VOA标准英语2010年-Hollywood Composer Patrick Williams Em

Music is a key part of film and television production, and in four decades in Hollywood, Patrick Williams has been a leading composer and arranger of musical themes and scores.  The Grammy-winning musician has also been active in the recording¹ business, and he is taking his music online to explore new digital formats².

Williams has written themes and scores, the background music that dramatizes the action, for dozens of TV series, including Newhart, Lou Grant, and the Mary Tyler Moore and Tony Randall shows.

He has also done arrangements for the albums of top recording artists, including Natalie Cole's 2008 CD Still Unforgettable.

Williams has composed scores for about 70 feature films and even more television movies. 

One feature score brought him an Oscar nomination³: the 1979 film Breaking Away is about a young man who hopes to become a cycling champion.  "You're a story-teller, and as a musician, you're almost a film psychiatrist⁴ because the music is dealing⁵ with the emotional underpinnings so often of what's actually going on in the story," he said.

Williams has won four Emmys for his television work and two Grammys for his recordings⁶.

His composition Too Hip⁷ for the Room got a Grammy nomination in 1983.

Williams has worked as an arranger for some of the top names in the music business, including Frank Sinatra on two albums of duets with contemporary singers.

Working in so many different genres⁸, Williams says his daily challenge is coming up with the right sound for a show, movie, or album. "In my experience, anyway, sometimes it just kind of pops into your head and you go with it.  Other times, it's much more of a struggle.  But I was always a great believer, and I learned this experientially, of trying to keep your mind open and receptive and not be judgmental too quickly because that shuts down creativity," he said.

Williams won a Grammy for this 1973 jazz release, called Threshold, and he says that since his college days, when he had his own student band, he has loved jazz and the big band swing sound with its brass⁹, reed and rhythm sections. "It's an American invention.  We invented this thing.  And it's a great concoction¹⁰.  And it's just wonderful to see, it's getting some rejuvenated¹¹ time now," he said.

Williams will return to his musical roots for his next project, which will bring top big band musicians to Capitol Records in Hollywood for a recording of his compositions in late August.  He says the album will blend classical symphonic and big band jazz techniques, with a hint of Brazilian Samba.

He will distribute CDs and digital downloads through an online site called artistShare.com, providing yet another forum¹² for his music.
 

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 formats   

n.（出版物的）版式( format的名词复数 )；[电视]电视节目的总安排（或计划）

参考例句：

• They are producing books in all kinds of different formats. 他们出版各种不同开本的书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A true GUI includes standard formats for representing text and graphics. 真正的图形用户界面包括表示文字和图形的标准格式。 来自互联网

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

6 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

7 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

8 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

9 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

10 concoction   

n.调配(物)；谎言

参考例句：

• She enjoyed the concoction of foreign dishes.她喜欢调制外国菜。
• His story was a sheer concoction.他的故事实在是一纯属捏造之事。

11 rejuvenated   

更生的

参考例句：

• He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
• She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。

12 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。