翻閱著菜單,依稀聽到對面那桌:「…Play it…play As Time Goes By…」心頭一愣,又聽到「…of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, you walk into mine…」漢文大約是:「全世界有這麼多城市,城市裡有這麼多酒吧,妳卻偏偏來到我這…」
《北非諜影》ㄧ幕一幕的顯現,正沉醉於鋼琴師彈奏的As Time Goes By…
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Category Archives: 西洋音樂
Auld Lang Syne 魂斷藍橋
魂斷藍橋(Waterloo Bridge)主題曲(Auld Lang Syne)與電影情節的意境相當配合,使此影片被譽為電影史上最凄美不朽愛情片之一。 原文片名意指「滑鐵盧橋」,中譯成「藍橋」點出「尾生抱柱」的故事。《莊子·盜趾》中有「尾生與女子期於梁下,女子不來,水至不去,抱樑柱而死。」據《西安府志》記載,這座橋在陝西藍田縣的蘭峪水上,稱為「藍橋」。從此之後,人們把相愛的男女一方失約,而另一方殉情叫做「魂斷藍橋」。亦有一部粵劇以這個「魂斷藍橋」來命名。
Around the world (in 80 days)
“Around the World” was the theme tune from the 1956 movie Around the World in 80 Days It never actually featured with the lyrics in the Around the World in Eighty Days film, but it is the vocal version which has by far become the better known. It was written by Harold Adamson and Victor Young, for whom it was a #13 hit on the Billboard charts (posthumously) in 1957.
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, first published in 1927 and most notably revived by Elvis Presley in 1960 (with the title spelled Are You Lonesome To-Night?).
April Love
April Love” is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was written as the theme song for a 1957 film of the same name starring Pat Boone and Shirley Jones and directed by Henry Levin.
Helped by the release of the film, “April Love” became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone in December 1957. In 1958, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song.
April Love by Pat Boone
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