• 01 min

    Trailer

  • 09 min

    Part 1

    Project overview, inspiration, composition process, collaboration, harmony, melody, rhythmic development, tempo, instrumentation, demo Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Hive 2, Kontakt, Echoboy

  • 07 min

    Part 2

    Orchestral performance, challenges, experiments, breakthrough, tempo map, click tracks, orchestration, collaboration

  • 09 min

    Part 3

    Engineering overview, orchestral layout, mix format, mic selection, mic placement, preamps, spot mics, room mics, Decca tree, outriggers, saturation

  • 09 min

    Part 4

    String ensemble, balance, panning, routing, groups, parallel compression, reverb Lindell 80 Series, little radiator, UAD Pultec-Pro, PSP VintageWarmer, Liquidsonics Cinematic Rooms, Exponential Audio Symphony 3D, Spanner

  • 09 min

    Part 5

    String ensemble, solo strings, saw glide, reamping, reverb, panning Liquidsonics Cinematic Rooms, Exponential Audio Symphony 3D, MicroShift, Pultec EQP-1A, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, Little Radiator, PSP VintageWarmer, Overstayer M-A-S 8101, Fender Princeton, Fender SuperSonic

  • 11 min

    Part 6

    Brass section, mic selection, time alignment, linear phase EQ, tape emulation, bass, Time adjuster, Goodhertz Panpot, Fabfilter Pro-Q3, UAD Studer A800, Slate Virtual Tape Machine, Waves RBass

  • 04 min

    Part 7

    Synthesizers, sub bass, reverbs, bus processing, printing stems Eventide H910 Harmonizer, PSP stereoController, UAD ATR-102, Audiothing Type A,

  • 08 min

    Part 8

    Studio set-up, monitoring, preamps, converters, mix bus, collaboration, project timeline Burl Mothership, Speck Via Fader, Neve 5052, Neve 5056,

Can You Hear The Music

Ludwig Göransson

(01 min / 1h11)

Ludwig Göransson, Chris Fogel

  • Production

Oscar-winning composer, Ludwig Göransson, makes his Mix With The Masters debut alongside engineer and long-term collaborator, Chris Fogel. Together they dive deep into the composition, recording and mixing of this iconic soundtrack, with a focus on the groundbreaking musical cue “Can You Hear The Music”

Ludwig offers his personal connection to the story of Oppenheimer. Drawing inspiration from mathematics, he breaks down the composition process into its core molecular components. You will hear the original harmonic and timbral experiments that lit the fuse for the arrangement, and learn how the ideas were developed using metric modulation and innovative orchestration.

The composer then puts theory into practice. After drafting the musical outlines in Ableton and Cubase, he set out to capture a human interpretation of the piece. This was an immense challenge that pushed the musicians to their limit, as they tried and failed to navigate the piece’s complex tempo changes. Ludwig eventually reveals the breakthrough that enabled the orchestra to achieve the impossible. The result is a virtuosic score that honors the accomplishments of the film’s titular character.

With the composition and performances locked in place, Ludwig hands over to Chris Fogel to explore his unique engineering process. Chris walks through the tracking setup for each of the three ensembles recorded for the film. With reference to the original patch lists and recording chains, he describes how he captured each track with detail and precision.

Transitioning into his mixing workflow, the engineer breaks down his masterful approach to balance, panning, saturation and reverb. Inspired by Christopher Nolan’s world-building, he explores the boundaries of distortion and reamping to create a singular space for the score to inhabit. This imaginative approach to tone shaping was favored by the director in particular, who supported the scoring team every step of the way.

Subtitles in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, French, Italian

About Ludwig Göransson

Ludwig Göransson has earned extensive global recognition in both the recording and motion picture industries as a sought-out composer and musical collaborator, having received an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe Award®, a Critics’ Choice Award®, two Emmy® Awards, and three Grammy® Awards, amongst other nominations. Beyond these accomplishments, Göransson stands out in his field as an artist who accepts the responsibilities of his craft. By immersing himself in the traditions and musical cultures...

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About Chris Fogel

Chris is a multiple GRAMMY and Emmy-winning recording engineer and mixer based in Los Angeles, California. He has recorded and mixed the scores and soundtracks to over 200 major motion pictures and television shows, including the Oscar-winning score to Black Panther and the Emmy-winning scores to The Mandalorian and Severance. Others include Mission Impossible 7 - Dead Reckoning, Oppenheimer, Venom, Blue Beetle, Tenet, Tropic Thunder, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Superbad and many more. He...

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