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黃霑（James Wong Jim，1941年3月18日—2004年11月24日），原名黃湛森，字亦芹，另有筆名劉杰、陸郎、不文霑等，原籍廣東番禺，生於廣州，1949年隨家人移居香港。他少年時就讀喇沙書院，其後考入香港大學中文系，1963年獲文學士學位，1983年獲哲學碩士，2003年再以論文《粵語流行曲的發展與興衰》取得哲學博士學位。他是香港填詞人、作曲家、廣告人、作家及演員，被視為跨媒體創作的代表人物，與金庸、倪匡、蔡瀾合稱「香港四大才子」。畢業後他一度任教中學，其後轉任廣告界，創作過不少膾炙人口的廣告歌詞，並曾與作家林燕妮合辦廣告公司。他早於1965年加入麗的映聲任節目主持，主持《青年聯誼會》等節目，並為電影《戰地奇女子》填詞，是其首部掛名參與的電影。1960年代起，他為電影及電視劇填詞，作品逾二千首，包括電視劇《獅子山下》同名主題曲、電視劇《上海灘》主題曲、電影《黃飛鴻》主題曲《男兒當自強》及《笑傲江湖》插曲《滄海一聲笑》，另有《問我》、《我的中國心》及電視劇《射鵰英雄傳》主題曲《世間始終你好》等傳世之作。他與作曲家顧嘉煇長期拍檔，人稱「輝黃」，寫下大量電視劇主題曲，電影《英雄本色》的主題曲《當年情》亦由他填詞。他與顧嘉煇這對「輝黃」組合自1970年代起長期合作，寫下大量電視劇主題曲，並於1998年及2000年兩度合辦《煇黃演唱會》，反應熱烈。其中1980年電視劇《上海灘》的同名主題曲，兩人以電話對音完成，歌詞「浪奔，浪流」傳唱至今。他憑《倩女幽魂》（1988）、《秦俑》（1991）、《黃飛鴻》（1992）及《梁祝》（1995）四度獲香港電影金像獎最佳電影配樂，1990年獲香港電台十大中文金曲金針獎，其後再獲樂壇多個致敬獎項。1976年，他為電影《跳灰》填寫插曲《問我》，由陳麗斯主唱、黎小田作曲。黃霑亦主持清談節目，1989至1990年與倪匡、蔡瀾主持亞洲電視《今夜不設防》，以率性敢言見稱，節目以成人話題與嘉賓真情對話膾炙人口；他出版的文集《不文集》源自《明報周刊》的專欄，專門收錄其諧趣文章，是香港最暢銷的單行本之一，他亦曾參演多部電影，並主持電台及電視節目。2004年11月24日，他因肺癌在沙田仁安醫院病逝，終年六十三歲，其喪禮及追思會吸引大批市民及演藝界人士悼念。他一生創作歌詞逾二千首，並出版多本散文集、小說及學術論著；其作品與歌曲至今仍廣為傳唱，是香港跨媒體創作的重要代表人物。
English
James Wong Jim (18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004), born Wong Cham-sum, courtesy name Yik-kan, was a Hong Kong lyricist, composer, advertising man, writer and actor, and a leading figure of cross-media creation regarded, with Jin Yong, Ni Kuang and Chua Lam, as one of the 'Four Great Talents of Hong Kong'. Originally from Panyu, Guangdong, he was born in Guangzhou and moved with his family to Hong Kong in 1949. He studied at La Salle College and then at the University of Hong Kong, graduating in Chinese in 1963, taking a master's degree in 1983 and a doctorate in 2003 with a thesis on the rise and decline of Cantopop. He worked in advertising, later running an advertising agency of his own and creating memorable jingles. From the 1960s he wrote lyrics for film and television, producing more than two thousand songs, among them the theme of the TV series Below the Lion Rock, the title song of the TV drama The Bund, A Man Should Be Self-Reliant for the film Once Upon a Time in China and A Laugh from the Sea for Swordsman, as well as enduring pieces such as Ask Me, My Chinese Heart and the theme of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. With the composer Joseph Koo he formed the celebrated 'Koo-Wong' partnership, writing many television theme songs, and he also wrote the lyric of Song of Yesterday for the film A Better Tomorrow. He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Score four times, for A Chinese Ghost Story (1988), Terracotta Warrior (1991), Once Upon a Time in China (1992) and The Lovers (1995), and in 1990 received the Golden Needle Award from RTHK's Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs, followed by further tributes from the music industry. He wrote the song Ask Me for the 1976 film Jumping Ash, sung by Chan Lai-si to music by Michael Lai. He also hosted talk shows, notably Tonight's the Night with Ni Kuang and Chua Lam from 1989 to 1990, and was known for his witty, outspoken style; his essay collection The Uncollected Collection, gathering his newspaper columns, was a long-selling work, and he acted in many films. He died of lung cancer at the Union Hospital in Sha Tin on 24 November 2004, aged 63, and was mourned by large numbers of the public and the entertainment world. From 1965 he worked as a television host at Rediffusion and wrote his first film lyric, and with Joseph Koo he staged the celebrated Koo-Wong concerts in 1998 and 2000. He also wrote columns, essays and scripts, making him a leading figure of Hong Kong cross-media culture.
