The vocal jazz style represented by Mohist has influenced the Rightous Brothers (the singer of the theme song Ghost) and Platers (the famous Only You original singer) since 1950. Personally, I prefer this kind of songs, which is suitable for a person to enjoy quietly.
Then there is the main title: The Shawshank Redemption, which appears many times in the film. The first time was when Andy appeared in court. Music style is tense and depressing. Synthesizers and strings create a disturbing atmosphere. The strings repeatedly wander in the bass area, and then the deep British sound tube joins, which further strengthens this gloomy feeling and shows Andy's helplessness and helplessness at this time.
All the unfavorable evidence points to Andy, which almost forms a perfect evidence chain. There was no Miranda rule in the trial at that time, and Andy could not refuse to answer the prosecution's questions. In fact, if there is such a case in reality, I may make the same judgment as the judge in the case.
Shawshank Prison (Stoic theme) appeared in the 9th minute, and Andy entered Shawshank Prison. At this time, the camera overlooks the whole prison with a panoramic lens, and then puts it down with a subjective lens to look up, highlighting the gloomy feeling of the prison. The alternate use of bass instruments and orchestral music also matched the atmosphere at this time.
Then there is the first thrilling scene in the film: the rookie goes to prison, and Reid pays attention to Andy. The music at this time is of course a new fish, and the fat man can't stand the fear of being killed at the first night; Andy, who was not optimistic about Reid, passed smoothly, which also laid the groundwork for Andy's later actions: only in this way can people with strong nerves survive these hardships. The music repeats a phrase with a soft piano sound, rendering this dark and horrible atmosphere.
Andy was harassed by the three sisters for the first time. This piece of music is set in strings, and the clarinet plays a strange melody. This is an inch of his life, suggesting that Andy will be brutally destroyed by the "three sisters."
Prisoner Heywood's sentence "The dead don't need names" shows the darkness of prison life.
"Stone Hammer" is the soundtrack of the scene where Reid gets the stone hammer for Andy. Percussion and violin played a piece of music with simple rhythm, showing the "magic power" of Reid and others. Reed glanced at the hammer, and with his common sense, he thought it could not be used to escape from prison, nor would it be too taboo.
After spending the most miserable two years with the invasion and resistance of the "three sisters", Andy finally ushered in a ray of light: when he went out to work, he risked his life to give advice to the cruel Captain Hailey and gained the trust of the prison. The first music of this scene is "Workshop", which is my favorite in the whole film. The whole song is only 1 min 1 1 sec. It plays a gentle melody with viola, which looks tight and loose, and is decorated with acoustic guitar. Melody and musical form have obvious southern country blues style, which is very in line with the situation at this time, making the listener seem to be in the southern United States. It also shows Andy's fearless and calm personality.
The foam on the roof is a scene where Andy wins beer for his "colleagues" and everyone relaxes and drinks beer after work. This piece is a typical Hollywood symphony, which shows the joy of success. Sure, but I think if the melody motivation of Workfield can be further extended to the music at this moment, the effect may be better: what can show the relaxation after work better than country blues or bluegrass music?
The plot of drinking beer is the scene that moved me the most, and I cherish the little happiness I get from taking pains.
Andy carved a passage from Zihuatanejo on the wall with a stone hammer, which represents the soundtrack of his hope. Yes, everyone should have hope at all times.
Then there is a simple variation of my favorite song "May, Workshop", which shows that Reed and Andy's other friends helped him find the carved stone and found a poster scene of rita hayworth for Andy. The music here is also very suitable, and the joy of hard work and struggle is beyond words.
"That's the way to salvation." Ironically, the warden, who prides himself on his devotion to the Lord, is not interested in opening Andy's Bible. Imagine that Andy's plan to escape from prison may go bankrupt if the warden sees it.
Andy asks the state legislature for money and books. The music is lovely Raquel. This passage is played in a cautious rhythm with a double bass, followed by a clarinet interpretation, giving people a mysterious feeling. In fact, this piece of music is mainly used to set off Andy's firmness and calmness, because after listening to this uneasy concert, the audience has increased their feeling of not having much hope for Andy's actions. As a result, Andy persisted and even got something beyond his imagination. When Andy helped Jimmy with his homework, the song appeared again.
The next scene is Brooks' suicide after parole, because he doesn't adapt to the outside world and is disheartened. This is the most desperate and heavy part of the film. What happened to Lao Bu is not a case. For those who have served their sentences in prison for a long time, the outside world is not as wonderful as expected. Those who are institutionalized by the cruel prison system can only face a tragic ending.
Brooks's music here at that time was based on strings, and the piano played a slow and heavy melody. Then another group of strings joined, and the piano turned to a short phrase and played it repeatedly, emphasizing this sad feeling, which made people feel sorry for the tragic experience of Lao Bu.
Yes, Lao Bu, who lived comfortably and respected in prison, was not as good as that little crow Jack after he got out of prison. Faced with this hopeless life, he can only carve Brooks here in despair. The director just wants to emphasize this absurd and real feeling. I remember seeing this film for the first time. At that time, I felt that the trick of "visiting XX here" was not a patent of our country. After I was lucky enough to go to America, I deepened this feeling.
