Guess what, guys? It is time for another Oscar roundtable! Are you excited? Well, you should be. Why? Stephen Galloway is not, I repeat is NOT, the moderator for this particular roundtable, which brings together five of this year’s composers. I can feel your excitement for this video rising through the Internet just with that information.
The five composers The Hollywood Reporter have brought together for this roundtable discussion include Hans Zimmer (Interstellar), Trent Reznor (Gone Girl), Danny Elfman (Big Eyes), John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon 2), and Marco Beltrami (The Homesman).
There were a few composers I would have liked to have seen in this roundtable, most notably Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)), but you cannot always get what you want.
I am sure what will interest most is Zimmer’s comments on Interstellar‘s sound mix (something I don’t understand the uproar over, but whatever…):
We never tried to alienate an audience. What we were trying to do was, we were intentionally being bold. Because that’s what we felt we needed to be. I mean, be bold or go home. Chris gave me this watch, and on the back it says, “This is not a time for caution.” Which is really how we approached the whole thing, and I think really the thinking behind this is, “Let’s make the movie we want to make.” You know? Let’s stand by our decision. Which is absolutely what we did.
You can watch that and the entire 50 minute roundtable below:
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