“Music is a character in this film because a good portion of it is silent,” says director George Clooney about his movie “The Midnight Sky.” “Not just highlighting moments of sadness or terror, but also to carry the emotion all the way through.”
Composer Alexandre Desplat wrote more than 90 minutes of music for the sci-fi film, which stars Clooney as a scientist in the Arctic trying to contact a ship returning from Jupiter to convey the bad news: Radiation is enveloping Earth, and most of its inhabitants are dead or dying.
“It’s like a ballet or a concert on-screen,” notes Desplat. “The characters don’t talk much; the visuals are leading the story. Music conveys the emotions of all the characters: Augustine [Clooney], who is very ill; the little girl [Caoilinn Springall], who doesn’t speak; the crew in the spaceship.”
That girl, who turns up on the Arctic base...
Composer Alexandre Desplat wrote more than 90 minutes of music for the sci-fi film, which stars Clooney as a scientist in the Arctic trying to contact a ship returning from Jupiter to convey the bad news: Radiation is enveloping Earth, and most of its inhabitants are dead or dying.
“It’s like a ballet or a concert on-screen,” notes Desplat. “The characters don’t talk much; the visuals are leading the story. Music conveys the emotions of all the characters: Augustine [Clooney], who is very ill; the little girl [Caoilinn Springall], who doesn’t speak; the crew in the spaceship.”
That girl, who turns up on the Arctic base...
- 1/14/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“When I get a call saying, ‘Do you want to do a Western?,’ my answer is always yes,” says “News of the World” composer James Newton Howard. “I love Westerns.”
Previous horse dramas for the eight-time Oscar nominee have included “Wyatt Earp” and “Hidalgo.” His collaboration with director Paul Greengrass was his first, and he visited the New Mexico location during shooting more than a year ago.
“The New Mexico desert is always inspiring,” Howard says. “The vistas are limitless and magnificent, and the silence was fantastic. It was one of my few visits to a set that I really enjoyed.”
Yet, Howard admits, “It took a while to find the voice of the movie.” Greengrass sought a “broken sound,” he says, reflecting the feeling of post-Civil War America, and asked for authentic 19th-century instruments to convey the period and South Texas locale. Fiddles, guitars and banjos are heard, along with mandolin,...
Previous horse dramas for the eight-time Oscar nominee have included “Wyatt Earp” and “Hidalgo.” His collaboration with director Paul Greengrass was his first, and he visited the New Mexico location during shooting more than a year ago.
“The New Mexico desert is always inspiring,” Howard says. “The vistas are limitless and magnificent, and the silence was fantastic. It was one of my few visits to a set that I really enjoyed.”
Yet, Howard admits, “It took a while to find the voice of the movie.” Greengrass sought a “broken sound,” he says, reflecting the feeling of post-Civil War America, and asked for authentic 19th-century instruments to convey the period and South Texas locale. Fiddles, guitars and banjos are heard, along with mandolin,...
- 12/25/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Just a year ago the name of a composer Nico Cartosio was known mainly by harmony professors and classic music connoisseurs. But today millions of music lovers all around the world admire his works. As the composer’s debut album has been released recently, we decided to give our readers a more detailed look at Nico.
Cartosio is called a genius of our time. He literally burst into the music’s Big League, making a dizzying pirouette from being just a composer to an iconic musician for thousands of quality music fans.
Cartosio is called a genius of our time. He literally burst into the music’s Big League, making a dizzying pirouette from being just a composer to an iconic musician for thousands of quality music fans.
- 5/6/2019
- by Branded Content
- Rollingstone.com
Music Composed and Arranged by: Hans Zimmer
Conducted by: Gavin Greenaway and Matt Dunkley
Release Date: 2012
Format: Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1 (15 tracks, approx. 51 minutes)
Label: WaterTower Music
Academy- Award® winning composer Hans Zimmer teams for the fourth time with writer/director Christopher Nolan to create the music for the final installment of his Dark Knight Trilogy.
“I thought after we finished the last one [The Dark Knight], that was it,” said Zimmer. “There was nothing else we could possibly do. At the same time, when I started reading this script, I instantly knew that there was a whole world out there that I hadn’t even touched yet.”
“I have never worked with someone so dedicated to the idea that the real risk is in playing it safe,” said Nolan. “Hans taught me that you sometimes have to go in what appears to be the wrong direction to discover all the possibilities,...
Conducted by: Gavin Greenaway and Matt Dunkley
Release Date: 2012
Format: Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1 (15 tracks, approx. 51 minutes)
Label: WaterTower Music
Academy- Award® winning composer Hans Zimmer teams for the fourth time with writer/director Christopher Nolan to create the music for the final installment of his Dark Knight Trilogy.
“I thought after we finished the last one [The Dark Knight], that was it,” said Zimmer. “There was nothing else we could possibly do. At the same time, when I started reading this script, I instantly knew that there was a whole world out there that I hadn’t even touched yet.”
“I have never worked with someone so dedicated to the idea that the real risk is in playing it safe,” said Nolan. “Hans taught me that you sometimes have to go in what appears to be the wrong direction to discover all the possibilities,...
- 7/25/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Glad you returned back to the Mouse House. As many readers can easily observe, one main focus of this Disney column is to cover Disney’s wide array of music, from touching upon the electric score of Tron: Legacy to highlighting the more overlooked songs in the catalogue. Today, I wanted to shift gears – or should I say, ears – and set the lens on the fantastic music found within the (domestic) Disney theme parks. No formal list here, just take some notice to a handful of the best scores/melodies and songs within Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. Maybe you will be transformed to another place and time, too.
Soarin’ Over California (composed by Jerry Goldsmith)
Perhaps the perfect piano rendition by one of the most perfect pieces ever written for a theme park attraction, this cover of “Soarin’ Over California,” or the abbreviated ”Soarin’” as it is called at Epcot,...
Soarin’ Over California (composed by Jerry Goldsmith)
Perhaps the perfect piano rendition by one of the most perfect pieces ever written for a theme park attraction, this cover of “Soarin’ Over California,” or the abbreviated ”Soarin’” as it is called at Epcot,...
- 3/15/2011
- by Brett Nachman
- FusedFilm
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