``Melody'' A number of Bee Gees songs that seem like they were written for the movie will move your heart beyond time.

"Melody" Synopsis

Public schools in London. Eleven-year-old Daniel meets Melody, a ballet girl who attends the same school as him. Daniel becomes absorbed in the melody. Eventually, the two become attracted to each other, and eventually even wish to marry each other...

Index

• Producer's declaration to "make a music movie"
• The lyrics evoke nostalgia for the world of First Love.
• Bee Gees wrote a new song for ``Saturday Night Fever''

Producer's declaration to "make a music movie"

There are theme songs and songs in the movie that are integrated with the story and theme of the movie. In many cases, the songs are ``composed'' to match the content of the movie, or with an image in mind. Famous songs include " My Heart Will Go On " from " Titanic " (1997) and " Moon River " from " Breakfast at Tiffany's " (1961). On the other hand, there are countless patterns in which pre-existing songs are used and they fit perfectly into the movie, as if they were created specifically for the movie.

`` Melody Fair '' in ``Melody'' released in 1971 is a typical example of the latter.

For producer David Putnam, who has produced such films as `` Downtown Story '' (1976) and `` Midnight Express '' (1978), and won the Academy Award for Best Picture for `` Chariots of Fire '' (1981), ``A Melody'' was ' was his second full-length work. As with his previous film, `` Performance '' (1970), which starred Mick Jagger, Putnam was particular about featuring music strongly in ``A Melody.''

"I make music films because music is the world's common language. Through music communication, I create a world of love and peace. In that sense, ' Melody' is a kind of musical film." Putnam declared (from the liner notes of the ``Melody'' soundtrack).

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The soundtrack for ``Melody'' features five Bee Gees songs. “ In the Morning ” was released in 1965, “ Love Somebody ” was released in 1967, and three songs, “Melody Fair,” “ Wakaba no Koro ” and “ Give Your Best ,” appeared on the 1969 album “ Odessa .” ” was included. In other words, all of the songs pre-dated the movie, and were already widely recognized as masterpieces.

This style of using a number of existing songs to match the theme of the movie was also seen three years earlier in `` The Graduate '', which included Simon & Garfunkel's existing masterpieces, but in the case of the same movie, ` `Mrs. Robinson '' was written specifically for the movie.

The lyrics evoke nostalgia for the world of First Love.