You know how music can change a scene's mood? If you pay close attention, it also sometimes tells the story. Here's how The Crown shows what characters are secretly feeling...
你知道音樂能如何改變一個場景的氛圍嗎？如果仔細觀察，你會發現音樂有時候也能說故事。今天帶大家看影集《王冠》如何呈現角色內心的想法...
Hi, I'm Martin Phipps, and I'm the composer on the Netflix series The Crown. I'm here to talk to you about one of my favorite scenes from season four. So, I wanna play this scene with just the music and pictures so you can really hear what I was tryna do and hear the music in all its glory.
嗨，我是 Martin Phipps，Netflix 影集《王冠》的作曲家。我想跟大家分享第四季中我最愛的其中一幕。我想要只播這一幕的音樂和畫面，這樣你們才能真的聽見我想傳達的感覺以及壯麗的音樂。
I started off this cue with this very simple, solitary vocal, which is tryna connect with Diana's loneliness. She's at this point in her life where she should be the happiest person in the world, marrying a prince, but actually she's feeling desperately isolated and lonely. So, this vocal motif is just like a little cry for help, a little cry in the dark from Diana.
這一幕我用非常簡單的獨唱開始導入，試圖想要與黛安娜的孤獨做連結。在她生命的此刻，她應該要是全世界最快樂的人，因為她即將跟王子結婚，但事實上，她感到極度孤獨與寂寞。這個獨唱的基調像是種求助的小小呼喊，在黑暗中的黛安娜小小的呼喊。
Then this long string note that then falls down—it's a bit more sinister; it's kind of... We feel the pressure of the day coming in on her. And then, shortly after this, I bring in a—just quite delicately at first, but—this alternating wind and string pulse. And it's just, like, sort of making us think, "What are all these characters thinking? How are they feeling about this marriage?" And they all know it's a bad idea, but they can't quite bring themselves to say it.
接著這個長弦音突然音調驟降－－有點不祥；有點...我們感受到這天的來臨帶給她的壓力。緊接著，我加進一個－－一開始很細緻，但是－－這個交替出現的管弦樂節奏律動。這有點讓我們思考：「這些角色在想什麼？他們對於這場婚姻有什麼看法？」他們都知道這是個很糟糕的點子，但他們自己不敢說出口。
And this pulse grows and grows and gets stronger and more oppressive, and kinda bearing down upon all the characters in this drama. It's like the establishment trying to push the whole wedding through, the determination that duty be done at whatever cost.
這個節奏律動變得越來越強烈、越來越壓迫，彷彿朝劇中所有角色逼近。就像逐漸在建立一種氛圍，催促著婚禮舉行，也像一種決心，不計代價也要完成這項職責。
And after that, I bring in these low string chords, which are very Crown-esque. They're very... These alternating low string chords are a weapon in the arsenal of The Crown music. And this takes over pretty much completely the final sequence. It's the tragedy of the whole situation, for me. It's what we all know will become of Diana, how it'll play out, and how this is actually a tragedy unfolding rather than a happy day. I really wanted something fresh and innocent that symbolized Diana and this new character that had, sort of, blasted into this quite middle-aged world of the royal family.
之後，我加入這些低音的弦樂和弦，聽起來非常有《王冠》的風格。非常...這些輪流出現的低音和弦像是《王冠》音樂中一把從軍械庫裡取出的武器。而這和弦也幾乎佔據了這一幕最後的鏡頭。這是整個情況的悲劇，對我來說。我們都知道黛安娜的下場，知道一切會如何開展，這根本不是值得開心的日子，而是場悲劇的開端。我真的很想要用清新又純潔的東西來象徵黛安娜，還有這個可能會與中古王室家族產生衝突的新身分。
But this scene is an all-new piece of music, and I think it brings together the different elements—the old and the new elements. So, it's kinda a coming-together, a mash-up of the two.
不過這一幕有全新的音樂，而我認為它將兩種不同元素結合在一起－－舊的和新的元素。這有點像是兩種元素的結合、混搭。
- 「非常美麗、令人印象深刻」- in all one's glory
So, I wanna play this scene with just the music and pictures so you can really hear what I was tryna do and hear the music in all its glory.
我想要只播這一幕的音樂和畫面，這樣你們才能真的聽見我想傳達的感覺以及壯麗的音樂。 - 「無法強迫自己做（不願做的事）」- can’t bring oneself to do something
And they all know it's a bad idea, but they can't quite bring themselves to say it.
他們都知道這是個很糟糕的點子，但他們自己不敢說出口。 - 「衝向…、向…逼近」- bear down
And this pulse grows and grows and gets stronger and more oppressive, and kinda bearing down upon all the characters in this drama.
這個節奏律動變得越來越強烈、越來越壓迫，彷彿朝劇中所有角色逼近。 - 「發生、展開」- play out
It's what we all know will become of Diana, how it'll play out, and how this is actually a tragedy unfolding rather than a happy day.
我們都知道黛安娜的下場，知道一切會如何開展，這根本不是值得開心的日子，而是場悲劇的開端。
