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Round Midnight is a soundtrack album by Herbie Hancock featuring music recorded for Bertrand Tavernier's film Round Midnight released in 1986 on Columbia Records. The album features performances by Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Bobby McFerrin,Dexter Gordon, Pierre Michelot, Billy Higgins, John McLaughlin, Chet Baker, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Lonette McKee, and Cedar Walton, most of whom appear in the film. It won the Academy Award forBest Music, Original Score in 1986, against strong competition, most notably Ennio Morricone's The Mission and Jerry Goldsmith's Hoosiers.
Additional music recorded during the making of the film was released under Dexter Gordon's name as The Other Side of Round Midnight(1986).
Track listing[edit]
"Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams) - 5.35"Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton,Johnny Green) - 5.54
"Bérangère's Nightmare" (Hancock) - 3.06 貝斯正點
"Fair Weather" (Kenny Dorham) - 6.05
"Una Noche Con Francis" (Bud Powell) - 4.22
"The Peacocks" (Jimmy Rowles) - 7.16
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) - 3.12
"Rhythm-A-Ning" (Monk) - 4.11
"Still Time" (Hancock) - 3.50
"Minuit Aux Champs-Elysées" (Henri Renaud) - 3.26
"Chan's Song (Never Said)" (Stevie Wonder, Hancock) - 4.15
- Pierre Michelot: bass (tracks 2,3,4,5,6,7 & 9)
- Lonette McKee: vocal (track 7)
The 2002 reissue adds a live version of the title cut
一個受困於酒精、毒品的樂手，一顆渴望聽眾卻鬱鬱不得志的心靈，患難之際的友情...依爵士大師Bud Powell、Lester Young真人事蹟為腳本，以爵士為經、主人翁間誠摯的友情為緯，這部描述爵士樂手流落異國、掙扎於藝術追求與生活困境間的電影「Round Midnight」確然是本世紀公認的最佳爵士樂電影之一！而飾演劇中主角的薩克斯風大師Dexter Gorden，其音樂生涯數度起伏、亦曾去國長達十餘年，以此的背景來詮釋這樣一個落難爵士樂手的角色，演出自是絲絲入扣。Dexter Gorden本人亦憑藉此片，獲得86、87年奧斯卡以及金球獎最佳男演員提名，名流影史。
Round Midnight 是根據一名法國爵士樂迷 Francis Paudras 跟兩位爵士樂手的感人真實故事改編。由本身也是Tenor Saxophone樂手的 Dexter Gordon飾演 Dale Turner，此角色的故事實是兩位偉大爵士樂人 Bud Powell 和 Lester Young 的混合。導演是Bertrand Tavernier。
Dale Turner其實是個虛構人物。法國導演Bertrand Tavernier在西元1986年拍攝了電影「午夜時分」，以作家Francis Paudras替鋼琴手Bud Powell撰寫的「無神論者之舞(Dance of the Infidels)」這本傳記為藍本，並參考薩克斯風手Lester Young的生平，刻劃出美國樂手為尋找音樂第二春而遠渡歐洲的期待，以及之後的無奈。Tavernier邀請長年旅居歐洲的薩克斯風手Dexter Gordon，飾演Turner這個角色。但對早於西元1962年便定居巴黎長達十五年之久的他來說，與其說劇情影射任何人，更像扮演自己。也因為「就像是扮演自己」，Gordon演來極具說服力，隔年甚至獲得奧斯卡金像獎最佳男主角提名。最後雖是敗給了「金錢本色(The Color of Money)」裡的Paul Newman，卻是爵士樂前無古人的創舉。
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