The push and pull between gradual buildup and apocalyptic rupture allows the film to infiltrate the mind and recalibrate our sensitivity to time.
For Ennio Morricone, being hitched up to Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgia-flattering métier, will be enough to ensure his first competitive Oscar.
The Academy’s ever-mercurial music branch turned on to Desplat like a light switch starting with 2006’s The Queen, and in just 10 years, he’s racked up eight nominations.
For an album with no lyrics, Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Fordlandia certainly has a lot of things to say.
The album gives you the sense of hearing something truly ancient being married to something very modern and present.