Composed Music in the Film Inception

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Inception is a 2010 science fiction film composed and directed by Christopher Nolan. Hans Zimmer, a German film composer and music producer who create the score for Inception. In the past, he composed music for over 100 films, including the famous Lion King, Dark Knight, Crimson Tide, and much more. His works are important for integrating electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology with traditional orchestral arrangement in his production. He interpret the work he wrote for Inception as “a very electronic dense score’ filled with ‘nostalgia and sadness’ to match the actor feelings throughout the film.
The film’s opening piece is “Half Remembered Dream.” In this piece Zimmer uses a brilliant trick to grab the audience attention. This film for the greater portion it is about how a dream can disorient human. As Leonardo Di Caprio lies in the surf, this 1-2 beat play, it seems ill fitting with the images presented. However, in the film, the normal time slows as a person go further and further into the dream, at this point, Di Caprio is at the bottom level of sleep....

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