Why The Music In Christopher Nolan’s Films Makes Us So Nervous

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  • Oscar-nominated “Oppenheimer” writer and director Christopher Nolan tells Stephen how much he enjoys the work of scoring his films, and why a sound he first heard in a song by Beck has become one of his secret weapons.
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  • @joelanthonylim6792
    @joelanthonylim6792 9 місяців тому +551

    Nolan's humor really shines here. The cello story about him being so frustrated learning it he took it out on Tenet made me chuckle lol

    • @tejirioru
      @tejirioru 9 місяців тому +3

      I laughed hard

    • @cygmoid
      @cygmoid 9 місяців тому +3

      Wow, poor cello

    • @GodBlessOurIndpendence
      @GodBlessOurIndpendence 8 місяців тому +1

      @@cygmoidthat cell will be remembered 😂😂

  • @samfilmkid
    @samfilmkid 9 місяців тому +317

    These one on one interviews really play to Stephen’s strengths. He doesn’t have to think at all about entertaining a room full of people and just really lets the conversation flow.

  • @lindalyon5611
    @lindalyon5611 9 місяців тому +194

    Just watched the entire interview. BRAVO, Stephen Colbert‼️‼️
    Your questions were brilliant and insightful; I could tell he understood that you “get” him 100% so he completely opened up to you. Well done! Thank you🙏🙌🎉

    • @cryionic
      @cryionic 9 місяців тому +2

      Might be a stupid question, but where does one find the entire interview?

    • @jeffreypierson2064
      @jeffreypierson2064 9 місяців тому +4

      @@cryionic It was broadcast, so it is broken up into segments. The broadcast segments are all on the Late Show UA-cam channel. No extras have been released.

  • @asynchronicity
    @asynchronicity 9 місяців тому +88

    Stephen really shines in complex interviews like this.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 9 місяців тому +3

      Unlike other hosts, he actually does research

    • @asynchronicity
      @asynchronicity 9 місяців тому +1

      @@johnking5174
      Can you imagine Fallon doing this? Kimmel maybe...

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 9 місяців тому +4

      @@asynchronicity Not Fallon for sure, he would simply not stop giggling. Kimmel maybe

    • @BingBong422
      @BingBong422 8 місяців тому

      @@johnking5174 And he's intelligent

  • @romilrh
    @romilrh 9 місяців тому +141

    0:53 You can tell Nolan was impressed that Colbert brought up the Batpod from The Dark Knight as an example of him using Shapard tones. It's a much more subtle example than, say, the score of Dunkirk, which everyone knows about. it was like Colbert was saying, "yeah, I know your work deeply, I'm not a casual"

    • @Funkensturme
      @Funkensturme 9 місяців тому +16

      It is curious that this should be the bare minimum any professional journalist should do before interviewing anyone, and yet the standard has dropped so low that we get surprised when a journalist actually does his job. Just to be clear, I'm not dismissing or disagreeing with your comment.

    • @romilrh
      @romilrh 9 місяців тому +10

      @@Funkensturme I agree, it's crazy that this has become what is now considered "above and beyond"

    • @emoney6692
      @emoney6692 9 місяців тому +3

      I had a genuine “aahh” moment when that happened, I did not pick up on that use of shepherd tone with the batpod and I’ve seen the movie a bunch if times.

    • @socrappyicoulddie
      @socrappyicoulddie 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Funkensturme I guess it's notable because Stephen's not a journalist and doesn't have any journalism credentials, he's a host and a comedian, so his skill with interviews (when he decides to utilise it earnestly) is just a bonus

    • @Geeksmithing
      @Geeksmithing 8 місяців тому

      and constantly in the Dark Knight when the Joker is up to his antics

  • @noangelthis
    @noangelthis 9 місяців тому +32

    It seems premature to comment this on part 4 and yet, can't help but feel strangely happy and inspired watching these two people who are clearly doing what they love, and are masters of their respective fields. Stephen has conducted this interview so skillfully, it is a joy to watch despite the split clips and numbering of the parts obscured by the time stamps.

