As coisas mostradas do filme não é de um todo surreal, é uma forma diferente de mostra á similaridade que cada ser vivo planta ou animal tem um com o outro. Este filme mostra uma visão de infinitas possibilidades formas de como á vida pode ter se evoluído e variado lá fora. Precisamos que á Netflix prossiga com perdidos no espaço, netflix tem tendencia em abandonar trabalhos bons. Precisamos de filmes com trilhas sonoras assim.
I think the song pulls you into area X and won’t let you leave, ether. But welcome to your new home in this world of music. Just like hotel California,” you check out anytime you want but you can never leave.” (Hotel California)
The soundtrack of this movie was probably the most unique theater experience I've ever had. It felt psychedelic the third act of the movie had me completely enthralled. It's such a shame such an amazing movie didn't get more attention. This film is also a benchmark for feminism done right instead of the ghostbusters remake. It's a completely female led cast but they don't go out of the way to explain to the audience about how amazing women are; it simply shows it in a way that doesn't affect the story telling experience.
“Almost none of us commit suicide, whereas almost all of us self-destruct. We drink, or take drugs, or destabilize the happy job - or happy marriage…But these aren’t decisions. They’re impulses. And in fact, as a biologist, you’re better placed to explain them than me.” best conversation in the movie ...
Fayad Al-haimus that conversation could also relate to life outside the film too. Just think about it and you will see in in the real world sooner or later.
Quinn Florence I know that; that’s why I liked it, cause we all do it at some point of our life. This conversation reflects what we are doing to ourselves sometimes.
This is true artistic sound. A composer completely ignored cliched sound riffs and experimented, resulting in one of the most haunting, psychedelic, and enthralling riffs I've ever heard.
I’ve never been so mesmerized as I was during this part of the movie. An experience that I will never forget. Lookin at my friend and brothers faces was priceless. Jaws dropped, eyes never blinked, body never flinched. Time stood still and we were all in our own world
Jeez I wish I could have experienced it like you did. I felt the same, but I was alone. I was sitting on my couch, and felt quite mesmerized, and I can’t get this scene out of my head. Good lord, I love this movie.
I’ve seen this four times in theaters and this scene makes me cry every time. It’s honestly euphoric. Also, I love how the bass here always makes the speakers in the theater crackle a bit.
This was an awesome film, okay maybe there are a few plot holes and a bit of character development is lacking,but hey! This is a kickass horror science fiction film. One to watch over the summer so screaming is not seen as unusual.
He understood that identity is a cop out, everything is dissociated, everything is one. And as soon as he changed so did his mind. Through those alien manifestations and through his transmutations he experienced a transcendental epiphany. At that moment he realized the shape his body took was meaningless and destruction was the eventual outcome which he ached for. Hallucinogens can be dangerous because they can change your irreparably, and that may distance you from your peers and lose the sense community and belonging to the human family, instead want to assimilate to the chaos of reality.
If I may quote the father of cosmic horror. "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." This movie was an absolute delight pure blissful cosmic horror exploring complicated and baffling ideas about approaching an entity that is so unlike us that it's very existence harms us even though it itself is a indifferent to our existence
The music made the final confrontation scene. It's just so incredibly alien, synthetic and yet it reaches you so deeply. I get this strange feeling that this is what our mothers or other people sounded to us when we were in the womb, and the outside sounds and voices got distorted by both the amniotic fluid and the fact that we were inside someone. Surreal and yet very beautiful.
Yes it is. It gives you chills as you watch the scene, and you just feel empathy for the lone female scientist 👩🏻🔬 in the film when she is at the end of the film. Sad but there is a meaningful message and theme there too.
Both women are teachers in universities and then they face some kind of aliens (I know it sounds really stupid but it is) and leaves with a question, deep question...
Hazlitt, The alien was no enemy, it only PROJECTED your internal self. It replicated to what you felt/wanted/wished. The alien did not even know it could be destroyed by the grenade.
I did, only it was from the thought of,” what if this happened on earth?” But the film gives anyone goosebumps, only you truly get goosebumps when you start to think about how this would be if it really happens on 🌏???! I know one thing I am doing, staying the hell away from the south eastern end of the us of a. Not alien scream bears for me no thank you!!!!
Quinn Florence this whole music makes me think to much about how much nature actually deserves to upgrade and leave us behind we have harmed earth for long enough . I honestly hate how the rules have become in the world i wish there would happen something catastrophical to the earth that would wipe out some people because we did that . And now the world will learn
This film made me feel horror like no other film ever did, and the soundtrack was one of the reasons for that. Listening to this, i still get scared as if *some of the things in the film* are gonna hunt me or something that i feel like i'm gonna throw up. I can't describe it properly, but that utter horror that one feels toward something that doesn't even make sense, but still you can't escape it- that is very well described by this music. Truly well done.
VERY few movies that have such supporting audio. This is by far the best scene to describe this sensation. The synths are unreal with what happens in Annihilation.
The climax of this movie truly shows what terror feels like. It wasn't horrifying. It was terrorizing. It chills your bones. It wasn't necessarily scary, but it was shocking in such a way that you're completely frozen. Stephen King defines "terror" as the suspenseful moment in horror before the actual monster is revealed. This is what that moment felt like. It was revealing the actual horror of the alien, but it wasn't quite there yet. And yet it still was a terrible feeling. Great movie.
