{"id":4947,"date":"2021-05-01T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2021-05-01T18:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:31:45","slug":"from-polyrhythm-to-orchestral-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=4947","title":{"rendered":"From Polyrhythm to Orchestral Soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are a lot of things to say about Radiohead and all the amazing and interesting things about their music like math, technology, experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find a small book called <em>Kid Algebra: The Euclidean and Maximally Uniform Rhythms of Radiohead<\/em> by Brad Osborn, in which all these small subtle details are analyzed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He describes their music as a Goldilocks principle, saying that it inhabits a space between mundane conventions and pure experimentation, the perfect &#8220;sweet spot&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I would like to share this interesting transformation of one of their songs into an orchestral soundtrack for the film Blue Planet II, produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this film, in which they worked with composer Hans Zimmer, they decided to use their song <strong>Bloom<\/strong> from their eight studio album, The King of Limbs (2011). This song was formerly written by singer Thom York and was inspired by the Blue Planet movie. Therefore, this was perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bloom\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxBQ8Er8DYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This song is rhythmically very complex, full of polyrhythm, so it wouldn&#8217;t be appropriate for a film about all the beauty and depth of the ocean. Thus, this was the challenge. How to turn it into an immersive soundtrack for the ocean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, in this video they (Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood) and Hans Zimmer explain the surprisingly simple yet effective process and technique they used to achieve this. Just a little spoiler, the answers lies in <strong>Pointillism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Hans Zimmer and Radiohead transformed &quot;Bloom&quot; for Blue Planet II\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIsewG2g-1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is the final, magical, version of the song for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hans Zimmer &amp; Radiohead - Ocean Bloom (full song HQ)\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hv8kSWyIKsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. B. Osborn &#8211; <em>Kid Algebra: Radiohead\u2019s euclidean and maximally even rhythm.<\/em> 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of things to say about Radiohead and all the amazing and interesting things about their music like math, technology, experimentation. You can also find a small book called Kid Algebra: The Euclidean and Maximally Uniform Rhythms of Radiohead by Brad Osborn, in which all these small subtle details are analyzed. 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