  • @YodaMasterOfTheUniverse
    @YodaMasterOfTheUniverse 9 місяців тому +97

    i really love this director interviews, it brings out a lot more meaning and insights about their artisanal work. please do more of this. i also loved the one with spielberg.

  • @roentgen822
    @roentgen822 9 місяців тому +30

    I love this daily show Colbert report last week tonight style on-location interviews. Excellent way to change up the format once in a while, tighten up some jokes with editing and potential for skits. I genuinely hope Stephen does more of this despite how logistically difficult it can be.

  • @papatroll9545
    @papatroll9545 9 місяців тому +7

    One of the best interviews I've experienced. When intellectuals converse, magic happens.

  • @feminist5641
    @feminist5641 9 місяців тому +52

    Late Show UA-cam team, love that you numbered the parts on the thumbnail, hard to see under the timestamp though 😊

    • @Yungbeck
      @Yungbeck 9 місяців тому +1

      trueee

    • @NG-xu5sv
      @NG-xu5sv 9 місяців тому

      Maybe, this was intentional, to mimic Nolan's non-chronological story-telling style in many of his movies. :)

  • @willwells8034
    @willwells8034 9 місяців тому +119

    I think the Beck song he's referring to is "Lonesome Tears" off the album, Sea Change. An amazing track with the most incredible, climactic ending. I dunno, I'm probably wrong.

    • @ketcherinthery5079
      @ketcherinthery5079 9 місяців тому +3

      I was about to ask, which Beck song? I still might lol

    • @agustinsilvaarmengo3021
      @agustinsilvaarmengo3021 9 місяців тому +7

      I just checked and it's gotta be. The last minute and few seconds is definetely a shepard tone. Always ascending but never going out of reach.

    • @NicCamp
      @NicCamp 9 місяців тому +1

      My guess was Devil's Haircut

  • @silverstate-x1v
    @silverstate-x1v 9 місяців тому +11

    Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt have said in interviews that Nolan is a very funny guy, but he's extremely dry and straight-faced when he makes his jokes in the most old-school British way, in that some folks can't tell if he's winding them up or not.

  • @matthewbaker6177
    @matthewbaker6177 9 місяців тому +14

    Fantastic interview with an amazing person. Thank you.

  • @ronfrancois
    @ronfrancois 9 місяців тому +10

    That Cello observation... laughed so hard I had to rewind.😅

  • @NoUploadJustComment
    @NoUploadJustComment 9 місяців тому +21

    David Bowie and Radiohead
    Hell yeah.

  • @willowsloughdx
    @willowsloughdx 9 місяців тому +40

    For his Batman movies Nolan relied on the art of composer Hans Zimmer. In turn, Zimmer relied on musical motifs from composers Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner who were unfortunately not able to accept any awards.

    • @MrGittz
      @MrGittz 9 місяців тому +4

      Which is interesting because neither was Zimmer due to the fact that the Academy deemed the score ineligible for having too many ghost writers. True story. (Also, There are 2 credited composers on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard. But they also employed many Ghost writers to compose the score which led the academy to disqualify it)

    • @lastudentessa
      @lastudentessa 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MrGittz Well, I learned something today. This is the first time I've ever heard of ghost writers for film scores. 😮

  • @The_RedVIII
    @The_RedVIII 9 місяців тому +97

    Radiohead and Bowie. Of course. My man.

    • @daftyfunky
      @daftyfunky 9 місяців тому +15

      Must have been wild for him as a fan, that he got to work and interact with Bowie closely on The Prestige.

