趙增熹

In 1986, Michael Lai brought him into Capital Artists as a production assistant, soon giving him opportunities to arrange for singers including Leslie Cheung. Conducting “Snow.Wolf.Lake” and winning a Hong Kong Film Award for the score of “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” in 1997 extended his studio work into theatre, film and orchestral performance. His later “大台主” initiative focuses on developing younger musicians and providing performance experience.

Representative arrangements include Leslie Cheung’s “有誰共鳴” and Jacky Cheung’s “祇想一生跟你走” and “一千個傷心的理由”. These Cantonese and Mandarin recordings span the 1980s and 1990s and illustrate his studio arrangement work.

In a 2014 interview, Karen recalled his detailed direction while recording “隆重而簡單”. To help her sing gently, he asked her to draw on the feeling of receiving a gift she loved. She described learning that technique also needs an emotional connection to the words. Their collaboration therefore includes repeated work on expression inside the studio, beyond the printed production credit.

For Karen, he produced “不愛你的時候” and co-produced “隆重而簡單” with 阿偉. He and Karen also share the composition credit on the latter, part of their collaboration on her Cantonese music in Hong Kong.