I felt exhausted after the first 15 min. This effect ruined the pacing imo, as the feeling of ever rising and unresolved tension made it extremely difficult to sit through.
i watched dunkirk twice and i was so obsessed with the music and the ticking noise throughout the movie. it really brought the movie to its peak. i heard about that the ticking sound was from one of christopher nolan's old vintage pocket clocks and i love the personal touch from the director!
This is the first Nolan film in a long time, if i may be so bold to say, that could probably get away with another composer doing it. BUT ONLY ANOTHER GREAT ONE! I'm talking _great_ great. Like Williams or someone.
Homie I don't know how to break this to you, but thats no Washing machine your hearing. What you're hearing is visitors from another planet. Those are aliens.
I had the pleasure of watching the film last Sunday at Phenomena cinema in Barcelona. It was a 70mm showing with DTS audio. Before the film began, however, one of the staff members, a Director of Photography, explained that Nolan himself had been to the cinema a couple of weeks before for a private showing and had calibrated the projector and audio to his liking. His audio tastes were peculiar, to say the least. We were told that the volume we were going to experience was slightly lower than what Nolan requested due to how loud it was. They were right, every gunshot was deafening and the pacing of the film combined with the overwhelmingly loud soundtrack and immersive experience of the 70mm film made for an intense experience. I was genuinely recoiled in my seat and physically recoiling with each gunshot.
War experience without a single drop of blood? Tension created by the above sound manipulation and not by character, story, acting or any other damn tool of filmmaking? Such an overrated experience / film. :(
I died because the sucker of waitress of this cinema turned the sound a way to loud. The Stuka was attacking and my eardrum nearly exploded ^^. Was a totally new kind of realism i promise
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It's unfortunate that only a small percentage of film audiences appreciates sound design and score, when sound is 50% of what "film" as a craft is. Videos like these that expose the brilliance in these aspects of film should be watched by more people.
The Someawesome I absolutely agree with you! I have a degree in film and appreciate every aspect of the art when watching any movie. It's a shame most movie goers just like the visuals
The sound design was huge in Dunkirk. Props to designing the rise as always an ever-present lead-in to the droning of the dive bombers. And the sound was absolutely crucial in keeping straight the different storylines.
Even though this movie was shot in IMAX, if you adore sound then Dolby Atmos outfitted cinemas will be the perfect fit for you. 64 speakers in one room. Each one independently powered with its own separate audio feed. www.dolby.com/us/en/technologies/cinema/dolby-atmos.html
I'm not a film genius but I don't understand why a lot of people doesn't like Dunkirk. For it might be boring for several people (well, it' s about preference) but the work on the movie is just so awesome
Dunkirk is a very different movie and not your standard war movie. There is very little dialogue a very simple plot, not much gore and almost no character development ( I think I remember 1 characters name). The movie is not for everyone because of how different it is and some will find it very boring. That being said I really enjoyed it the sound was amazing and in every scene I felt completely immersed in what was happening. I like how it show 3 different perspective of land air and sea and I like how the movie wasn't crazy long like other war movies. If you haven't seen it yet go into the movie expecting it to be different and you may or may not like it depending on what I mentioned.
Yeah... that was a big reason why I just couldn't get myself to like this movie. There was absolutely no character development and you don't know anyone's names. The biggest thing was that the little dialogue that was in the movie was most of the time incomprehensible. I can always understand English accents but in this movie, almost none of the actors enunciated their words? I guess this movie would be better for British folk haha
I think i can understand what u mean by character development like u mean character exposition because the characters definitely developed throughout the movie.
Clifton Williams I saw it in IMAX at the local theatre..... no joke the audio was so loud I had to close my ears a couple times. Felt like I was actually there
The Spitfires sounded incredibly real too, even down to the little clicks. If I'm not mistaken, they actually used real Stukas and Spitfires, because Nolan didn't want to use any CGI. Still, points for leaving in the specific plane sounds, and not taking them out, or drowning them in other noise.
When it comes to Nolan movies, I often find myself in a state where I do think the film is good or OK ish, but the soundtrack is incredible. A lot of people love Inception, it personally left me fairly disappointed, BUT I listen to the soundtrack quite often, I heard it at least 50 times ... to me, it's a pure magic. The same goes for Interstellar which considering everything I really like, but the soundtrack, the mix of analogue organ and other instruments is immensely powerful far exceeding the visual or the story.
Also the exact same technique is used in the soundtrack's rhythm during the film, slow beat gets faster, really fast then fades out as a 4 times slower tempo version starts to fade in, continuous loop.
Honestly I love it when a score for a movie matches it's tone and helps set the right tone, and simply Zimmer is a genius with his scores, I loved the hell out of Dunkirk it was a genuine Masterpiece
Michael Diaz I was thinking more like Amazing Spider-Man 2, I think interstellars soundtrack is just ok but unlike Spider-Man I wouldn't call it particularly bad
In my dedicated 7.2 HT setup the gun shot effects start from the surround backs and surround heights and moves rapidly to the fronts...it jump scared my entire family watching and probably just about settled down , this is immediately after the ticking sound mentioned here.... just want to own the 4K Blu-ray when it’s out
Ye. At first I thought it would he a normal war movie, but then the first part started and I almost cried because it was so intense. Watching it in IMAX 3d was insane. Would love to have that experience again
I've watched this so many times and it continues to stay with me. An auditory illusion is something I've never even thought about before. Incredible work to evoke emotion from its audience.