    • @cheerfuljuan
      @cheerfuljuan 9 місяців тому +7

      Of course he loves Radiohead! He’s got great taste

    • @unknownuser0006
      @unknownuser0006 9 місяців тому +5

      @@daftyfunky Directing Bowie must be a surreal experience, telling such a legend what to do probably made Chris to sweat :D

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq 9 місяців тому +5

      ​@@daftyfunkyand a Thom Yorke song played over the end credits

    • @IainLambert
      @IainLambert 9 місяців тому +1

      The guy put an extended remix of Treefingers in Memento. That's some serious Radiohead nerdery.

  • @keremels
    @keremels 9 місяців тому +6

    Has anybody ever asked Nolan what his research process is like? Where does he start? What inspires/triggers his idea/s? HOW does he make sense of everything? Does he get a migraine?

  • @fernandooliveiralino
    @fernandooliveiralino 9 місяців тому +7

    Cinema on entire episode of the TV! So nice. Thank you, Stephen.

  • @yomama6350
    @yomama6350 9 місяців тому +5

    Props to Beck, he is a nusical genius!!

  • @susanrosegale6646
    @susanrosegale6646 9 місяців тому +2

    I Love this interview method off stage.....so good, I hope to see more. This one is amazing!

  • @timbeaton5045
    @timbeaton5045 9 місяців тому +5

    Speaking as someone who learned the violin as a child, I can but sympathise with those who wished to put a boot into my violin, over the years.

  • @MalibongweNombande
    @MalibongweNombande 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank you Stephen. I always knew there was something about that audio illusion but did not know the name. I work with audio and this just game me so many ideas on audio imaging and engineering. Great interview. Thank you

  • @dynosor2011
    @dynosor2011 8 місяців тому

    wow, as a Radiohead and Christopher Nolan fan I literally flinched when he mentioned them, now I love him even more ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lashendawest7509
    @lashendawest7509 9 місяців тому +10

    We love christopher Nolan and stephen colbert

  • @cheerfuljuan
    @cheerfuljuan 9 місяців тому +24

    Chris Nolan loves Radiohead?? HECKKK yes

    • @RB-.-
      @RB-.- 9 місяців тому

      Makes perfect sense. Seems like a Climbing Up the Walls guy.

    • @PopcornMax179
      @PopcornMax179 6 місяців тому

      He used the Thom Yorke song Analyse for the end credits of The Prestige, and David Bowie (who he cast as Tesla in Prestige) Nolan used his song There's Something in the Air for Memento's end credits.

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber6177 9 місяців тому +3

    Figures he’d be a Bowie fan, he did cast him in The Prestige as Nikola Tesla, which sounds like it should be weird and gimmicky but he’s honestly awesome in it. I really wish Nolan would do a bit more stunt casting like that, especially after watching Insomnia which had a brilliant villainous performance from the late great Robin Williams.

  • @msstrend
    @msstrend 9 місяців тому +8

    I think Nolan missed the cue when Stephen said who twice after Nola said Who did let the dogs out.

  • @RB-.-
    @RB-.- 9 місяців тому +13

    Interstellar and Oppenheimer are 2 of the greatest film scores of all time. Not even exaggerating.

    • @gustavofigueiredo1798
      @gustavofigueiredo1798 9 місяців тому

      Agree! I've listened to Interstellar's Soundtrack more than watched the film.

  • @danielbarrero2815
    @danielbarrero2815 9 місяців тому +6

    Great interview!!

  • @martinvestergaard6707
    @martinvestergaard6707 9 місяців тому +2

    I like this intelligent interview Stephen. I would not be a good if you did more of this sort of thing.

  • @shikharsav
    @shikharsav 9 місяців тому +2

    I thought it's April because it must be my birthday that I get so many Christopher Nolan interviews with Stephen Colbert!

