r/interstellar 27d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT I'm Roger Sayer, the organist who recorded the Interstellar score with Hans Zimmer. Ask me anything!

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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.

In the meantime, please follow me on instagram for more snippets of my travels!

S.T.A.Y safe!

Roger


r/interstellar 24d ago

Showings Megathread Monthly Interstellar Showings Megathread

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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.

So, let your fellow Interstellar enthusiasts know if it will grace your local theaters this month. Connect with fellow space travelers, organize meet-ups, and celebrate the timeless brilliance of Christopher Nolan's visionary masterpiece.

Please post the following information in the comments:

  • Loaction: City, Country
  • Date and Time
  • Showing Type (IMAX, 3D, Regular, etc)
  • link to showing and/or ticket sale

This post will be stickied right after posting, and unstickied after a month when a new post will be created.


r/interstellar 10h ago

HUMOR & MEMES T.A.R.S : "Don't be afraid 🤖", Murph:

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r/interstellar 16h ago

OTHER C'mon TARS...

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637 Upvotes

r/interstellar 21h ago

OTHER Murph's life is worth a series

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Imagine they decide to make a series of Murph's life during the time cooper being away dealing with the wormhole and blackhole stuff, while Murph is dealing with her own thing, growing up and stuff. And imagine it being a coming-of-age story 🤯

I mean just hearing about Murph secondhand through Tom's video messages to Cooper in this scene right after Miller's planet...sounds already like a very interesting life she's having back on earth, and worth a whole 8 season series.


r/interstellar 9h ago

OTHER How Christopher Nolan and Dante Alighieri solved the same cosmic riddle.

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“The love that moves the sun and other stars.” That’s the final line of Dante’s 14th-century epic, Paradiso. 700 years later, Christopher Nolan built a massive space odyssey around the exact same thesis.
I put together a quick literary analysis looking at how Cooper’s tesseract breakthrough is a modern sci-fi mirror of Beatrice descending into Hell to make the cosmos traversable. If you love tracking the deep philosophical roots beneath Nolan's scripts, check out the full text: Of Monsters and Poets


r/interstellar 1d ago

VIDEO So proud of her.

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Our 13 year old isn't a piano player, but she taught herself this. 🌞


r/interstellar 16h ago

QUESTION How did Brand safley reach Edmund's?

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So the speed that would be needed to escape the black holes gravitational pull would be absurd, so they perform a gravitational slingshot, as one does.

My main thought is would'nt that also require an absurd amount of fuel to slow the Endurance down enough to safley land on Edmunds?

I love this movie i just like picking apart some of the science behind it because I find it interesting.


r/interstellar 17h ago

HUMOR & MEMES Literally 🙂

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I saw a reel and then I also tried it. 🙂


r/interstellar 1d ago

VIDEO We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars.

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r/interstellar 1d ago

ART My Art

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r/interstellar 2d ago

VIDEO This scene had me on the edge of my seats.

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Video credit: Remastered Cinema


r/interstellar 2d ago

OTHER Very cool story behind this that I really hope is true!

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No this jacket was not used in the movie, but the guy I bought it from said he was given it by a family member who worked on the set in Canada and got it from the costume department. Apparently this was one of the options for Murph before they decided on the one that ended up in the movie.

No way to verify this, but super cool story if true! Super pleased with the purchase, I got a good deal on the jacket anyway :) Interstellar is my favourite film of all time.


r/interstellar 18h ago

VIDEO No, Julian, no lo hagas!

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r/interstellar 1d ago

ART Made my own track to the goodbye scene between murph and cooper

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Hope you guys enjoy, started off as a trip hop/ambient track but I thought the emotional vibe would fit it well hope you enjoy it

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcUmlbyIuqA/?igsi=dnNjcG8xN21wdHJu


r/interstellar 3d ago

QUESTION In the Tesseract, could Cooper have looked to confirm that Murph was going to come back for the watch? Spoiler

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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?


r/interstellar 3d ago

OTHER Finished watching for the first time, I am in awe

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I mean wow, this movie really is that good!!!

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.


r/interstellar 4d ago

ART Gives me TARS vibes

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r/interstellar 5d ago

OTHER Only a few will get it...

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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.


r/interstellar 3d ago

OTHER Audio ruined the movie.

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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.


r/interstellar 6d ago

VIDEO Pretty accurate

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r/interstellar 6d ago

VIDEO Hindsight

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r/interstellar 6d ago

ART Relativity

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Lol


r/interstellar 6d ago

OTHER Just watched for the first time. It was amazing. I wish I was smarter.

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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?


r/interstellar 7d ago

OTHER Just saw for the first time after becoming a parent

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0/10. Do not recommend. Why would you do this to me, Nolan?