Wow. Sometimes when I'm trying to sleep but my mind is still hyper, I imagine a jet engine turning off. But sometimes I don't do it right, so it turns out exactly like 1:30-1:38, and it takes a while for me to go to sleep. Good to know that it has a name. Thanks for nothing, Shepherd-Risset Glissando.
I am so familiar with this, actually I find it almost impossible to imagine any loud sound slowly diminishing to an absolute silence...I never reach that silence.
The sound absolutely made Dunkirk for me. It had been years since a film had me riding the edge of my seat like that. While others were thinking it was too loud I was sitting there basking in almost a panick attack of suspense and thrill that lasted almost till the last moment of the film. I thought everything was beautiful and it's a masterpiece of a film most definitely. I still wish I could go see it in theatres with all the sound.
That's really amazing, I never knew you couldn't combine three different tones and blend them so smoothly to get that pulling sound that drags you and your mind away in the intensity.
Nolan also uses this illusion with the drama of intercut scenes. He’ll introduce one scene, and in the middle cut to another and another then cut back to the first one, and intercut between them all and even introduce new ones. It gives the illusion that the drama is infinitely rising, then when they all reach their conclusions(sometimes simultaneously) its super satisfying. But he can keep you watching by withholding the conclusion of at least one of those scenes at any given moment if he wants to, you may not be aware of it but he’s keeping the drama going.
This movie was so freaking good. The people that thought it was boring are clearly too young to understand what actually happened in Dunkirk, or cannot appreciate the sound, visual effects and psychological thrill aspect of the movie. The movie's purpose was not to tell a story, the purpose is to make you feel like you were one of the 400,000 soldiers escaping Dunkirk with your life on the line. If you expected a love story or a dialogue heavy story, you're going to be disappointed with this movie.
Eh, I rather believe those people are blinded by all the gory overdramatic love story and MURICA war movies so that they are not able to notice a real good one again. Maybe those people also never watched The Pianist - which puts every Spielberg WW2 movie to shame.
TheKandyCinema I could feel the the tension, and appreciate the music. But how can I feel empathy when I don't even remember the name of the characters. The movie doesnt work the same for every people.
ALL movies have the purpose to tell a story. Or else why are we there? Dunkirk was telling the story of what happened there with the evacuation. But with no character development, I didn't care about any of the people in the movie except Mark Rylance, who did have some development. It's strictly about taste. Some people will not care and will love the spectacle Nolan gave us. Some will care and will feel distant from the movie and people in it. Although I was impressed with the sound and effects. The scenes of peril were repetitive and I just didn't care much about the individuals. I liked the movie more than the people who hate on it, but as a huge Nolan fan a good movie is not what I expect from him. I expect a great movie. Dunkirk was disappointing.
I loved Dunkirk. However it was very different and I can see why people disliked it. Not everyone enjoys the constant tension, basically non existent plot and minimal character development. Personally the only but I thought was a bit lack luster was the spitfire sequence, but I liked how they tied in at the end.
I hate this kind of pretentiousness where people think they are more intelligent or more educated than someone else based on the kind of movies they like. I happened to love Dunkirk but me loving it doesn't make me more mature or wise or intelligent than other people who didn't enjoy it. I like an immersive experience. Other people watch movies to unwind or turn their brains off after a busy week. The purpose of entertainment differs between everyone. People who didn't love dunkirk may very well be knowledgable about the event that took place, but the movie simply wasn't their cuppa tea. Don't assume.
If Dunkirk doesn't receive an award for its sound design, I'm gonna be pissed. The soundtrack and sound engineering were purpose built to keep you on edge the entire movie until the ending, and it's amazing.
Thank you Nolan and Zimeer for making such a beatiful piece of art with this movie. Every minute was intense as hell and this kind of movie feels like a complete refresh to what we are so used to watch in war film.
This film is the best cinema experience ive ever lived , the music as explained here , my god that sheperd tones are effective. The sound of Ju 87 diving with their siren , souds of Spitfires Merlin engines roaring overhead . This film will be remembered as a chef d'oeuvre .100/100 would live it again
Rambo To think I was scared when he also replaced Johannsson for Blade Runner. It was downright one of the most intense compositions together with the one for Dunkirk
Jerome Bashter Yes and no. They would've more subscribers if they weren't bias during the election. Long as they don't talk about politics, the channel is golden.
+n1njasause Excuse me, but I don't mean this to sound oversimplified or condescending, but I don't know the context from which you don't understand as it is plainly obvious from my perspective. Nevertheless, a shill, used in this context, is one who pretends to give an impartial opinion when in fact they themselves have a vested interest. Both on their website and in their UA-cam about me they state their 'impartiality' as a matter of fact. They attempt to present the news as if they are showing the impartial and correct side of each story they cover. Their claim to impartiality is a dubious one at best and an outright deceiving one at worst. I would have more respect for them if they were actually impartial (on politics particularly). Perhaps take a more objective approach when looking at data or maybe just hire some conservative interns, writers, producers, etc.... How many conservatives do you think work on those politics videos? Newsflash; none. If they aren't going to actually be impartial, I would rather they were just upfront with their Liberal-Leftist agenda.
