经典回顾——The Sound of Silence

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——美国电影《毕业生》主题曲

　　1967年，“新好莱坞电影”的出现，改变了行之多年的大片厂垄断制度，更多贴近现实生活和年轻人思想感情的电影出现，使好莱坞电影从纯粹的“逃避现实”消遣品逐渐变成“反映现实”的艺术品。在这个电影变革里，达斯廷. 霍夫曼(Dustin Hoffman)的成名作《毕业生》是一部举足轻重的代表作。
　　
　　迈克．尼科尔斯(Mike Nichols)执导的本片，以一鸣惊人的姿势出现。剧情描述本恩的父母忙着筹备庆祝他毕业的家庭晚会，但本恩却对未来生活感到茫然。来客中的鲁宾逊太太对这个小伙子很感兴趣，不断挑逗本恩，但被拒绝。可是日子如此无聊，不久后他开始了同鲁宾逊太太幽会，同时他也爱上了她的女儿伊莱恩。鲁宾逊太太知道真相后坚决反对，并想尽办法拆散两人的交往。本恩终于找到机会向伊莱恩表白了爱意，并坦承了自己的坠落，只是没说出那个夫人的名字。伊莱恩原谅了他，但鲁宾逊太太的震怒使伊莱恩猜到了一切。她伤心地决定与别人结婚。本恩得知这一消息，不顾一切向教堂冲去，他要尽最后力量挽回爱人的心

　　本片的原声带由戴夫．格鲁辛（Dave Grusin）与保罗．西蒙 （Paul Simon）合作编写，前者负责音乐部份，后者则负责片中多首插曲，包括脍炙人口的“The Sound Of Silence”、“Scaebrough Fair”、“Mrs. Robinson”等，当年都是令人朗朗上口的畅销曲。格鲁辛是著名爵士乐钢琴手，但配乐风格颇为多样化，本片偏向清新的民谣风，颇能反映入世未深的大学生心境。西蒙则是著名民谣二重唱“Simon And Garfunkel”的作曲主将，历年参与电影配乐的作品只有5部，近年的《成名之路》（Almost Famous）是最新作品。


The Sound of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
With the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.