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M83, Joseph Trapanese And The Music Of OBLIVION
Tom Cruise stars in OBLIVION, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of TRON: Legacy and producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.
When director Joseph Kosinski wrote the story for OBLIVION in 2005, he listed in the treatment a soundtrack from the mastermind behind M83, Anthony Gonzalez. He felt that M83 was an artist whose music fit the story he was trying to tell, and knew that when he made the film, his temp score should become his permanent one.
The French native, who has toured internationally with bands from Depeche Mode and The Killers to Kings of Leon, debuted in 2001 and recently released his first double-disc album, “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” as his sixth record. Says the director: “His music is not only cutting edge but it’s also very emotional. It felt like a good fit for this movie.”
Here’s a sneak peek at the production of the OBLIVION soundtrack with M83’s Anthony Gonzalez, composer Joseph Trapanese, and director Joseph Kosinski.
Together with Joseph Trapanese, Kosinski’s orchestrator from TRON: Legacy, they composed soaring, expansive soundscapes that distinguish OBLIVION and correlate to its wondrous visuals and action. Continues Kosinski: “It’s a hybrid score in a way. It has electronics and drum kits that you wouldn’t recognize from M83’s music, but at the same time, we’ve got a full orchestra and a choir. Bringing all these different elements together into something that feels cohesive and appropriate for our movie was a fun part of the process, and it blended beautifully. It sounds very original, which is all I wanted for an original film.”
M83 walks us through his interest in the collaboration: “I’ve been wanting forever to make soundtracks, so starting with such a big, ambitious movie like this one makes me feel very lucky. Joe and I started to work on the project together, and we began talking about ideas for the score, so I started nerding out about science-fiction films and soundtracks.”
M83 had a number of movie score offers in the past but hadn’t agreed to compose for a film. “I never had the chance to fall in love with the right script or the right story like I have with OBLIVION. I feel connected to this story, and to the influences of Joe as a filmmaker, I feel ready to pull it off.”
The producers were happy with his choice. Offers Clark: “Anthony Gonzalez was somebody that Joe had been tracking for some time. All of the albums that M83 had made before this film felt in preparation for OBLIVION. Joe is a gifted musician himself, and this was a match made in heaven.”
2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what’s left of our planet, Jack’s mission is almost complete. In a matter of two weeks, he will join the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far from the war-torn world he has long called home.
Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, Jack’s soaring existence is brought crashing down after he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Drawn to Jack through a connection that transcends logic, her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew. With a reality that is shattered as he discovers shocking truths that connect him to Earth of the past, Jack will be pushed to a heroism he didn’t know he contained within. The fate of humanity now rests solely in the hands of a man who believed our world was soon to be lost forever.
Cruise is joined in this epic action-adventure by Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) as Beech, leader of a band of survivors who are highly suspicious of Jack’s motives; Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths) as Julia Rusakova, a traveler who has crossed time and space in search of true love; Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky) as Victoria “Vika” Olsen, Jack’s by-the-book navigator who is ready to depart Earth forever; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Mama, television’s Game of Thrones) as Sykes, second-in-command of the revolution and the first to want Jack eliminated; and Oscar® winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River) as Sally, the commanding officer overseeing the evacuation who has an agenda of her own.
Director/producer Joseph Kosinski has assembled an elite behind-the-scenes team of frequent collaborators to transform his graphic novel original story into an epic motion-picture event. They are led by Oscar®-winning cinematographer Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi, TRON: Legacy), production designer Darren Gilford (TRON: Legacy, Idiocracy), Oscar®-winning VFX supervisor Eric Barba (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TRON: Legacy), VFX producer and co-producer Steve Gaub (TRON: Legacy, Terminator Salvation), co-producer Bruce Franklin (TRON: Legacy, Terminator Salvation) and orchestrator Jospeh Trapanese (TRON: Legacy).
OBLIVION was shot in stunning digital 4K resolution on location across the United States and Iceland, including interiors in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, and exteriors in New York City, New York; Mammoth, California; and across Iceland.
OBLIVION will be in theaters and IMAX® April 19th.
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