Navi Gill USA Today said that some could see the movie and complain at the lack of female or colored characters, but then went on to say to those with any complaints about this that the movie was a great heroic tale, and in the historical time frame it wouldn't make sense if it had large a female or colored role, especially because Dunkirk is the story of how about 400,000 white men were waiting on a beach expecting to die or be captured. Conservative media had a field day though taking the part about were USA Today briefly mentioned possible far left complaints and implied that USA Today hated the movie because there weren't enough women or colored people.
Another great example of shepard tones for "increasing tension effect" is on TENET soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson. You can notice it very clearly in "Rainy Night in Tallinn" and "Posterity", for example.
I can’t blame you if it missed the mark for you. It isn’t for everyone. I just happen to be one of those who love it (it’s probably my favorite film of 2017).
Movie scores is such a huge part of these movies and so integral to making these movies the masterpieces they are. Hans zimmer does an amazing job at creating some of the greatest soundtracks
Yo. Watch this in IMAX. My heart was pounding throughout the whole movie. Quite enjoyable and probably the closest I will get to being in war, and this is coming from a film. Masterpiece and a instant rainy Sunday classic.
Traditional folk drums of Bengal 'Bangla Dhol' sound like this never ending rythm. This is also explained in the song "Ami Takdum Takdum Bajai" by SD Burman (1975). The lyrics states, "বাজে ঢোল নরম গরম তালেতে, বিসর্জনের ব্যাথা ভোলায় আগমনীর খুশিতে, বাংলাদেশের ঢোলের সুরে ছন্দপতন নাই, সব ভুলে যাই তাও ভুলিনা বাংলা মায়ের কোল..." which roughly translate that the ending or outgoing sound (বিসর্জন/Bisarjan) is compensated or replaced by the consequent incoming sound (আগমনী/Agomoni) which is the feature of Bengali dhol or Bangla dhol, thus it does not have any break or defect (বাংলাদেশের ঢোলের সুরে ছন্দপতন নাই).
I hope that Hans Zimmer, Chris Nolan, the outstanding cinematographer, and company win all the Oscars that they are nominated for. Good luck to all of them. They deserve all the praise and awards.
I was explaining to a friend that one of the best things about Dunkirk was the way the score kept ratcheting up the tension steadily throughout, and now I know how it was done. Fantastic!
I really love the OSTs for Dunkirk, the ticking time theme really fits considering the topic of the movie. In the real Dunkirk, time was also of the essence. Clock ticks is a really intense and amazing way to show that.
I think what Zimmer did with this soundtrack, particularly the track "The Oil" is not exactly the Shepard tone. He even slightly hinted at this fact in an interview he did recently. He would not give away his "trick" but after listening to the track so many times I think I may have figured it out (at least partially). My idea is that to continue the tone higher and higher with seemingly no end, he introduces a new instrument that takes over as the most prominent sound (loudest, most expressive). As the tone gets higher, a new instrument takes over for that range in the tone. You'll notice, it starts out with Trombones playing a bass not that goes up the scale, then they slowly fade out dropping back down to the original octave, while the higher horns (maybe French horns), crossfade in and continue the tone, then as these horns are playing, the strings are gradually fading in and continue the tone even higher, etc... The trick is that none of the instruments never stop playing, they simply drop back down to their starting octave as the other instruments take over.
Nolan uses this visually too. He's known for intercutting during suspenseful moments. He usually uses three scenes, or the same scene but from three different perspectives. He inter cuts between each scene or shot so perfectly while controlling the pace and suspense in all of them at different times to mimic the shepard tone visually. That's why Nolan & Zimmer work so well together.
I've watched Dunkirk the fifth time and i'm obsessed with the background themes and the ticking noise. One time i accidentally snoozed off while i was doing my homework. This channal explanation is very well made and Political.
If Hans Zimmer sounds familiar to anyone, he’s done various work in other places for soundtracks, probably the most popular example being the MW2 soundtrack.
Aha, you think you're sipping tea, but when you weren't looking, I swapped it with ROOT BEER! AHAHAHAHA! I've rendered your persona into nought but a shameful sham, and there's nothing you can do about it!
Hans Zimmer's work is out of the world.
i dont think anything can compare to "youre so cool" true romance theme. literally makes me all gooey and emotional inside, seeing scenes of the movie
SnownyKatie some call it interstellar
wasolop Impressive pun.
Darn I was was 3 hours late to make that pun
SnownyKatie along with john willams
The movie's so intense I felt exhausted afterwards. But that's the whole point I suppose.
DeadManProp no you were prob exhausted from how bored you were
Omar Shahaltough it wasn't boring though?
I felt exhausted after the first 15 min. This effect ruined the pacing imo, as the feeling of ever rising and unresolved tension made it extremely difficult to sit through.
Watch whiplash
I felt the same way. I'm worried all the way through the film.
i watched dunkirk twice and i was so obsessed with the music and the ticking noise throughout the movie. it really brought the movie to its peak. i heard about that the ticking sound was from one of christopher nolan's old vintage pocket clocks and i love the personal touch from the director!
Hmm I’m detecting a lack of commas and hints of subtle pretentiousness.
@Melissa Mui where can i watch it its not on netflix :(
@@Ran-he5ij it's on Amazon dude, dunkirk, interstellar, the prestige, tenet and inception all are in amazon
yes i’ve watched it twice now, second time because of the soundtrack
@@kitchristopher7 same
shepard tones are what anxiety sounds like
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U probably dont have anxiety if u say bs like that
@@aAaAa-aAaAA-aA true , a person with anxiety ain't that good w/ puns
@@aAaAa-aAaAA-aA i do and its absolutely correct, im not self diagnosec
The film wouldn't have been the same without the soundtrack.
hans zimmer does make really amazing pieces. a movie can be very different because he's in charge of the music.
