The Oppenheimer Theme's WILDLY Confusing Timing

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  • @CharlesCornellStudios
    @CharlesCornellStudios  Год назад +968

    What did you think of this theme? Was it your favorite from the film, or were there other moments you thought were even cooler? ALSO, if you want to grab some info on the upcoming Black Friday sale INCLUDING some free sneak peeks at the content, check this out- cornellmusicacademy.com/blackfriday

    • @vandettfnf
      @vandettfnf Год назад +21

      the theme is so magical and ethereal it's insane

    • @DinoGaming-wz3jv
      @DinoGaming-wz3jv Год назад +3

      It is so good

    • @eveh4837
      @eveh4837 Год назад +15

      It almost has a Hans Zimmer / Interstellar feel to it with all the horns and grand buildup. It’s gorgeous 🥹

    • @molybdnum
      @molybdnum Год назад +13

      Fantastic entry into the growing canon of minimalist-inspired but aggressively emotive film music. It's the mechanical buildup of Zimmer's "No time for caution" glued onto the arpeggios and brass presence of Glass's "Window of appearances" and the raw emotive power of Arvo Pärt's "Fratres".

    • @indyfan9845
      @indyfan9845 Год назад +16

      The theme and its ebbing and flowing tempo reminds me of a Geiger Counter and how they tick at different speeds depending on radiation levels.

  • @edkraken7011
    @edkraken7011 Год назад +6575

    When I first heard it in the theatre I was blown away. It sounded so organic and so mechanical at the same time. Paired this film's visuals was just otherworldly and so beautiful. Best film I've seen this year and a lot was thanks to the score.

    • @ForeverBroken9
      @ForeverBroken9 Год назад +15

      I agree with you

    • @wafflesaucey
      @wafflesaucey Год назад +29

      It was damn good. Saw it with some friends a month or so ago, and I do remember the music. Thing is, I was kind of sick when I saw it, which tainted the experience.

    • @missrobinhoodie
      @missrobinhoodie Год назад +58

      „organic and mechanical“ describes the *physics* of this movie really well

    • @vita7456
      @vita7456 Год назад +24

      The thing about the score is that it’s not just background music. It feels incredibly intertwined with the film and the experience of watching it. The color, the visuals, the story, the performances; the music is fundamentally connected to all these things, and changing the music would change the whole experience.

    • @noahlani6480
      @noahlani6480 Год назад +9

      It feels so free yet constricted, breathing in yet exhaling

  • @fuzzydunlop1988
    @fuzzydunlop1988 Год назад +9134

    Ludwig Goransson is really making a name for himself. Knocks it out of the park every time.

    • @calesun9
      @calesun9 Год назад +261

      Yeah I feel like he came out of no where with the first Black Panther and has had hit after hit ever since

    • @fuzzydunlop1988
      @fuzzydunlop1988 Год назад +70

      @calesun9 I'm on a huge Bill Conti buzz and he was able to channel that in Creed while remaining original. Same can be said about The Mandalorian.

    • @calesun9
      @calesun9 Год назад +5

      @fuzzydunlop1988 oh yeah, I can hear those similarities

    • @bryce6915
      @bryce6915 Год назад +70

      Mandolorian is crazy

    • @calesun9
      @calesun9 Год назад +1

      @@bryce6915 of course

  • @AnymMusic
    @AnymMusic Год назад +4147

    I adore that Oppenheimer brass motif SO much. So much reverb, so much power, YES

    • @user-fu7zf4ck9z
      @user-fu7zf4ck9z Год назад +68

      It’s surprisingly similar to the Miguel theme from Across the Spiderverse

    • @echuidor
      @echuidor Год назад +1

      Same here. It feels like something is going wrong, against the natural laws: the nucleus is forcefully split apart, the fabric of reality is being torn down.

    • @standporter
      @standporter Год назад +33

      It's good, but it's also nearly identical to the descending fifth motif at the end of Inception.

    • @MrDivagation
      @MrDivagation Год назад +39

      @@standporter It's actually a pretty "common" element (and it was before Inception as well), because it just works extremely well ! But played in this context, it takes a whole different vibe !

    • @josiahsimmons9866
      @josiahsimmons9866 Год назад +9

      The orchestration and sound design for that are absolutely unique and I love it. Sounds like a ton of reverb and distortion. Maybe saturation

  • @laurenstandifer
    @laurenstandifer Год назад +1418

    as a violinist, when i heard this in the theater, i was blown away. it's so incredibly hard to play, yet such an incredibly beautiful piece of music

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 Год назад +4

      Is it any easier on a keyboard?😮

    • @alphabetsoup6013
      @alphabetsoup6013 11 месяцев назад +18

      @@davidw.2791 Not really, because it's counting so it's the same across all instrumentation

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@alphabetsoup6013 Thank you!

    • @greenairmaxbackpack
      @greenairmaxbackpack 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@davidw.2791it is in my opinion. depends on how good you are and how often you play and what instruments you are familiar with. i can play both violin and keyboard. i think it’s easier on keyboard…. still tuff

    • @fverrieres
      @fverrieres 8 месяцев назад +3

      Not so difficult to play but we can feel that the composer is not a violonist so it’s not fully natural to play you can probably have exactly the same pattern profile but more playable

  • @mgreene1409
    @mgreene1409 Год назад +2535

    Composer: It's impossible to play this score from beginning to end with the correct tempo. 🧐
    Orchestra: Hold my click track. 😎

    • @johndodd7870
      @johndodd7870 Год назад +185

      Studio recording artist: What I need is a person who signals the tempo to the other musicians.
      Orchestra player: You mean a conductor.
      Studio artist: No! My thing is totally different.

