Time dilation is a funny thing. For many, we understand there’s been a bit of a gap between episodes. For us, however, it’s been mere minutes since our last appearance – but thanks for sticking around nonetheless, as we’re finally back to discuss Hans Zimmer, Christopher Nolan, time, and Interstellar. Join us as we chat all things organs, pianos, space travel, and answer the question of whether Interstellar is Zimmer’s greatest score of all.
Episode notes:
01:51 – Did you miss us?
09:02 - interstellar!
13:55 – Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan’s time together
15:35 – The piece of paper and early demos
24:31 – soft soft LOUD
27:07 – The discovery theme, and Interstellar’s organ
38:08 – Woodwinds of Change
39:40 – Chastain’s piano
41:25 – Countermelody of doom
45:22 – The hope theme, loops and DAWs
54:10 – Messages from home
59:48 – The tesseract acts
1:02:40 – Finding Anne Hathaway
1:06:48 – Gravity
1:13:35 – 2001: An Interstellar Odyssey
1:20:48 – The humanity theme
1:32:59 – The sound of silence
1:37:55 – Time
1:42:15 – Maths with Poggo
1:49:45 – Dr Mann kind? No, he’s quite mean
1:53:30 – Try spinning, that’s a good trick
1:59:25 – Nick’s favourite ka-cue
2:00:51 – V for Vinterstellar
2:03:26 – Final thoughts
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Time dilation is a funny thing. For many, we understand there’s been a bit of a gap between episodes. For us, however, it’s been mere minutes since our last appearance – but thanks for sticking around nonetheless, as we’re finally back to discuss Hans Zimmer, Christopher Nolan, time, and Interstellar. Join us as we chat all things organs, pianos, space travel, and answer the question of whether Interstellar is Zimmer’s greatest score of all.
Episode notes:
01:51 – Did you miss us?
09:02 - interstellar!
13:55 – Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan’s time together
15:35 – The piece of paper and early demos
24:31 – soft soft LOUD
27:07 – The discovery theme, and Interstellar’s organ
38:08 – Woodwinds of Change
39:40 – Chastain’s piano
41:25 – Countermelody of doom
45:22 – The hope theme, loops and DAWs
54:10 – Messages from home
59:48 – The tesseract acts
1:02:40 – Finding Anne Hathaway
1:06:48 – Gravity
1:13:35 – 2001: An Interstellar Odyssey
1:20:48 – The humanity theme
1:32:59 – The sound of silence
1:37:55 – Time
1:42:15 – Maths with Poggo
1:49:45 – Dr Mann kind? No, he’s quite mean
1:53:30 – Try spinning, that’s a good trick
1:59:25 – Nick’s favourite ka-cue
2:00:51 – V for Vinterstellar
2:03:26 – Final thoughts
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In Episode 21 we finally make good on our long-held promise to explore the world of videogame music, with Austin Wintory’s beautiful score for thatgamecompany’s Journey. Crucial to the experience of Journey, Wintory’s music was recognized with a Grammy nomination and is widely held to be one of the greatest videogame scores of all time. Join us as we take a videogame diversion and analyse this gorgeous soundtrack.
Episode notes:
5:20 – How does videogame music differ from film or television?
8:50 – Dan’s complicated menu music
10:05 – thatgamecompany’s journey to Journey, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s ‘flow’
16:12 – The rise of independent videogame development and aesthetics
18:20 – Nascence and Wintory’s main Journey theme
21:50 – Tina Guo’s cello, Amy Tatum’s flute, and Charissa Barger’s harp
26:30 – Solo cello in Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Hans Zimmer’s The Last Samurai
31:20 – Journey’s central weenie
33:45 – The Call, the sonic palate cleanser
38:10 – The Mountain
41:33 – Sound design and music in Journey
44:02 – The First Confluence and the absence of a downbeat
48:48 – The Bridge and the Second Confluence
51:50 – The first encounter and Journey’s dance
55:30 – ‘I was born for this’
58:05 – The Desert’s Threshold and the musical interactivity of Journey
1:04:10 – The melancholy beauty of the machines
1:10:25 – The Descent, and Nick’s musical snowboarding adventures
1:20:16 – The Belly of the Whale’s Serpent
1:26:08 – The gaze of the sentinals
1:28:18 – Journey’s achingly beautiful string writing and Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
1:34:40 – Atonement and the giant structure
1:38:56 – Journey’s Buddhist links
1:47:03 – The ascent to the peak (‘The Crossing’)
1:55:12 – The nadir
2:01:10 – Apotheosis and the hero realised
2:12:24 – The return to Tina Guo’s solo cello
2:18:28 – What does Journey mean? Is it a metaphor?
2:21:22 – The Return?
Finally, if listeners are unfamiliar with Journey, we highly recommend checking out this video recording of a playthrough of the game from start to finish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkL94nKSd2M
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Art of the Score
Time dilation is a funny thing. For many, we understand there’s been a bit of a gap between episodes. For us, however, it’s been mere minutes since our last appearance – but thanks for sticking around nonetheless, as we’re finally back to discuss Hans Zimmer, Christopher Nolan, time, and Interstellar. Join us as we chat all things organs, pianos, space travel, and answer the question of whether Interstellar is Zimmer’s greatest score of all.
Episode notes:
01:51 – Did you miss us?
09:02 - interstellar!
13:55 – Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan’s time together
15:35 – The piece of paper and early demos
24:31 – soft soft LOUD
27:07 – The discovery theme, and Interstellar’s organ
38:08 – Woodwinds of Change
39:40 – Chastain’s piano
41:25 – Countermelody of doom
45:22 – The hope theme, loops and DAWs
54:10 – Messages from home
59:48 – The tesseract acts
1:02:40 – Finding Anne Hathaway
1:06:48 – Gravity
1:13:35 – 2001: An Interstellar Odyssey
1:20:48 – The humanity theme
1:32:59 – The sound of silence
1:37:55 – Time
1:42:15 – Maths with Poggo
1:49:45 – Dr Mann kind? No, he’s quite mean
1:53:30 – Try spinning, that’s a good trick
1:59:25 – Nick’s favourite ka-cue
2:00:51 – V for Vinterstellar
2:03:26 – Final thoughts
We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.