This is the first Nolan film in a long time, if i may be so bold to say, that could probably get away with another composer doing it.
BUT
ONLY ANOTHER GREAT ONE!
I'm talking _great_ great. Like Williams or someone.
Agreed, I absolutely loved the film. I have a 4k tv and the quality of the film was amazing.
It's funny how you can say the same thing for interstellar
You can say that about just about any film
1:32 sounds like my washing machine when its about to stop and start the typical washing machine cleaning finished anthem.
Heroninja112 It sounds like the Hirochi eSBR decreasing in speed from BeamNG Drive
_In einem Bächlein helle da schoß in froher Eil..._
Homie I don't know how to break this to you, but thats no Washing machine your hearing. What you're hearing is visitors from another planet. Those are aliens.
Indeed! - LOL
Sounds like the London Tube decelerating.
I had the pleasure of watching the film last Sunday at Phenomena cinema in Barcelona. It was a 70mm showing with DTS audio. Before the film began, however, one of the staff members, a Director of Photography, explained that Nolan himself had been to the cinema a couple of weeks before for a private showing and had calibrated the projector and audio to his liking. His audio tastes were peculiar, to say the least. We were told that the volume we were going to experience was slightly lower than what Nolan requested due to how loud it was. They were right, every gunshot was deafening and the pacing of the film combined with the overwhelmingly loud soundtrack and immersive experience of the 70mm film made for an intense experience. I was genuinely recoiled in my seat and physically recoiling with each gunshot.
Tobias Soar
Feeling was similar in IMAX in Bucharest. Uncharacteristically loud gunshots and overhead planes.
boyboyy I've been to that cinema, it's awesome. I'm gonna check it out at a 70mm screening in Hamburg :)
Tobias Soar yeah I wish I'd heard it in a quiet screen. Saw it in Imax and I had a headache for the next 24 hours. Great film, but way too loud.
Alaijks Karm I think they closed for a couple years and then reopened. They sure are open and successful now, though!
That's because vets explain that most war movies go extremely wrong with how loud war is. Noise of combat shakes you to your core
Nolan and Zimmer are a perfect match, the score and the direction in Dunkirk give rise to some of the most intense scenes I've ever come across.
Like Spielberg and Williams
Ross Golden just like Interstellar and Inception. I love these two when they make a movie together
To be completely honest, I would love to see Dunkirk twice longer as the original runtime, it is so damn awesome!
Ross Golden I reckon if you gave them any mediocre script they could still make an epic film out of it, such an awesome duo.
Ross Golden already an Oscar winner for the original score
I muted the TV
*you cant scare me*
😂😂😂 same
can’t*
@Elnar Dastan unless if its a joke name
Did the same when I heard Twilight Zone music theme, I even went with not watching TV for 6 months. I was 7, that's my first memory of music.
Outstanding Move!
fortunately, the movie length is only about one and a half hour, cause i nearly died on imax seat hearing that intense beat
War experience without a single drop of blood? Tension created by the above sound manipulation and not by character, story, acting or any other damn tool of filmmaking? Such an overrated experience / film. :(
you gt see the film on a different perspective
I died because the sucker of waitress of this cinema turned the sound a way to loud. The Stuka was attacking and my eardrum nearly exploded ^^. Was a totally new kind of realism i promise
Yeah, it was constant. Tension constantly ramping up until the end. So good.
busterjupp And those Stukas, man.....
WHEW what a immersive rush that was.....
Hans Zimmer is a freaking Genius
not that genius
Genius of incompetence.
In Dunkirk I feel a lot of the credit should be given to Elgar
yes! nice use of "nimrod"
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chris nolan+hans zimmer=MAGNUM OPUS
God like
Ludwig Göransson has a lot to live up to.
Torontino+ ennio
@@prashanthadepu3013 Torontino
@@Dmytrovir Toronto Quentenino
It's unfortunate that only a small percentage of film audiences appreciates sound design and score, when sound is 50% of what "film" as a craft is. Videos like these that expose the brilliance in these aspects of film should be watched by more people.
The Someawesome I absolutely agree with you! I have a degree in film and appreciate every aspect of the art when watching any movie. It's a shame most movie goers just like the visuals
The sound design was huge in Dunkirk. Props to designing the rise as always an ever-present lead-in to the droning of the dive bombers. And the sound was absolutely crucial in keeping straight the different storylines.
Even if it's not conscious the audience is 100% feeling the effects of the sound design.
Even though this movie was shot in IMAX, if you adore sound then Dolby Atmos outfitted cinemas will be the perfect fit for you. 64 speakers in one room. Each one independently powered with its own separate audio feed.
www.dolby.com/us/en/technologies/cinema/dolby-atmos.html
I'm not a film genius but I don't understand why a lot of people doesn't like Dunkirk. For it might be boring for several people (well, it' s about preference) but the work on the movie is just so awesome
Dunkirk is a very different movie and not your standard war movie. There is very little dialogue a very simple plot, not much gore and almost no character development ( I think I remember 1 characters name). The movie is not for everyone because of how different it is and some will find it very boring. That being said I really enjoyed it the sound was amazing and in every scene I felt completely immersed in what was happening. I like how it show 3 different perspective of land air and sea and I like how the movie wasn't crazy long like other war movies. If you haven't seen it yet go into the movie expecting it to be different and you may or may not like it depending on what I mentioned.
solvent bee Why not?
