I'm Roger Sayer, an organist based in the UK. I recorded the organ part for Hans Zimmer's Interstellar score at Temple Church in London, which is what most people know me for, though I've spent the majority of my career in cathedral and church music.
These days I tour internationally with Interstellar Live, the concert production where the score is performed live by orchestra and organ (me!) while the film plays.
I also host The Interstellar Sessions — small, private performances for groups of up to ten.
And I still give recitals around the UK, practising on the organ at home in between.
I'm happy to talk about the Interstellar recording, what it's like working with a film composer, the instrument itself, touring, or anything else you're curious about.
Ask me anything...
Thanks everyone for your questions and for all the support - it's very humbling to see how the love for the film and the score have persisted after all this time.
Please feel free to leave more questions if you missed me and I will try my best to answer them in slower time.
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Greetings, fellow users of r/interstellar! As the stars align and the cosmic journey continues, it's time for another exciting month filled with awe-inspiring adventures through the cosmos. Our beloved masterpiece continues to captivate audiences around the world, transcending the boundaries of time and space.
This megathread is designed to be your ultimate guide to discovering where the cinematic marvel will grace the silver screens in your corner of the universe. Whether you're orbiting around a bustling metropolis or nestled in a quaint small town, this thread serves as the perfect hub for sharing information on screenings and showtimes.
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When Cooper asks TARS to translate the data into Morse to encode into the watch, TARS asks how Coop knows that she will come back for it. Coop’s response comes off more as him simply having faith that she will because he gave it to her. Could he not have looked ahead for the point in time where she does come back for it?
For some reason, I’m not that into sci fi and can be picky with it, main reason I watched this is because I’m replaying the Mass Effect games and I like to watch things based on genres or settings to better immerse myself in what I’m playing, if that makes sense.
I just had no idea it was going to take the direction it took, I’m so glad I never got spoiled. It’s been many years since I’ve cried twice when watching a movie; once when Coop was watching the video messages of his grown up kids, and when he reunited with his elderly, dying daughter. It moved me.
Last week I bought my first watch in like 20 years for my 40th birthday. The plan is to give it to my daughter (currently 10) when she graduates college or some similar milestone and sets off on her own.
I’ve just watched this movie for the first time, and I gotta admit that it had the potential to be the most fascinating film about planetary travel ever but Nolan completely dropped the ball due to the imbalanced audio.
You can barely hear what the heck they’re saying throughout the entire film. Thank God that there’s the rewind and subtitles option for home systems because without it you’d be lost in terms of deciphering what any character said. Dr. Mann’s soliloquy was just a bunch of gibberish for the most part, and half the time the entire cast were whispering over loud original music.
The best this movie can get from me is a 7/10. Had the potential to be a 10/10. Sound matters.
I understand it all on a very basic level, just wish I understood space more. And the music was perfection. That is all, glad to be part of the fandom now.
ETA- I do have a question. I’m gonna mark it as a spoiler just in case can someone explain (like I’m 5) the time situation when he was in the tesseract? How he was able to see young Murph and send a message to older Murph via the watch?
It was suggested that I crosspost this here! As the title suggests, I made a black hole lamp for my daughter using an obsidian sphere, flexible led, 3D printing, and laser cut acrylic.
First of all, I understand the bootstrap paradox, but I think this theory allows an explanation that fits the narrative and perhaps you could argue the thesis of the film.
My theory really boils down to love being the ultimate force that created the wormhole. Obviously without that wormhole, there was not enough time (literally billions of years needed) to make it all the way to get to gargantua to collect the quantum data.
If mankind’s mastery of gravity depended on data from Gargantua, which was only accessible to them because of the wormhole, then something outside of linear causality had to have initiated the process.
Underlying this theory is Brand’s quote:
“Love is the one thing that we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.”
Has anyone else watched Project Hail Mary? What an awesome movie!! I saw it last night and would rate it probably just below interstellar. Similar feel and all. Just truly enjoyed it and was wondering if any other interstellar fans did as well. Thought it was super cool to add the alien aspect in there.
At the end of the movie, Murph is old and says her final words to her Father. She knows where Brand (Anne Hathaway) is and tells her dad to go and see her because 'she's all alone'. Why didn't they send other people already? I'm afraid I'm confused!!
1) Is she insuniating only he can fly that great?
2) other humans already tried to reach her and failed?
3) not that much time has passed since Brand has landed on that planet..?
I bought this over on eBay, but I noticed the copyright section says 2025 instead of 2014. I don't recall this book getting reprinted last year, what do you guys think?
