Ludwig Göransson - Can you hear the music - Oppenheimer Soundtrack Particles

[@AK_-xn1fm]

I’m pretty sure it’s undeniable that Oppenheimer literally has the best soundtrack of the year.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Its deserved !

[@mauz791]

Spiderverse 2 and Dune 2 are possible contenders

[@fusical7913]

interstellar?

[@frostbitepokin9520]

@@fusical7913interstellar wasn’t released this year

[@YourParas]

@@frostbitepokin9520imo i liked oppenheimer's score more than interstellar

[@techarts8938]

“Algebra is like sheet music, the important thing isn’t can you read the music, it’s can you HEAR it. Can you hear the music, Robert?”

[@jethrojacinto2798]

Ugh when the dialogue happened and the music started…. Instant goosebumps 😮‍💨

[@riftyfx]

Yes I can

[@techarts8938]

@@riftyfx *epic music intensifies*

[@riftyfx]

@@techarts8938 **quantum particles intensify**

[@deepsahay1080]

How can you hear algebra

[@ajaayshharrma03]

Got goosebumps listening to this masterpiece in IMAX

[@carperfjord8748]

Ditto!

[@lazadm6852]

there was no need to pressume you watched it in IMAX...

[@dizzypear]

Dawg imax don't change how it sound

[@pspublic13]

​@@dizzypearThe Metroen in SF definitely sounded louder than any other theater I have ever been in. My chest was vibrating from the volume of the music.

[@mrytyunjaykr]

Exactly 💯

[@madtitan0825]

I like how it initially played out with an optimistic tone then gradually spiraled into madness in the end, this song perfectly captured Oppenheimer’s whole life

[@aijofqiouasfjhioasfjak]

Yeah and “destroyer of worlds” at the end of the movie, is like a twisted dark version of this song, as Einstein and oppie realize they truly set of a “chain reaction which will end the world”

[@unrealbot3027]

I think the difference in speeds between the downward octave and upward octaves actually try to portray how a slow moving neutron (although it's around 10^5 meters/sec it's still slow on a subatomic scale) hits the first U-235 during fission and from then onwards an uncontrolled chain reactions starts happening at tremendous speeds (the released neutrons hit the conseuquent nuclei of U-235 at speeds of upto 10^9m/s). The first downward motion in the octave defines the slow moving initial neutron used for bombardment of the first nuclei. The fast moving upward motion of the octave represents the uncontrolled chain reaction that ensues.

[@madtitan0825]

@@unrealbot3027 lord almighty that’s hella technical, bravo

[@nikolatexla]

exactly what i was thinking. first it was full of hope then turned into something terrific

[@itsaburner8331]

⁠​⁠@@unrealbot3027XD how long it take u to make this up. 10^9 ms^-1 is faster than the speed of light buddy.

[@nicolaschopard3565]

All the room was vibrating in imax, the chairs the stairs your foots your back literally everything part of the music and the sound effect was audible. the most incredible experience I have ever done

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

Exactly

[@ophello]

You don’t “do” experiences. You have them.

[@IamNinjaOfNinja]

reminds me of interstellar. sadly the imax hall I watched it was less loud and didn't vibrate much

[@joblessmf420]

*feet, not foots

[@wuutnopepe613]

i love how the melodies come full circle after exactly 9 times, after all, a chain reaction can be visualized as a circle going faster and faster

[@james-pierre7634]

A chain reaction does not go around in a circle. It expands ever outward as the atomic bomb so vividly illustrated at Hiroshima.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

The film of the year Thanks Christopher Nolan ! 🔥

[@wuutnopepe613]

​@@james-pierre7634visualized* keyword

No doubt one of the most beautiful track in a movie ever Edit cause people are absolute idiots: "one of" means it's not THE BEST because taste is subjective and I get that a lot of people would prefer otherwise.

[@prathisahrudh]

It really is

[@archibalddickworth6588]

It was quite a magical experience hearing it in the cinema

[@MrLeoRik]

This and interstellar are definitely my favourites!

[@TheViolentPacifist999]

​@@MrLeoRikYou mean cornfield chase right?

[@MrLeoRik]

@@TheViolentPacifist999 yup, that and even perhaps no time for caution. Although I must admin all of the songs are really well made!