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Yeah... that was a big reason why I just couldn't get myself to like this movie. There was absolutely no character development and you don't know anyone's names. The biggest thing was that the little dialogue that was in the movie was most of the time incomprehensible. I can always understand English accents but in this movie, almost none of the actors enunciated their words? I guess this movie would be better for British folk haha
It was bad
I think i can understand what u mean by character development like u mean character exposition because the characters definitely developed throughout the movie.
I felt so oppressed during this movie it was amazing
You must be a gamer 😪
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@@missingpathway0 you stole my joke.
Damn you.
@Squishy Potato no your breathtaking!
I was gonna say "u meant depressed" but then i realized that would be an r/whooosh move
Who had goosebumps when the Spitfires flies over!
Alpha Adhito everyone
Spitfires were totally awesome, but those Jericho Trumpets, oh man!!!! Just for that sound alone i am thinking about paying another IMAX ticket. :)
Believe me, they are just as awesome when they fly over in real life!
Lazarus Long yeah I attended the iMax in austin texas, and it was awesome. Dunkirk is definitely a movie you wouldn't wanna watch on a small screen
Made me want to play War Thunder
The Stuka's sounded so real in Dunkirk, I'd hate to have to stand on a beach with one of those screaming down from the sky
Clifton Williams I saw dunkirk in theaters and man was the stuka dive scary
Clifton Williams I saw it in IMAX at the local theatre..... no joke the audio was so loud I had to close my ears a couple times. Felt like I was actually there
It was the same way at the Marcus theater in Columbus, OH. Painfully loud.
I think some plains/boats were real
The Spitfires sounded incredibly real too, even down to the little clicks. If I'm not mistaken, they actually used real Stukas and Spitfires, because Nolan didn't want to use any CGI. Still, points for leaving in the specific plane sounds, and not taking them out, or drowning them in other noise.
He is HANS down the best
I'll see myself out...
I will escort you to the door
Haha nice one.
@@ethnicleanserberg7975 I will supervise to make sure he's no longer in the building.
Your bad joke made me zimmer with rage
@@crung I got my Hanz down to floor lol
I was thinking, 'Oh, like the Mario 64 stairs?', and then you showed them!
and i was thinking, "oh, like the bat pod??" and it was also shown! #dreamscometrue
Before I clicked the video I was thinking its probably a Shepard tone
And i was thinking the echoes by pink floyd one, spooky song
SAME!
Hans Zimmer is genius
Goat T And Nolan too
Goat T is Hans Zimmer's fake account.
All of his music sounds the same
PudgeControlsTheWeather maybe to the untrained ear...
so is nolan. together they make masterpieces
The music is one of the most important aspect of the movie experience, it helps in creating a mood and Dunkirk did it perfectly
Dunkirk is a whitewashed war movie.There was 0 representation of the Indian and African soldiers who fought for the British in WW2.
@@risky7165 ok
When it comes to Nolan movies, I often find myself in a state where I do think the film is good or OK ish, but the soundtrack is incredible.
A lot of people love Inception, it personally left me fairly disappointed, BUT I listen to the soundtrack quite often, I heard it at least 50 times ... to me, it's a pure magic.
The same goes for Interstellar which considering everything I really like, but the soundtrack, the mix of analogue organ and other instruments is immensely powerful far exceeding the visual or the story.
- We can pratically see it from here
- What ?
- The oscar
I got that reference!
Bravo. :D :D
Not even close. By far the weakest Nolan film yet.
Dark Knight films are the worst of his films. Bloated storytelling at its' worst.
The story was a kind of....was there a story?
Also the exact same technique is used in the soundtrack's rhythm during the film, slow beat gets faster, really fast then fades out as a 4 times slower tempo version starts to fade in, continuous loop.
VirtuaMe okie dokie
This is a technique that I, as a DJ, use during long sets. Start with 60-65 BPM and go on till 130 BPM and fade to 60-65 BPM again...
I LOVED the sounds from the cabin on the fighter pilot scenes
Everybody gangsta 'till Shepard Risset Glissando starts playing
Ignoriss is GLISS
no
Honestly I love it when a score for a movie matches it's tone and helps set the right tone, and simply Zimmer is a genius with his scores, I loved the hell out of Dunkirk it was a genuine Masterpiece
Hans Zimmer is a genius
But he didn't do it first though.
nolan of music industry
Usually, yeah. But he also has some awful soundtracks too
Alex Simcock Yep, I thought alot of interstellar's music was bad
Michael Diaz I was thinking more like Amazing Spider-Man 2, I think interstellars soundtrack is just ok but unlike Spider-Man I wouldn't call it particularly bad
Doctor: dont worry, anxiety wont scare you
Anxiety: *_listen_*
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rude...
Yo did anyone else jump when the movie first start and there are those super loud gun shots?
Abdullah Khan14 hahahaha that's exactly what happens to me
I watched the movie a couple times already and yes I did jump every time...
