現在2018年の映画館の大画面に、大好きな映画が蘇るとは！

Special EditionのDVDを何回も見て来た大好きな映画。

LyraのRock Roots (好きになったきっかけ)は、ご存知The Doors ザ・ドアーズ、やJanis Joplinだったりするけれど、バンドでヴォーカルをやっていたのは、もしかしたら、この映画の主人公Ellen Aim (Diane Lane)になりたかったからかもね。

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今日Lyraが和訳＆解説するのは、1984年製作のアメリカ合衆国のWalter Hill ウォルター・ヒル監督・脚本の映画【Streets Of Fire ストリート・オブ・ファイヤー】のSoundtruck サウンドトラックから選んだの。

このブログを書き始めたばかりの頃に、この【Streets Of Fire】のサウンドトラックと映画の素晴らしさを愛を込めて書いていたんです。

Streets Of Fireは、西部劇大好きなWalter Hill 監督が、その西部劇の形式を踏襲したロック映画として完成させた逸品。

この映画の話をする時、皆言うのが「人が一人も死なないという珍しいアクション映画である。」と言うこと。

当時、そう言う触れ込みでこの映画を宣伝していたのかしら？

今よりズーッと、ズーッと映画界が力があって、皆が娯楽の一つとして持ち上げていた時代。

映画宣伝も今よりもっと力を入れていた時代。

そんな映画の勢力があった1984年度の『キネマ旬報』で、この映画は、読者による選出のBest １に選ばれているのだから、どれだけ話題作であったかお分かりでしょう？

この映画が話題作になったのは、純粋なロック映画であったからだ。

誰もが見てハッキリと分かるロック映画として、今も語り継がれ、愛されている映画がこの世に幾つある？

だから、今日Lyraが話すのは、ただのサウンドトラック話じゃないかも。

映画の歴史に残る名曲を語る日になるんだわ。

 

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今日Lyraが和訳した曲は、Fire Inc.の【Nowhere Fast】。

Streets Of Fireの映画の冒頭で、 Diane Laneダイアン・レイン演じる、大人気ロックシンガーのEllen Aim がコンサート会場に登場して歌う曲。

全ての始まり。

ロックン・ロールの寓話の始まり。

 

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“Nowhere Fast” is a song, performed by Fire Inc. in 1984 for the rock movie Streets of Fire. An alternate version of the song was recorded by Meat Loaf the same year. The song was written by Jim Steinman.

Streets of Fire is a 1984 film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It is described in its opening credits and posters as “A Rock & Roll Fable”.

The film is a mix of musical, action, neo-noir, drama, and comedy, with elements of retro-1950s and 1980s. It stars Michael Paré as a mercenary who returns home to rescue his ex-girlfriend (Diane Lane) who has been kidnapped by the leader of a biker gang (Willem Dafoe). Some of the film was shot on the backlot of Universal Studios in California, on two large sets covered in a tarp 1,240 feet long by 220 feet wide, so that night scenes could be filmed during the day.

 

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Fire Inc. single

Streets of Fire
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	May 29, 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	41:25
Label	MCA

 

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Jimmy Iovine produced five of the songs for the film and the soundtrack album.  For Ellen Aim’s singing voice, he combined the voices of Laurie Sargent and Holly Sherwood, billing them as “Fire Incorporated.” The Attackers were the real-life (Face to Face) bandmates of Sargent, who provided the lead vocals on Ellen Aim’s songs “Nowhere Fast”, “Never Be You” and “Sorcerer”, and supporting vocals on “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young.” The version of “Sorcerer,” written and composed by Stevie Nicks, that was featured on the actual soundtrack album was performed by Marilyn Martin. The version of “Never Be You” that was featured on the soundtrack album was performed by Maria McKee.

Two songs written by Jim Steinman were part of the soundtrack: “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young” and “Nowhere Fast”, both performed by “Fire Incorporated”, with Holly Sherwood providing lead vocals on the former and Laurie Sargent on the latter. The title of the former was used as the tagline on some promotional materials for the film.

Dan Hartman’s selection “I Can Dream About You” is the most successful song from the movie, and became a Billboard top 10 hit in 1984 (also from his studio album of the same name). In the movie, the song is performed on stage at the end of the film by “The Sorels,” a fictional doo-wop style group consisting of actors Stoney Jackson, Grand L. Bush, Mykelti Williamson, and Robert Townsend.

However, the song was actually sung for the film by Winston Ford, whose vocals were lip-synched by Jackson in the movie. While there are thus two versions of the song, only Hartman’s version was released commercially.

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