The end of the blockbuster drama immediately gave people hope. Andy illegally played a record for his prisoner. The music played is "Duet-Sur Aria" in Mozart's opera "The Wedding of Figaro". Some people think this passage is false: most prisoners in prison are louts, so how can they like this elegant music? In my opinion, there are some exaggerated elements and some idealizations here. Perhaps under normal circumstances, "louts" may not be interested in Mozart, so they just listen to "the most dazzling national style", but pay attention to the special environment in the film: in a cruel and dark prison, a piece of music is suddenly played on the tweeter used to broadcast the gospel of God's love for the world or brainwashing news. What an exciting and novel feeling it is! What kind of interest will it add to the dull and monotonous prison life! How do you say this? After three years as a soldier, I watched the story of the old sow playing Diusim, let alone listening to Mozart in prison! Whether you like opera or even listen to music, you will be moved by this passage-just like the prisoner in the film. This opera symbolizes Andy and everyone's pursuit of freedom and good things. "There is a kind of bird that can't be caged because its feathers are too gorgeous. "In fact, this not only refers to the hero Andy, but also refers to people's hope for a better life.
Therefore, I think that people who think that this kind of fake children's shoes may underestimate the true charm of music and have never experienced a boring and monotonous collective life will make this statement.
Here, it doesn't even matter what music is played, as Reid said: I never understand what they are singing, and I don't want to understand it. All I know is unspeakable beauty, which is heartbreaking. Singing goes straight into the sky, surpassing the dreams of frustrated prisoners, just like a bird flying into a cell, making the stone wall disappear without a trace. At this moment, Shawshank prisoners seem to be free. ...
Andy has a mysterious smile on his face, with a little naughty pleasure, plus this wonderful music ... that feeling, so does the author who used to be a DJ at the university campus radio station and played rock music and jazz on the radio.
Andy's next line illustrates all this even more. The significance of music is that (in this harsh environment, with the help of music), there is always something in people's hearts that they can't control, which is entirely their own. This is hope, hope is not useless, otherwise it is the end of mark.
Andy insisted on writing to the state government twice a week, which led to the expansion of the prison library. Inmate Heywood also listened to his favorite hank williams. His masterpiece "Acacia Blues" appeared in the film, which is a white country song imitating the style of black blues, and hank williams's iconic transliteration technique is also his most charming place.
Hank williams, a generation of superstars, influenced the singing styles of Elvis Presley, the Averys and others. He was handy all over the country, popular, rock and folk, but unfortunately he died young like james deen.
Jimmy, who once made Andy's life hopeless, was imprisoned with Johnny Ortiz's background songs "Willie" and "Hand Swing Dance". Somehow, the soundtrack was not included. This old rock song with heavy rhythm was also covered by eric clapton, the god of guitar.
Elmo Blatch is music that the warden threatened Andy after he tried to turn over a new leaf. This piece of music is the darkest part of the whole movie soundtrack.
Andy decided to say goodbye to Reid after he escaped from prison and mentioned that his dream place was Zihuatanejo, Mexico. This is the right time for the music of the same name to start. This song has a dark beginning, and the melody unfolds in an unclear motive, first the piano, then the strings, repeatedly expressing this motive. Finally, the addition of clarinet makes people feel uneasy and worried about Andy's fate, but the piano and string interpretation at the end implies a glimmer of hope.
And that is the soundtrack of Andy's successful escape from Shawshank prison, which shows Andy's escape method. With the gradual unveiling of the mystery, the music at this time is also uncharacteristically fast and powerful, which is refreshing.
The music that shows Andy's successful escape from prison is the second half of the theme song "The Shawshank Redemption". At first, both the low chord and clarinet showed a nervous mood, which made the audience feel uneasy. Andy walked through the muddy sewer and timpani and brass music joined in rhythmically. Finally, Andy managed to escape from prison, and the moon hung high and celebrated in the rain. The brass music intensified and became bright and powerful, and a gloomy string suddenly became clear.
This photo is perhaps the most exciting scene in this film. Under the long-term repression, all the unhappiness and humiliation have been vented, but this is not my favorite plot.
Harry, the captain of the evil prison guard, and Norton, the warden, were denounced by Andy and faced trial. At this time, the music sounded his judgment, which was in response to a sentence in the Bible hanging on the wall of the warden: God's judgment is coming.
This piece of music plays a heartbreaking rhythm with drums and bass, and then the trumpet and horn play a somewhat exotic melody, which sets off the despair and self-blame of Warden Norton at this time.
I think the plot of Reid applying for parole three times is the most interesting in the film. The first two times, Reid's application for parole was rejected because he was full of hope, but when Reid applied for parole for the third time, he had no hope and mocked the parole system, but the application was passed. It's really ironic.
After he got out of prison, Reid made almost the same mistake as Bob, and he couldn't adapt to the life of urinating outside and not reporting for duty. When we see Reid carve the words So Was Red at the place where Bob committed suicide, our hearts may sink, but we know that Reid will not commit suicide, because unlike Bob, he still has hope. So the soundtrack of SO is red. Although it was a little gloomy at first, the bright flute quickly played an exciting and comforting tune, and then the string repeated this melody and became clearer. On the Pacific side without memories, Andy and Rhett meet again, and the piano ends after repeating a melody.
The compass and gun mainly appear in the scene of buxton, and Rhett follows Andy's instructions to find the gift he left for Rhett. In this piece, Rhett's favorite blues harmonica appeared for the first time and only time, which made people feel the same, and felt the warmth of freedom and friendship.
The scene where Reid reads Andy's letter under the tree is also one of the scenes that moved me.
End Tiltle appears in the picture of israel and Andy's reunion in Zihuatanejo and in the credits. The whole song is cheerful and clear, sweeping away the haze of the past.
Perhaps "The Shawshank Redemption" is not the best prison break movie, but I think those persistence and persistence still have a considerable inspirational role today, and for us who are no longer young, we still need to maintain a valuable personality, just as Dou Wei sang many years ago: the window is sunny and sunny, and this is the most valuable place of this movie.