Interstellar (M&V001)
Author: Jack LeggattYo People
With top films being released on the horizon, I saw fit to write about the intrinsic link between music and film. I don’t know about you, but Interstellar comes to mind when I think of music within film. Hans Zimmer is an excellent composer (below).
Music is quintessential to the story telling within film, and music itself tells its own story.
A story’s integral part is to make the reader, listener or viewer to feel something, to think something new or just to appreciate something.
Interstellar follows a fictional but also very real ‘what-if.’ The world is at risk of starvation, destruction and extinction – ring any bells? Sounds familiar, right?
From the start, we are gripped by the context and there is an air of seriousness, and an unpredictability of the future.
Early on in the film, we are introduced to one of the most known compositions ‘Cornfield Chase,’ which introduces us to the wonder and adventure that the film is about to bring, but also gives a mood for what becomes devastating physically and emotionally.There are plenty of what-if questions raised throughout, but also a notion of bravery. This is brought about by ‘Day One’ to symbolise Coopers embarkation towards the unknown to save humanity. It gives weight to the decision he has made to leave his family behind and his courage.
In time, the wormhole scene is thrust upon its viewers. One of, if not, the most realistic and haunting visualisations of a real black hole. ‘The Wormhole’ composed by Zimmer gives a sense of impending doom and unknown, it invites a feeling of fear but also curiosity.
One of the most heartbreaking visuals of the film is when Cooper and Brand are on Miller’s Planet. The composition behind this section rhymes perfectly with the incomprehensible idea that as each ‘tick’ we hear in seconds are years passing on Earth. Cooper’s life ticking by relentlessly whilst on his daring mission. It makes you think of the universe, what planets, what life exists and how does that affect us here on Earth?
The black hole that Cooper enters (above)
Christopher Nolan pushes the boundaries with Interstellar, where realism and fictional perception of the universe meet perfectly in this film. The pinnacle of emotional blight is at the peak of the film where Cooper finds himself in the Tesseract, whereby beings communicate in the 5th dimension, influencing gravity and time, in which we see Cooper using this realm to communicate with his past self with feelings of regret to warn him of what was to come and to alter his path. The composition of ‘S.T.A.Y’ gives the feeling that we are trapped in time with Cooper, whilst the emotional stakes induced by the visuals are still very real.
Interstellar is a film that makes you think or rather rethink what you already know. Stunning visuals paired with an emotional soundtrack provides an ambitious and scarily real story making it an experience, not just a film.
Cooper in the Tesseract (above)