    • @magic_cfw
      @magic_cfw Год назад +37

      @@johndodd7870 considering the music, one conductor is not enough

    • @SreeKrishnanandh
      @SreeKrishnanandh 10 месяцев назад +18

      It took them 48 days to perfect this

    • @lorenamenendez6709
      @lorenamenendez6709 5 месяцев назад +6

      @@johndodd7870 so many scores have tempo changes he makes it sound like it's a big deal. my national anthem is plagued with tempo changes and orchestras and bands play it all the time

    • @Woreyel
      @Woreyel 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@lorenamenendez6709If a piece of music has that tempo changes it might as well be rubato!

  • @matttully3178
    @matttully3178 Год назад +1012

    For those who aren’t familiar with the movie or soundtrack, this technically isn’t called “Oppenheimer’s Theme” but rather “Can you Hear the Music”.

    • @jadesixlv
      @jadesixlv 11 месяцев назад +12

      Appreciate you saying so.

    • @boppertron4929
      @boppertron4929 11 месяцев назад +96

      It kicks in after a line from Bohr spoken to Oppenheimer.
      "It's like reading sheet music. The question isnt whether you can read the music, its whether you can hear the music. Can you hear the music, Robert?"

    • @twitchchronicle1186
      @twitchchronicle1186 9 месяцев назад +25

      it's like "Interstellar's Theme", but rather called "Cornfield Chase"

    • @veronikamajerova4564
      @veronikamajerova4564 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@boppertron4929 "Yes, I can."

    • @diegos.1973
      @diegos.1973 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@twitchchronicle1186 i relate more to "Interestellar's Theme" being "Day One" instead of "Cornfield Chase"

  • @SoulKing0448
    @SoulKing0448 Год назад +2391

    The build up to the bomb going off has got to be the most amazing build to a release that I’ve ever witnessed in my life. Such a fast paced moment but it feels so intense for whether or not the bomb will actually go off. The moment let me at the edge of my seat with my eyes glued to what could possibly happen next

    • @izjgxj4275
      @izjgxj4275 Год назад +71

      I loved the entirety of the movie but the second act, everything about los alamos and making the bomb leading up to the first test is absolutely phenomenal. The buildup in the last few minutes before the test including the absolutely nerve wrecking trinity by ludwig göransson was incredible in theatre. As it isn't a science fiction movie or anything made up you obviously know where the build up leads and still it was way more captivating than many recent movies i saw, even some which i'd say are great in their own right. This movie but especially the second act was just outstanding

    • @davidfuller581
      @davidfuller581 Год назад +19

      Trinity to me feels like it's borrowing very heavily from pieces like "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima". Goransson did his homework, that much is for sure...

    • @jakobboers5067
      @jakobboers5067 Год назад +11

      I had such a visceral reaction to that sequence, I couldn’t move or stop myself from hyperventilating. Absolutely phenomenal

    • @ricarleite
      @ricarleite Год назад +1

      Uhm you didn't know?

    • @Lianpe98
      @Lianpe98 Год назад +13

      To me the build up during the last 10 minutes or so of the "not an actual trial" was even wilder, it just kept getting more and more and more and more and more and more tense and anxious for so so long without losing momentum until it finally blew up... and it blew me away (pun intended).

  • @markusdrew5629
    @markusdrew5629 Год назад +149

    This guy can hear the music.

    • @SunMoonSpeedruns
      @SunMoonSpeedruns 4 месяца назад +8

      For those who don’t get it: The name of the piece is “can you hear the music”

    • @Mikrowave
      @Mikrowave 4 месяца назад +3

      thats pretty smart

  • @moritzrkm
    @moritzrkm Год назад +1656

    The score is in one word: perfect. It fits absolutely perfect for the movie and is absolutely mouth melting to listen to. I was already amazed by what Ludwig did for Tenet, his previous and also first work with Chris Nolan, but the score for Oppenheimer just proved once again that he is a musical genius.

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Год назад +6

      Ok

    • @EjayT06
      @EjayT06 Год назад +44

      @@LavaCreeperPeoplegreat input

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Год назад +24

      @@EjayT06 i don't know man, i just agree

    • @EjayT06
      @EjayT06 Год назад +23

      @@LavaCreeperPeople haha fair enough

    • @sagittariusbstar1805
      @sagittariusbstar1805 Год назад +11

      I fucking loved the Tenet soundtrack. Everything about it was perfect for the movie. It gave off a claustrophobic feeling by having such a high tempo with the very extreme volume (it either was very quiet or hella loud). It also perfectly somehow captures a metallic sound, since the movie is very futuristic and „distant“ if you know what I mean. And the best part? You could play the soundtrack backwards and it still would make sense melodic wise.

  • @somebodywithagun
    @somebodywithagun Год назад +832

    When tempo changes like this, as a drummer, knowing this is coming, you stop counting. Your body continues playing at the tempo, and you start listening to the new tempo. You don't start counting it, just listen. Then you switch. Very challenging. What can help for musicians who don't play with their mouth, is to talk while playing and keeping tempo. It can be very difficult to do unless you start talking at the tempo you are playing.

    • @russell_szabados
      @russell_szabados Год назад +38

      This is brilliant advice that can work for any instrumentalist willing to put in the time to master it. Thanks for sharing it!

