The Virgin Suicides (Original Motion Picture Score)

「教父」电影大导演法兰西斯科波拉担纲制片 其女苏菲亚科波拉首次执导 詹姆斯伍德．凯萨琳透纳．丹尼狄维多等好莱星光焦点入主奥斯卡2000年最新奇情黑色喜剧 法兰西电乐才子双人组合继「月光狩猎」．「前兆」之后 改写好莱坞音乐流行风潮 极简与电子再创暗沉新氛围 首张原声带作品   　　这是Air的首次电影经验，在Nicolas Godin、Jean-Benoit Dunckel与苏菲亚科波拉之间的一次见面之後。The Virgin Suicides，这部由曾执导「教父」电影的电影大师法兰西斯科波拉担纲制片，并由其女苏菲亚首次执导的黑色喜剧，故事述说一个在美国密西根州的Lisbon家庭，父亲是个生活严谨的高中数学老师，母亲则是个有着强烈的宗教信仰的家庭主妇，他们育有五个正值青春的女儿，一切彷佛都是那麽的平和，却因女儿Cecilia深陷忧郁之中而萌生自杀的念头蓦然改变，父母见状如此当然大惊，求助於神父Moody，神父指点让这群女孩们多点社交生活，多与男孩们接触，可能对病情有所帮助。但男孩们却成为Cecilia的姐姐Lux的大麻烦，她爱上了极讨父亲欢心的高中男孩Trip，而这个不怀好心的男孩却利用Lux对他的喜欢，在一次校园舞会後，诱奸并将她抛弃。而就当Cecilia的病情好转之际，震怒的父亲却将她们带回家中，让母亲就近监视她们。结果想自杀的Cecilia不但仍决定自尽，Lux也开始了放荡的日子，只要父母一不注意，她就溜出家门，四处勾搭男人。...一场发生在Lisbon家悲喜交极的黑色喜剧。   　　这张由Air自组厂牌Record Makers所发行的首张专辑，造基於Air与当她在编写这部电影的原稿时，不断地听着Air的首张全球发行的专辑Moon Safari，透过录影带导演Mike Mills引介，将这部以1970年为背景的电影与Air的音乐结合成完美的作品。故事发生於70年代中期，Air以风琴、吉他、贝司与鼓的配搭表现方式呈现，较先前在Moon Safari的极简与电子流行的作法更具强烈的复古风格。首支单曲Playground Love，平顺的人声加上爵士风格的萨克斯风，自然流露的迷人情感，是首与片中惨绿青春的印象相辉的歌曲。更为暗沈的氛围营造，反映出电影所传递如深深迷云中所包藏的风暴，呈现琼瑶小说中不食人间烟火的少女，为爱饮鸩的的影像，可说是继Moon Safari之後将Air带进另一成功范畴的力作。(博客来) Two years after the arrival of their debut album, the French twosome Air returned, not with a proper sophomore LP, but with The Virgin Suicides, a full soundtrack to the directing debut of Sophia Coppola. Only one track, "Playground Love," has vocals, and that comes from an outsider (Gordon Tracks) who sounds more like the Auteurs' Luke Haines than Beth Hirsch, the only real vocalist employed previously. The trademarked Air sound is for the most part unchanged; as on Moon Safari, producers Godin and Dunckel rely on contemplative electronic mood-music in a minor key, heavy on the analog synth and organ yet with plenty of traditional textures (guitar, brass, strings, live-sounding drums) in keeping with lounge music and space-pop from the 1960s and '70s. And though all the music here is as meticulously detailed as the tracks on Moon Safari, the soundtrack cultivates an atmosphere more in league with traditional scoring -- instead of focusing on pop songs in an electronic context, Air constructed these tracks as mere soundbytes, simple themes with little embellishment on the basic ideas. Of course, that's perfectly in keeping with the secondary role soundtracks should play to truly serve the movies for which they're composed. Listeners eager for a second dose of the exquisite electronic pop found on Moon Safari will be pleased with much of The Virgin Suicides, but will probably have to wait until Air's proper follow-up to find more evidence of their greatness.