[@jcnom6606]

Not only could he hear the music, he was lost in it

[@hashly8521]

rare moment where a youtube comment posts a banger

[@ChronicMane9]

What does the music symbolize?

[@hashly8521]

@@ChronicMane9 it's played near the beginning of the movie showcasing oppenheimer's dedication to quantum physics, it's like whenever anyone loves their passion and continue to learn about it

[@ChronicMane9]

@@hashly8521 great explanation thanks

[@sip8798]

@@ChronicMane9 "The music" as used in the movie refers more to an innate understanding/talent in a subject. Think about a talented artist such as Van Gogh, who ordinary people with little talent in art couldn't dream of replicating his work/understanding of that field. That goes hand-in-hand with Oppenheimer's "Can you hear the music?" at the beginning of the film. The physicist is asking him if he "gets it" referring to quantum physics.

[@monsoonmusic]

i dont know how to explain it but the track sounds just like a chain reaction.. extending further and further with increasing rate that when the brass kicks in at 0:41 you can almost hear the size of the mushroom cloud. Absolutely beautiful track with some truly phenomenal visuals to accompany it.

[@MichMachu]

Yes!! I feel exactly the same. I just interpret it exactly the same. Also this trumpet is beautiful and scary. Sounds like a apocalypse.

[@justicebalatensa]

​@@MichMachuThat track and Destroyer of Worlds really seem to be a chain reaction, with "Can You Hear The Music" being the theory and "Destroyer of Worlds" being the practice.

[@MichMachu]

@@justicebalatensa And now it's even better interpretation

[@CarolinaS.Mendonca]

yes!!! and i think the song has the same level of tension of the scene « trinity « when they are doing the test, especially from 0:36

[@lemonzhub]

I hate to break it to ya but it does not play during the trinity scene instead it plays during the opening

[@SchizoLifter01]

For a millionth of a second, A sun is born. Not in space, but on Earth. Made by the universe, being sentient itself.

[@NamHoang-qh6sd]

Damn man 😢

[@Rafael_Arulain]

everything in the universe is a part of the universe, so if we are conscious then so is "it", an insignificant part of it that is.

[@BasePuma4007]

As I've heard some physicists say in the past, humanity is the universe trying to figure itself out.

[@nephronpie8961]

​@@Rafael_Arulainthere is also a theory that everything in the universe has consciousness, and call it panpsychism

[@wilhelm834]

The fact that none of this is cgi... mind blowing

[@iamBlackGambit]

Yup its all microscopic imagery I believe..

[@Nyldrift]

i want to create one version with the begining of the movie, when his teacher says "can you hear the music?"

[@awesomeanbar9402]

Yup... Nolan ACTUALLY detonated a real atomic bomb... it's still something I can't believe to this day

[@hystic2728]

​@@awesomeanbar9402he actually did detonate a bomb tho

[@k2comix781]

@@hystic2728 fortunately not a real atomic bomb, but several actual chemical bombs to simulate the effect

[@joeladams4258]

Epic will be an understatement. Watching this scene itself in theatre was 💥🙊

[@IdentifiantE.S]

The film of the year !

[@JorjiCostava-mm6vu]

Monkey blowing

[@clebris]

It's not music, it's the sound of the chaos of atoms

[@james-pierre7634]

I’m sure the people of Hiroshima were listening!

[@AntVaz7]

@@james-pierre7634 That's why it's called "Can you hear the music?" Cus they sure could

[@hilbertkem528]

@@james-pierre7634Yes, and I am sure the Southeast Asian peoples truly savored the end result: charred Japanese women and children. Of course, nothing compared to the desolation of their own countryside. Now look who has the upper hand!

[@anujphadke9785]

This soundtrack gives me fear..horror.. sadness ..excitement.. thrill.. acceleration.. innovation.. happiness.. all at the same time . Music have such great power when its arranged like this ..

