r/OppenheimerMovie • u/WildButterfly85 “Chances are near zero.” • Jul 25 '23
I can’t get this one out of my head! Music Discussion
I mean, it’s just epic.
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u/footytalker Jul 25 '23
This and Can you hear the music give me goosebumps and make me tear up a little bit.
Nolan really gave us an all timer after the harsh criticism he received for Tenet
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u/Camytoms Jul 25 '23
Tenet is severely underrated though, imo at least
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u/XInsects Jul 25 '23
Yeah I think in time Tenet will grow more in status and acceptance. It was pretty radical for audiences to swallow as a popcorn spy movie.
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u/bheights Jul 25 '23
Agreed! The ability to rewind and pause are so much more effective for Tenet
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u/XInsects Jul 25 '23
I think also that the whole film was a kind of 'pincer movement', in that stuff towards the end helps inform understanding of what's happening at the beginning. For example on first watch, Michael Caine going on about a bomb going off in that place (I forget its name) made no sense to me at all - it was tricky not knowing what I was supposed to be taking in and remembering or not. But on a rewatch, stuff makes so much more sense. I really felt that Nolan was saying something about time/memory with his structuring of Tenet.
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u/bheights Jul 26 '23
Absolutely! We literally get to live through the Protagonist and get the same weird gut feeling about it all once we make it to the end. The memory aspect of it isn’t something I’d ever thought about before but you’re absolutely right. It’s one of those films I will rewatch forever and probably learn new things about it each time.
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u/MaserOfficial Jul 26 '23
Tenet was absolute garbage tbh. Incredible music, set pieces and action sequences with a plot all over the place that’s just unnecessarily convoluted and pretty much made no sense whatsoever. Dunkirk, Oppenheimer these sort of dramas is where Nolan truly excels atm imo.
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u/footytalker Jul 25 '23
It is. Tenet is not in my top 5 Nolan movies, but it was a very experimental and daring film from him
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u/lwbdougherty Jul 25 '23
“I believe we did”
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u/pattyicevv77 Jul 25 '23
First time I’ve sat in a theatre and thought for ten minutes after a film ended,ever it was insane
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u/ConsciousStupid Jul 25 '23
Especially on 1:30 it really shifts the tone from simple, soft to more serious, fast and just gives goosebumps.
Holy 💥💥💥
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u/Superman246o1 Jul 25 '23
NOLAN: Hey, Ludwig, can you give me something that progresses from "genteel conversation between two scientists" to "processing complicity in the end of the world" in less than 3 minutes?
GORANSSON: No problem.
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u/Akella333 Jul 25 '23
You should listen to the Atmos version, it’s phenomenal
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u/footytalker Jul 25 '23
Is it on YouTube?
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u/Akella333 Jul 25 '23
No, Atmos mixes are only available on Apple Music, tidal, and Amazon music. The Atmos version of this is on Apple Music, not sure about the others
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u/K1mmoo Jul 25 '23
can confirm the atmos version is available at tidal as well but you have to have the tidal hifi plus subscription to access it.
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u/Bruh_moment69420bruh Jul 25 '23
isnt atmos only useful for 5.1? guys with stereo or audiophile headphones ie. hifiman sundara myself wont have any benefit? idk
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u/Akella333 Jul 25 '23
Atmos is a mixing technology that can be played across full 7.1.2 setups all the way down to stereo headphones. Even with stereo you will still get a perceived increase in soundstage an instrument separation.
It works best with Apple headphones and earbuds because they have their own specialized optimization on top of it, that takes into account your ear shape and the type of headphone you are using.
But of course, the full affect only comes across full Atmos set ups.
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u/Bruh_moment69420bruh Jul 25 '23
yea. ill have to see then. thanks for the info. but wouldn't it all get upmixed into 2 channels. 7.1.2 Setups assume full surround sound with different speakers. so wont it, in reality, sound the same. how can it feel wider? if eventually it will still come from two diaphragms in my headphone.
Guess ill have to test it out. thanks
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u/Akella333 Jul 25 '23
It feels wider because it is mixed in a virtual surround format, so you can hear things being closer or nearer to you. It emulates the "space" around you pretty well in that regard.
For example on some of the songs in the album, I can hear a kind of subwoofer type bass directly behind me, with some instruments to the front left and right of me. This is using the airpods pro 2 with apple music.
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u/iMangeshSN Jul 25 '23
I thought Ludwig wouldn't top Tenet, but he spectacularly did.
