Forrest Gump is passing on this movie, I believe everyone is familiar with it, in 1994 of that year, the year that was called God wanted to watch the movie, it can be described as a gathering of gods and gods fighting.
Forrest Gump, it was in this year that an inspirational film of life released in 1994 beat out word-of-mouth masterpieces such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction" to win the Oscar for best picture that year
This movie tells the inspirational story of Forrest Gump, a little boy with innate intelligence 75, who creates miracles in various fields through his spirit of self-improvement and courage, and finally the fool has a foolish blessing and gets lucky care.
I believe that everyone has seen the movie, yes, even if you haven't seen the movie, you must have heard the phrase Mom said that life is a piece of chocolate, or what Forrest Gump said or something else.
This article does not talk about the movie itself, this time we talk about the music in the movie that reflects its characteristics and is very impressive. The movie "Forrest Gump", the protagonist Forrest Gump not only experienced those eras, the soundtrack in the movie, but also very much in line with forrest Gump's era, due to the prevalence of rock music in the Western world in the last century, so in addition to the soundtrack at the beginning of the movie, other places in the movie, using a large number of rock bands, rock singers' rock music. In addition, Forrest Gump has also dealt with many musical celebrities.
The first is the beginning of the film, with the soundtrack that appears when the feather slowly descends, and the film begins with the feather, with elegant and soft music, entering the theme.
The name of the song is "Forreset gump suite" by the famous composer, Alan Sylvesh triage, Alan Schilvestre, a famous American film score composer, this song is tailor-made for "Forrest Gump". The song earned him an Oscar nomination that year, in addition to which he also produced soundtracks for Ready Player One and Avengers. He is an experienced and well-known veteran soundtrack musician.
Soundtrackist, Alan Sylviesh
When Forrest Gump was a child, he met a renter, and that renter was the later American superstar, Elvis Presley. In the movie, Elvis Presley's classic dance style is inspired by Forrest Gump's less flexible legs. And the name of that song is "Hound Dog." At that time, Elvis Presley was not accepted by the people of that society at first, but soon, he swept the western world with his magical dance steps. Oh yes, he later had a son-in-law whose name was Michael Jackson.
Famous singer Elvis Presley
Later, when Forrest Gump and Jenny grew up, Forrest Gump went to Jenny's school and looked for him, the background music was "I Don't Know Why I Love You (but I Do)" with a line in the lyrics, "I don't know why I love you, but I do." I don't know why I love you, but I love you.
At that time, Forrest Gump was sitting on the bench, he saw Jenny in the car doing indescribable things with a person, he thought that the man hurt Jenny, but in fact, it did not, and then Jenny asked Forrest Gump. Have you ever been with a girl, Forrest Gump, this elm head, does not understand what a specific form of expression of feelings is, although he does not understand what love is, but his actions are all expressions of love, he does not want Jenny to be hurt, so he started to hit the man in the car. So the background music is placed here, which can be said to be very suitable.
After some conversation, Jenny took Forrest Gump into her bedroom, which we can see from the wall of the picture, which was plastered with posters of the folk singer of the time, Joan Baez.
Jombez was one of the most well-known and influential singers in the United States at the time, singing like a medieval bard. The songs she sings often have a very strong humanist color and care, what is particularly amazing is that many of the songs she has covered are always more flavorful than the original songs, I personally like the "Five Hundred Miles" that she covers, but unfortunately this audio is not easy to find now, if you are interested, you can search for the works of Joan Baez, at the same time, she and Bob Dylan, and Apple founder, Steve Jobs, some of the past, is often said. She was also an active member of the civil rights movement in the United States at the time. And she is still alive, a very elegant grandmother.
Famous folk singer Joan Baez
Joan Baez
And Jenny, in the film, Jenny asks Forrest Gump what kind of person he wants to be, Forrest Gump can't answer, Jenny tells him that she wants to be a singer like Joan Baez. Become a person who sings on stage and is able to show off himself.
Later, Jenny did find a job that could show herself, but such a display was probably not what Forrest Gump wanted to see.
