~ Lyrics composed by Chang Hain-yang~ Music composed and produced by Matthew Lien
~ Performed by Chang Hain-yang (Jesus), Yu Yuan-keng (Judas), Chang, and Matthew Lien (all other instrumentation).
~ (c) Matthew Lien / Whispering Willows Music / Warner Chappell 2008. All rights reserved.
While visiting my friends Akiang and Hain-yang in Yi-lan one day, they told me about a very funny idea...
這天，當我來到宜蘭拜訪我的朋友，阿鏘與翰揚 ，他們告訴我一個十分有趣的想法。
Hain-yang is a very well-known radio host in Yi-lan. He has won several Golden Bell awards in the past for his radio programs, and he now had an idea for a radio advertisement to promote Akiang's brother's restaurant, called "Da San Wu Jia".
翰揚在宜蘭是個有名的電台主持人，在過去亦曾多次拿下金鐘獎，而今天，他突發奇想，想利用廣播來幫阿鏘兄弟的餐廳“大山無價“做宣傳。
This was quite different for Hain-yang, because he is best known for his radio documentaries about culture... not for advertising. In fact, none of us are much interested in producing advertisements, because they are usually just for making money for someone, and don't have any higher purpose.
這想法對於翰揚來說是實屬難得，因為在他的廣播歷程中，他所熟悉均為文化相關而非廣告，事實上，我們幾個對於廣告製作都沒有太大的興趣，因為，廣告的最大的價值都只是賺錢，並不會有其他更有意義的目的。
But Hain-yang was so excited about his idea, so we felt very curious. He explained that this was not for making money -- in fact, there was no budget at all -- but if we did a great job producing this, we could probably win a Golden Bell Award, because it was a very funny script!
但翰揚意外的對於這次的想法十分熱衷，這勾起了我們的好奇心，他提到這不是為了賺錢—事實上，這是個無本生意—但如果我們能做好它，也許我們能贏得一座金鐘，因為這是個很特殊的劇本。
After he shared his script outline with us, we thought it would be a lot of fun to create... and we had never won a Golden Bell Award before.
在他與我們分享了腳本大綱後，我們一致認為，若這執行起來一定很有趣，況且我們都從未拿過金鐘獎。
His concept was to create an advertisement which sounded like a traditional Taiwanese puppet show (known as "bu dai shi" in Taiwan culture). The story would be based on the "Last Supper" of Jesus Christ, where Jesus and Judas are having an argument. But rather than the infamous biblical argument, they are arguing because Judas wants to leave, and Jesus is angry that he won't stay for his last supper.
他的想法是製作一個聽起來很像布袋戲的廣告，故事則是以耶穌最後的晚餐為背景，耶穌與猶大因猶大想離開而起了爭執，耶穌十分生氣，因為猶大不留下來與他共進最後的晚餐。
When Jesus confronts Judas as to why he wants to run way, Judas explains that "Da San Wu Jia" is toooooooo delicious to resist!
當耶穌質問猶大為何執意要離開時，猶大解釋，並說到大山無價實在是美味無法擋！
I thought this story was very funny, and I knew it would present me with some fun production opportunities. So we all agreed to do it!
我覺得這故事很搞笑，而且我知道這定會增添不少創作的樂趣，大家也都躍躍欲試。
I recorded Hain-yang (Jesus) and Akiang (Judas) reading their parts, and I then started creating the music and sound effects.
於是乎，我便開始錄製翰揚（耶穌）以及阿鏘（猶大）的聲音，然後再開始製作音樂音效。
Creating the music changes for mood was one of the fun challenges, letting the music style emphasize Jesus and Judas' emotions.其中，
要創作音樂中包含心情的轉變是個很有趣的挑戰，必須要讓音樂旋律的特色凸顯出耶穌及猶大的情緒。
One example is In the opening, when Judas is singing is a traditional "running away" song, typical for when a character is fleeing in Taiwanese puppet theater.
例如在開場時，當猶大唱著傳統的“逃跑歌“時，也就是經典當布袋戲棚裡當主角逃跑時的配樂。
The greatest challenge in the music production was to produce a choir singing, "Da San Wu Jia... Amen". This was for the grand finale ending, to lift the emotion high up into typical biblical drama.
而在製作音樂時最大的挑戰則是創作合唱“大山無價…阿們“的部份，亦是最後壓軸的部份，須將氣氛炒熱至最高點就像經典聖經歌劇。
When I finally completed the advertisement and sent it to Akiang and Hain-yang, they were thrilled! Hain-yang submitted the advertisement to the Golden Bell jury, and we waited for the news.
當我終於完成了這廣告寄給阿鏘和翰揚時，他們十分興奮，翰揚也將它提交於金鐘獎最為參獎作品，而後我們則靜候消息。
And then, we heard the news...
隨後，我們聽到了新聞…
Of course, Hain-yang had won more Golden Bell Awards... and one of them was our radio advertisement!
當然 翰揚又贏得了金鐘獎…其中一件作品就是我們的廣播廣告。
We were so excited, because we had created this advertisement only for the love of production! We all share a love for traditional drama, and theater, and music... and all this had come together for this production.
我們興奮至極，因為我們創作的源頭只因熱愛製作，我們分享所有對於傳統歌劇及戲劇，當然還有音樂上的熱忱…而這些全都濃縮在這次的創作裡。
And even though we were competing against some of the best radio producers in Taiwan, our passion for "the art of production" had been successful!
雖然有許多知名的廣播製作人與我們競爭，但我們對於“藝術創作“的熱情終究還是成功了。
A couple of weeks later, a very funny thing happened when one of the competing teams decided to go to Da San Wu Jia for dinner, to congratulate the restaurant owner on his award-winning advertisement.
幾週後，一件有趣的事情發生了，其中一組競爭者決定光臨大山無價，並恭喜餐廳老闆，恭喜他獲得這獎項。
But the owner was quite surprised... because in our excitement to create this advertisement, we forgot to tell him about it!
但餐廳老闆十分訝異…因為我們太熱衷於製作這廣告，而忘了告訴他！
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