So, possibly my favorite part of Interstellar was the music. Its another Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan team up, so what else would I expect but greatness. But it was kicked up a notch in Interstellar, with the heavenly soundtrack doing a lot of storytelling in the silence of space. The loudness of the music is no mistake, its wonderfully intentional. The score is an ensemble effort combining 34 strings, 24 woodwinds, four pianos, and 60 choir singers, all of which get their time to sound off, often times rather bombastically. Other times more subtly, but never as an afterthought. But the starring, and most meaningful voice, is the 1926 four-manual Harrison & Harrison organ, currently housed at the 12th-century Temple Church in London and played in the movie by its director of music, Roger Sayer. As Zimmer told the Film Music Society, the organ was chosen for its significance to science: From the 17th century to the time of the telephone exchange, the pipe organ was known as the most complex man-made device ever invented. Its physical appearance reminded him of space ship afterburners. And the airiness of the sound slipping through pipes replicates the experience of suited astronauts, where every breath is precious (a usual preoccupation with sci-fi movies that is taken very literally in Zimmer’s music, which also features the exhalations of his human choir). Zimmer’s score -- which alternates between a 19th-century Romanticism and 20th-century Minimalism -- of course has an element of spirituality to it. And ultimately, that reflects on the whole of Interstellar; a science fiction masterpiece with a soul in its science.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:32:21 +0000
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