  • @DARWINZOO
    @DARWINZOO 9 місяців тому +5

    Love how fleshed out this is❤❤

  • @Nimajneb42069
    @Nimajneb42069 9 місяців тому

    I’ll never forget the moment can you hear the music started in imax. It’s up there for me with the likes of Lord of the rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, the dark knight, interstellar as one of the best scores of all time

  • @blakelyhall8191
    @blakelyhall8191 9 місяців тому +8

    Of course the greatest living director is a fan of the greatest contemporary band!!! Nolan directed Thom Yorke origin story confirmed?!?!?!

  • @RobJaeger
    @RobJaeger 8 місяців тому

    Stephen needs to do more thoughtful interviews like this.

  • @iohfs2629
    @iohfs2629 9 місяців тому +4

    "Who DID let the dogs out?" - Christopher Nolan

  • @jeremyhopkins577
    @jeremyhopkins577 9 місяців тому +1

    When Death Grips toured in 2016, they played the shepherd tone over the PA for about an hour before taking the stage. It was really stressful.

  • @rudreshkalgutkar
    @rudreshkalgutkar 9 місяців тому

    I always thought Colbert is an extremely intelligent and highly intellectual person, this interview perfectly encapsulates that.

  • @dr.debajyotibose2928
    @dr.debajyotibose2928 9 місяців тому +5

    Its a really long interview, good, that is what we want.

  • @dudeinblack4
    @dudeinblack4 8 місяців тому

    The shepherd tone in this interview does actually keep rising and doesn’t stop.

  • @kc414
    @kc414 9 місяців тому +4

    Need to see Radiohead collaborating with Nolan at some point

    • @NicCamp
      @NicCamp 9 місяців тому +1

      Treefingers is in Memento 🤓

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo 9 місяців тому +4

    shout out Beck 1:05

  • @mwetzel87
    @mwetzel87 9 місяців тому +3

    Please do this more

  • @MoreDolanHD
    @MoreDolanHD 9 місяців тому

    The best sound for me is from the Interstellar, every time I watch the movie, the sounds give me goosebumps.

  • @matiaspereira9382
    @matiaspereira9382 9 місяців тому +1

    Christopher Nolan is my 2nd favorite movie director ever (behind Steven Spielberg)

  • @21972012145525
    @21972012145525 9 місяців тому +1

    I use to do my college hwk listening to ost Batman begins, tdk, the tudors, with some little women & the prestige thrown in from time to time.
    Id definitely add interstellar if i had to do it now

  • @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm
    @ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm 9 місяців тому +3

    Love his films

  • @boskostudios
    @boskostudios 9 місяців тому +4

    After Steven Spielberg paved the way last year promoting The Fabelmans, Colbert is quickly becoming the Oscar season place-to-go for filmmakers who ordinarily wouldn't be caught dead promoting on late night talk shows. Times are a-changin'

  • @jamesmcgeachie
    @jamesmcgeachie 9 місяців тому +2

    I wish he’d mentioned Hans Zimmer. I’d like them to get back on good terms if they’re still not.

    • @EamonKelly
      @EamonKelly 9 місяців тому +1

      They're not on bad terms. What do you mean?

  • @williamgregory1848
    @williamgregory1848 9 місяців тому

    People forget how important music is in film. In some ways, it’s more important than the actual story itself because it sets the mood and tone for where the movie is headed.
    (By the way, I don’t envy Christopher Nolan’s cello teacher.)

  • @rjmacready9828
    @rjmacready9828 9 місяців тому +6

    Arguably the best filmmaker of the 21st century...

  • @mikevanderman2727
    @mikevanderman2727 9 місяців тому +1

    "WHO did let the dogs out", he said jajajajajajajaja

  • @richardmountz3865
    @richardmountz3865 9 місяців тому

    No one else said it. Okay, Colbert is Einstein smart in his level of craft and deserves every accolade..

  • @Memo2Self
    @Memo2Self 9 місяців тому +1

    I'd be curious in knowing if Ludwig Goransson's score for "Oppenheimer" is the MOST music ever written for a movie.

  • @Raydarr8
    @Raydarr8 9 місяців тому +3

    omg Radiohead!

