Inteview: Reinhold Heil

Composer Reinhold Heil talks with Christopher Coleman about his work on one of the most unique films in recent years, CLOUD ATLAS. He shares his reaction to how both the film and score was received as well as the special challenges this project presented to himself and his collaborators: Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer. We also present FIVE previously unreleased tracks, in their entirety, from the Cloud Atlas original score!

Episode Highlights

00:28 - Intro and Reinhold Hold Bio

02:20 - Exclusive track #1: "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)"

04:52 - Exclusive track #2: "Frobisher's Audition"

07:43 - Interview: Reacting to the Film's Reaction

13:15 - Interview: Score Reaction - The Glue

22:04 - How the indy-film-budget affected the score

23:48 - The Scoring Pre-production process

27:34 - Exclusive track #3: "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano"

32:11 - "Composing is like a dragon"

34:11 - Omnipresent melodies

37:06 - Exclusive track #4: "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together"

39:11 - Three themes and multiple hooks

40:50 - Exclusive track #5: "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir"

48:17 - Crafting the Sextet and its variations

51:45 - Did Ayrs really co-compose the sextet with Frobisher?

57:22 - Lasting thoughts about scoring Cloud Atlas

60:13 - Conclusion and final notes

Music Selections

00:02 - "Luisa, We Gotta Be Together" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil

02:41 - "Frobisher's Audition (Modern)" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil

28:28 - "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Piano" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil

40:40 - "Sonmi Meets Chang" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek

44:49 - "Cloud Atlas Sextet for Choir" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil

57:55 - "Cloud Atlas Finale" (Cloud Atlas) by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek

Additional Notes:

Listen to more unreleased music at www.reinholdheil.com

Follow: Reinhold Heil on Twitter (@reinholdheil)

Buy CLOUD ATLAS on Blu-ray and DVD from Amazon.com

Buy the CLOUD ATLAS soundtrack from Amazon.com

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