[@thequietkid359]

I've been playing Violin in Orchestra. All I can say that this is hands down one of the most beautiful masterpieces I've ever heard

[@zinthe2674]

For me personally, this song encapsulates the journey and feeling of learning something new, whether it be a new topic, hobby, skill, job or whatever. At first it begins slowly. You're new to whatever it is you're learning, beginning with that spark of interest. Then slowly but steadily, it begins to pick up speed, eventually reaching full throttle as what you're learning completely envelops your attention and focus. Along this whole process, you're learning more and more. Everything is flooding into your mind, the knowledge, the skills, the emotions, the desire to know more, to learn more. From what began as maybe a small interest, you are now completely driven towards accomplishing/learning. Eventually, it all comes to a head, every little piece you have picked up and placed along the way forming this one comprehensive and complete puzzle, like a painting you began now finally taking form into something beautiful and unique to you as an individual.

[@universal.underdog2426]

Wow dude this was accurate description of how this made me feel listening love it 🙌🏽

[@cwwedits]

"They wont fear it until they understand it, and they wont understand it until they have used it" One of the best quotes in this movie.

[@Xixbalba]

When I first heard this in theaters and saw the visuals… I don’t think I’ve ever been in love with a soundtrack like this. I never thought anything would top Interstellar.

[@karansingh-nn1zv]

This is something, hard to explain, but you feel every emotion of fear anxiety, wonder, passion, power and a lottttt more. You can actually hear from 1:22, the uncontrolled chain reaction finally starting, a massive increase in the number of free nutrons hitting those uranium atoms in more and more numbers, the fission process accelerating

[@theknightikins9397]

Damn, this film is about to sweep so many awards from stage and it will deserve every one of them. Soundtrack, visual effects, sound editing, screenplay, best film, it will win everything save for animation.

[@kevingrenouiller7716]

Best supporting actor with downey junior too

[@ayushsharmaaayt]

Yes it did

[@kings88crew29]

Not much of a movie person and I just watched it in theatre last weekend. I can’t appreciate it enough, the sounds, the story, the emotions that I was feeling . Nolan really did it 👏🏼

[@1197Gamer]

This soundtrack will never fail to give me goosebumps

[@blaaame]

+

[@shadowbon11]

I started crying when I watched this movie in cinemas, it just makes me think about how much I love humanity, and how far it’s come. And I feel like I’ve found the true meaning of love, it’s not if somebody is a attractive or not, it’s about how you feel around them, and when you feel safe, you know you’ve found it.

[@ohdahngboi_2237]

its like going from naive excitement of being able to do the unthinkable to suddenly realizing that you've just opened pandora's box and only now understanding the sheer gravity of the situation in which you are responsible for.

[@purplemochi6206]

It felt like I was in another world while watching this in IMAX, super immersive.

[@carlomagno7092]

the first 15 minutes of the movie are simply mesmerizingly stupendous

[@SayedShamimNisarComposer]

Every second of this soundtrack created goosebumps when I heard it in theatre. Just to experience this soundtrack - I watched the movie twice in theatre 😅

[@erickjimenez6623]

Watched it 3 times 🙊 EPIC!!!! Amazing 🤯

[@user1801-f2w]

Same!!!

[@Timeless_Baby]

I remember when I heard this soundtrack for the first time, I literally started crying, because there were feelings in my chest that I couldn't explain and it was like beautiful chaos, terrifying and alluring at the same time. It's definitely a masterpiece

[@AA-qb7ni]

I cannot explain the feeling of watching this masterpiece in the theatre. Specifically that ending, which to me is one of the best endings I've ever seen.

[@firefoxuser2557]

This scene as a physics student goes really hard, idk why but I’m able to relate to every scene with all that I’ve studied in my degree

[@gyrow1684]

Can you explain to me what are the vibrating strings?

[@firefoxuser2557]

@@gyrow1684 I thought about the oscillations topics I studied in classical and the wave nature of matter in qm. I know it sounds boring in text but experiencing this is a new level of exciting, made me appreciate physics a lot more

[@gyrow1684]

@@firefoxuser2557 They don't sound boring at all. I think asking questions and learning about how the universe works is fascinating. It makes us see the reality and not warp our minds with useless or even harmful dogmas and beliefs without evidence

[@Gorzaq]

@@gyrow1684string theory

[@Apeironn87]

@@gyrow1684 i thought those were electrons orbiting an nucleus

[@joseph6049]

A perfect combination of terrifying intensity and surreal serenity

[@rohankumar3293]

This should be the official music for physics.

[@Fred_Berg]

I’m going to start listening to this before every study session. Makes me feel like a freaking genius.

