'Chernobyl' composer created entire haunting score from real power plant sounds
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2019
- On Score: The Podcast, 'Chernobyl' composer Hildur Guðnadóttir explains her unique process of creating the HBO mini-series' entire score from sounds she and her team recorded in an actual power plant in Lithuania.
Excerpted from Score: The Podcast - Season 2 Episode 6 - Hildur Guðnadóttir needs an outlet for her darkness
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The sound of Chernobyl made it absolutely terrifying they deserve many awards for such great sound.
I agree as a lover of movie scores, but dammit, the story itself should be enough to terrify!
@@SR-oc7fc the story plus the sound track made it totally horrifying, nightmarish - I couldn't look away - very effective!
@Anonymous Anonymous Do tell, which movies or tv shows have made a score with this method? Everything has been done in some part before, it is almost impossible to make something that no one ever has done. There's absolutely no reason for you to make this unnecessary negative comment. And what does 'even greater' mean? Did they make scores or music that would have made this tv show better? Gtfo with your asinine comment.
@@aronbjornkristinsson2099 It's not negative. And I'll answer you: Video games like Silent Hill, and some of the best horror movies, use ambiance of this sort to create soundtracks. In the case of Silent Hill--the OSTs of the first and second game came be found in the first movie; the second featured remixes which weren't as good--groans and garbles are featured prominently, along with the usage of air raid sirens to create dread in a hauntingly beautiful set of tracks.
@@aronbjornkristinsson2099 PS: Your butthurt is astonishing. GTFO with your lack of knowledge of soundtrack operations and oversensitivity that proves you're a 'participation award' child.
As if the Chernobyl series wasn't already fantastic enough, this talented woman managed to produce a marvelously haunting score to provide the perfect cherry on top for the mini series. I get goose bumps every time from the soundtrack!
It wasn't the cherry on top. It was the cake and frosting all along and you didn't notice it
Specially the outro credits.
@Anonymous Anonymous Yo you sad little man, go somewhere else with your small mind and needless negativity on comment where people are giving this musician deserved credit.
not just the cherry, it plays a huge part.
And copied now - multiple times.
So the statement "i can hear the radiation from the soundtrack" IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE.
Exactly. I'm here watching this because I felt that and was curious as to how the soundtrack was made. I'm amazed at the process she did.
Well, a problem with radiation is that it is invisible and inaudible, but I still agree. We needed to feel it.
0:55 SMOOTHEST LINE EVER
what a chad
Alpha af
A master 😂
Yeah that must be why she was doing the awkward kind laughter otherwise known as, "you poor thing." Real smooth to hit on a woman who is a professional in her field while she is there discussing her craft and play into the stereotypes of skeevy men not allowing women to just talk about their damn jobs without being hit on.
@@Jaqen-HGhar it was just an indirect joke/compliment no? And the guy didn't "insist" after that as he was making proper questions regarding her experience with the scoring the movie. So in context I wouldn't even say he hit on her.
the score at the end of episode 3 during the burial is fantastic
It was so haunting yet beautiful
It's called Black Raven (or Crow). It's a Russian folk song.
@@JRafaelG that's the start of ep 4 and i think the end, very good but not the track im talking about (ruclips.net/video/nZM87N-3ob0/видео.html)
I know which one your talking about someone posted it also on RUclips..I was in search of it as well, it’s up if you look.
@@Swatmat You're right. When I read burial in your comment, I mistook it for the scene where they were burying cats and dogs.
How can graphite make a sound if it's NOT THERE?!
Balázs Radics IT DIDEN’T
You DIDN'T hear graphite, you heard CONTAMINATED FEED WATER
3.6 roentgen... not great, not terrible
I've seen worse.
Best comment EVER!
'is that why you're glowing?' - hella smooth, wow!
Chernobyl's score is underrated. It's so ... nightmarish, haunting, hopeless.
It's not underrated at all, it's loved and for a good reason.
@Anonymous Anonymous I absolutely disagree.
It's not underrated, it won an Emmy. "Understated" may be the right word, but people definitely appreciated it
Fantastic work! One of the most haunting soundtracks I've ever heard.
