Movie Music

Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment;
when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.

电影中的音乐

一般我们称到1927年以前的电影为无声电影。但是这些电影并不完全像字面意义上说的那样完全没有声音。从一开始，音乐就被认为是（电影中）不可或缺的一部分。

当卢米埃的电影在1896年2月首次在美国的大众电影展上播出时，就有即兴的钢琴流行乐伴奏。最初，音乐与电影是没有什么特别的关系的，无论哪一种音乐做伴奏都行。

然而，时间不长，人们很明显的发现，一个悲伤的电影用一段轻松活泼的音乐伴奏确实不太协调。随后为（电影配乐的）钢琴家门开始注意到要让他们的作品和电影的氛围一致。