音乐：On Raglan Road
在电影《In Bruges》里，当Harry误以为Ken欺骗自己而爆了Ken一枪，Ken竭力往塔顶爬时，这首由The Dubliners演唱的《On Raglan Road》渐渐响起，竟让我有些动情。在看电影时，我不知受过什么刺激，总会做好剧情或类型搞怪大转弯的心理准备和期待。越是平淡起头的电影我越是做如此想法。刚开始看时，我便暗暗幻想《In Bgruges》是否会突然出现那种强劲的动作片里才有的杀手们你枪我刀的激烈场面，因为《In Bruges》前头一大段确实有些平淡。不过幸好我坚持下来了。另外，有点那么细节考据癖的同学应该也能看看这部电影。
回到《In Bgruges》配乐来。其实这首《On Raglan Road》是一首非常受欢迎的爱尔兰民谣，在电影中The dubliners的吟唱我一时没注意，直到完后我专门找出这段反复播放聆听才想起，伴奏的便是爱尔兰风笛。数年前我买了一张唱片，爱尔兰酋长乐队之《Tears of Stone》就有收录由Joan Osborne演唱的版本，晚上专门找出这张CD重温一遍。如果说The Dubliners的主唱演绎的版本和Joan Osborne有点儿不一样，那么我在YouTube上找到这个更是大不同：Mark Knopfler – On Raglan Road
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Artist: The Dubliners
Song: On Raglan Road
from http://www.stlyrics.comOn Raglan Road on an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said: ‘Let grief, be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day’On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seenThe worth of passion’s pledge
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay
Oh I loved too much and by such
By such is happiness thrown awayI gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret signs
That’s known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint did not stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of MayOn a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow
That had I loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
He’d lose his wings at the dawn of day
Yes! 我前幾天剛看完 In Bruges, 對這首歌曲也是相當感動.
再次聆聽這首歌, 覺得有點哀傷, 尤其是重新回想Harry到Bruges後的那幾段, Ken是一個好人, 為了保護和提醒Ray而犧牲自己的生命, 有點壯烈成仁的味道, 雖然他們都不是真正的好人(他們都是殺手).
謝謝你提供的資訊、音樂和歌詞。我超喜歡這部片子，尤其是這首由詩譜成的民謠，雖然歌詞與Ken抱傷拼死卻仍然決意拯救Ray的劇情不是那麼貼切，可是歌曲旋律和Dubliners蒼涼的歌聲，卻又那般完美地詮釋Ken大義凜然的偉大情操，我盈眶的熱淚裡有不忍更有欽佩！Ken即便劇痛在身，即便死亡在即，也要一如紳士般地整裝肅容，那一刻，這位殺手臉上所露出的自重與毅然決然，並不比一位殉國的大將軍失色啊！看完這部片子，還不禁想喊：造化弄人，偉哉殺手！