[@flamingburitto]

Thank you for making this. Its absolutely beautiful. The visuals paired with this music are absolute perfection.

[@mrnugget7219]

actually you guys need to know the explanation of each of the scene it might look random but it is not 1.) at 0:44 the scene show the scrodinger explanation of the movement of an atom 2.) at 0:52 the scene show the heisenberg's quantum uncertainty principle of position of an atom 3.)at 0:54 the scene shows the scrodinger explantion in a broad scale that the movement of an atom around its nucleus

[@andrewjacklin9887]

The music scores just makes the hairs stand, makes train journeys more peaceful too.

[@HonoraryTemplar]

If Dune and Interstellar had a child

[@dailybiz-travel-with-us]

And TENET😊

[@stoicacezar6043]

Lol bro =)))

[@WyFoster]

0:57 That is actually the thermal pulse burning down and vaporizing a steel support cable of the Trinity test. The temperature estimates of the core of the explosion depending where measured were anywhere from 10 million to 100 million degrees. Definitely hot enough to vaporize steel!

[@TimoKanal]

This track gives me the feeling of an out of body experience. It feels like my entire being and soul is seperating from body and mind, just flowing into space, without thought, in pure connection with all other humans and all of creation. Truly one of the most magnificent tracks I've ever had the pleasure to listen to.

[@noelwoodward7692]

That sound of something revving up and oscillating is what really elevates this track

[@manoleDJ]

Nothing beats the feeling of hearing and seeing this masterpiece for the first time on the IMAX screen! So very glad I was able to experience this properly!

[@andikaonyoutube]

the TV and laptop screens can't justify the beauty gotta watch it in the cinemas

[@ejmtv3]

My first ever IMAX movie. It was an experience. A new core memory.

[@DJordinaryanomaly]

One of my favorite composers ever since Tenet

[@CycloPreda]

Watching this in theater was really awesome

[@Joe_-tf8is]

No doubt one of the tracks of all time.

[@Na-ez6mz]

This and time inception and intersteller are some of the greatest pieces of music i have ever heard it gets me emotionell man.

[@lmaonade.]

I'll probably die not knowing the possibilities of this world I live in. Best I can do is admire what has been possible. The universe.

[@tomoakley760]

I'm so glad I avoided all trailers and media coverage on this film before seeing it in IMAX. Scenes like this just hit different on that big screen with the epic surround sound and the not knowing what to expect. It's not a perfect film but sequences like this lifted that cinematic experience in a way that I've never really seen a character-driven historical drama achieve before.

[@BatmanHQYT]

I'm dying to see the behind the scenes of how they created these shots using practical effects.

[@asoggyflipflop]

There’s a guy who remade all the effects and it’s really cool

[@hugocaufriez416]

I remember the first time I saw this scene, in theaters. I cried instantly, overwhelmed by the beauty of sound and pictures. This scene caught my eyes and my breath. I looked at my father and just like when we saw Interstellar i said to him « this is gonna be a good movie » Thank you Christopher Nolan for making memories and experiences like this

[@_Medusa.]

When I saw this scene at the cinema, I felt so locked in, couldn't move or blink, had thousand of questions going through my mind. It's a beautiful scene, the visuals and the music got to me emotionally somehow. This is a masterpiece.

[@iwontbesilenced2321]

this makes me want to watch the damn movie again, i remember tearing up when this exact soundtrack played, the feeling was overwhelming.

[@okaybru]

as a physics major, i can assure you this is my mind on a daily basis.

[@ErwinEkelschot]

Beautiful soundtrack ✨ 🙏 🥰

[@Nyldrift]

Indeed

[@middleagedmutantninjaturtle18]

This is literally at the same level of Hans Zimmer's soundtracks. what a masterpiece. A well deserved Oscar

[@spptube]

Oppenheimer in IMAX. Perfect match. Spectacular movie with a brilliant soundtrack.

[@HimanshuKumar_24]

Nolan : Okay so we need like a simple ethereal , philosophical music for bomb scene. Ludwig : 🔥

[@dominobro]

After walking out of the theater I wanted to build a bomb

[@SOIBand]

I lose my breath hearing this, amazing. legit cried. The tiny particle movement escalating in an ecstatic explosion and then into silence. Simply amazing, the buildup, everything. My heart is racing hearing this

[@Anuj_Tomar]

Listening to this in theatre was absolutely out of the world goosebumps moment ..

