IMPACT Repertory Theatre-- Raise It up

這次要介紹的是電影把愛找回來(August Rush)的原聲帶, 這部電影的劇情雖然有點誇張,又有點矯情,但在春節將近的日子裡,是很適合闔家觀賞的親情兼愛情片,劇情大致是描寫一個從小在孤兒院長大的音樂神童,如何靠著他過人的信念和驚人的音樂天賦,在茫茫的人海中用音樂找到自己的親生父母親的故事. 姑且不論它的故事好壞,個人覺得它裡頭的音樂是值得推薦的,電影裡有許多情節,透過了背景音樂的烘托,加深了電影本身劇情的輪廓,從一開始小男孩Evan就說到''音樂無所不在,只要你用心聆聽'' (Music is everywhere, all you have to do is listening)就預告了電影裡的許多有形無形的音符穿插在故事中,透過Evan的耳朵,就連汽車的喇叭聲,滑板聲甚至是地鐵聲,都是一段指引他前進的奇妙音樂.聽這張原聲帶,就彷彿是在"聽"一場電影一樣. 裡頭令我印象最深刻的是Evan在躲避警察追捕而在哈林區亂逛時,受到教堂裡歌聲的吸引而闖進了教堂,意外地欣賞了美妙的一曲(raise it up), 它是一首很標準的黑人福音歌曲,簡單的鋼琴伴奏,加上黑人天生渾厚札實的嗓音,以及隨性又不失和諧的自然合聲,它的歌詞也充滿了勵志勉人字句. 這首歌曲的出現我覺得比之前其他樂器呈現的音樂更令人震撼,雖然這樣的福音歌曲大同小異,但它短短的兩分多鐘,讓我感到人聲與樂器的和諧,還有聲音與聲音之前的共鳴. 演唱這首的是美國紐約哈林區的IMPACT repertory threatre團體以及主唱Jamia Simone Nash小女孩.IMPACT是非營利的黑人團體,主要是利用音樂或藝術表演回饋社會以及提供青少年的領導訓練,來幫助和提供機會給未來可能成為各領域領導人的青年,特別是非裔的美國青年.該團體經常在附近的社區,大學,教堂,或是收容所表演.在歌曲中,小女孩Jamia有著超齡的成熟嗓音和熟練的唱腔,原來阿她也是一位小神童呢!它在兩歲的時候就在音樂表演節目嶄露頭角,後來也成為演員,看來前途不可限量!　

除了raise it up之外還有許多令人驚艷的曲目像是,名女吉他演奏者Kaki King 的Bari Improv. 也就是劇中小男孩第一次碰吉他就彈出的驚人樂曲;以及一開始小男孩的父母親還未相遇前各自在不同的音樂領域中表演的背景音樂融合成Bach & Break一曲,附帶一提,片中飾演小男孩生父的Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 在電影中是不假他人之聲,自己演唱劇中的歌曲,我覺得他的演唱,相當出色完全感覺不出他是演員和時尚模特兒,我想可能源自於他父親的音樂家血統. 這張August Rush OST值得一聽, 有興趣的朋友可去他們的官網看看!

Album: August Rush OST

Released: 2007/11/3

(Above information and photos adopted from Impact Repertory Theatre, Celebrtywonder , and wikipedia)








Lyrics:
Raise it up

No father figure in the house
and i'm wonderin' how i'm gonna work it out

oh my friends keep on tellin' me how i don't need that man but they don't really understand

there's far too many presures in reality but dealing with the pain and stress and poverty
and i gotta be myself because there's nobody else for me (ohhhh)

(heading there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
(so don't give up)so don't give up
(when presures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make you smile
(so raise it up)so raise
(hang in there with me)sometimes we need another helping hand to show the ways
(so don't give up) so don't give up
(when presures come down)sometimes it seems inpossible and that's why we pray
(so raise it up) we raise

[HOPE] seems to be nothing left for me mommas gone daddy didnt wanna be and now im all by myself wonderin where is love or
should i just give up

life falls down on me, cuts into my soul but i know i got the strength to make it throgh it all cause im still standin tall
breaking throgh this wall im gonna give my all

[HOPE] feelin like a motherless child hankered into my soul its bringing me down cant find my smile on a face of a
motherless child
im gonna break down these walls gonna give it my all ya know
yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
(hang in there with me)sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child
(so dont give up)so dont give up
(when pressures come down)sometimes it takes a different kind of dream to make a smile
(so raise it up) so raise it up
(hang in there with me) raise it up
sometimes it takes another helping hand to show you the way
(so dont give up, when presures come down)
[HOPE] sometimes it seems impossible thats why we pray
SO RAISE IT UP
(Above lyrics from STlyrics)