Theme from Midnight Express
performer:
Chris Bennett
composer:
Giogio Moroder
lyrics:
Giogio Moroder
這是電影Midnight Express(午夜快車)的主題曲, 電影中播出的是音樂版本, 有歌詞的只有在電影sound track的唱片中找到.
電影講述的是一幕真人真事的監獄血淚: 一個美國青年在土耳其旅行回美時, 偷帶小量毒品, 結果在機場被捕. 本來只是輕微的罪名, 卻因政治原因被重判30年. 年年月月的過去,主角在土耳其牢獄中嚐盡各種非人生活, 獄吏和告密者的折磨。 他唯一的出路就是乘坐
Midnight Express離去, 意即逃獄.
電影故事不算上佳, 成為偉大電影主要因為導演Alan Parker的懾人影像, 和Giogio Moroder的震憾音樂, 效果驚心動魄. 此片更奪得
1978年奧斯卡最佳原著音樂奬 -- 這是第一次有電子樂形式贏得奧斯卡最佳配樂獎.
電影最著名的音樂是Chase, 你必定曾聽過. 而我
今次要介紹的是這首主題曲. 主題曲連名都無的, 只叫Theme from Midnight Express.
這首歌充滿迷惑, 應該是以主角女朋友身份唱出, 兩句歌詞Until you touch the open sky, then I will keep the sun for you看似無助卻有鼓勵. 順帶一提, 主角女朋友探監一幕非常痴線, 卻不突兀, 非常震憾.
(另有介紹廣東話版, 見林子祥的逝如風)
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2008/11/27
As the night is leaving
silently retreating down an empty hall
Suddenly a stirring
finally recurring where I let it fall
Following the wanderings of a dream
a dream that keeps my soul alive
Believing in an open sky
believing in a love.
Dancing with a stranger
careless of the danger there within his smile
While the dew was forming
breathing in the morning like a sleeping child.
If the memory of the light should fade
horizons reaching cold and blue
Until your heart is free to fly
then I will keep the sun for you.
Until you touch the open sky
then I will keep the sun for you
Until we never say goodby
then I will keep the sun for you.
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