Oppenheimer has an epic, layered soundtrack – but its real power is in the silence
- Written by Alison Cole, Composer & Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
© Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.Christopher Nolan’s biopic on the theoretical scientist Robert Oppenheimer, who became known as the “father of the atomic bomb”, has an epic soundtrack.
We follow Oppenheimer’s early work in Europe, establishing the Los Alamos lab, the creation of the atomic bombs released on...
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