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So I have a question for you.
我有个问题要问你。
Off the top of your head, could you sing any music from Star Wars?
你能不能随便唱一首《星球大战》里的歌？
How about James Bond?
《007》呢？
Harry Potter?
《哈利波特》？
My last question: can you sing anything from a Marvel movie?
我的最后一个问题：你会唱漫威电影里的歌吗？
I'm like the biggest Marvel fan that I know and I just.
我是我认识的人里最忠实的漫威粉丝。
I can't think of any of the songs.
但我想不起里面任何一首歌了。
- No.
-不会。
- No.
-不会。
I should know this, but I don't.
我应该知道的，但我不知道。
Shit.
该死的。
I didn't know they have, like, theme songs.
我不知道他们还有主题曲。
Why is this?
这是为什么？
Because the Marvel cinematic universe is now the highest-grossing franchise in film history.
漫威电影宇宙现在是电影史上票房收入最高的系列电影。
More than Star Wars, more than James Bond, more than Harry Potter, so what is missing from their music?
比《星球大战》、《007》、《哈利波特》都多，那么他们的音乐又缺少了什么呢？
The first problem is that most of the music doesn't evoke an emotional response.
第一个问题是，漫威的大多数音乐不能唤起人们的情感反应。
Take a look at this scene from the first Iron man :
来看看第一部《钢铁侠》中的这一幕。
Day 11.
第11天。
Test 37.
测试37。
Configuration 2.0.
配置2.0。
For lack of a better option Dummy is still on fire safety.
没有更好的选择了，Dummy还是负责灭火。
If you douse me again and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college.
如果我没着火，你还给我喷灭火粉，我就把你捐给市立大学。
All right, nice and easy.
好的，非常简单。
It's kind of hard to hear it.
好像音乐并不太清楚。
So let's try that one more time.
所以让我们再试一次。
But this time with just the music isolated.
但这一次，我们只放音乐。
Did you have an emotional reaction to that music?
你对那首音乐有什么情绪反应吗？
So what happens to the scene if we just take it out?
如果我们不放音乐会怎样？
Day 11.
第11天。
Test 37.
测试37。
Configuration 2.0.
配置2.0。
For lack of a better option Dummy is still on fire safety.
没有更好的选择了，Dummy还是负责灭火。
If you douse me again and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college.
如果我没着火，你还给我喷灭火粉，我就把你捐给市立大学。
All right, nice and easy.
好的，非常简单。
The scene works just fine and it doesn't need any other sound.
情节表现良好，不需要任何其他声音。
And that's partially why you forget the music - it's like the air conditioner in the background, after awhile you tune it out.
这就是你忘记音乐的部分原因——它就像背景中的空调声，过了一段时间你就把它忘记了。
Another problem is that the music is used very predictably.
另一个问题是，音乐的使用毫无创新。
So that what you see is what you get.
你所看到的就是你所听到的。
If you see something funny you hear funny music.
如果你看到有趣的东西，你就会听到有趣的音乐。
If you see something sad, you hear a high note on the strings.
如果你看到悲伤的东西，你会听到琴弦上的高音。
This is a really safe way to score a film, because all of the emotions are expected.
这是一种非常安全的给电影配乐的方式，因为所有的情绪都是意料之中的。
The music just tells you the same thing as the picture.
音乐只是告诉你和画面相同的事情。
If someone looks scared, then you hear :
如果有人看起来很害怕，那么你会听到：
And this is the second reason the music is forgettable.
这就是漫威的音乐容易被遗忘的第二个原因。
It never challenges your expectations.
它永远不会超出你的期望。
But sometimes the Marvel films do have memorable music, except the filmmakers don't let us listen to it.
但有时漫威电影确实有令人难忘的音乐，只是电影制作人不想让我们听。
Instead they cover it up with other sounds like this :
他们用其他声音来掩盖这个音乐，像是这样：
Denied enlistment due to poor health, Steven Rogers was chosen for a program unique in the annals of American warfare, one that would transform him into the world's first super soldier.
虽因身体状况不佳未能入伍，史蒂文·罗杰斯却被选中参与美国战争史上一个独一无二的项目，他也因此成为史上第一位超级士兵。
That narrator is just telling us things we already know, and he distracts us from the emotion of the scene.
那个讲述者只是在告诉我们一些我们已经知道的事情，分散了我们对这一情节的注意力。
So how does this moment play without that distraction?
那么，在不被分散注意力的情况下，这一个场景会怎样呢？
Did you feel the difference?
你感觉到区别了吗？
Film music is incredibly subjective and it goes through trends.
电影音乐是非常主观的，经历了不同的潮流。
And over the last 20 years there has been a cultural shift.
在过去的20年里，文化发生了转变。
Nowadays a lot of filmmakers feel that music should not be noticed.
现在很多电影制作人觉得音乐不应该被注意到。
That's a contemporary thing that I've heard very frequently, "not supposed to be noticed".
这是当代我经常听到的一句话，“不应该被注意”。
Right.
是的。
But, why is it not supposed to be noticed?
但是，为什么它不应该被注意到呢？
I grew up on Alfred Hitchcock's films, Bernard Herrmann, and I noticed every note.
我是在阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克的电影，伯纳德·赫尔曼的音乐中长大的，我注意到了其中每一个音符。
And I find it a little bit baffling why that seems to be the consciousness of music and film.
我觉得有点莫名其妙，这似乎是音乐和电影的意识。
