola: Gan Weipeng, Yang Kaining
Violin: Cai Yaoyu, Zhang Yining, Zheng Zihong
Recording Engineer: Xu Wei, Chen Yilin
Studio: The flyer studio (beijing), Eye studio
Mixing Engineer: Lin Zhengzong
Mixing studio: Platinum studio
Production Executive: Cai Zhizhong
Click Music Ltd.
References
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