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When you imagine a capital-BBig Movie, what do you hear?
This past year has felt different.
How long has he been at sea, and what precisely has he been through?
Even the view ahead of Toth is obscured by darkness and crowds.
All we have is composer Daniel BlumbergsOscar-nominated score, announcing itself with familiar, overwhelming brass.
But then the theme starts vanishing.
What was once capital-BBig and brassy now feels claustrophobic as glissandi descend into chaos.
I love to use music to bring tension but not to direct the audiences emotions.
Blumberg similarly eschewed typical symphonic tools in favor of aBrutalistscore built around field recordings.
I thought it might be like ASMR on top of the orchestra, Bowers says.
Its the kind of music thats built on instinct more than theory.
Id just saysirensand see what he did, Blumberg says of the instructions he gave trumpet player Axel Dorner.
When something attracts my ear, its often that the composer came from a band.
In Dessners film work, theres usually a minimalist, airy quality.
We give you two themes for one person.
Sound design was kind of an afterthought, Dessner says.
Just as melody can enhance image, so too can image elevate music into something propulsive and alive.
Can this music be repurposed for memes or jokes?
Can you put it over a different scene from something else to evoke a new feeling altogether?
Every project film, dance, opera, song meets its own requirement, Bertelmann says.
Every time, Im starting from zero.
If I repeat myself, itd be my death.
