Sounds Like Inception And Reznor
This week saw the usual cascade of Hollywood stars emerge for their annual Oscar baskage; but alongside the silver screen there lies an array of woofers and tweeters to provide essential sonic accompaniment. This time around, the audio engineers produced a few gems…
Life Is But A Dream
One the the blockbusters from last year, Inception, has been talked about not only for its arcane nested dreamtime storyline, but also for the soundtrack devised by Hans Zimmer.
This was then augmented by an interactive, generative app that took the movie into the mobile realm – which seems to be where all media are converging at the moment. Interestingly, this app was developed with RJDJ, and apparently features beat frequency brain entrainment to boost the dreamy experience.
In the soundtrack to the movie, the Edit Piaf track is explicitly used to signal to the protagonists when it’s time to move through dream levels. However, the below video reveals an interesting sonic twist…
Trent’s Social Network
A few years ago, Trent Reznor would have seemed an unlikely candidate to pick up an Oscar for a soundtrack; but his work on The Social Network has struck a chord with the mainstream, despite its underlying alternative nature.
Peter Kirn put together a comprehensive post on the audio Oscars, and is well worth a look…