I nearly shouted-
In my dedicated 7.2 HT setup the gun shot effects start from the surround backs and surround heights and moves rapidly to the fronts...it jump scared my entire family watching and probably just about settled down , this is immediately after the ticking sound mentioned here.... just want to own the 4K Blu-ray when it’s out
Ye. At first I thought it would he a normal war movie, but then the first part started and I almost cried because it was so intense. Watching it in IMAX 3d was insane. Would love to have that experience again
hans zimmer + chris nolan =perfection
Dashz 17 true
Dashz 17 PTA + Johnny Greenwood give them a run for their money :)
You're God damn right.
zimmer is a hack.
I've watched this so many times and it continues to stay with me. An auditory illusion is something I've never even thought about before. Incredible work to evoke emotion from its audience.
Wow. Sometimes when I'm trying to sleep but my mind is still hyper, I imagine a jet engine turning off. But sometimes I don't do it right, so it turns out exactly like 1:30-1:38, and it takes a while for me to go to sleep. Good to know that it has a name. Thanks for nothing, Shepherd-Risset Glissando.
Zulhilmi Ghouse I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THANK YOU FOR THIS i was getting so much anxiety because of thiss
I am so familiar with this, actually I find it almost impossible to imagine any loud sound slowly diminishing to an absolute silence...I never reach that silence.
Same with imagining a swinging pendulum gradually slowing down to a full stop... at least for me (ends up slowing down in discrete steps)
same
well thats another way of imagining slow death
In my opinion it's creepier when it goes down then when it goes up
Bob bobinson That's what she said
sounds like a shuttle from mass effect
Thats because you know the main weapon of the death star is going to lunch soon :P
Yeah it is going to lunch
Bob bobinson yea me too
The sound absolutely made Dunkirk for me. It had been years since a film had me riding the edge of my seat like that. While others were thinking it was too loud I was sitting there basking in almost a panick attack of suspense and thrill that lasted almost till the last moment of the film. I thought everything was beautiful and it's a masterpiece of a film most definitely. I still wish I could go see it in theatres with all the sound.
Tbh Hans Zimmer could make a rusty trash can look and sound so ominous and chilling!
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That's really amazing, I never knew you couldn't combine three different tones and blend them so smoothly to get that pulling sound that drags you and your mind away in the intensity.
Nolan also uses this illusion with the drama of intercut scenes. He’ll introduce one scene, and in the middle cut to another and another then cut back to the first one, and intercut between them all and even introduce new ones. It gives the illusion that the drama is infinitely rising, then when they all reach their conclusions(sometimes simultaneously) its super satisfying. But he can keep you watching by withholding the conclusion of at least one of those scenes at any given moment if he wants to, you may not be aware of it but he’s keeping the drama going.
This movie was so freaking good. The people that thought it was boring are clearly too young to understand what actually happened in Dunkirk, or cannot appreciate the sound, visual effects and psychological thrill aspect of the movie.
The movie's purpose was not to tell a story, the purpose is to make you feel like you were one of the 400,000 soldiers escaping Dunkirk with your life on the line. If you expected a love story or a dialogue heavy story, you're going to be disappointed with this movie.
Eh, I rather believe those people are blinded by all the gory overdramatic love story and MURICA war movies so that they are not able to notice a real good one again. Maybe those people also never watched The Pianist - which puts every Spielberg WW2 movie to shame.
TheKandyCinema I could feel the the tension, and appreciate the music. But how can I feel empathy when I don't even remember the name of the characters. The movie doesnt work the same for every people.
ALL movies have the purpose to tell a story. Or else why are we there? Dunkirk was telling the story of what happened there with the evacuation. But with no character development, I didn't care about any of the people in the movie except Mark Rylance, who did have some development. It's strictly about taste. Some people will not care and will love the spectacle Nolan gave us. Some will care and will feel distant from the movie and people in it. Although I was impressed with the sound and effects. The scenes of peril were repetitive and I just didn't care much about the individuals. I liked the movie more than the people who hate on it, but as a huge Nolan fan a good movie is not what I expect from him. I expect a great movie. Dunkirk was disappointing.
I loved Dunkirk. However it was very different and I can see why people disliked it. Not everyone enjoys the constant tension, basically non existent plot and minimal character development. Personally the only but I thought was a bit lack luster was the spitfire sequence, but I liked how they tied in at the end.
I hate this kind of pretentiousness where people think they are more intelligent or more educated than someone else based on the kind of movies they like. I happened to love Dunkirk but me loving it doesn't make me more mature or wise or intelligent than other people who didn't enjoy it. I like an immersive experience. Other people watch movies to unwind or turn their brains off after a busy week. The purpose of entertainment differs between everyone. People who didn't love dunkirk may very well be knowledgable about the event that took place, but the movie simply wasn't their cuppa tea. Don't assume.
This movie was INSANE i mean seriously Christopher Nolan is a genius
Better than any of his other films like Interstellar Inception or Dark Knight?
He's the most overrated director alive.
I think you're kissing Nolan's ass too much.
Prince_Aratani it's great but not as good as inception
EasyEgg who is better then?
If Dunkirk doesn't receive an award for its sound design, I'm gonna be pissed. The soundtrack and sound engineering were purpose built to keep you on edge the entire movie until the ending, and it's amazing.
Thank you Nolan and Zimeer for making such a beatiful piece of art with this movie. Every minute was intense as hell and this kind of movie feels like a complete refresh to what we are so used to watch in war film.
That reverse sound was just so depressing...
1:30 to 1:35
It made me feel... heavy? More grounded? That's the only part of the video where the sound really had an affect on me.
It made my breathing heavy. Like something was on my chest.
