《Four Weddings and a Funeral》是一部经典的浪漫喜剧片,影片通过对年青男女的几对婚姻,探讨了现代社会上青年人对爱情与婚姻的看法,主人公查尔斯(Hugh Grant饰)是个很随性的男子,他爱上了凯莉(Andie MacDowell饰),却因为朋友的闲话而放弃了她。他经历了一个又一个婚礼,终于逐渐懂得了什么是真正的爱情,婚姻对一个人又意味着什么,但当他明白时,凯莉已嫁为人妇,他在消沉之际也就随意择偶。但爱情的力量是伟大的,当两人在婚礼上相遇时,不可扼制的爱火使不顾一切地做了选择。最终是有情人终成眷属。
影片的主题曲《Love Is All Around》,来自英国四人乐团Wet Wet Wet的专辑《End of Part One》,这张专辑也因影片的走红而大卖特卖。Wet Wet Wet的作品善于将蓝调的精华与灵歌相结合,创造出一种流畅的音乐效果。影片中曾数次出现这首曲子,特别是在结尾处,男女主人公在雨中拥吻时,Marti Pellow唱道:“I feel it in my fingers,I feel it in my toes,The love that’s all around me,And so the feeling grows…”,这个爱情经典场景与这首《Love Is All Around》堪称绝配。
影片中收录了老牌摇滚歌手Elton John的三首歌。《But Not For Me》上一首伤感的情歌,低沉的Saxphone与弦乐使这首歌充满了古典流行乐的风格,英国绅士的古典式爱情观在这里有所体现。《Crocodile Rock》出自Elton John 1973年的专辑《Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player》,Elton John的钢琴奏出轻快的节奏,正切合婚礼欢乐场景。《Chapel Of Love》则奏出舞曲的节奏,婚礼上的男男女女,正和着节奏翩翩起舞。
来自Sting 1987年专辑《Nothing like the sun》的这首《The Secret Marriage》,原曲出自一位逃亡美国的政治逃亡者之手,Sting 配以一段伤感的故事,缠缠绵绵,让人回味无穷。
专辑中这首《Four weddings and a funeral(funeral blues) 》长达10分钟,这是在影片中葬礼上的一段音乐配以John Hannah所致的悼词。老绅士的死给他的同性恋男友打击极大,John Hannah在葬礼上的这段致词诗一般充满了感伤,上天也为之动容,飘飘扬扬的飞雪平添一丝冷意,无限的忧伤之情在这里冻结。
影片中的插曲可以称得上是爱情歌曲大集粹,其它如Swing Out Sister的《La La La (Means I Love You)》,1 to 1的《The right time》,Squeeze的《Loving You Tonight》都是优美又经典的爱情歌曲。
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Four Weddings & A Funeral (Song From & Inspired By The Film)
Style: Soundtrack
Label: Phonogram / Vertigo
Barcode: -
Release Date: 1994
Release Country: JP
Catalog Number: PHCR-1279
Duration: -
Source: CDDA
Grabber: EAC Secure Mode
Format: FLAC Lossless
SID-Code CD-Master: -
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Ripped: barca008
CD: Various Artists - Four Weddings & A Funeral (Song From & Inspired By The Film)
01. Wet Wet Wet / Love Is All Around [0:04:00.84]
02. Elton John / But Not for Me [0:02:59.76]
03. Barry White / You're the First, My Last, My Everything [0:03:36.84]
04. Nu Colours / Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [0:04:25.33]
05. Gloria Gaynor / I Will Survive [0:03:49.20]
06. Swing Out Sister / La La La (Means I Love You) [0:04:45.02]
07. Elton John / Crocodile Rock [0:03:54.50]
08. I to I / The Right Time [0:03:29.82]
09. Gladys Knight & The Pips / It Should Have Been Me [0:03:04.33]
10. Squeeze / Loving You Tonight [0:04:49.20]
11. Lena Fiagbe / Can't Smile Without You [0:04:19.30]
12. Richard Rodney Bennett / Four Weddings and a Funeral / Funeral Blues [0:10:36.16]
13. Sting / The Secret Marriage [0:02:01.77]
14. Elton John / Chapel of Love [0:03:44.56]