配乐大师：约翰·威廉姆斯（2024）

他在这方面的贡献 做得比其他在世的作曲家还要多
He's done more of those moments than any other living composer.
但他也创作过其他更深入人心的时刻
But he's also done so many other kinds of moments that are more than that,
更细腻的时刻
that are more nuanced than that,
更强大的时刻
that are more powerful than that,
更充满活力和更扣人心弦的时刻
that are more dynamic than that, that are more gripping than that.
(《邮报:密战》,史匹柏执导)
(《对人不存恶意》) (《林肯》配乐)
约翰威廉斯的灵活度极高
John Williams is extraordinarily flexible
而且精通许多不同的音乐语言...
and is just sort of master of so many different musical languages,
(2012年《林肯》,史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格执导)
...特别是沉重的历史片
especially the weightier historical movies.
(1997年《勇者无惧》 史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格执导)
(2011年《战马》,史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格执导)
(1987年《太阳帝国》 史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格执导)
身为历史迷,我立刻想到史蒂芬的电影
As a fan of history, my mind runs quickly to Steven's films,
还有奥利佛史东 以及我跟他合作过的电影...
and to Oliver Stone, and films that I've done with him...
(1989年《生于七月四日》 奥利佛·斯通执导)
...例如《生于七月四日》
like Born on the Fourth of July.
越战的题材和他的经历息息相关
The subject of the Vietnam War was so personal to him,
但我认为在他的作品裡 能感受到发人深省的讯息
but I think one felt a-a profound, uh, message in his work.
(1991年《刺杀肯尼迪》 奥利佛·斯通执导)
想当然《刺杀肯尼迪》也是
And certainly in JFK.
《刺杀肯尼迪》是个很好的例子
展现出在某种程度上 配乐在电影完成前就已经做好
to a certain extent, the music before the film was done.
奥利佛跟我说:“写三首音乐
Oliver said to me, "Write three pieces of music.
我不会给你看任何影片 我会让你看这段反应的影片
I won't show you any film. I'll just show you the film of this reaction,
还有其他反应的影片 然后你就在音乐上自♥由♥发挥”
that reaction, and that reaction. And then you do freely your pieces."
到最后,他所做的应该是把各种东西
And in the end, I think what he did was cut together
剪接在一起 然后在某种程度上使用它们每一段音乐
these various things and use the music from each one of them to a certain degree.
我认为这是个特别的机会,可以参与到
Uh, that was a unique opportunity for me to approach something historical...
奥利佛最为人熟知的改编史实的作品
...in an attempt to dramatize it in a way that Oliver is-is famous for.
(1998年《拯救大兵瑞恩》 史蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格执导)
我喜欢
I love the kind of
《抢救雷恩大兵》 和 《林肯》所展现出的崇高感
noble sobriety of Saving Private Ryan and Lincoln.
那些关于美国的题材相当感人肺腑
You know, those beautiful American themes, those really, really, beautiful
那种感觉让人... 那让我们所有人深刻感受到
feelings that you... That instill all of us with a great sense of
自己是这个伟大国家的一分子和爱国情操
belonging to a great country and patriotism.
《抢救雷恩大兵》是一部伟大的二战电影
甚至可以说是最伟大的电影
if not the greatest of all.
电影的前15分钟是如此...
The first 15 minutes of that film are so...
难以用言语形容,气势相当非凡
beyond description, so extraordinary,
根本不需要任何音乐
it certainly didn't need any music.
约翰觉得没有音乐跟包含音乐同等重要
John feels that the absence is as important as the inclusion of music.
所以我们在选曲会议上会有所取捨
So we have these spotting sessions where we try something
我们会说:“这裡或许要音乐 这裡或许不要音乐”
and we say, "Maybe music here, maybe not music here."
想当然我们很早就决定好
We decided, of course, early on to have no music
诺曼地登陆那一段不要有音乐
for the invasion of Normandy.