    • @redleader5625
      @redleader5625 Год назад +40

      You really do "hear the music" instead of "read the music" in that sense. Your body keeps going with the current while you're hearing and prepping the future.

    • @OneNidim
      @OneNidim Год назад +13

      @@redleader5625agreed. Most of the time self taught musicians get trashed for not practicing certain things but I developed this ability through my many years of passive practice and listening to tons of music. I don’t practice it much but I’ve noticed I’ve never had to trouble adapting or following any tempo change or beat pattern. I play guitar and my biggest challenge is knowing exactly where I am and I don’t do enough practice with my fretting hand.

    • @bluefish239
      @bluefish239 Год назад +5

      I suspected drummers have an easier time with it, so it's neat to see at least one confirming it for me. I'm still in aw the way percussionists can just sort of...separate each of their limbs from each other. I know its "just" lots of practice and internalized tempo, but I still find it to be pretty impressive.

    • @sitarvitar
      @sitarvitar 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@redleader5625Thats what I was thinking. This gives a whole new meaning to the line “Can you hear the music?”

  • @viola_case
    @viola_case Год назад +1062

    I cannot wait to see orchestras across the country playing Oppenheimer live in concert

    • @vismaykedilaya1318
      @vismaykedilaya1318 Год назад +11

      yo ray chen arrangement?

    • @NateGH36O
      @NateGH36O Год назад +33

      I feel like its a pretty international score by now, I’m excited to hear all countries explore Ludwig’s music!

    • @RegentStudios
      @RegentStudios Год назад +42

      It’s likely not playable in concert due to the tempo changes. But that would be very cool for sure. 😂

    • @BryanLu0
      @BryanLu0 Год назад +52

      ​@@RegentStudiosWith enough practice, anything is possible. Though you might actually have to look at the conductor for once lol

    • @palibakufun
      @palibakufun Год назад +11

      @@RegentStudios I really don't think that sudden tempo changes are as hard as it's being made out to be. It's not terribly easy, but honestly as long as you get just vaguely in the ballpark of the right tempo it doesn't really matter that much, and that's not a difficult thing to do at all. Tracking it would be much harder than playing it live.

  • @Tariselan
    @Tariselan Год назад +644

    one of the most spectacular things in music is being able to portray stories and emotions without the context around it and I feel Oppenheimer’s soundtrack does this brilliantly

    • @justinhughees
      @justinhughees Год назад +2

      Yes

    • @dancer_to_a_discrodant_system
      @dancer_to_a_discrodant_system Год назад +1

      Absolutely
      Dune as well

    • @gubbinsly
      @gubbinsly Год назад +12

      I think we can add Interstellar to that as well!!

    • @astroblaze_
      @astroblaze_ 6 месяцев назад

      a comment on the RUclips upload of this track said something about the music itself sounding like a particle accelerating until it disintegrated, and, well, nuclear bomb -- so yes, absolutely

  • @andromeday8508
    @andromeday8508 Год назад +236

    as a violist this is already incredibly hard to play at even slower speeds, it's absolutely amazing that the orchestra could play it at all those different tempos while staying so in sync. MAJOR props (no pun intended ahah)

  • @brendanhorman884
    @brendanhorman884 Год назад +322

    @7:00 is quite possibly the most emotionally intense sequence of chord identifications I've ever experienced

    • @Yeetntx
      @Yeetntx Год назад +16

      i can see his excitement building up as it reaches the end

    • @marcusaurelius5742
      @marcusaurelius5742 11 месяцев назад +11

      Almost busted ngl

    • @blarghinatelazer9394
      @blarghinatelazer9394 3 дня назад

      I remember sitting down in the theater and knowing I was in for a ride when this played within the first 10 minutes. Felt myself physically moved by the rising intensity, the fluttering in my chest and the relieved sigh as it ended. What a perfect opener for this film.

  • @awkwardsilence430
    @awkwardsilence430 Год назад +482

    Oppenheimer is one of my most favorite recent films, its so complex and such an important story to tell, and beautifully executed. Cool to see that's reflected in the complexity of the score.

    • @ekieli
      @ekieli Год назад +3

      Overrated movie

    • @awkwardsilence430
      @awkwardsilence430 Год назад +6

      @@ekieli lol

    • @InsanityoftheSanities
      @InsanityoftheSanities Год назад +12

      @@ekielimost sane Barbie movie enthusiast

    • @PanD0rA_
      @PanD0rA_ Год назад

      @@ekieliperfectly rated

    • @yodoleheehoo90
      @yodoleheehoo90 Год назад

      same here, I was blown away, pun intended! If not for the unnecesary sex scenes and overload of dialogue, it would be a perfect 10, I rate it an 8!

  • @dnbuhat
    @dnbuhat Год назад +194

    When I first heard the piece, it reminded me of fusion/fission. We expand, then contract, and it gets more intense. The contrast between the ascending and descending patterns can also be compared to the black and white to colored scenes. Ludwig killed it with this piece. Insane work.

    • @dturpin2638
      @dturpin2638 7 месяцев назад +1

      Are you saying that because the movie is about nuclear bombs? If not, Goransson is a genius.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid Год назад +974

    I didn't know the human brain was even capable of keeping track of two completely unrelated rhythms simultaneously. Crazy stuff!
    Also crazy that it sounds so pleasant and doesn't throw the listener completely off!

