Songs by Yuri Antonov: the best tracks and composer's work for films

Many of the iconic Soviet pop artists not immediately discovered their talent. For some people it all started with a small role in a film, someone did not want to connect his life with music, but after writing a few songs, unknown musicians became stars of the stage. And so it was with Yuri Antonov.

This article will talk about the best songs Russian and Soviet singer, written in co-authorship with the poet by Leonid Fadeyevand how the musician's fame spread throughout the USSR.

Anastasia was not so simple

A meeting of future colleagues in the song craft took place suddenly: in the late 80s, when Antonov had already established himself as a good songwriter and musician for a large number of ensembles, the musician was having lunch in a restaurant when he was approached by the stranger. Not expecting his privacy to be violated, the singer wanted to ask the man to leave him alone, but the man gave him a sheet of poetry and introduced himself by Leonid Fadeyev. Antonov, not without dissatisfaction, read the text, which, surprisingly, was very good. This was the first time the musician saw the lyrics of the song that made him famous throughout the entire Union, - "Anastasia.".

Why the composition is called by this particular female name is not known even by the author of the text; most likely, "Anastasia" is meant to mean each a beautiful woman. At the time when the song was just beginning to be created, Yuri collaborated with a Soviet rock band "Arax.". It was the musicians of Arax helped singer to make the track as he is well known to a generation of instrumental fans.

Despite the fact that "Anastasia" is one of the favourite songs of the public, a musician dislikes to perform it in concerts. The composition is characterised by complexityHigh notes are difficult for Antonov, but the legendary hit is often played at the composer's performances.

Antonov's calling card

Another song that helped Yuri Antonov gain all-union fame was also written by Leonid Fadeev. "I'm remembering."or, as it is often called by listeners, "Flying Walk," was released on one of the mini-albumswhich were released in the early 1980s by Antonov and the musicians of the Araks collective.

According to some reports, the composition's melody was inspired by the music coming to the Union at the time disco. Antonov and his pals got to a concert of a band that came from Hungary, and, hearing the bright dance music, the composer outlined the approximate mood of a future song.

"I Remember" brought Antonov not only fame, but also opened the new horizons: after his resounding success, Yuri was asked to write the music for the film "Take care of the women."where the song known to everyone was played.

The sea or just the road to it?

"The Sea" is a composition that for the first time was performed in the film "Take Care of Women", shot in Odessa in 1981. The director of the film, due to Antonov's growing popularity, asked him to become a composer and write music for the film. Thus was born 8 trackswritten by Yuri on poems by many poets, including his old acquaintance Leonid Fadeev.

Creating songs for the film was an outlet for Antonov after the news prohibition the release of his album. Compositions recorded for the record were included into a film and became a musician's fateful: after the rise of his career as a singer and musician, his work as a composer also earned him a success.

"The Sea," though it was the title song of the film, still was not famous before the release of "Take Care of Women." Often the song confuse with "The Road to the Sea," also written by Antonov and Fadeev, which appeared on one of the minions of the musician before the appearance of the film. Only a couple of years after the release of the film, "Sea" would be released first on Antonov's mini-recordings and then on the big album called "The Roof of Thy House."

How did their fate turn out next?

After successfully working on songs for the film, Antonov and Fadeev persist co-operation. Together they create main a composition for the TV programme "Wider Circle", performed by the VIA "Blue Bird".

Afterwards, the musician and writer will create songs together, but will continue to work and individually. After the album's release, Antonov would take part in a film by Alexander Kosarev, and a year later he would release an album "Believe in the dream."Some of the songs from which would also become iconic for the singer. The musician also started working at Moskontsert around the mid-1980s, and in 1987 he released another record - "From sorrow to joy.". After that, the musician will go into the shadows for a few years due to the inflammatory language at one of the concerts.

Already after the fall of the Soviet Union, Yuri continues his musical activity, taking part in the traditional for Russian and Soviet television programme "Song of the Year.". Until now, the singer participates in various shows and performs at large concerts.

After the work with Yuri Antonov, which made Fadeev famous, the poet began to collaborate with other pop stars, and the texts written by him became more than once participants "Songs of the Year. In the late 80s, Leonid wrote the song "Clear Ponds."which became famous thanks to the performance of Igor Talkov, and from the mid-90s Fadeev and Fadeev started to work together. Igor Krutoy. Since then, Fadeyev's songs have been performed great artists Alla Pugacheva, Lev Leshchenko, Larisa Dolina, Philip Kirkorov and many others.

Some of the recent works Fadeev and Antonov's songs "Ugly Duckling" and "Not to Laugh".