It just sounds like a engine slowly turning off
It just sounds like a space ship landing on moon/planet.
It sounds Like a plane landing.. sorta
0:49 Thank you Vox for using my video explanation on how to create this illusion! 🙏
Hans Zimmer masterpiece
Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan are the best duo ever !
John Williams and Steven Spielberg, as well
This film is the best cinema experience ive ever lived , the music as explained here , my god that sheperd tones are effective. The sound of Ju 87 diving with their siren , souds of Spitfires Merlin engines roaring overhead . This film will be remembered as a chef d'oeuvre .100/100 would live it again
Pink Floyd’s echoes is simply just 23 minutes of excellence
I listen that song to sleep. I see dreams filled with anxiety.
If it wasn't for this video I would have never discovered pink floyd
Echoes act III: 3 FREEZE
Were you rushing or draging?
Kapil Dabi not quite my tempo
Don't worry, I'll cue you
+Kapil Dabi
dragging*
beautiful reference right here 😂
yessss
Hans Zimmer is the best, his compisitions are amazing.
Excellent analysis of the Nolan scores. Also, the best explanation (and demo) of Shepard tones I've ever seen. Bravo.
Me : How does Anxiety sound like?
Vox: Here you go....
TMI
NEI
Bluudy ell wrethed woman
Shepard-Risset Glissando. Just had to write that out so that later I can sound smart. K thanks.
Sounds like a french dish to me.
I shouldnt have to say this, but to those uninformed, Hans Zimmer is a genius.
Rambo To think I was scared when he also replaced Johannsson for Blade Runner. It was downright one of the most intense compositions together with the one for Dunkirk
Vox is so underrated, deserve so many more subscribers
Jerome Bashter Yes and no. They would've more subscribers if they weren't bias during the election. Long as they don't talk about politics, the channel is golden.
Jerome Bashter If they weren't a shill for the left they wouldn't have alienated half of their potential audience.
Lakeshow Update explain
+n1njasause Excuse me, but I don't mean this to sound oversimplified or condescending, but I don't know the context from which you don't understand as it is plainly obvious from my perspective. Nevertheless, a shill, used in this context, is one who pretends to give an impartial opinion when in fact they themselves have a vested interest. Both on their website and in their UA-cam about me they state their 'impartiality' as a matter of fact. They attempt to present the news as if they are showing the impartial and correct side of each story they cover. Their claim to impartiality is a dubious one at best and an outright deceiving one at worst. I would have more respect for them if they were actually impartial (on politics particularly). Perhaps take a more objective approach when looking at data or maybe just hire some conservative interns, writers, producers, etc.... How many conservatives do you think work on those politics videos? Newsflash; none. If they aren't going to actually be impartial, I would rather they were just upfront with their Liberal-Leftist agenda.
Lakeshow Update Well they a left based group
Everytime I hear those my brain automatically think that there's a jumpscare coming up
😂😂😂😂 .........
Dunkirk is my favorite country in the US
Well.....
......,
I hope you are joking.
America is my city
Belgium is my favourite city too
A video about Dunkirk that doesn't take USA today's review out of context? Nice
Salokin Sekwah What happened?
Navi Gill USA Today said that some could see the movie and complain at the lack of female or colored characters, but then went on to say to those with any complaints about this that the movie was a great heroic tale, and in the historical time frame it wouldn't make sense if it had large a female or colored role, especially because Dunkirk is the story of how about 400,000 white men were waiting on a beach expecting to die or be captured. Conservative media had a field day though taking the part about were USA Today briefly mentioned possible far left complaints and implied that USA Today hated the movie because there weren't enough women or colored people.
BIRD MUST FEED ooh so just retards being retards....nothing new here
BIRD MUST FEED that's.... like a whole new level of idiocy
That's America for you
Another great example of shepard tones for "increasing tension effect" is on TENET soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson. You can notice it very clearly in "Rainy Night in Tallinn" and "Posterity", for example.
Does Oppenheimer’s soundtrack use shepard tones?
My uncle is Hans Zimmer. Sadly he is not a composer.
What does he do?
He is a big guy
Daniel Guerra for you
Alaijks Karm careful with that edge, you may cut yourself, edgelord
He knows next to nothing about music.
Christopher Nolan+Hans Zimmer= Deadly Combination 🔥
When Chris Nolan and Hans Zimmer work together, they create masterpieces.
I've seen this movie four times in theaters! It's that good.
Jordyn Elliott me too! A cinematic wonder.
Eh, found it dissapointing
Barnabas Maeres yep me too... and at no point intense as everyone is saying
Miss for me, it's a shame
blackjack16O i see, you dont like drama
I can’t blame you if it missed the mark for you. It isn’t for everyone. I just happen to be one of those who love it (it’s probably my favorite film of 2017).
At least Dunkirk will win best sound effects for Oscar 2017. I really hope it will also win the best picture, but it's 2017.
It won for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing. All well-deserved.
Imagine Christopher Nolan & Hans Zimmer joining hands to make a horror movie 😱
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Hans is always an inspiration to many in music production including me 🙌🏽🔉🔉he's an awesome composer
Movie scores is such a huge part of these movies and so integral to making these movies the masterpieces they are. Hans zimmer does an amazing job at creating some of the greatest soundtracks
1:25 yooo i literally felt my heart rate going up 😳😳😳
Omg same
You picked the wrong music fool
Dunkirk is an incredible film! It's a true experience, the use of sound to sustain the tension is amazing. I want to watch it again in cinema.