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u/Bruh_moment69420bruh Jul 25 '23
most of oppens music is very similiar. tenets tracks are all different but fit so well together, and i love all of them. they all got the infamous "tenet" sound to them, i can't explain it, tho how to determine what sounds like tenet, but i guess its the complexity and tune and beat they all have. I've seen many artists copy the "tenet" sound lately lol tbh. It's that good.
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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jul 27 '23
The Tenet score is a fucking masterpiece and deserves more appreciation. The tracks not only have a terrific intensity and atmosphere to them, but also a groove. Many of the pieces are very rhythmic and sometimes even danceable (particularly "Trucks In Place"), which owes to Goransson's sensibilities as a record producer. He's an unlikely yet absolutely perfect collaborator for Nolan. I wonder if Nolan will get Goransson and Zimmer to work together for his next film the way he paired Zimmer and James Newton Howard for the first two Batmans.
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u/Bruh_moment69420bruh Jul 31 '23
prefer ludwig over zimmer. even zimmers mastering quality of the music, for example interstellar is quite shite in my opinion as opposed to tenet
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u/MaserOfficial Jul 26 '23
Ya this is very similar to Tenet even the sounds and some of the melodies used. Just with the added classical orchestration pieces.
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u/No-Chain2617 Jul 25 '23
Been playing it all day myself lol it like helps me think and “kitty come to testify “ fuckin gold with that build up
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u/Funny_Response_9807 Jul 25 '23
Can anyone pls tell me the name of that bgm/music that plays in the very first scene and during Oppenheimer's speech scene?
It sounds like shoes tapping on the floor
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u/Old_Debt_276 Jul 25 '23
Brooo I want this tooo!!! It sounded so overwhelming and powerful but also scary
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u/Funny_Response_9807 Jul 26 '23
Yeah but it's not in the jukebox
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u/MaserOfficial Jul 26 '23
The stomping of the foot is there at the end of the track “Kitty Comes to Testify” it’s the only place I’ve noticed so far. You can check that out.
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u/Old_Debt_276 Jul 26 '23
Omg yes it's there but only for a little bit 😔. Hopefully we get an official version or a fan just making their own rendition of the footsteps would be fine
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u/spinny_noodle Jul 25 '23
It caused a chain reaction in my brain Also I love the album cover photo of oppenheimer looking at the explosion
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u/Koftehor1 Jul 25 '23
This and Can You Hear The Music. I need a extended version of them
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u/Bruh_moment69420bruh Jul 25 '23
i need a 5 min one at least. 5 mins is perfect. 2 mins is way too little. sad. maybe ludwig will listen if we make enough noise. doubt it tho
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u/Leonex2560 Jul 25 '23
The starting is the peak for me, so peaceful and melodious yet the ending is the exact opposite
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u/pabsi9 Jul 25 '23
this one is my fav, the pacing is just a masterpiece on this one. I can play it on repeat and does not get boring and gets better and better IMO
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u/kruezp Jul 25 '23
doesn't it also sound a bit like the 'dark' theme as in the TV series
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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jul 27 '23
Oh shit you're right. Those sweeping, brass-like synths over the arpeggios sound a lot like the Dark soundtrack.
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u/hasanahmad Jul 25 '23
This soundtrack moves Ludwig into legendary status
The increased rhythm matches the foot stomping scenes in the movie .
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u/Accomplished-Head432 Jul 25 '23
I’m surprised Hans Zimmer didn’t have a part in this sound track
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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jul 27 '23
He was again busy with Dune, this time part two. He couldn't do Tenet because he was too busy with Dune 1.
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u/MelodicPiranha Jul 25 '23
Can You Hear The Music definitely is the highlight of the soundtrack. It’s so so good.
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u/Dwingledork Jul 26 '23
Saaame bro! Been humming it at work while working on excel formulas imagining them as scientific formulas
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u/Butt_Sauce Jul 27 '23
Reminds me of this track by EL-P, Time Won’t Tell, minus the drum beat. Similar build up and production style.
Would t be surprised if these two were friend and/or fans of each other.
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u/TheTruckWashChannel Jul 27 '23
Can You Hear the Music, Meeting Kitty, and Manhattan Project are my favorites. I love how the pieces are primarily violin-based but incorporate heavy electronic elements in their second halves. It feels anachronistic in a very fitting way, given the story is about a man who essentially saw and brought forth the future.
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u/Imaginary-Wrongdoer4 Sep 02 '23
I hope that at some point, Ludwig will release a version of the score with the foot stomping included, because Destroyer of Worlds is much more of a banger to listen to with it!
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u/Smol-Lunar-Elephant Jul 25 '23
It's my favorite after Can You Hear The Music! Gives off "Time" from Inception vibes