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Ludwig Göransson's at times celestial, sometimes mechanical, sometimes melancholy, and often unsettling synthesizer-injected orchestral score for Christopher Nolan's Atomic Age biopic Oppenheimer is inescapable in a film that, at least as one point, has nothing short of the Earth's atmosphere on the line. Clocking in at 94 minutes in all (though it should be noted that the movie's runtime is 180), the score's more urgent moments include the booming "Manhattan Project," with its pulsing metallic tones, echoey piano, and ascending and descending string progressions; the relentless sixteenth-note violin attack of "Fusion"; and, later, the marching "Kitty Comes to Testify," as the film turns from science epic toward political thriller. While much of the score is repetitive -- in a deliberate, minimalist way, not in a recycled sense -- more attention-grabbing, experimental moments include the ominous, percussive "Atmospheric Ignition" and the throbbing, noise- and effects-based "Ground Zero." There are rousing orchestral passages here, too, such as the early-arriving "Can You Hear the Music," a track reportedly modeled after Stravinsky that introduces a hexatonic scale that forms the basis of the main character's leitmotif. (That cue was also a technical feat to record, with its 21 tempo changes in less than two minutes.) The score also includes traditionally suspenseful ("The Trial") and sentimental moments ("A Lowly Shoe Salesman"), among others. If anything, Göransson can be accused of overindulging on such an ambitious project, well before he could be said to be mailing it in. Academy voters approved: Oppenheimer won Göransson his second Oscar for Best Original Score (after Black Panther), to add to his Grammy and Golden Globe for the film.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
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Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Kotcheff, Composer
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Kotcheff, Composer
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Ludwig Goransson, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Album review
Ludwig Göransson's at times celestial, sometimes mechanical, sometimes melancholy, and often unsettling synthesizer-injected orchestral score for Christopher Nolan's Atomic Age biopic Oppenheimer is inescapable in a film that, at least as one point, has nothing short of the Earth's atmosphere on the line. Clocking in at 94 minutes in all (though it should be noted that the movie's runtime is 180), the score's more urgent moments include the booming "Manhattan Project," with its pulsing metallic tones, echoey piano, and ascending and descending string progressions; the relentless sixteenth-note violin attack of "Fusion"; and, later, the marching "Kitty Comes to Testify," as the film turns from science epic toward political thriller. While much of the score is repetitive -- in a deliberate, minimalist way, not in a recycled sense -- more attention-grabbing, experimental moments include the ominous, percussive "Atmospheric Ignition" and the throbbing, noise- and effects-based "Ground Zero." There are rousing orchestral passages here, too, such as the early-arriving "Can You Hear the Music," a track reportedly modeled after Stravinsky that introduces a hexatonic scale that forms the basis of the main character's leitmotif. (That cue was also a technical feat to record, with its 21 tempo changes in less than two minutes.) The score also includes traditionally suspenseful ("The Trial") and sentimental moments ("A Lowly Shoe Salesman"), among others. If anything, Göransson can be accused of overindulging on such an ambitious project, well before he could be said to be mailing it in. Academy voters approved: Oppenheimer won Göransson his second Oscar for Best Original Score (after Black Panther), to add to his Grammy and Golden Globe for the film.
© Marcy Donelson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:34:42
- Main artists: Ludwig Goransson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Back Lot Music
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
2023 Universal Studios 2023 Back Lot Music, a Division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
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