    • @estherpettigrew3042
      @estherpettigrew3042 Год назад +31

      Yeah. I don’t think I could do that. I’m no rhythmic genius or professional musician, but o have kept my skills from being a vocalist and pianist for a choir for decades. And I’ve never had to play one tempo while hearing the next one. I think I’d need some practice to be able to do it.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Год назад +2

      @@mal2ksc fascinating, I had no idea! :) I would've thought that something like this basically never comes up because rhythms usually have some kind of simple whole number relation to another.

    • @hrothgarnogar
      @hrothgarnogar Год назад +19

      You should listen to some prog rock/metal or jazz lol. It's literally all they do every song.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Год назад +14

      @@hrothgarnogar_unrelated_ rhythms? Are you sure?

    • @djat7933
      @djat7933 Год назад

      And during movie scoring sessions, the musicians rarely see the music in advance so they come in and sight read. I wonder how many takes it took to pull this off.

  • @tgpsonic
    @tgpsonic Год назад +152

    Oppenheimer was such a mindblowing and spine-tingling experience, the score was a big part of that for me and I'm glad you took some time to talk about it. Your content really is exciting each time, thank you and keep doing what your doing!

  • @randomandoweeb5328
    @randomandoweeb5328 Год назад +58

    This song has always made me think of a centrifuge spinning faster and faster until it shatters. Great video by the way! You always make music theory fun.

    • @CordialBuffoon
      @CordialBuffoon 11 месяцев назад

      They show Lawrence working on the first cyclotron in his lab, the desendant of which is CERN. Oppenheimer starts out pondering the implosion of stars. That tactile sensation of building frightful momentum and spinning out of control is very thematic and intentional

    • @7heRequiem
      @7heRequiem 11 месяцев назад +1

      But that's the best part, it doesnt shatter, just at around the point of shattering, it goes back to spinning!

    • @suleymanefedogan6807
      @suleymanefedogan6807 10 месяцев назад +1

      Listening this Song is like levitating and spinning at the same time while the earth is crushing and burning

  • @manuelprata9285
    @manuelprata9285 Год назад +47

    Listening to this theme in IMAX has completely blown my mind, one of the best cinematic experiences I’ve ever had

    • @drumcorpslot
      @drumcorpslot Год назад +1

      Dolby cinema is better than Imax is every possible way.

  • @8348beab
    @8348beab Год назад +162

    I think it's actually a mixture of metric modulation and tempo changes.
    From an ascending phrase to a descending phrase, the time in which 3 8th notes are played becomes the time in which 4 8th notes are played. So the tempo is multiplied by 3/4 to get the new tempo.
    From a descending phrase back to an ascending phrase, the new tempo is not actually determined by the tempo of the previous descending phrase, but the tempo of the previous ascending phrase. The song starts at 150 bpm, and for each new ascending phrase the tempo increases by 30 bpm from the previous ascending phrase.
    I'm not sure if I'm 100% accurate, but I overlayed a click track with these tempo changes on top of the original and it seems to be correct.

    • @devindriggs6695
      @devindriggs6695 Год назад +10

      The second transition from descending to ascending is also a metric modulation! If you subdivide the 6 beats over two bars into 5 instead, that’ll become the new best for the next ascending phrase, which is a very cool and difficult transition, but totally achievable mathematically by humans :)

    • @8348beab
      @8348beab Год назад +7

      @@devindriggs6695 Thanks for sharing! Now that I think about it, technically all the transitions from descending to ascending can also be considered metric modulations, where 6 goes into 5, 7 goes into 6, and n goes into n-1. Pretty neat lol

    • @TedHendershot
      @TedHendershot Год назад +2

      For the first part, I was sure this was what was happening and was waiting for him to talk about it! When he was talking about subdivision at 9:00, I thought he was going to go "and what if we took just six of the eighth notes..."

    • @Myrslokstok
      @Myrslokstok Год назад

      Soo fun that people have teories about a song, and it is not just 4 cords!

    • @8348beab
      @8348beab Год назад

      @@Myrslokstok it isnt just fore cords???? I never knew 😱

  • @fitchyyboi
    @fitchyyboi Год назад +43

    I love seeing Charles so excited because it makes me know that I might not be as insane as I think

  • @ankitjojha
    @ankitjojha Год назад +24

    Can You Hear The Music just gives out a bold blend of euphoria and existentialism

  • @cadebuhrer148
    @cadebuhrer148 Год назад +184

    I really hope Ludwig gets some love at the Oscar’s for this, the score is truly an amazing composition

    • @legodestroyer11
      @legodestroyer11 Год назад +14

      There’s nothing that comes close to this in other movies this year

    • @kingkiller5325
      @kingkiller5325 10 месяцев назад

      He's literally winning everywhere.
      He is an absolute lock for the Oscar win.

    • @mistersunshine1330
      @mistersunshine1330 9 месяцев назад +9

      He just won it

    • @King_Andrew
      @King_Andrew 9 месяцев назад +1

      He just won it

  • @skarblown_anim
    @skarblown_anim Год назад +6

    Can you hear the music, Mr Cornell ?
    - Yes I fu****g can.

  • @sublow-1164
    @sublow-1164 Год назад +51

    I love how the song has that particle accelerator sound, when it accelerates around the halfway mark. It’s so good, and makes me think of science and atoms

  • @Needleandfur
    @Needleandfur Год назад +92

    I loved this piece, such a rush and hair raiser. It almost has a Shepards tone feel to it, rising higher and higher. Also the fact that this peice sounds like it's spinning mimicks what it could be like when the forces used to create such explosions come together. The more I listen to it the more dizzy it makes me... in a good way. Fantastic piece of compostion - showing there is still hope in Hollywood. It's as effective as the use of the piece of music called To Heal by Underworld used in the film Sunshine... I wonder what (or WHO) connects both of those films!