  • @camelsheit_on_the_walls446
    @camelsheit_on_the_walls446 9 місяців тому +9

    - Dang!
    I miss David Bowie
    ❤️⚡️

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 9 місяців тому

    Nolan's studio must be paying CBS for one long film promo for Oppenheimer with these segments.

  • @MariikhoNingshen
    @MariikhoNingshen 9 місяців тому

    Insightful interview

  • @joshfactor1
    @joshfactor1 9 місяців тому +1

    look, dude, i'm glad you're numbering these but if i may make a small request here, could you please move the part number to a different corner of the thumbnail? because it's being clocked by the video runtime number

  • @gregsonfilm
    @gregsonfilm 9 місяців тому

    As a filmmaker, I am slightly bummed of Nolan's use of the Shepard Tone and it being out in the world now, because many years ago when I 'discovered' it, I really wanted to use in my own work. But now it'd seem I was just copying Nolan.

  • @markdowse3572
    @markdowse3572 9 місяців тому +7

    That "Shepherd Tone" is remarkable. I've NEVER HEARD it before. Wow. Thanks to SC for educating me! 🥰
    The music in a movie is such a crucial element. 🎶
    M 🦘🏏😎

    • @theavatar9191
      @theavatar9191 9 місяців тому

      You’ve heard it. He uses it for the Batpod and for the Joker in The Dark Knight.

  • @LuisManuelLealDias
    @LuisManuelLealDias 9 місяців тому +3

    So he knows who let the dogs out. Very interesting.

  • @beauvogames
    @beauvogames 7 місяців тому

    Christopher Nolan, but if he had my life and experiences: write me a song like the never ending staircase leading to the final Bowser level in Super Mario 64 😊

  • @flyerman482
    @flyerman482 9 місяців тому

    that's the Porsche taycan acceleration tone!

  • @StewChicken42
    @StewChicken42 9 місяців тому +1

    lmao @ the end

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 9 місяців тому +3

    Is that how shepards are supposed to yodel?

  • @mattgoldberg4335
    @mattgoldberg4335 8 місяців тому

    I'm not an expert on Christopher Nolan's films, and he's obviously enjoying a highly successful career. I did find the score of Oppenheimer to be too much -- not subtle, and three straight hours of almost non-stop tense music. Dial it down, Chris.

  • @miroslavassiniavskis7725
    @miroslavassiniavskis7725 9 місяців тому

    It would be great if Christopher Nolan can back me up in meeting with Warner Bros. for my Batman fan fiction screenplay :DD

  • @Bucking_Fastard
    @Bucking_Fastard 4 місяці тому

    To this day, Christopher Nolan is still wondering who did let the dogs out...

  • @Ernesto_Gonzalez
    @Ernesto_Gonzalez 9 місяців тому +3

    You , You , You

  • @Icelandlover
    @Icelandlover 9 місяців тому

    Great interview. Great director. Loved his Batman series and Dunkirk, but a big meh for Oppenheimer and hated Tenet with a passion.

  • @trihexapictures8553
    @trihexapictures8553 9 місяців тому

    From now on, Nolan will remain utterly confused everyday when people passes by and randomly yells at him "Who let the dogs out?!"

  • @harrydresden64
    @harrydresden64 9 місяців тому

    Please interview David Jay and/or Yasmin Benoit

  • @lordofthereels6790
    @lordofthereels6790 9 місяців тому +1

    Emerald Fenel (writer/director of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn) I'd love to see direct James Gunn's Batman/Damien Wayne flick with Jacob Elodi as Batman and Richard E Grant as Ras

  • @miroslavassiniavskis7725
    @miroslavassiniavskis7725 9 місяців тому

    If not admiration for Dark Knight I don't think I would write a Batman movie even when being gated to do it.

