“Music on The Sopranos”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The HBO television drama The Sopranos received considerable critical attention for effective use of an eclectic array of music.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Series creator David Chase personally selected all the show's music, with the producer Martin Bruestle and music editor Kathryn Dayak—sometimes also consulting Steven Van Zandt, who portrays Silvio Dante on the show and is also a guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.^[1] They often selected music after completing an episode's production and editing, but occasionally filmed sequences to match pre-selected pieces of music.^[5]

Stylistically, the music on the show ranges from mainstream pop (Britney Spears, The Bangles) to oldies and classic rock artists (The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd), from classic jazz and soul (Ella Fitzgerald, Ben E. King) to hip-hop (Xzibit, Time Zone), often within a single episode.^[6]

Opening credits

In the opening credits for each episode, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) drives from New York City to his home in North Caldwell, New Jersey. The musical accompaniment for this segment is the "Chosen One Remix" of the song "Woke Up This Morning" by the British group Alabama 3 (known in the United States as A3 for legal reasons). "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" is four minutes and five seconds long,^[7] so a shortened version of it is used in the opening credits, which is approximately one minute and thirty seconds long.^[8]

End credits

Each episode's closing credits sequence features a unique piece of previously recorded music, with few exceptions. The episode "A Hit Is a Hit" uses a song by the fictional band Defiler, which appeared earlier in the episode. Three episodes feature multiple songs in the credits sequence ("Commendatori," "Whitecaps" and "Cold Stones"), while two episodes ("Full Leather Jacket" and "Made in America") have no music at all.

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Alternate music in Europe

For the version of the series aired in Europe, the producers partially replaced the music for licensing reasons. European DVD editions (in case of Season One: only the 16:9 re-issue) contain these altered versions as foreign language dubs as well as the original unaltered English soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1.

Soundtrack compilations

To date, there have been two official soundtrack compilations released in association with The Sopranos. The first, titled The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series, was released in 1999, and contains selections from the show's first two seasons.^[9] The second, titled The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs: Music from the HBO Original Series, was released in 2001, and contains two Compact Discs of songs from the show's first three seasons.^[10]

Track listings

The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series

The Sopranos - Peppers and Eggs: Music From The HBO Series

Disc one

Disc two

Other music used and trailers

Not all artists featured on the show made it on to one of the compilation albums. The producers are known fans of the underground music scene and featured many locally relevant artists on the show. Also some classical pieces on the show failed to make any of the soundtrack albums—pieces by Beethoven, Luciano Pavarotti, and Emma Shapplin. A piece by Al Di Meola didn't make it.

Music used for the trailers was also different. The Season 5 trailer included the song "Say Yes!" of Siouxsie Sioux's second band The Creatures, from their 2003 album Hái!.^[11]

References

Notes

1. ^¹{{cite web | last=Sepinwall | first=Alan | title=The hits keep on coming | publisher=The Star-Ledger | date=March 3, 2006 | url=http://www.nj.com/sopranos/ledger/index.ssf?/sopranos/stories/hits_seasonsix.html | accessdate=2007-02-20}}
2. ^{{cite web |last = Gross |first = Joe |title = Sharps & Flats |publisher = Salon.com |date = January 4, 2000 |url = http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/04/sopranos/index.html |accessdate = 2007-02-20 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070117153621/http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/01/04/sopranos/index.html |archivedate = January 17, 2007 |df = }}
3. ^{{cite web | last=Ventre | first=Michael | title=Music another member of the Sopranos’ crew | publisher=MSNBC | date=April 2, 2006 | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11994702/ | accessdate=2007-02-20}}
4. ^{{cite web | last=Browne | first=David | title=The Sopranos; Peppers & Eggs | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | date=May 18, 2001 | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281317,00.html | accessdate=2007-02-21 }}
5. ^{{cite web | last=Biskind | first=Peter | title=The Family that Preys Together | publisher=Vanity Fair | date=March 13, 2007 | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/03/chase200703 | accessdate=2007-03-21}}
6. ^{{cite web | title=HBO: The Sopranos: Episode Guide | publisher=HBO | url=http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/episode/index.shtm | accessdate = 2007-02-20}}
7. ^https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Sopranos-Music-From-The-HBO-Original-Series/release/1702566
8. ^http://www.cinemetrics.lv/movie.php?movie_ID=10101
9. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Amazon.com: The Sopranos: Music From The HBO Original Series | work = | publisher = | date = | url =https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00003A9MG/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-27 }}
10. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Amazon.com: The Sopranos - Peppers and Eggs: Music From The HBO Series | work = | publisher = | date = | url =https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005AR37/ | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-27 }}
11. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4tqo1ajeUk The Sopranos Season 5 Trailer]. Youtube. 7 March 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2012
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041212174733/http://www.thecreatures.com/creatures/?view=92&offset=15&length=5 Sopranos 01.03.04] The Creatures.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012