    • @blizzard_the_seal9863
      @blizzard_the_seal9863 Год назад +3

      omg ur right, it rlly does feel like a sort of shepards tone!

    • @SpencerTwiddy
      @SpencerTwiddy Год назад +4

      This comment is so spot-on!!! I’ll add that what you’ve described reminds me of WINDMILLS and FAST CARS by Göransson in TENET.

    • @Needleandfur
      @Needleandfur Год назад

      @@SpencerTwiddy☺️ I've not seen Tenet should give it a go at some point. Larsson and Nolan seem to work well together. And I know Nolan is a fan of the Shepard's Tone, using it for the Batmobile and Dunkirk. The film Sunshine directed by Danny Boyle, it's very good but the final act can sometimes divide people. But the final final scene...pure beauty

    • @Needleandfur
      @Needleandfur Год назад

      Why on earth am I calling him Larsson?! Apologies it should be Göransson. Need more coffee clearly ☕

  • @MatthewKiff
    @MatthewKiff Год назад +35

    Seeing you get so excited about music is what keeps bringing me back to your channel for more - even for me as someone who knows literally nothing about music. Love it!

    • @MR-vj8dn
      @MR-vj8dn Год назад +1

      Oh the world you're missing. I suggest you study music theory in some way .. and you'll begin to understand a language that is around perhaps every human being.

    • @MatthewKiff
      @MatthewKiff Год назад

      @@MR-vj8dn I’m most likely too dumb for that 😂

    • @MR-vj8dn
      @MR-vj8dn Год назад

      @@MatthewKiff There are levels of knowledge and understanding around this, as with other things. If you’re interested you probably can learn 😊👍🏻

  • @brennanalleyne8895
    @brennanalleyne8895 Год назад +16

    That is one of the most mind-blowingly difficult asks for a recording process. When you have limited studio time because it’s expensive and you can’t use other parts of your body or your voice to keep time while the other click is coming in case you muddy the track with background noise this is so unbelievably impressive.

  • @BlindPeatch
    @BlindPeatch Год назад +27

    Absolutely! The overlaying of the click track a few bars out before a tempo or groove change (after you go into auto pilot) is how many complex shows or even crazy medleys happen. It sucks to have sometimes two click tracks happening in your ear but it is the easiest way for this to go as smoothly as it can, so gotta learn to love it. And the Oppenheimer soundtrack is GORGEOUS!

  • @SomeoneSomewhereMusic
    @SomeoneSomewhereMusic Год назад +98

    Cute joke, I always see an image of all these musicians explaining the meaning of a Score, and then the composer being "I just played something and I liked it."

  • @redleader5625
    @redleader5625 Год назад +13

    The other interesting thing is that a C, Am, Em, G set is probably one of the most "elementary" chord groupings and using that for a scene about "hearing the music" of elementary particle physics is so apt, creating a sound so seemingly complicated, rhythmic, repetitive and yet beautiful, deep but somehow, simple.

  • @heiro9611
    @heiro9611 Год назад +38

    It’s such a beautiful piece of music. And honestly come to think of it it’s kind of a testament to how Oppenheimers mind worked. Very complicated and hard to understand. But amidst this sea of complicated thought emerges a horn line. Maybe that’s his true idea peaking through. That becomes the center point of the piece. All these complicated ideas coming together to form a very uncomplicated horn line.

  • @zacharybilby4375
    @zacharybilby4375 Год назад +20

    The soundtrack to Oppenheimer is one of the most thought provoking, and emotionally satisfying pieces of composition ever made for cinema. It truly conveys the story of Oppenheimer without any words and when you watched it in cinema, you really feel the effect of the musical melody really engulfing you in such a sense of tension, excitement and “on the edge of your seat” feeling

  • @fluxus6999
    @fluxus6999 Год назад +15

    Nolan always know who can fit the score with his film. Hanz zimmer, Ludwig Goransson. It's absolutely astonishing

  • @glaive_
    @glaive_ Год назад +13

    Man I've been *waiting* for this review from you ever since I heard the soundtrack. I love how you break things down and couldn't wait to see how you tackled a piece like this, amazing job!

  • @hrithiksharma922
    @hrithiksharma922 Год назад +4

    I literally had tears in my eyes when you were playing all the chords.. So beautiful... I wish to have your level of pitch perfection

  • @fenomcrafter
    @fenomcrafter Год назад +45

    When that bass hits I always feel goosebumps from it.

  • @ryan_1314
    @ryan_1314 Год назад +13

    Oh my god I LOVE writing and listening to music that has the relative modes for 6, 4 and 1 chords completely change how an ostinado sounds, and the way it was executed in the soundtrack sounds so dang satisfying. And that's completely ignoring the tempo modulations that require you to have a degree in rocket science in order to keep up with it.

  • @zacdubois8282
    @zacdubois8282 Год назад +5

    THOSE HORNS SEND CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE EVERY SINGLE TIME

  • @LukeSmith-wo2ei
    @LukeSmith-wo2ei Год назад +5

    Dude, i just want you to know that your work is wildly under appreciated. Your musical talent and ability to break down and scrutinize music like a college professor analyzes a poem is practically unrivaled on youtube. I love your work and keep it up👍👍👍

  • @antblisss
    @antblisss Месяц назад +1

    3:51 this makes me think of the piano part of that radiohead song “All I need.” Right at the end of the song. Granted I have no idea how to play a piano or anything so I’m probably wrong, but that chord made me think about it. It sounds similar to it in my naive ears

  • @oliwermarketswithvideo
    @oliwermarketswithvideo Год назад +4

    Just have to give massive creds to how this video was put together. As someone that makes a lot of videos for both myself and my clients, I realize the effort put into this and the incredible attention to detail. BIG Props Charles!