[@ghoshaninda]

I watched it in IMAX. The sound was breathtaking. It gave me goosebumps.Will never forget this experience

[@Utelandio]

This is the moment of insight when you see all the details become a whole

[@ZulquarPlays0207]

He just won an oscar!!!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@mamadz]

No doubt Oppenheimer is the best film of the year.

[@Litebread_P]

I think this song might be the closest way of describing “Life” from beginning to end, this is what it feels like to live, live, laugh, cry and any other human emotion we experience while here on earth.

[@iced_latte6354]

this reminds me of those clips before movies that the cinema uses to show off their speakers with the bass and that

[@JA-wx5wr]

How something so destructive and painful, be interpreted in a way beyond admiration.

[@te2jj]

just watched Oppenheimer in Imax, def the best movie experience I've ever had

[@Pdrock2001]

This was magical in theatres ngl . You felt special and part of the universe somehow.

[@ActualKaktus]

Nothing prepared me for the visceral experience of listening to this in an IMAX theater.

[@jaybristowe2346]

One of the best pieces of soundtrack music ever

[@deborahhalliday4729]

Hauntingly Beautiful!

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

When it all finally clicks.

[@lauralainperez7085]

The music reminds me of the particles of the atom collinding, spinning until they collapse in the most powerful and yet scary event in the man history... they unleahed the power of the atom.

[@infernus4213]

A well deserved soundtrack for a beautiful movie, this has to be one of the greatest music of movies.

[@Chumbp]

This piece is such an incredible experience to listen, and it conveys so much emotion. Truly fitting to accompany this magnum opus of a film

[@101taker7]

“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”- Robert Oppenheimer.

[@superreamz2800]

Can say that this was my most listened to song on spotify during 2023

[@KabirSingh-rc7fw]

The best background music for studying for a physics test😂😂😂

[@bh7984]

It’s beautiful and haunting.

[@GutsandSouls]

Tremenda obra maestra audiovisual aaaa

[@ivanborisenko563]

Когда я слышу этот шедевр, меня переполняет энергия Я верю что я могу все что захочу и даже больше Но при этом понимаю , что ничего не вечно

[@playfus2376]

😊

[@sauraV_Verma]

Brass Horns + Violons never disappoint🎺🎻

[@whitefaze13]

“Success, but at what cost” is how I hear this song

[@Bill_cipher_fan]

Me after making the smallest explosion in science class:

[@alena7624]

It's unforgettable music....I get goosebumps every time

[@originalporpoise1009]

Such a beautiful way of expressing quantum mechanics in an understandable way. Particles bouncing around, sparks coalescing into flame, rings forming together. At its heart quantum mechanics expresses the most fundamental behaviors of nature. Electrons are bound to nuclei at quantized levels described by wavefunctions of increasing complexity (Schrödinger, Hartree-Fock, etc). The rings rotating and separating are such a beautiful representation of the quantized energy states of matter.

[@Terrox_]

10/10 movie

[@ipmate9334]

Physics and Mathematics are the language of the universe.

[@Thangutabbycat]

That scene gave me goosebumps!!

[@safehallak]

Ur second Oscar Ludwig, well deserved.

[@Kratos_Messi7050]

Hans Zimmer just goes ballistic whenever christopher nolan works on a movie about science

[@worldofhunter1636]

When Kenneth Branaugh said, "Can you hear the music, Robert?" I knew i was in for a ride in the theater. Best opening to a movie ever....

[@halfbee7886]

Fractals in music. Nice!

[@garabbaabracadabrs401]

The most absurd thing is that, as Nolan wanted, the melody starts like something beautiful and becomes increasingly terrifying. It’s a musical bomb

[@Xyz-r4y]

Ludwig göransson really knows how play with our subconscious mind

[@buggadolls6366]

By far the best music I’ve ever heard

[@thetransferaccount4586]

this man nolan never disappoints ever!

[@crayons9120]

Can you hear the Music, Robert? I don’t know how Ludwig captures sentences, thoughts, ideas and emotions directly into sounds, but he does. Consistently