Music | cat and mouse -- classic not only plot

 

I think in most people's childhood , I must have seen it all 《 Tom and Jerry 》 This is a classic animation .《 Tom and Jerry 》 It is also the series of film and television works that have won the most Oscars in history .

as everyone knows ,《 Tom and Jerry 》 It's a mime . Then it expresses the tension of the plot 、 Characters' emotions and other aspects , In addition to relying on visual images , It's essential. Naturally, there's auditory music . It's no exaggeration to say , Music is achievement 《 Tom and Jerry 》 One of the important factors of .

 

A bold attempt

Creativity and innovation

It has to be mentioned 《 Tom and Jerry 》 The composer of Chinese music —— Scott . Bradley (Scott Bradley).

Although you may not be familiar with the name of composer Bradley , But you must have heard of his works . His bold innovation and musical writing skills , It is the scholars who have studied animation score since ancient times - It will be studied .

In our education system , Music and sound effects courses are often very separate , The definition of music is composed of regular sounds , And there is usually a certain length of voice ; And the sound effect can be irregular sound , It can also be very short , Usually used to assist visual effects .

《 Tom and Jerry 》 The point that Bradley broke the traditional music thinking is ：  He didn't divide sound effects and music areas into two different things . Not only does he not reject sound effects , Instead, he skillfully combined the sound effect in his composition , Even use music to enhance the effect of sound effects .

It's like language , Music has certain logical and syntactic rules , That's what we often say “ Music theory ”. Actually , Even a person who doesn't know music theory at all , He can also “ feel " Le Li .

such as , Music in major usually makes people feel bright and cheerful ; Minor usually makes people feel more sad ; Some chords make people feel discordant , Need to be solved ; The symphony will eventually return to the first chord, making you feel that it is over , wait .

It is precisely because there is a certain logic in music , So music can also be like language , Let the audience understand the protagonist's thoughts and Psychology .

Bradley used to “ Atonal scale ” Twelve tone system to interpret the character's actions and emotions .

And the tonal scale we are familiar with ( For example, major and minor ) Different , Atonal scale has no strong directivity , let me put it another way , Auditory , We can't predict the next sound / What should a chord be , Like we can't predict where Jerry is going , What happens next . And Jerry's psychology is just as implied by this atonal note , It doesn't know what it's doing , Without thinking, I only know a burst of running .

Brilliant effect

In addition to twelve tone techniques ,《 Tom and Jerry 》 Stravinsky's Polyphonic approach often appears in .

such as “ Petrushka chords ”： Use two major chords (C Major. 、 l F Major. ) Superimpose on each other , The impact produced a very sharp dissonance , Through modernist music , Throw away the sweet melody and harmony , Liberation consonant , Also bid farewell to the functional tonality system , Let the audience remove their wariness of atonal music , At the same time, let classical music properly foil the atmosphere , Bring modern social music to everyone in the most sincere way , Expose the public to atonal music , It proves that modernist music is not a toy of theorists , Also found a new life for atonal music in film and Television Soundtrack , Because cats and mice give atonal music “ soul ”, And there is the addition of classical music , So it becomes colorful ！

Bradley believes ：“  The future of animation music , It should be that story is as important as music , And interdependent support .”

Details in innovation

Many classics

Some people say ：“《 Tom and Jerry 》 Is my enlightenment teacher of classical music .”

According to statistics , Appear in the 《 Tom and Jerry 》 There are more than 50 classical music in , Including Chopin 、 Lister 、 Tchaikovsky 、 Rossini 、 Mendelssohn 、 Bicai 、 Works of Johann Strauss Jr. and many other musicians .

These classical music are well used in animation works , It has a subtle impact on the audience , Let the audience feel the charm of classical music .

Indelible memories

Pay homage to the classic

Bradley's music 、《 Tom and Jerry 》 The music of , There are too many places worth learning . In addition to the points shared with you today , And it's a perfect blend of classical music 、 Jutu music 、 Pop music and other elements .

An article can only scratch the surface , But I hope that at least you can see it later 《 Tom and Jerry 》 When , You can pay more attention to its music , That's enough .