  • @charlieendlich7706
    @charlieendlich7706 Год назад +11

    Something about this theme always gave me such a unique feeling its amazing

  • @DLCoates1
    @DLCoates1 Год назад +4

    The way he does it by the way is having 2 or more sections of violinists interchange. One group plays one section, when the tempo changes another section takes over, and when it changes again another group or the prior group takes back over. Thats also why if you listen closely you can hear it pan from left to right and back. That’s the magic of orchestra. I used to play violin myself. Favorite piece of mine to play was fantasia on an original theme by Joe Phillips.

  • @PolyphonicSpr33
    @PolyphonicSpr33 9 месяцев назад +1

    The "Can You Hear the Music" montage and theme was the single most memorable cinematic experience of my life. So beautiful and powerful that it brought on tears.

  • @me0101001000
    @me0101001000 Год назад +2

    You remind me of one of the professors I had in my second year who took great care in teaching us how to listen to music with intention. You break things down in a manner that would make Leonard Bernstein himself take notes. I really love how you're doing these breakdowns!

  • @CoreyView
    @CoreyView Год назад +23

    I ADORED this theme when I first heard it in theaters. This video kinda proves why I love it too. I had this feeling the random shifting to new rythms and tempos had a similarity to the random decay of radioactive elements. Oppenheimer was harnessing that random decay to make a bomb. Such a cool way to depict that idea!

  • @thrownaxis978
    @thrownaxis978 Год назад +2

    As soon as I heard the music I knew there was a video from you on its way about it- I cannot explain how excited I was for it.

  • @stylishlyheartless979
    @stylishlyheartless979 Год назад +7

    Something I loved about this soundtrack was how Ludwig Goransson captured a very Nolan-esque feel with the style. yet it’s still unique and different from what Hans Zimmer, who has done so much of the music in a good number Nolan’s movies, and I think that’s cool.

  • @ifiwasaclothinghangeriwoul6700
    @ifiwasaclothinghangeriwoul6700 Год назад +4

    the second the movie ended i told my family the soundtrack was fire. Im glad you made a video on it.

  • @rafanj824
    @rafanj824 Год назад +7

    Ludwig is already holding his future Oscar. God, his work in Oppenheimer is unbelievable. I lost the count of how many times i've listened this theme, and i ALWAYS get excited when the song is rising, and rising, and becoming a trainwreck of anxiety. And "Trinity" is even more powerful, my heart nearly EXPLODED in the theater, watching the bomb test scene. A truly unforgettable experience.

  • @brandonwootton5575
    @brandonwootton5575 Год назад +2

    I totally thought it was metric modulation after listening to it a few times. Then I tried to tap along and see if I could figure it out and got so confused, I’m so glad you made this video

  • @lucien8467
    @lucien8467 Год назад +5

    can we talk about how ridiculously amazing the recording musicians are??? the instrumentalists who managed to produce this mind boggling product?? jesus

  • @DavidBeddard
    @DavidBeddard Год назад +47

    I am only an occasional viewer of your channel, but this was by far the best video I've yet seen from it. It's the first time I've felt like anything was actually explained instead of merely described. If things carry on like this, I might actually subscribe.

    • @DrCorpse
      @DrCorpse Год назад +10

      Just hit the sub button already, Charles always delivers!!

    • @wowkir
      @wowkir Год назад

      What a wonderfully lacklustre and just meh comment rofl

  • @nasanoir310
    @nasanoir310 Год назад +3

    Every time I hear you talking about music, I realize how far I still have to go.

  • @TMC_TimeLine
    @TMC_TimeLine Год назад +8

    Hearing this score in the theater was certainly an experience. Felt like I was transcending during it. Together with the visuals, it was just a sensory overload in all the best ways.

  • @DavidHohShow
    @DavidHohShow Год назад +5

    Lüdwig spent the last decade quickly becoming one of my favorite composers, I'm always in awe of what he brings to a new project. Oppenheimer is going to sweep the Oscars and score would be no surprise among them.

  • @ghowell13
    @ghowell13 4 месяца назад +1

    The RUclips algorithm gave this video to me "accidentally. "
    I don't believe in accidents.
    Sir, I must say, as the son of a classically trained concert pianist mother, watching this made me smile. When a movie would come out, she would sit down and do this with me at her knee, trying to excite me into wanting to play.
    I didn't, really.
    My grandmother was also not enthused with my lack of wanting to play.
    I now, of course, wish I had. She's been gone about 5 years now, but videos like this remind me of her. Thank you❤

  • @TemporaryTemporary-y2j
    @TemporaryTemporary-y2j Год назад +6

    The thing about the lydian mode is that the sharpened 4th degree note that gives it that "yearning" feeling is slightly unstable and the effect is somewhat either ruined/completely "resolved," if everything is ended on the 5th scale degree chord of the lydian mode in question, and one might think that the 5th scale degree major chord of the lydian scale chosen is actually the root chord (and it sounds "resolved") and the first scale degree major chord (in lydian) you were playing was in fact just actually the 4th (subdominant ) of the relative ionian mode all along.
    Think of two examples: "Part of That World," from the Little Mermaid, where the song starts on a IV and not the I chord.
    Or "A Thousand Miles," by Vanessa Carlton where the chord you start with is the IV chord.