Agreed! It's a master work. Trent Reznor's work on the first Quake game has a similar unsettling and uneasy nature. Give it a listen...
ruclips.net/video/qVOHTGYoM6E/видео.html
SHE. IS. BRILLIANT.
You know when a new show comes along, the soundtrack is not always something unique. It can be good, it can be more generic... With Chernobyl, right when that Bridge of Death scene came I said "wait a minute, what is this? the music is really special" Then I read Hildur's post about recording a real power plant and I was more invested in listening on my secondd watch of Ep1. I just CAN'T WAIT for the soundtrack to come out.
I love the score, too. But that BoD scene's visuals combined with the soundtrack made it all so devastating. Those stunning young lives playing in the ashy "snow" while their parents were watching something that they thought was a beautiful light show/nuclear meltdown...oh, my goodness. It was shot with such tenderness and innocence that it still takes my breath away knowing what happened to them.
ruclips.net/video/qcEPbx_iSjw/видео.html
In a display of dedication and brilliance, Hildur blew up a real RBMK Reactor to record accurate audio for the soundtrack. Truly a master of her trade.
😂😂👌
Awesome! You can tell the score was created by unique means. Incredibly effective, and inspiring to hear about.
This amazing woman is also composing the new Joker film. Cannot wait!
Hildur Guðnadóttir composed the score for Sicario 2, after collaborating with Jóhann Jóhannsson on the first film as cello soloist.
@@MrNikki2633 I know all of her works and her effort to get known in the film industry. A bit inspiration for myself.
As if the new joker wasn't already looking good enough
Danik2028 Even if the film somehow ends up being disappointing, the music is gonna be awesome
Guess what
The music is absolutely ominous, I wanted to run and hide , it was almost a character amongst the actors.
@Anonymous Anonymous Very cynical opinion. I think it's brilliant.
If you really know something better than this for Chernobyl series, give us links and sources.
To me, it was one of the core elements of the series:
1. Story arc
2. Character development
3. MUSIC (& sound design)
4. Cinematography and editing (including color grade)
Honestly one of the most haunting scores ever created, incredible talent, no idea how she did it
@Anonymous Anonymous Troll!
Anonymous Anonymous buzz kill
A haunting brilliant soundtrack to go with a brilliant tv show 👏👍
@beatle pete spotify
@Anonymous Anonymous How sad are you? Truly. Your sad copy pasted comment under multiple positive comments are only making you look like the loser your probably are.
This soundtrack is incredible. One of the most haunting scores in recent memory. On the level of Mica Levi's Under The Skin score.
It has a very experimental kind of sound design and instrumentals to it similar to that movie.
That was amazing too!
The score is my favourite part of the series, and thats saying a lot. Among so many truly amazing aspects (great performances, extraordinary attention to detail, incredible writing) it’s the music that has stayed with me the most. I can’t get over how utterly perfect it is. Eerie, otherworldly and alien, while inducing dread bordering on sheer terror.
It perfectly articulates the true horror of this event, and the desperate, tragic selflessness and heroism of those who fought to save the rest of us.
All of it... genius.
So that's how they recreated those giant sets, they filmed at a near identical nuclear plant in Lithuania. Brilliant!
This is an exceptional score. Sometimes composers use found sounds just to be different or quirky, but this was done with specificity and purpose.
Wow, incredible approach. Great sound track too.
That work was haunting, absolutely beautiful work.
a unique and powerful score
@Anonymous Anonymous You sad little man, are you a failed musician or what? This is like the twentieth comment where you say the exact same thing. You are a piece of shit you know that? As a tv show or movie score it is unique. If you have a single friend, I would be surprised. Truly.
Is there anything about this show that isn't perfectly executed?
@John HoranLack of Russian accents was a decision they made to avoid situations when doing russian accent would sound comedical or satirical and they absolutely wanted to avoid any of that.
@@TheEmulgator yeah... as soon as I've heard they have normal English accents in the first episode I was very relieved. would have hated Russian accent. very artificial that would have been.
It was filmed in my country and in Prypiat shots (which is in fact filmed in Vilnius) you can see modern plastic windows and blinds instead of old soviet wooden windows. That's the only one bad thing I could find about this show. Only one.
