Among the La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) released by QQ Music, *** there are two albums. One has 15 tracks, 7 of which are pure music, and the author is "Justin Hurwitz", with 8 songs; the other is a movie soundtrack, with 30 pure music. Generally speaking, the level of pure music is higher than that of songs. The melodies that are easy for ordinary viewers to remember are nothing more than the three that are played repeatedly in the movie, namely: "Someone in the Crowd", "Planetarium", and "City of Stars". For other songs, the performance is good, but not very outstanding. The whole album, just like the male protagonist Seb said, he likes pure Jazz, so except for a particularly high rock-style Jazz Rock "Start a Fire", the whole album is all classic Jazz music of various styles ( Including Ragtime, Blue, Jazz-Funk, etc.), they are all melodies written in American jazz and blues scales, and have very obvious American characteristics. The arrangement of the album's songs and pure music blends Jazz and the Pop style that modern people prefer, and has made a great contribution to the spread of jazz music in the contemporary era. It is a better example of the combination of jazz, film and dance art after the movie "Chicago". (I hope that in the future, there will be geniuses in China who will use traditional Chinese five tunes or Peking opera to create movies or musicals that combine classical and modern elements. Chinese children should be more confident. There is no distinction between good and bad music, only different styles. ! We must also master our own advantages! )

But to be honest, the movie "La La Land" mainly consists of the above three main melodies. Two are songs and one is pure jazz music. Throughout the film, the three pieces of music take turns to reprise (variations, extensions, and repetitions of different instruments and instrumental forms). This is a very common technique used to enhance ordinary people (ordinary people with less musical background) through repetition, because humans usually like the familiarity of the melody (or the predictability of the melody). As a result, more general audiences prefer music in movies.

But on the other hand, for music majors or people with a considerable music background, although the music in the movie is not as high-end as it is touted by the outside world, it is still good, or it is still good. OK. Most songs are 3-3.5 stars, and pure music can reach 4 stars. Because there is not much novelty and variety in melodies in movies, and the pure melodies of jazz are generally scattered, people who don’t know or are not used to jazz can easily get lost in the melody. In addition, the multiple repetitions of the melody in the film can easily cause fatigue. Because the melody itself already has a "repetitive" characteristic, it is not suitable to listen to it too much, and it is even not recommended to repeat it as a single. It’s easy to get tired of listening to it too many times or become disgusted. The best way to protect your favorite musical works is actually not to listen to them too much

What needs to be added is that because this work is a foreign work, Chinese people generally do not explore and analyze the literature of lyrics like ordinary songs. beautiful. The lyrics of "La La Land" are effective and straightforward. If you translate it into Chinese, most Chinese people may not particularly like this straightforward expression if it is regarded as a Chinese song. But this is the difference between Chinese and American culture. Chinese people will not use the same method of analyzing Chinese song lyrics to delve into American lyrics. Strictly speaking, if the analysis of the lyrics of a song is much greater than the analysis of the melody, it is not the most impartial analysis of the music. (Chinese people like to stick to the lyrics too much, and even over-explain them. It is probably caused by doing too many test-oriented reading questions during compulsory education in the past)

People tend to make assumptions about areas that they are not good at or are not familiar with. Relatively high rating. In fact, all the music in "La La Land" is very typical of American musicals. The implication is that if many viewers like "La La Land" very much and want to know more about an album like this in the United States, which tells a story and has music that "starts, changes, and merges," they can learn about the outstanding music nominated for the Tony Awards in recent years. Drama (you don’t have to care whether the nominated works win awards or not. The United States is very similar to China. After all, they are the same human society, so there must be differences - which film Commercial operates well and is popular, is likely to win the judges' vote. The greater the gender, the easier it is to win awards. Please do not judge a work based on whether it wins or not), such as the bluegrass style "Bright Star", the modern pop music style "Waitress", the rap style "Hamilton", rock & tango. "Kinky Boots" in the style of "Kinky Boots", "Finding Neverland" in the American modern opera style (although this work was not nominated for a Tony Award this year due to issues such as release time and location, it received a very good response in the United States), etc.

To be honest, most ordinary Chinese people have received traditional Chinese education since childhood and lack the emphasis on music and the cultivation of musical literacy. Therefore, most Chinese audiences may have a biased evaluation of the music in the film. high.

In addition, due to the relative lack of national self-confidence, Chinese people tend to think that things in Western countries are at least slightly more advanced, and their evaluations will be somewhat higher. Among the movie reviews on American websites, many Americans commented that "the music is not as good as outside reviews, but it is not terrible either." Many people complained that the heroine's pitch was not good enough, her timbre was too thin, and she had no singing skills. But after all, neither of the two leading actors is a musical actor. If the movie "La La Land" appeared as a Broadway musical in the United States, it would not be particularly competitive. Therefore, we don’t need to look at this film from the perspective of a musical. This movie is a good one. In terms of all aspects of the movie (especially the lighting composition and production that is the most amazing thing about the movie), it is pretty good. At least it has a three-star rating, so it looks very gorgeous in the big garden where the movie industry is not very lively. Especially in China, where musicals and musical films are in a very enlightening stage, people watch them less and feel that their eyes and ears are brightened. (In fact, there are many such musical movies in the United States, such as the movie version of "Chicago" which won multiple Oscars in 2002. Children who are interested in many such musical movies can also search for "Orginal Motion" on QQ Music Picture" album), the so-called good or bad is actually based on comparison. If you want to make a more objective evaluation of something, you must at least watch several movies of the same type before commenting. (The good reviews for those long videos on Zhihu look amazing TOT, they are really not bad)

As for the products of the media industry, if it is entertainment, you don’t need to think too much, you can just do it if you like it. Listen, you don’t need to care about everyone’s opinions if you don’t like it. There is no need to force yourself to like it just because everyone likes it. However, if you want to study and discuss the evaluation of the media industry, you must keep a clear mind. Because in the media industry, film and television actors, etc. are all fish in the sea. At most, some fish are bigger. The media are all like waves, and the public is the wind. The media will make waves as the public blows, and then the fish will make waves. Find ways to please the crowd. If everyone says it's good, it doesn't necessarily mean it's particularly good. If everyone says it's not good, it might just be to your liking. Music is actually more difficult to understand than movies. If I had to sum up the musical achievements of this movie, I can only say that it is not bad, but not as amazing as the legend says.

But La La Land is undoubtedly the best masterpiece in recent years (mainly the three musical masterpieces are the finishing touch) if you can help, I hope you can adopt it