In a theater, Forrest Gump met Jenny, Jenny was naked holding the guitar and singing on the stage, the song she sang was called "Blowin'in the wind" This song is a famous American folk song, rock singer, american music industry living fossil, Bob Dylan's masterpiece, so the host introduced Jenny, said a female version of Bob Dylan, which means that Jenny is now singing Bob Dylan's song.
Regarding Bob Dylan, it can be said that he is the person who is like, through the great events of that era in the United States. Bob Dylan, in 2016 as a singer, won the Nobel Prize in Literature, how awesome this person really is, he won as a singer, a poet, the "Nobel of the Press" - Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, won the Academy Award, won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, and won many awards in the Grammys. Bob Dylan's songs contain strong humanistic overtones, and reflections and rhetorical questions about the times, he and Joan Baez, both very influential singers of that era, the famous writer Haruki Murakami, mentioned Bob Dylan more than once in his books. It can even be said that almost all the young people in the West in that era had heard of Bob Dylan. If you are interested, you can check it out, this is a cultural totem, a living fossil-like person. He and Elvis Presley were one of the most influential singers in the United States of the same period, and at the same time, he also had a tangled relationship with Joan Baez, and Dylan was no less promoted by Joan Baez, and he was also the founder of Apple, the idol of Steve Jobs, yes, When Jobs was young, he was crazy about Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
Bob dylan
In the movie, the song that Jenny sang with her guitar is Bob Dylan's most famous masterpiece, "Blowin'in the wind". The first few lines of the song are How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man. Then the picture turns, that Forrest Gump is going to the front line to fight, he came to say goodbye to Jenny, so this song will appear here, with some farewell meaning. Forrest Gump, on the path to becoming a real man.
Then Forrest Gump got on a helicopter and set foot on the Battlefield in Vietnam with his good friend Abu, and the background music was "Fortunate Son", written by the more famous Credence Clearwater Revival Band (CCR), which was very cheerful, this band, which was also a well-known rock band at the time, was a very popular rock band from the 1960s to the 1970s. Their music is rooted in Southern American folk music, with some folks are born made to wave the flag', ooh' they\'re red' white and blue. And when the band plays \"Hail To The Chief" translates roughly, "Someone was born to wave a flag, there were red bars, white bars and blue stars, and the band played 'Salute to the Chief'.
Judging from his performance in the army, Forrest Gump is the one who was born to be a soldier. Because he is very good at obeying orders.
Forrest Gump, they patrol the grass, and the background music is from Jimmy Hendricks' "All Along the Watchtower," which is a cover song from Bob Dylan, but the cover is this man, jimmy Hendricks, known as the god of the guitar, the rock guitarist. This man was a natural guitarist, and anyone who had seen him play the piano at that time was surprised at how this man could play the guitar like this, and later, as soon as he started singing, Dylan felt that he would not even have my share in singing in the future. Of course it's a joke, but Jimmy's technique is really great. He was also on the scene of the performance, making the matter of taking a torch guitar and lighting it.
Jimmy Hendricks
Jimmy Hendricks, lit the guitar on the spot
Maybe black people are the sense of musical rhythm brought by their bones, and blues master B.B.KING is also black. Later, Jimmy died at the age of only 27 due to drug overdose, and he and several other well-known figures in the rock circle did not live past the age of 27, so the rumor that the rock circle has always existed, and the rock and roll can not live more than 27.
And in the jungle digging holes, the rain section, using the well-known band, The doors - the gate band 'Soul kitchen], The Doors, the gate, the famous American rock representative band. Jim Morrison, the soul of the singer, was born on December 8, 1943 in Merle, Florida, a decent family with a father of admirals and a mother of great birth, somewhat similar to Captain Dan. The Gate Band is a very famous and popular band in the last century, their style is biased towards psychedelic rock, and it is easy to make people tremble unconsciously after listening to it. If you like it, you can try it.
