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Composer/guitarist/producer: Cut The Sky, @MultiTraction Orchestra, @SPRSGL, @10Sefiroth | Founder/curator @ZylaWorks
Aug 30, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Thoughts on finally seeing Oppenheimer:

Well written, very well acted and generally well directed.

But the incessant music makes it feel like a 3-hour trailer, as if Nolan doesn't trust us enough to sit still for that long without bombarding our senses. Image Göransson says there's 150 mins of music—a staggering amount, even for a 3-hour film.

Nolan clearly goes for intenseness, but if he'd take his foot off the gas every now & again, we'd have more space to connect emotionally with his characters, who sometimes lack dimensionality.
Jan 30, 2020 24 tweets 8 min read
This highlights an issue that really concerns me: the lack of ecologically sound ways to release music that work for both artists and listeners. Here's a thread compiling some thoughts & other articles about the music industry’s environmental impact.

amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan… First, some context: this @Forbes article charts the industry’s progression through the eras of vinyl, tape, CDs and downloads to our current era of streaming.

forbes.com/sites/billrose… Image