Echoes, best Pink Floyd song.
jsvkia1 it's between Echoes and Wish You Were Here
sorry but the best pin floyd song is Time.
jsvkia1 my favorites are Hey you and Time
Echoes or High Hopes
it's subjective.
Deserves like 4 or 5 Oscar's already.
Damn another reason to show how ahead of their time Pink Floyd was
Varun Bhattacharyya
echoes is the best track floyd have ever done IMO, and thats saying something
Varun Bhattacharyya How exactly does using this technique make them ahead of ther time?
NeoTag Name one music artist that has used this technique before 1971
Varun Bhattacharyya Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Sebastian Bach.
gtfo
kyyng slyme hahaha okay mate you win
Dunkirk is my country
No, England is my city
Eric Hao OMG stop, this is annoying
Asia is my town
Eric Hao DAMN..you beat me to it
london is my language
Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer duo will always be the greatest.
Yo. Watch this in IMAX. My heart was pounding throughout the whole movie. Quite enjoyable and probably the closest I will get to being in war, and this is coming from a film. Masterpiece and a instant rainy Sunday classic.
Saw the movie in theatre and the soundtrack was amazing!
Traditional folk drums of Bengal 'Bangla Dhol' sound like this never ending rythm. This is also explained in the song "Ami Takdum Takdum Bajai" by SD Burman (1975). The lyrics states,
"বাজে ঢোল নরম গরম তালেতে,
বিসর্জনের ব্যাথা ভোলায় আগমনীর খুশিতে,
বাংলাদেশের ঢোলের সুরে ছন্দপতন নাই,
সব ভুলে যাই তাও ভুলিনা বাংলা মায়ের কোল..."
which roughly translate that the ending or outgoing sound (বিসর্জন/Bisarjan) is compensated or replaced by the consequent incoming sound (আগমনী/Agomoni) which is the feature of Bengali dhol or Bangla dhol, thus it does not have any break or defect (বাংলাদেশের ঢোলের সুরে ছন্দপতন নাই).
I like how the music Nolan's movies sounded simple yet effective to convey emotion.
"Oh, that's a bit of a dodgy question." - Hans Zimmer in that one commercial.
I hope that Hans Zimmer, Chris Nolan, the outstanding cinematographer, and company win all the Oscars that they are nominated for. Good luck to all of them. They deserve all the praise and awards.
The sound effects in Dunkirk made the movie go from epic to legendary.
so this is what anxiety feels like
very original bro
I was explaining to a friend that one of the best things about Dunkirk was the way the score kept ratcheting up the tension steadily throughout, and now I know how it was done. Fantastic!
I really love the OSTs for Dunkirk, the ticking time theme really fits considering the topic of the movie. In the real Dunkirk, time was also of the essence. Clock ticks is a really intense and amazing way to show that.
Proud of knowing this before this video.
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Dunkirk is just a couple of outstanding people who are the best at what they do, getting together to make the greatest war movie of all time
St. Vincent's song called "Black Rainbow" does the same effect, as well. It's so trippy
02:13 I love "The Prestige" it's my favourite movie.
it's not my favorite movie my favorite movie is the 1987 dreamworks official soundtrack of the movie dillon the frog
DC fan here and I'm so thankful for the legendary scores he made for JL, BvS and MoS!! Truly legendary!!
1:06 now go and see the thumbnail of the video. Nailed it man😊🖤
I think what Zimmer did with this soundtrack, particularly the track "The Oil" is not exactly the Shepard tone. He even slightly hinted at this fact in an interview he did recently. He would not give away his "trick" but after listening to the track so many times I think I may have figured it out (at least partially). My idea is that to continue the tone higher and higher with seemingly no end, he introduces a new instrument that takes over as the most prominent sound (loudest, most expressive). As the tone gets higher, a new instrument takes over for that range in the tone. You'll notice, it starts out with Trombones playing a bass not that goes up the scale, then they slowly fade out dropping back down to the original octave, while the higher horns (maybe French horns), crossfade in and continue the tone, then as these horns are playing, the strings are gradually fading in and continue the tone even higher, etc... The trick is that none of the instruments never stop playing, they simply drop back down to their starting octave as the other instruments take over.
To have such an understanding of the physics behind auditory affects is what makes composers like Hans Zimmer truly great
Why am I getting goosebumps lol
I became in love with cinema with c. Nolan movies, my personal favorite 1. Memento 2. dark Knight 3. Interstellar
I remember watching this for the first time and feeling so anxious and on edge, I realized it was the music all along doing that
i suggest listening to this while wearing a headphone
Have a nice day :))
Nolan uses this visually too. He's known for intercutting during suspenseful moments. He usually uses three scenes, or the same scene but from three different perspectives. He inter cuts between each scene or shot so perfectly while controlling the pace and suspense in all of them at different times to mimic the shepard tone visually. That's why Nolan & Zimmer work so well together.
I've watched Dunkirk the fifth time and i'm obsessed with the background themes and the ticking noise. One time i accidentally snoozed off while i was doing my homework. This channal explanation is very well made and Political.
How did I get from Cyanide and Happiness to this.
aidsen do you regret this transition?
You're not the only one
If Hans Zimmer sounds familiar to anyone, he’s done various work in other places for soundtracks, probably the most popular example being the MW2 soundtrack.
Nolan and Zimmer is one of the greatest combos to exist
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