Good evening, everyone. I feel very honored, very privileged, very excited to be here with you all tonight. And sharing this unique cinematic orchestral experience and with Top Gun: Maverick. Live music has been available for silent film accompaniment since moving pictures were first presented in vaudeville theaters over 120 years ago.
But it wasn't until 1914, around then, where a full symphony orchestra, precisely synchronized with the picture, played a live score that was conceived on the operatic composition of leitmotifs. （之5）
Now. leitmotifs are, for those that don't know, recurrent themes throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person, idea, or situation. And the use of leitmotifs redefines cinematic storytelling. And large symphony orchestras became a necessity at fancy movie palaces.
So, it set the standard for the ultimate, at that time, in theatrical grandeur. Now, the silent movie era lasted about 30 years until 1927. The talkies came in, and orchestras now record the score, and it's coupled to the actual picture. Now, this evolution set a new standard for the ultimate in-theatrical experience at that time.
And for the music you're about to hear live tonight, I want to personally thank the extraordinary talents of Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer, Lady Gaga, OneRepublic, and the gentleman who is here this evening who also produced the score, our dear friend and brilliant Lorne Balfe.
Now, I also, I want to thank tonight's orchestra and all of your exceptional talents. Thank you. Now, I've always wanted to experience a film like this with a live, full symphony orchestra. Synchronized to picture. In front of a packed audience and the grandeur of a classic movie palace.
大家晚安！能夠在今晚與大家共聚一堂，我感到非常榮幸、非常幸運，也非常激動，能夠與大家一起分享這場獨特的電影交響樂體驗以及《捍衛戰士：獨行俠》。自從120多年前，活動影像(moving pictures)首次在綜藝劇院(vaudeville theaters)播放以來，現場音樂就已經用於無聲電影的伴奏。然而，直到1914年左右，才首次出現了完整交響樂團精準同步於畫面的現場演奏，這些配樂是基於歌劇式主導動機(leitmotif)創作的。
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音樂的力量以及它在電影中的運用，能夠深化我們對故事的體驗，並且加強我們與角色之間的聯繫，這真是無比神奇。今晚你們即將聆聽到的現場音樂，我要特別感謝哈洛德·佛特邁爾、漢斯·季默、女神卡卡、共和世代，以及今晚也在場的樂譜製作人，我們的親愛朋友、才華橫溢的羅恩·巴夫。
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Tom Cruise FULL Speech for Top Gun: Maverick Live in Concert | Paramount Movies
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First Motion Picture Ever Made: “The Horse in Motion” (1878)
An Introduction to VAUDEVILLE
The Evolution Of Cinema: From Silent Films To Blockbusters
什麼是主導動機 (leitmotif)？經典電影總會有的經典配樂
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無聲電影放映加上現場管弦樂團演奏
註：以下兩個影片皆為現代管弦樂團於近幾年現場演奏錄製
The Famous Players Orchestra ~ Baby Peggy ~1924 Silent Film
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