Interstellar Sound Designer/Editor
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) soundtrack, composed by Hans Zimmer, uses crucial various elements to build up suspense and intensity within the musical score and audio effects. There are three scenes where the audio is used to accomplish its task and does it by using a ticking clock. The scenes that have this technique are the Waves scene and the Docking scene. However, Nolan and Zimmer not only use a ticking clock but also use a lot of ambient noise mixed with human breathing and a church organ. The wave scene is an example of the use of the ticking clock. The scene starts out with our heroes landing on Miller’s planet. There’s no music but only the ambient noise of the ship’s power shutting off, the sound of heavy footsteps and breathing. Once the astronauts begin their quest and start walking through the water, the ticking begins. It starts off low and slow. Time is counting down and suits one of themes of this film. Throughout the entire film, we are told that hours ca
