表演場 x Marcus Fong / The Art Venue x Marcus Fong: 用音樂走向世界 A Hong Kong Composer’s Journey (Sept 2018)
這是我的第一份月刊，記錄我作為一名作曲家，為世界各地的電影和音樂會寫作音樂的生活和工作。
在過去的幾個星期裡，我一直在為阿爾巴尼亞故事片“Mali I Harrum”創作音樂，“Mali I Harrum”可翻譯成“被
遺忘的山峰”。這部電影拍攝於阿爾巴尼亞的偏遠山區，圍繞著一位陷入困境的退休退伍軍人，里卡德和他
的女兒的家人。
每部電影都有其獨特的音樂語言。找到它的過程是協作的，通常涉及與導演討論和探索不同的配器。音樂
作為電影中情感的調色板，在重要的場景中透過音樂帶出情緒。把它想像成麵條的湯底。它幾乎不是主菜
，而是支持它的必要元素。
經過幾輪來回。我們決定採用極簡風格的音樂的方法來表達人物之間的不和諧並構建緊張關係，我們決定
用合成器作為這部電音的音樂的主要樂器。除了以極簡風格創作之外，我們也同意不使用旋律。由於缺乏
旋律，觀眾更能沉浸在故事之中並自己感受而不是以音樂引導故事。這是國際電影的一種趨勢，尤其在劇
情片紙間更明顯。
在接下來的一個半月裡，我將完成音樂以及跟進所有聲音的混合。 “Mali I Harrum”將於2019年初在歐洲的
劇院上映，幾個月後將在netflix和 amazon prime等網上媒體平台上播出。
我將在兩週內前往溫哥華進行另一場音樂冒險，路途所見將在下個月的期刊上記錄。
This is the first journal of many to come, that is recording my life and work as a composer who travels and write music for movies and concerts all over the world.
For the past couple weeks, I have been doing the ground work for writing the music on the Albanian feature film called “Mali I Harrum”, which translates to “The Forgotten Mountain”. The movie revolves around a troubled retired veteran, Rikard and his daughterʼs family in the accursed and remote mountain in Albania.
Every film has itʼs unique voice and finding it is always the first priority. The process of finding it is collaborative, where very often involves conversation and exploration of different textures in music. Musical textures acts as a colour palette for emotions in a movie. A lot of emotions are added by placing music in a scene to enhance the impact of it. Think of it as the soup base of the noodle. It is almost never the main dish but an essential element to support it.
After several rounds of back and forth. We decided to go with an atmospheric, spacey and hypnotic approach to express the discord between the characters and build tensions, and we decided to do it with synthesizers and having the music to be rather minimal.
Other than being minimal. We also agreed on not employing a melody. Because of the lack thereof a melody, it allows the audience to immerse themselves and reflect on the story by themselves instead of leading them and subconsciously leading the story with musical gestures. This has been a trend in international cinema especially in the drama genre of films.
For the next month and a half, i will be working to complete the music and follow through with the mix of all the sound. “Mali I Harrum” will be released in theatre at the start of 2019 in Europe and will be on streaming platforms several months after.
I will be travelling to Vancouver in 2 weeks for another musical adventure, which i will document on my journal next month. Thatʼs it for now. Marcus out.