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Oct 9, 2013 - 4:12 PM
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dogplant
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What's wrong with a film being intellectual?
Nothing.
I found the quote, from an October 3 'Cool News' interview, and Cuarón did not use that word:
'At one point, we did experiment with complete silence, and it was an alienating experience for the audience. We were pushing them too far away. Silence makes sense in contrast with sound, but we were clear that we didn't want to do something like putting sound in space. So the only sound that you hear as effects is whenever there is interaction with their bodies, because the vibrations would resonate in their ears. And then we took the approach of using music to convey a certain sense of energy. An interesting thing that Steven Price did is that it's music composed for surround. In other words, conventional music comes stereo right and left of the screen; here, it's a bunch of split tracks coming from every single one of the speakers, but not all of them at the same time. Sometimes it's a harmony that appears behind you and starts traveling around and converges with a harmony that is going in the opposite direction. What was important was to create an immersive experience, where you feel like an extra astronaut that is floating next to our characters.'
More on the sound design here: https://vimeo.com/76123849
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This was the worst score I heard in a film last year. Every time it started droning or blaring with zero subtlety and no actually interesting musicality it took me right out of the film (which is also insanely overrated -- it's basically SPACE: THE RIDE). Completely didactic noise that sucked any tension out of the proceedings. And that awful, Zimmer-y "one woman wail" ending cue, ugh.
I also didn't really get why this was such a good score, though the movie is great. I don't think it's horrible, but it's not award-worthy, either.
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This was the worst score I heard in a film last year.
I don't agree. It's a vanguardist piece of music in the times that Remote Control kind of scores dominate every feature. It's very narrative also.
(which is also insanely overrated -- it's basically SPACE: THE RIDE).
I do agree.
And that awful, Zimmer-y "one woman wail" ending cue, ugh.
Woman wail has been overused but I thought it was very appropriate for the scene.
Appropriate for the cathartic conclusion of the film and her story, but no less annoying as a device. Does that make sense?
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