September 2, 2019

ELVIS PRESLEY - 3/2 : G.I.BLUES - 歌 曲






SOUNDTRACK STORY
"G.I. BLUES" 在電影歌曲専輯系列, 獲提名1960年度 "Grammy Awards 格蘭美獎", 兩個獎項分別是 "Best Soundtrack Album 最佳原聲軌專輯" 與及 "Best Vocal Performance, Male 最佳男歌手演繹。



Tonight Is So Right For Love - The Story
Elvis Presley - Tonight Is So Right for Love (1960) Original movie scene 
Music: OFFENBACH BARCAROLLE - Jacques Offenbach
Lyric: Abner Silver and Sid Wayne

Hold me tight, the moons so bright
Tonight is so right for love
Now's the time to say, you'll be mine
Tonight is so right for love

One by one the stars appear
They twinkle in your eyes
Who'd believe that we'd be here
So near to paradise

This could be the kiss to unlock Heavens door
That magic hour of bliss that we both waited for
I love you more and more

Oh, well, we could fly right up to the sky
The things we've been dreaming of
And how real they would seem
A midsummer nights dream
Can't you see that tonight is so right for love?

Oh, how real they would seem
A midsummer nights dream
Can't you see that tonight is so right for love?

Hold me tight, the moons bright
Tonight is so right for love




Tonight Is So Right For Love
是早已編訂的電影歌曲之一, 1960年四月二十七日完成錄音, 樂譜源自 Jules Barbier 所編寫的法國歌劇 "Les contes d'Hoffmann" - The Tales Of Hoffman, 一首由 Jacques Offenbach 雅克 奧芬巴赫撰譜的樂曲 "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" - Beautiful night, Oh! night of love; 歌曲有威尼斯船伕 Venice Gondolier 的傳統 "Barcarolle 船歌" 格調, 所以樂曲亦被稱 "Offenbach Barcarolle"。


但是電影拍製和唱片錄音完成後一星期, 才知道 "Offenbach Barcarolle 船歌" 不被法國、德國和荷蘭的歌、影和文化界接納, 更不允許這電影在他們國家上影; 因此, 派拉蒙電影公司唯有要另想辦法好了 ....

NEXT .... ELVIS PRESLEY - 3/3 : G.I.BLUES - 歌 曲 與 政 治


Offenbach - Barcarolle
Soprano: Anna Netrebko
Mezzo-soprano: Elīna Garanča


Offenbach Barcarolle "Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour" The Tales of Hoffmann