只有在西恩雷恩的遗体 出现在海滩上时才会有音乐
The music would only come in when we see the body of Sean Ryan on the beach.
片尾曲我们用的是《阵亡之歌♥》...
And we end the film with "Hymn to the Fallen"
(《抢救雷恩大兵》录音现场)
...那是和波士顿交响乐团 唐格尔伍德合唱团一起做的
which was done with the Boston Symphony Tanglewood Chorus.
汤姆汉克斯就在现场
Tom Hanks was there.
团员们很兴奋,因为他就坐在看台上
Very exciting for the orchestra because he sat up in the balcony.
我们在台上,所有人都往上面看
You know, we were on stage... ...and they were all looking up there
我说:“不能分心,要看著音乐”
and I said, "You can't be... You have to look at the music."
(《阵亡之歌♥》) (《抢救雷恩大兵》)
在音乐上,这是在向所有老兵致敬
Musically, it honors all of the veterans,
无论是现在还是在过去
both today and yesterday.
我认为你的音乐表现是至高无上的荣耀
And-and I think what you did musically is such a great honor
所以军队才会总是在问他们是否能演奏...
and that's why the military is always asking if they could play...
表演这首配乐
Perform this score.
这首配乐
This is one of the most requested scores
最受所有美军的欢迎
throughout our entire United States Military,
因为它向那些为自♥由♥奉献生命的人
because it has the deepest reverence and respect for those
表达出最深的敬意和尊敬之情
who have laid their lives upon the altar of freedom.
约翰能创作出各种类型电影的配乐...
John's capable of scoring any genre of film
(克里斯哥伦布) (电影制♥作♥人)
...无论是《拯救大兵瑞恩》 或《小鬼当家》
whether it's Saving Private Ryan or Home Alone.
(1990年《小鬼当家》 克里斯哥伦布执导)
我让我的家人消失了
I made my family disappear.
我们在拍《小鬼当家》 也已经僱用另一位作曲家
We were shooting Home Alone, and we had already hired another composer,
等到电影进入后制时 我们发现作曲家抽不出时间
and we got into post-production, found out the composer was no longer available.
我们接到约翰经纪人的电♥话♥
We got a call from John's agent,
对方说:“我想让我的客户 约翰威廉斯看看”
who said, "I'd like to show it to my client, John Williams."
我的电♥话♥差点掉下来
And I almost literally dropped the phone.
当时我十分惊讶
I was stunned.
我很喜欢,我认为这部电影很棒
I loved it. I thought the film was wonderful.
那个小男孩很优秀
The little boy was fabulous,
我心想这是个大好机会 可以创作有长笛和铃铛声的圣诞歌♥曲
I thought, wonderful opportunity for Christmas textures, and flutes and bells.
我们决定利用约翰的配乐来做电影预告片
We decided to preview the film utilizing John's score.
那段预告片是我们当时做过最好的预告片
That preview was the best preview we had had up until that point.
这部电影的测试结果 比起第一次还要好到不行
The film tested 500% better than it did the first time.
他从大银幕裡伸出手来 把观众拉进电影裡
He's reaching out from the screen and pulling the audience into the film.
当克里斯要我为《哈利波特》做配乐
When Chris asked me to do Harry Potter,
我相当乐意之至
I was very, very happy to do it.
(哈利波特的魔法世界)
(开幕式,好莱坞环球影城)
(2016年4月5日)
这是很不错的音乐机会
Wonderful opportunity for music.
有关小孩、魔法等等
It was about children, magic and so on.
小孩和魔法就等于音乐
Children and magic equals music.
当我答应为《哈利波特》做配乐时
When I agreed to do Harry Potter,
一开始是被叫来做预告音乐
I was called first to do some music for a trailer.
他们要我创作出带点魔法感的音乐
And they asked me to do something magical.
我懂那个意思,但还没看过任何电影画面
I understood what it was but I hadn't seen a single frame of film.