Not using accents is a plus in my opinion. We all know that characters speak Russian/Ukrainian, so there's no need for stereotyping accents. It would put weird comedic atribute to this show, which is unnecessary.
little things. The woman doctor existing so they have a strong woman role. The helicopter crash. Made up scenes....
@beatle pete the helicopter crash was 6 months after. The woman losing her baby was fake too. You can't get radiation from the fireman after he's been decontaminated, which he would have been. Lots of minor errors and dramatic license. Still, all the same, an amazing show
The score of 'Chernobyl' is an absolute masterpiece...
It is a brilliant score, and having been a field recordist for years, I found her description of capturing the "found sounds" just so intense, it made me want to dig out my digital recorder and find an industrial hall and get to work. One of my favorite moments is Vasily's approach to the wall of the reactor building and the sound is almost of a wounded animal as you hear the beating heart of the reactor. There are so many other moments, subtle and overpowering alike, that will stay with me from this show.
@Anonymous Anonymous Trolly Trollson, get a life
Leave it to Scandinavian musicians/composers to create haunting, atmospheric, ambiance piece. Be it Bjork, Sigur Ros, Royksopp, Jóhann Jóhannsson and her, Hildur Guðnadóttir. It's something in their nature.
Don't forget Ólafur Arnalds!
Going above and beyond for your score - incredible!
Remarkable work, thank you! The music and sounds makes this show 10x better.
Give her ALL of the awards!
That's so cool. I remember when I first watched the trailer and the first opening scenes of the first episode, the audio and the score really ratchet up the tension. Amazing work.
She did and amazing job with the score. It's so perfect for the tension building in the show and it really has a connection to the subject matter.
The music and the background sounds adds a lot of dramatic tension to the movie, it really sent the chills down to my spine.... perfectly done, thanks !
This serie is an horror serie, the music make it so much creepy. Good job for this masterpiece
Reality can be much more frightening than fiction.
Hildur is absolutely brilliant in what she does. She also seems to be quite lovely in person. I have become a huge fan since Sicario 2!
I'm grateful to have found this sound designer and composer. The mastery of her trade at such a young age is really inspiring. I remember recording the audio of a restaurant being demolished with my old SP-202 and headphones twenty years ago, and the construction workers looking at me as though I were an alien- why on earth would you want to record the audio of a structure demolition? Because organic sounds, man. and, that ex-restaurant had really good coffee. and no graphite. because IT WASN'T THERE!
A very haunting soundtrack, brilliant! That weird electronic hum that would come and go (how to describe it?) was simply perfect.
@Anonymous Anonymous shut the fuck up nerd
@@QuestionmarkTimes2 Okay, Karen.
The Oscar will be honoured if they can award this amazing lady for her unbelievable score.
She'll get 3.4 Oscars. Not great, not terrible.
She won the Emmy award, congratulations!
You are a fantastic human! Your score made these scenes and actors 50 million times more poweful
Brilliant score! Haunting, emotional, appropriate & terrifying. I look forward to her acceptance speech at the Emmys next year.
The score is just haunting! Such a talented musician!
Incredible score...so unique and awesome!
I hope they start releasing more making of featurette's of this, including the scoring process. Hands down, the most haunting but beautifully put together score to compliment this Mini series.
HBO's The Terror had a fantasticly haunting score as well. RIP Marcus Fjellström.
Btw if you enjoyed her work on Chernobyl please also check out her Trapped soundtrack! She’s a genius
Amazing work
Hopefully it'll be available for purchase
Amazing and original work!
The score is unique and awesome. Best score of the year
Perfect choice for "Joker". Her use of drums and metalwork on "Day of the Soldando", particularly for that gut-turning bombing sequence, was outstanding. And "Chernobyl" is just a masterpiece.
Music is simply divine. And the composer herself is beautiful
That glowing comment was such a huge come on
the music in the last scene of ep 5 was amazing
THe music and sound design was terrific.
She is verrrryyyy inspiring. Fantastic music.
Wow, she knocked it out of the park! Amazing score!
She's so vibrant and creative! I would love to learn much more about the actual process of turning sounds into a soundtrack - the tools used, the effects, etc. I know there's a lot involved as I do similar things.
