看完《The O.C.》橘子郡男孩第四季的最后一集。这个播出了四年的电视剧终于真正结束了。以前不是很喜欢看这种类型的电视剧,觉得剧情太过俗套。偶然间被别人勾引开始看起来,就这样一直看了下去。我对第四季并没什么好感,觉得是狗尾续貂之作。
这部电视剧讲的是在美国加州Orange county ,一群有钱人家的teenagers的残酷青春,当然还有剪不断理还乱的感情纠葛—这是肥皂剧绝对重要的元素。
这部电视剧最吸引我的地方,是音乐。很多情节以及镜头本身很美,但是如果没有音乐的烘托,可能不会留给我太深的印象。所以我收集了The O.C. music的六张合辑。有很多曲目还是可圈可点的,主题曲Phantom Planet的California固然不错,但是还有很多不出名但是非常好听的插曲。

镜头一,第一季里,Marisa cooper因为用药过度,晕倒在墨西哥的某个小巷,奄奄一息。Ryan Atwood,Marisa的男友,一个被Sandy Cohen家收养的问题少年,以及他的好朋友Seth Cohen和Summer Roberts终于找到她,此时背景音乐是Mazzy Star的into dust(专辑名So Tonight That I Might See,1993年发行)。这里便暗示了Marisa短暂而且凄凉的悲剧人生。在第三季最后一个片段,Marisa出了车祸,死在Ryan的怀里。Ryan回忆第一次看见她的情景,夕阳斜射在车窗,他眯着眼,看见Marisa穿着白色短裙,站在那里对他微笑着,然后车渐行渐远。这个场景我印象非常深刻,而且一直让我为之感动。
歌词:
Still falling
Breathless and on again
Inside today
Beside me today
A round broken in two
'til your eyes shed into dust
Like two strangers turning into dust
'til my hand shook the way of fear
I could possibly be fading
Or have something more to gain
I could feel myself growing colder
I could feel myself under your fate
Under...your fate
It was you
breathless and tall
I could feel my eyes turning into dust
And two strangers turning into dust
Turning into dust.

镜头二,第三季里,Johnny, 一个仰慕Marisa的男孩,从海边的悬崖跌落,然后摔死了。在Johnny的葬礼上,背景音乐是Sufjan Stevens的For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti(Ypsilanti是密歇根州的一个小城),专辑名Greetings from Michigan ,The Great Lake State。我觉得这是该剧最经典的一段背景音乐。
歌词:
I have called you children, I have called you son.
What is there to answer if I'm the only one?
Morning comes in Paradise, morning comes in light.
Still I must obey, still I must invite.
If there's anything to say, if there's anything to do,
If there's any other way, I'll do anything for you.
I was dressed embarrassment.
I was dressed in wine.
If you had a part of me, will you take you're time?
Even if I come back, even if I die
Is there some idea to replace my life?
Like a father to impress;
Like a mother's morning dress,
If you ever make a mess, I'll do anything for you
I have called you preacher; I have called you son.
If you have a father or if you haven't one,
I'll do anything for you. I did everything for you
PS: 我想歌词可能与这首歌的创作者Sufjan的身世有关系,他是一个弃婴,被密歇根州一对穷苦善良的夫妇抚养长大。
这部戏里,Sufjan stevens的音乐很多,还有一首也非常好听,来自专辑seven swans的To Be Alone With You:
I'd swim across lake Michigan
I'd sell my shoes
I'd give my body to be back again
In the rest of the room
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
To be alone with you
You gave your body to the lonely
They took your clothes
You gave up a wife and a family
You gave your goals
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
To be alone with me
You went up on a tree
To be alone with me you went up on the tree
I'll never know the man who loved me
镜头三,Marisa因为与Ryan产生误会而愤然离去,这时,Dios Malos的You Got Me All Wrong想起,歌词也比较符合剧情需要。
还有一首Keane的Walnut Tree,我想不起来出现在哪个片段了,但是这首歌的歌词写的非常悲凉,再加上Keane主唱略带悲凉的英式唱腔,根据歌词,我觉得也挺适合做Corpes Bride(僵尸新娘)的插曲。
Once there was a great storm,
Pushed my head beneath the waves,
I was gone.
Underneath the walnut tree,
Where you said you'd wait for me,
And I waited a long, long time
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time.
Why, why do I come here?
Seeking out the memories I hold dear,
'Cause you put your spell on me,
Made me live in memory,
And im frozen in just the wrong time.
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time,
I waited a long, long time.