  • @stoatsnhoney
    @stoatsnhoney Год назад +1

    You're the only music RUclipsr I've watched who gets sooo into the music as its playing. I'm glad I'm not the only one who just closes their eyes and starts smiling anytime a certain song plays

  • @JimJansen91
    @JimJansen91 Год назад +11

    Such an amazing theme! I was so blown away by the scene during which it plays. The only thing I thought was disappointing is that the theme doesn't really make much of a return during the rest of the movie. I would have loved it if it was more of a leitmotif, like Zimmer did so well in Interstellar.

  • @MadeByIsmael
    @MadeByIsmael Год назад +1

    charles havnt watched one of your videos in what too long so I just want to congratulate you on the current production quality. gonna have to go back and watch every video you've made in the past 6 months now

  • @MuayThaiDreadlock
    @MuayThaiDreadlock Год назад +29

    @00:24 when your acting like you know whats up........

  • @AidanAshby
    @AidanAshby Год назад

    I never have any idea what you're talking about in these videos but I keep coming back just for your sheer excitement.

  • @Franckydap1
    @Franckydap1 Год назад +9

    For the tempo changing, I think they probably used a visual click paired with a auditory one, it makes more sense to me than having two click at once or stopping one in the middle.

  • @omrinahor4664
    @omrinahor4664 4 дня назад

    what I find the most brilliant in this theme is the single repeating note that start in 0:30(although you can hear signs of it earlier) in decreasing intervals(faster RPM).
    it really sells the feeling of a steam locomotive accelerating which is a brilliant metaphor for the story.
    its exciting at first, a scientific and technological breakthrough represented beautifully by the strings upscale that you just want to hear again and follow through with it, but as that "science train" accelerates you realize how dangerous it is, that it turned to a "war train", and you were too excited about the engine to worry about the breaks, so you panic helplessly as you realize everyone on board is going to die and its YOUR fault.
    the violin downscale that follows the upscale also brilliantly represents the "red flags" that seem so minor compared to the upscale at first but once you figure out you cant stop you regret not doing something when you still could.
    its brilliantly represented in the final quote which the complementary song "Destroyer of worlds" plays to it in the end of the film(with an actual sound of the steam locomotive in the film):
    "When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world"
    "I remember it well. What of it?"
    "I believe we did."

  • @Mma_mamba
    @Mma_mamba 10 месяцев назад +8

    1:48 bro chill

  • @ohedd
    @ohedd 10 месяцев назад +1

    After they played this, the musicians immediately ran to form a union

  • @Coastfog
    @Coastfog 11 месяцев назад +4

    Ludwig Göranson is in the absolute top tier of composers and producers of our time, it feels like he fluently speaks many musical languages, his music is so intentional yet feels so natural. Whatever he touches turns to gold.

  • @meeeeperbob
    @meeeeperbob 3 месяца назад +2

    “Its not important that you can read the music, its important that you can hear it. Can you hear the music?”

  • @Edbrad
    @Edbrad Год назад +8

    It’s so impressive that he wanted them to be able to play it, rather than assemble it it pieces and/or use samples

  • @LukasLindner
    @LukasLindner Год назад +1

    I missed the "WHY" in this video.
    A filmscore has a function and meaning.
    For me the tempo changes and rhythm etc. is representing splitting atoms / fission... and yeah, the film is about that. So you get: a few notes/atoms, more notes/atoms, even more notes/atoms and so on.... endless acceleration/splitting of atoms.

  • @gary900
    @gary900 Год назад +9

    This chord progression kind of reminds me of Refuge by Steven Wilson, on the To The Bone album. Extremely interesting analysis, thanks Charles!

  • @SulaimanSaeed-g8h
    @SulaimanSaeed-g8h Год назад +1

    These little creative choices are soo hard to make and the core reason of the beauty of an art piece (like this track), yet they are soo hidden and complex to understand that most people don't bother to think about these creative choices
    We just come on RUclips search for it, listen it, listen it behind some shorts and just forget about these such masterpieces.

  • @ribleyplayz3868
    @ribleyplayz3868 Год назад +3

    I wish I could hear this piece for the first time again

  • @rappinraptorstudios
    @rappinraptorstudios Год назад +1

    YES!!! I've been waiting so long for you to do this video!

  • @amandastevens1117
    @amandastevens1117 Год назад +4

    I picked up the violin for the first time in months to learn the theme, though admittedly I can only play through the first couple of tempo changes (I would love to see any footage from their recording session). Also, a great way to just drill the notes of the theme is to play along to "Quantum Mechanics" which is considerably more tame than "Can You Hear The Music"

  • @michaelbonesmusic
    @michaelbonesmusic Год назад

    One of my violin students just mentioned this song to me yesterday that they want to learn. the tempo clicktrack change makes sense to me, you can embed the current tempo in your body while getting your mind ready for the upcoming tempo - practically for example in orchestral settings for example it would be a visual cue from the conductor as well as practiced rehearsals at the specific intended tempos to get this right. It is an interesting arrangement!

  • @oliverjoyner-mccoll5037
    @oliverjoyner-mccoll5037 Месяц назад +3

    3:52 is All I need by Radiohead

  • @LionheartSJZ
    @LionheartSJZ Год назад +1

    I love how much effort went into making this video!