Gate Band
In the shot where Forrest Gump writes the letter, the background music is used for a very famous song, "California Dreaming"
This is a very classic piece of music, translated as "California Dream", if you pay attention, you will find that Wong Kar-wai's "Chongqing Forest" also uses this music, Faye Wong shook her head in "Chongqing Forest", the background music is exactly the same as this.
The song reflects the situation in those days when many young people in the United States ran to California. As soon as the scene turns, Jenny also holds her guitar and embarks on a journey to California, becoming a hippie. California was a place of freedom and love in the hearts of the young Americans of that era.
Forrest Gump then returned to the United States from the army, received the Medal of Honor, and visited the capital. When the group of people ran to the same place again. The background music uses Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers", when the United States had been exhausted because of the Vietnam War, and many people, more young people, took to the streets, calling and shouting. End the Vietnam War.
They sang anti-war songs, marched in the streets, held signs and shouted at the entrance of the White House, where thousands of people gathered. Got to revolution, got to revolution. Come on, now, we're marching to the sea。 The translation is, uprising, revolution, come on, join the sea of people, and the young people in the United States at that time have almost felt endless disgust for this meaningless war. There were also plenty of hippies shouting peace and love, and admittedly, Forrest Gump met Jenny again here. The two embraced for centuries in front of tens of thousands of people, perfectly matching the slogan of peace and love.
In the part where the two walk, the music uses "Let's get together", Forrest Gump and Jenny chat all night, he tells Jenny about his situation in the army, and Jenny tells Forrest Gump that what she has seen and heard along the way is actually riding a ride, with a wreath on her head to a group of hippies, playing the piano and chatting with them, debauching herself. While singing C'mon people now, Try and love one another right now. While setting up stalls and singing to make money, take a ride to other cities.
Just then a man appeared and asked if anyone was going to San Francisco. Then the background music was changed to "San Francisc", presumably Jenny went to San Francisco with a garland on her head and traveled around, and the lyrics in the song read, "If you're going to San Francisco, remember to bring a garland." Kind people wear flowers on their hair. ”
After the picture turned, the two talked all night, and then it was time to separate, Jenny could not stop her steps, she still decided to go far away, so she said goodbye to Forrest Gump again, and the background music used "Turn! Turn! Tunrn!), heralding Jenny's departure, as she is not currently allowing herself to stop because of Forrest Gump.
In the background music, it is sung, "There is a season, which is the season for all, And a time to every purpose, under heaven." It's time to take all your ambitions with you and beneath heaven. Jenny hitched a ride on the classic Volkswagen of that era, waved goodbye to Forrest Gump, and embarked on the journey again.
Later, Forrest Gump appeared on a TV show, in which he sat with the most popular band of the time, the beatles lead singer John Lennon, the Beatles was one of the most famous rock bands in the world at that time, and the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, etc. were all big names at the time, and John Lennon was also very legendary.
John Lennon
That classic picture of the Beatles
The Beatles
A member of the Beatles at their peak
Lennon asked him some questions, and although no background music was used here, those few words that John Lennon said were the lyrics of his later "Imagine".
It was a utopian song about human society, interested in listening to it, very good, and then after Lennon's unexpected death, people built a square, and on the ground of the square, the words "IMAGINE" were written.
The square built for John Lennon
People sang in the square, remembering Lennon
The film "Forrest Gump" starts from the perspective of the protagonist Forrest Gump and tells people a story that runs through the old beauty for decades. And Forrest Gump is more or less involved in it, and the soundtrack here is as close as possible to Forrest Gump's era, and a lot of rock music is used, after all, in the last century, rock music is popular throughout the West.
Throughout Forrest Gump, who was the landlord of Elvis Presley, also let him understand the unique dance steps, and was interviewed in the same place as John Lennon, it can be said that the celebrities in the music circle at that time, he also dealt with. Every piece of music in the film shows us the era in which Forrest Gump lived, which is one of the factors that make this film a success. Of course, the music itself is also very good.
Personally, I really like John Lennon's "Imagine" and that "California Dreaming" and that very classic "Blowin'in the wind." If you're also interested, give it a try. Relive those classic music together.
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