所以我写了《海德薇的主题曲》
And so, I wrote the theme, which is "Hedwig's Theme."
老实跟你说 这是我写过史上最简单的配乐
I have to confess to you, the easiest thing in the world to write.
我前往他进行创作的办公室
I went into where he was composing, into his office,
他说:“你想听听看主题曲吗?”
and he said, "Would you like to hear the main theme?"
我说:“当然好”,所以他就演奏...
And I said, "Of course, yeah." So he played...
他添加了那种黑暗感,对吧?
So he's-he's adding that darkness, right?
一开始原本旋律很优美 后来就变得很黑暗
He gets you with that lovely, beautiful theme and then it gets dark,
只需短短几秒的时间,真的是太神了
within seconds. How brilliant is that?
我们知道在进入波特的世界时
We knew when we got into the world of Potter
每部电影会变得越来越黑暗
that each film was going to get subsequently darker and darker and darker.
(《哈利波特:消失的密室》 克里斯哥伦布执导)
你的伤疤是个传奇
Your scar is legend,
然留给你这个伤疤的巫师也是
as of course was the wizard who gave it to you.
约翰和我为此讨论过很长一段时间
John and I discussed that for a long time,
他为《哈利波特》的第二部电影 《密室》所做的配乐
and his score for the second Harry Potter film, Chamber of Secrets,
为后来的七部续集电影开启序幕
is the beginning of what will happen for the next seven films.
(《哈利波特:阿兹卡班的逃犯》 艾方索柯朗执导)
疾疾,护♥法♥现身
Expecto Patronum!
我得说自己对于做续集配乐 并不是感到全然自在
I have to say that I-I've never been entirely comfortable with doing sequels.
我宁愿用全新的机会
I would rather have done a fresh story
为截然不同的故事做新的配乐
with a fresh opportunity for a fresh score.
但以《星球大战》的例子来说 特别是《印第安纳琼斯》系列
But Star Wars, for example, and Indiana Jones particularly,
我就是不希望让其他作曲家
I just felt that I didn't want some other composer,
直截了当地接手,然后改变配乐
very frankly, to come in and change that.
我会希望...如果我能做到
That it was something that I would... If I could do it,
保留那部电影的完整性
t-to preserve the integrity of that piece,
如果我有时间和体力去做那些事
if I could have the time and energy to do all that,
特别是在前九集的 《星球大战》配乐是出自我之手
particularly in the case of Star Wars where I did the first nine.
我们终于要开始做《哈利波特》 那些电影既出色又相当困难
We finally got to Harry Potter, and those films were so wonderful and so difficult,
我应该做了三部电影的配乐
I think I did three of them.
我不可能做...
I couldn't possibly have done...
他们是拍了八集电影吗?八集之类的
How many did they make, eight? Something like that.
我很希望能排除万难来参与配乐工作
I would love to have been able to do it for just all those reasons.
其他作曲家也表现得很好
Other people came along, did them very well.
(《大白鲨》)
所以如果我能做续集配乐,我会努力去做
So, when I could do the sequels, I tried to do them.
但我会用“嫉妒”来形容,因为我想保持
But I was... I use the word jealous, of keeping the integrity
自己做过的配乐完整性
of what I've already done.
不是因为那是弥足珍贵的经典之作
Not that I thought that it was so precious or so timeless
所以不能被其他作曲家改
that it couldn't be touched by another composer.
我只是觉得如果我能靠 自身创作来保持连贯性
But I felt that if I could keep it consistent with my own work,
那就是最理想的事了
that would be the best thing to do.
如果无法请到强尼来写配乐
I'm not sure I would have done Episodes I, II and III
我不确定自己是否能拍出 第一部、第二部和第三部
if I couldn't have gotten Johnny to do the music for it.
因为他是创意过程中不可或缺的一部分
You know, 'cause he was such an integral part of the creative process.
在1990年代,他成为一种品牌