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AWESOME
ORIGINAL
SOUNDTRACKS
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DESERVE
A LISTEN
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
Keeping up with his reputation of churning
out mind bending movies, Cristopher Nolan
made Interstellar. It was his first movie after
the infamous Batman trilogy and this science
fiction divided opinions like no other. What
didn’t divide opinions was the soundtrack.
Trusted with the soundtrack of another Nolan
movie, Hans Zimmer proved why he is one of the
most prolific music directors of this era. Slow
and scattered, the Interstellar takes you into a
zero-gravity zone where a string of his music
is holding you in place. You’re at the mercy of
Hans Zimmer’s music and you cant help but,
be a part of Cooper’s journey back home. A
beautifully shot movie loses its charm if the
music doesn’t match the beauty of what you’re
seeing. This space epic gets a more than worthy
partner with organ and strings flowing fluidly
around your ears.
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The Godfather - Nino Rota
One of the greatest movies ever made, the
Godfather trilogy is more like a tale of two
movies than three. When you think about The
Godfather, very few would think anything other
the infamous dialogue “I’ll make him an offer he
can’t refuse.” But, there is something about the
soundtrack that leaves a n impression that lasts
longer than the 177 minutes of the movie. The
movie set in the late ‘40s and there is something
about the trumpet and string tones by Rota that
somehow take you out of the mean streets of
New York and calmly thump you in the lanes of
Italy. When a movie revolves around a Mafia, the
soundtrack has to constantly keep you on your
feet. Rota doesn’t do that with anything more
than accordion driven swing music with a blend
of jazz with a sombre theme.
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The Artist - Ludovic Bource
Released in 2011, The Artist is a silent film that
swept the Oscars that year, and also won the
award for the best original soundtrack. It is hard
to argue otherwise when you watch the movie
or even just Google the soundtrack. The movie
follows the rise and fall of a famous silent film
actor, and the soundtrack takes you through that
journey. It makes you tap your feet with George
Valentin and the very next moment you feel
the agony of him losing the grip on his career.
Music has an even greater role in silents films
and Ludovic delivers an absolute peach with
The Artist. The film's climactic scene is set to
Bernard Herrmann's "Scène d'amour" from his
score to Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo. If you
like orchestral music, The Artist soundtrack
is a beatiful rendition of French and American
influences.
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Jaws - John Williams
Released in 1975, Jaws is one of the most iconic
movie franchisees of all time. Apart from
Spielberg’s vision behind the camera, John
Williams’ Academy Award Winning score takes
you into a journey to the centre of the ocean.
Slowly building up the music throughout the
two movies, John Williams produced some of
the most iconic tunes of an original soundtrack.
Even when you hit the play button and your
eyes are closed, you can feel the breathlessness
that comes with the fear of a giant killer shark
that is after your life. Similar to what Spielberg
does with visuals, Williams comes up with dark
tones that eventually burst into your ears and
catch hold of your attention like the sharp tooth
a killer shark.
Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer
Released in 2017 is another Nolan masterpiece
that revolves around the World War II. A movie
that confuse people if they blink for an extra
second than usual, the disjointed nature of the
movie blends in with the soundtrack produced
by the man who is a synonym to Christopher
Nolan. Hans Zimmer’s music in this movie is
a 106-minute masterclass about how to put the
pieces of a spatially disjointed movie together
through music. The movie goes from land to
space to water and the score binds all the three
storylines together by fourteen cellos and a
double bass. The tension and violence of war
that results in nothing else but demolition is
ironically stitched together by Has Zimmer and
his intelligent scoring. "Nimrod" from Edward
Elgar's Enigma Variations was slowed down to
six beats per minute to avoid it from sounding
too sentimental.
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