音樂人 / Musician

顧嘉煇

Joseph Koo Ka-fai

1931–2023

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

顧嘉煇(Joseph Koo Kar-fai)1931年2月25日在廣州出生,原籍江蘇蘇州,1948年隨家人移居香港。他受胞姊、歌手顧媚薰陶而愛上音樂,年輕時自組樂隊公開表演,得麗的呼聲轉播,並參與電懋公司影片《美人春夢》(1958)的音樂工作。1960年他取得美國伯克利音樂學院獎學金,得邵逸夫資助旅費並作擔保,赴美深造;翌年回港,為電影《不了情》(1961)創作插曲〈夢〉,在歌曲徵求中獲選,自此開啟電影音樂事業。他以自由身為邵氏兄弟作曲,憑《萬花迎春》(1964)奪第11屆亞洲影展最佳歌曲,又憑《何日君再來》(1966)奪第5屆台灣金馬獎最佳音樂;亦曾為《精武門》(1972)、《英雄本色》(1986)等片配樂。七十年代初他加盟無綫電視,除任樂隊指揮,更為各類節目作曲,以《啼笑因緣》(1974)主題曲掀起熱潮,其後為《狂潮》(1976)、《家變》(1977)、《上海灘》(1980)及港台節目《獅子山下》創作主題曲,並與填詞人黃霑合作寫出《獅子山下》(1979,羅文主唱)與《上海灘》(1980,葉麗儀主唱)。1981年他獲香港電台十大中文金曲頒授最高榮譽,1991年憑《秦俑》奪第10屆香港電影金像獎最佳電影配樂,該曲由他與黃霑、戴樂民合作。他一生為逾二百部電影配樂,創作歌曲逾一千二百首,2015年在紅磡體育館舉行一連十二場榮休盛典演唱會後退休。他曾獲頒大英帝國員佐勳章(1982)及香港特區銅紫荊星章(1998)、金紫荊星章(2015),並於1997年獲CASH金帆音樂獎音樂成就大獎、2011年獲香港藝術發展局終身成就獎。2023年1月3日,他在加拿大溫哥華離世,享年九十二歲。

English

Joseph Koo Kar-fai was born in Guangzhou on 25 February 1931, with ancestral roots in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and moved to Hong Kong with his family in 1948. Inspired by his elder sister, the singer Carrie Ku Mei, he fell in love with music, organising an orchestra that performed publicly and was broadcast by Rediffusion, and he worked on the music of the Motion Picture and General Investment film The Dream of a Beautiful Woman (1958). In 1960 he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in the United States, with Run Run Shaw covering his travel costs and acting as guarantor, and studied there before returning the next year; his song 'Dream' was chosen as an inserted number for the film The Love Eterne (1961), launching his film-music career. Working freelance for Shaw Brothers, he won Best Song at the 11th Asian Film Festival for Spring Flowers Everywhere (1964) and Best Music at the 5th Golden Horse Awards for When Will You Return (1966), and he scored such films as Fist of Fury (1972) and A Better Tomorrow (1986). He joined Television Broadcasts in the early 1970s, serving as conductor and writing music for many kinds of programme. His theme for the serial The Fatal Irony (1974) sparked a craze, and he went on to write themes for Hotel (1976), A House Is Not a Home (1977) and The Bund (1980), as well as the RTHK series Below the Lion Rock, collaborating with the lyricist James Wong on 'Below the Lion Rock' (1979, sung by Roman Tam) and 'The Bund' (1980, sung by Frances Yip). In 1981 he received the top honour at RTHK's Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, and in 1991 he won Best Film Music at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for A Terracotta Warrior, with James Wong and Romeo Diaz. He scored more than two hundred films and composed over 1,200 songs, and in 2015 held a run of twelve farewell concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum before retiring. He died in Vancouver, Canada, on 3 January 2023, aged 92.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

作曲家、音樂人

年期Active period

1931–2023

代表作Notable works

《上海灘》《獅子山下》《啼笑因緣》

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

香港電影金像獎最佳電影配樂(1991《秦俑》,與黃霑、戴樂民合作)、香港電台十大中文金曲最高榮譽(1981)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-12

權威檔 Authority record

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  • Joseph Koo Ka-fai · name

    英文全名

  • 煇哥 · variant

    圈中暱稱

  • 顧嘉煇 / Gu Jiahui · romanization

    普通話拼音

主要成就 Key Achievements

1974

為無綫劇集《啼笑因緣》創作主題曲,掀起粵語主題曲熱潮

Wrote the theme for the Television Broadcasts serial The Fatal Irony, sparking a craze for Cantonese theme songs

1979

與黃霑合作、羅文主唱的《獅子山下》面世,日後成為香港精神的代表歌曲

'Below the Lion Rock', with lyrics by James Wong and sung by Roman Tam, later became a symbol of the Hong Kong spirit

1991

憑《秦俑》奪第10屆香港電影金像獎最佳電影配樂,與黃霑、戴樂民合作

Won Best Film Music at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for A Terracotta Warrior, with James Wong and Romeo Diaz

2015

在紅磡體育館舉行一連十二場榮休盛典演唱會,其後退休

Held a run of twelve farewell concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum before retiring

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

顧嘉煇以西方管弦樂的編配書寫粵語旋律,把電視劇主題曲推成1970至80年代香港人的共同記憶。《獅子山下》《上海灘》傳唱數十年,1974年的《啼笑因緣》更常被視為粵語流行曲獲社會普遍接受的起點。

English

By blending Western arranging with Cantonese melody, Koo helped turn television theme songs into shared memory for Hong Kong people in the 1970s and 1980s. Songs such as 'Below the Lion Rock' and 'The Bund' have been sung for decades, establishing Cantopop's standing and offering a model for later composers and arrangers.

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