When I heard the sounds of the city at the end of the first episode, it was as if I had returned to the Soviet Union as a child. Bravo!
It’s a fantastic score. The series is absolutely amazing.
Chris Watson = Cabaret Voltaire = Industrial music pioneer. It makes perfect sense that he was involved.
Reminds me of the workplace of my dad, its a university building with chemical research labs. And 30 years later it STILL has the same smell and feel. These buildings have a personality
Such a brilliant score.
Most hauntingly terrifying score for a film that I've ever heard. She captured evil with that score and made the score a character in the film. Amazing work.
If I ever in a dream world become a director she would be the only one I would wanna work with.
She has literally nailed every soundtrack I have listened from her
Best score of the year!
Nemanya, nemanya - still haunts till date
Joker and Chernobyl, this woman is a legend in the making
Best soundtrack I have ever heard. Well Done.
That dosimeter sound. Scary as!
This score was utterly outstanding.
Wow you are smart, thank you for your beautiful music!! :)
The soundtrack was really haunting and beautiful. I haven't heard anything like it since Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket".
Beautiful!!
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SOUNDTRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She makes beautiful music.
I gathered there was a potent mind behind the score, this figures perfectly. Brilliant.
The first question went right over her head.
Her work on Chernobyl is as stellar as pretty much everything else in that show. The atmosphere is its greatest asset, I think. Haunting. And Hildur's music plays a solid part in that.
To anyone who likes Hildur's score, I recommend you search for 'music for airports' by Brian Eno - it's similarly atmospheric with a lot of otherworldly sound effects.
I actually thought it might have been Eno and looked it up to see
She simply made the show. Hildur is simply brilliant
One of the best sound scores in the last 10 years for SURE... she described it perfectly " how does a catastrophe sound?" it sounds like this show...
She made an already terrifying series even scarier.
Man that score, it sounded very alien and haunting to listen to, I love that one piece when one of the plant workers is forcefully sent up the building roof to look down at the on fire reactor, the sense of dread and hopelessness in it, combined with the screeching sound when the guy turns around to reveal his tanned face.
I Desire that they Record the process of making from ost
I've no idea how people can compose and play music that is monstrous, eerie, threatening, deadly, and insidious but this is it. Amazing.
The score was depressing and haunting to lisen to in other words fantastic
On episode 4 of 5 now, the soundtrack to this show overwhelms me. I think it perfectly translates into sound the gravity of grief and dread and suffering of the show and the events it recreates. In each scene where we hear only the music to a montage of silent clips, I can hear the music speaking:
This isn't happening. This isn't happening. This isn't happening.
But it is happening. It's happening here and hundreds of kilometers away. It's happening through rock and metal and dirt and stone and wood and flesh. It's happening through you and me and there's nothing we can do to stop it. We can only try to survive it, and to do that will take a great human cost.
I'm floored at how such a minimalist soundtrack nails these feelings so perfectly.
The soundtrack is such a masterpiece!
Her singing on Sunn O)))'s life metal album is fantastic.
Incredible soundtrack!
Good job 👏
Chernobyl won Emmys for sound editing, sound mixing, and original score. Possibly the easiest decisions the Academy ever made
i liked this soundtrack very much I bought the Chernobyl Soundtrack CD by Hildur....awesome musical score, very haunting...
Great sound track.
that haunting drone sound of "the door" reminded me so much of the Silent Hill (games) score
Amazing ost!
Congratulations, it work's perfectly.
Dyatlov : i wasn't in the control room
Legasov : so where were you?
Dyatlov : Toilet
В конце 3-го эпизода, мне стало морально невыносимо больно. Знаете что это значит? это значит, что я испытал эмоциональный отклик! Впервые за долгое время, я испытал нечто от сериала. Спасибо большое, вы гениальные люди.
People *need* to understand the size and matter of the Chernobyl catastrophe on April 26 1986. It's just mindblowing how many never even heard of it even though the internet provides so much valuable information. Now this soundtrack is beyond perfect. It reminds you of the danger, it is terrifying, mysterious. I absolutely adore the work they did and the respect to those who sacrificed their life, probably in the most horrible way I can imagine, to save us all. [Just wanted to add this to my comment regarding the phenomenal soundtrack.]