Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart
Live free and beauty surrounds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star
Stay free, where no walls divide you
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living'Cause you're born free
(Stay free, where no walls divide you)
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living'Cause you're born free
Born Free/獅子與我
Music Composed By John Barry , Conducted by Frederic Talgorn and Performed by Royal Scottish National Orchestra
通常在John Barry的作品中,很難去討論管絃音色的多樣性,因為幾乎所有的音樂編曲都是其道一以貫之,不過旋律的多樣性和唯美性倒是不容否認,幾部John Barry的代表作中,都充滿了無人能出其右的優美主題,只是<獅子與我>的主題旋律十分統一,幾乎只有一個,就是Born Free,反而在管絃編曲上呈現了較豐富的表現層次,John Barry以唯美悠揚的絃樂刻劃感情,而開闊且富有力量的銅管,則用以呈現非洲大地的遼遠景致,以及較富衝擊性的戲劇變化,這樣的管絃音色對今日的電影樂迷而言其實十分熟悉(如<似曾相識>,<遠離非洲>和<與狼共舞>),不過別忘了,以年代來說,這在當時是屬於原創性很高的管絃音色.而Born Free這個主題在表現上,時而優雅柔美,時而浩大遼闊,時而憂思傷感,時而俏皮活潑,相當具有表情的變化性,以我個人而言,柔美深情的抒情式編曲仍是最得我心的,不過一些喜趣俏皮的描繪也相當有意思,我個人所擁有的John Barry管絃配樂作品,多半傾向文藝抒情或宏偉史詩一類居多,因此比較少聽到像<獅子與我>這般純真可愛的表現,自然也對此印象特別深刻,特別是像Elsa At Play,Playtime等作品.
John Barry在非洲音樂素材上的援用上並不豐富,僅以少數音色別緻的打擊樂器潤飾,傳統的管絃美感仍是整部配樂的主要印象,整體而言,這部配樂以一首歷久彌新,足稱經典的主題旋律貫串全場,變化出一頁優美典雅的大地詩篇,是一張很有音樂性與旋律美感的原聲帶,而以歷史意義來說,這些當年最為原型的唯美管絃,直到今日,仍是John Barry最為典型的音樂技巧,也許,<獅子與我>是一部讓年輕影迷感到陌生的電影,但對於已十分熟悉<似曾相識>或<遠離非洲>的樂迷而言,這部配樂一點也不會令人感到陌生.