  • @TheBarefootedGardener
    @TheBarefootedGardener Год назад +19

    Did you say it blew up on purpose? Lol. 0:03

  • @emilyrln
    @emilyrln Год назад +2

    Oppenheimer was RIVETING!!! I was glued to the screen until the credits, whereupon I rushed to the bathroom and then back to my seat to finish watching the credits 😂

  • @Ninja_moose4371
    @Ninja_moose4371 Год назад +7

    If you play "Can you hear the music" 3 notes at a time it sounds very similar to "destroyer of worlds (from oppenheimer)" it's really interesting

  • @ciceroneto67
    @ciceroneto67 5 месяцев назад

    I'm extremely grateful to have found your channel, Charles! Because through your videos, I am understanding the deep musical and aesthetic genius that many film composers possess. I watch you from Brazil :)

  • @tiddly5
    @tiddly5 Год назад +7

    honestly i found myself almost disappointed when i learned it wasn't a clever metric modulation trick, but now i have far more appreciation for the musicians as playing one tempo while quickly adapting to and internalizing a second is mind-bogglingly difficult

  • @seyedmatintavakoliafshari8272
    @seyedmatintavakoliafshari8272 9 месяцев назад

    Wow man you're awesome! I'm a piano novice rn and one of the first things that I've realized is that I could understand and play notes by ear. So cool to see you having your own content and how excited you are of making connections and discovering patterns!! Bravo.

  • @calebarave9968
    @calebarave9968 Год назад +4

    Ludwig Goransson is awesome.
    I’d love see you breakdown Daniel Pemberton’s work in Across the Spider-Verse. Great score heightened by it’s incredible use of theme and motif.

  • @vkhor927
    @vkhor927 11 месяцев назад

    very good, very well presented..thank you..absolutely incredible, prolific description and analysis.

  • @soundoftheday
    @soundoftheday Год назад +1

    I watched this movie for the first time 3 days ago and I've not been able to get this theme out of my head. It's haunting, beautiful and a perfect score for this movie. Stunning.
    Thanks for breaking it down, Charles!

  • @devindriggs6695
    @devindriggs6695 Год назад +6

    The tempo changes ARE metric modulations. When transitioning from the ascending theme to the descending theme, subdivide the bars of 3 beats into 4 instead: this becomes the new tempo for the 3 beats to a bar in the descending motive. When transitioning from the descending motive back to the ascending one, subdivide the 6 beats over two bars into 5 instead. These become the new beat for the next ascending motive. That’s why it gets faster when going from ascending to descending, but slower when going from descending to ascending. It’s also why over time, the whole piece builds in speed, because the second ascending motive will end up a little faster than the first time around under these mathematical subdivisions. A little disappointed that you didn’t end up discussing it; I hope everyone gets the chance to read this and try to hear it themselves, because I really love this theme and the complicated rhythmic relationship it’s constructing!!

  • @pedropeepe1669
    @pedropeepe1669 10 месяцев назад +2

    this guy definitely can hear the music

  • @smh-smh-smh
    @smh-smh-smh Год назад +4

    This is rad; I wonder if divisi in two per stand could also work and simplify this, so one stand partner plays til the new tempo, and the other plays at the new tempo, alternating. This is so cool though, I definitely am going to be practicing this on my commute everywhere

  • @martah4891
    @martah4891 3 месяца назад

    Your reverence and passion for the craft is amazing to watch. Keep up the good work!

  • @DrewSwenson
    @DrewSwenson Год назад +10

    Nearly always picking the music that gives me chills. I don't exaggerate that the scene in which this plays, combined with the Imax Soundsystem honestly provoked some altered state of melancholy/ euphoria in me. I sat transfixed... When I looked at the soundtrack afterwards I was astonished how much shorter it was than it seemed at the time

  • @jonsson666
    @jonsson666 Год назад +2

    This is by far the best movie track of the last 5-10years.
    It's fresh, original yet still majestic, complex and epic.
    One Oscar does not give it justice tbh.

  • @johnnysizemore4301
    @johnnysizemore4301 Год назад +63

    Your teaching style is akin to a really good story teller. Your like the Neal degrass Tyson of music! Your both genius at your craft while inspiring the average person to want to know more even if that person isn’t a physicist or a musician

    • @Trebotable
      @Trebotable Год назад +8

      A thought to disturb peaceful slumber: In a mirror, you can kiss yourself, but only on the lips.

    • @emilyrln
      @emilyrln Год назад +1

      @@Trebotableyou can only kiss your _reflection_ on the lips. You can kiss your _own_ shoulder and whatnot, but then your reflection is just kissing itself too. But yeah, that's a trippy thought 😂

    • @Trebotable
      @Trebotable Год назад +1

      For Narcissists Only: Laws of reflection require that if you kiss yourself in a mirror, it will always be on the lips.

    • @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou
      @MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou Год назад

      ​@@Trebotable
      What's disturbing about that?

  • @sikkilgurucharan7086
    @sikkilgurucharan7086 Год назад +1

    This is the best piece of music I’ve heard in a movie in a long time. Probably the only place where I was goosebumped in the IMAX experience of Oppenheimer. Thanks for making us relive the magic in your own, genius way!
    Gurucharan
    India

  • @Aviation94
    @Aviation94 Год назад +15

    My immediate thought when I first heard this in the theatre was "Oh wow! Charles Cornell is gonna cream his pants when he hears this!!" 😂