  • @memetrashcan9613
    @memetrashcan9613 9 місяців тому

    Someone needs to check in on Nolan if he’s bumping Radiohead bro might be going through it

  • @ndreasfranco8817
    @ndreasfranco8817 9 місяців тому

    Nolan loves Radiohead? Imagine him and Jonny Greenwood working together.

  • @spockofdune8657
    @spockofdune8657 9 місяців тому

    warp drive in Star Trek TOS 1967

  • @sweiland75
    @sweiland75 9 місяців тому +2

    This is really fucking confusing when you cut an interview into segments and upload them out of order.

  • @Bowiepainter
    @Bowiepainter 9 місяців тому

    Bowie. ❤

  • @mcg1111
    @mcg1111 9 місяців тому

    Nolan is a genius

  • @Entertainment2.0-x4n
    @Entertainment2.0-x4n 7 місяців тому

    I have a movie and i want to show my movie concept to Christopher Nolan

  • @Chicob1944
    @Chicob1944 9 місяців тому

    Because he puts music in every scene, turning the film into a long trailer 😂

  • @justincastillogayray
    @justincastillogayray 9 місяців тому

    Which Beck song?

  • @Taobyby
    @Taobyby 9 місяців тому +1

    So, who let the dogs out?

  • @swarsi12
    @swarsi12 9 місяців тому

    I felt that the incredibly loud music ruined the movie because the dialogue was more interesting and important. I think little to no music would have been better

  • @phantomfire8228
    @phantomfire8228 9 місяців тому +1

    3:33

  • @lashendawest7509
    @lashendawest7509 9 місяців тому

    Good morning stephen colbert fans

  • @WeChoseHATE
    @WeChoseHATE 9 місяців тому

    The music is never end and kept going up and up and driving the anxiety to no ends-awful feeling! Frustrated w/the Cello!

  • @itsallspent
    @itsallspent 9 місяців тому

    Yes who did let the dogs out when he was on first

  • @jeffrloudon
    @jeffrloudon 9 місяців тому +3

    The Beck song he's talking about is Lonesone Tears:
    ua-cam.com/video/zWe6bMVvTzk/v-deo.html

  • @tugcebalta86
    @tugcebalta86 9 місяців тому

    Answer, God...

  • @phantomfire8228
    @phantomfire8228 9 місяців тому +1

    1:11

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 9 місяців тому

    Echoes by Pink Floyd. That is all.

  • @gmlgml780
    @gmlgml780 9 місяців тому +1

    Yeah.
    Who let
    the dogs
    out.

    • @manea7074
      @manea7074 9 місяців тому

      Who did let the dogs out?

    • @gmlgml780
      @gmlgml780 9 місяців тому

      @@manea7074
      _"... Who did let the dogs out? ..."_
      Yeah.
      You're probably
      very-very young.
      Try this:
      Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out (Original version)

    • @manea7074
      @manea7074 9 місяців тому

      @@gmlgml780 lol, it was a joke I am quoting Nolan he was referring to the song chorus by saying "WHO did let the dogs out" and Stephen replied WHO WHO

    • @gmlgml780
      @gmlgml780 9 місяців тому

      @@manea7074
      _"... lol, it was a joke I am quoting Nolan he was referring to the song chorus by saying "WHO did let the dogs out" and Stephen replied WHO WHO ..."_
      Yeah.
      Ha - ha.

  • @21972012145525
    @21972012145525 9 місяців тому

    Im surprised and sad neither nolan or Colbert mentioned anything about the current bombing of Palestine when discussing Oppenheimer. Real life implications deserve to be discussed and criticized, not just in art form

  • @lar9299
    @lar9299 9 місяців тому

    Yeah, neither Bowie nor Radiohead are junk food music. I higlhy agree

  • @BrandonCroker
    @BrandonCroker 9 місяців тому

    The father of the atomic box office?

  • @JacobCarrpello
    @JacobCarrpello 9 місяців тому +1

    Ede al ols sar soi at frep.