We do get a lot of trash films that make way too much money, and every years cinemas are flooded with dull uninspired action flicks or crappy comedies/ horror movies but I was thinking about it there have been quite a few superb brilliant thought provoking movies that have come out in the last decade. Movies like this (Annihilation), Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Interstellar, Ex Machina, Gravity, The Martian, District 9, Sunshine and Inception and etc... still tons of fantastic movies coming out made by some incredible directors. We are lucky to be in a age where movies like these can be made (:
sparkkyarbiter unfortunately, they aren't made for the general audiences. Because the general audiences want everything explained to them, and to be spoonfed. If it requires any sort of thought or intelligence to understand, then it flops at the box office, and thus director's and producers are afraid to fund such a film.
Unlike Paramount, 2001 (1964-68) had the unqualified backing of MGM CEO Mike O'Brien who admired Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" about the end of the human race. He wanted something groundbreaking for MGM.1968 was a different time to say the least.
I find somethings in film hard to explain but easy to watch. I would agree the whole spoon feeding that the theaters have to do nowadays is annoying?!!! It’s like why can you people not try and make a small effort to learn something or just try and understand what is going on in this film and not just sit there going,”oh that was weird?!! What did I even watch?” And just dismissed anything that you saw. It is so frustrating, and I can see how the makers of this films could get annoyed with the people who see their films and don’t learn anything from them. Luckily for them there are people who do want to watch these films and learn something new.
to me, this is what my anxiety feels like..? it's almost as if it's a cloud that's washing over me. it's unknown. big. _foreboding._ i know it's there. it knows that _i_ know. i beg for the feeling to leave me at once, to give me peace of mind. the feeling stays, and i remain anxious. it's looming there, shadowing me and whatever i'm feeling. it gently pokes and tugs at me, i feel it coming from all directions and yet from nowhere at all. it's there. i can feel my brain fogging up, yet i've never thought so clearly. i'm constantly haunted by it. but as soon as the feeling ebbs away? i'm at peace. for now. this music is so eerily beautiful. it's deep and haunting and *_beautiful._* like i said, it's what my anxiety feels like? how it creeps up on you? i can't really explain why. but it does.
Man, this movie is something special. Truly breathtaking. The scene where we finally see the "creature" and where the music starts is one of my favorite movie moments of all time. Terrifying yet beautiful, like the whole movie.
How are the books? I really loved the film, but I think three books can't be reduced to a single 2 hours motion picture. I really need to read them, I have to expand the world I saw. It was one of the most mesmerizing sci fis I had ever watched. I hadn't seen a film so trippy since Enter the Void
If you thought the movie was weird and trippy, then the books will most certainly hook you. Mesmerizing as hell. As far as the book reducing is concerned, I would say that Garland's movie borrows a few ideas from the second and third books, but never really adapts them. It's mostly the first one with a totally different ending and a good chunk of the places the group visit changed (a certain geological anomaly the team explores takes about 40-50% of the first book, but is absent from the movie). I might even say that the film is far from the most literal and faithful adaptation as far as plot, places and events are concerned, but Garland truly manages to keep and enhance the atmosphere and tone of the novels.
I recognized this track the moment the first bellowing synth rumbled, I was grinning like an idiot throughout the scene. I'm a sucker for MODERAT and ethereal/dmt-like visuals.
Ricardeaux can you recommend songs like this one? Love these kind of sounds/music but I have difficulty finding since they all sound closely to house and I hate house.
S K I would say >Weightless by Macaroni Union is pretty ethereal, unfortunately no heavy synths >Boring Angel by Oneohtrix Point Never is a classic that has no comparison >Sad Alron by Mark Pritchard makes me feel funny(don't miss this one) If any of those tickle your fancy I have many more, I don't want to overwhelm you
Ricardeaux They were all good but not the feel I like, they had a positive feel about them and I prefer darker sounds. Like my mother said about this track, " it sounds like you're floating in a dark void for an eternity and this sound is the only echo of what once were" haha. Philosophical, but you get me.
It was unexpectedly scary, yes. I wanna rewatch it before it's outta theaters, but I'm still scared af of the screambear and facemorphing metal alien lol
this movie was kinda like a rollercoaster of emotions or feelings, or not sure how to put it but it had a strange ambiguity, it was scary but beautiful at the sime tame, for example the soldier who turned into "tapestry" it was shocking but somewhat amazingly spectacular
Writing with this on a loop is so inspiring so thank you for posting this! Amazing film that should (but probably won't) be nominated for best picture. So far no movie has been able to match this...
Luke Crosby both are the same though, wouldn’t you agree. Nothing escapes annihilation, everything transforms into something new all the time all around us.
*EDIT* I know the song is done by Moderat, my copy of the OST made no mention unfortunately. Goddamn i'm so obsessed with the synth use and that entire scene at the lighthouse, something about it is so damn captivating. It really draws out all your senses, this almost voice like synth growling and sonically contorting along with the mind bending visuals. I think this the first time a simple infliction of a score gave me butterflies in my stomach and sort of jarred me for a second. As an audiophile, audio engineer and instrumentalist I just wanna give Ben and Geoff *AND* Moderat a massive thank you and hug for shaking me out of my current jaded music composing funk. And damn you Garland, always loved everything that man's touched. Hope him and Danny get back together and maybe have a John Murphy/Ben Salisbury/Geoff Barrow score that film..... OOoooooooh man that would be milk and honey!
Yeah I actually saw their album on Google music and bought it but thank you for letting me know, the OST for the movie that I bought unfortunately made no mention of them. I ain't generally an electronic/synth guy but when its done right, Mmmmmmmhmmm.
Dude this is exactly how i feel. I watched that entire lighthouse scene and felt like hugging the visual effects guys and the composers. I mean that fucking combination of music and that massive swirling ball thing when shes underneath the lighthouse. Left me speechless!!
I remember looping this on their second album thinking about an ethereal and mind bending scenario this might play in if it were in a movie, when I saw this movie and heard the synth start to creep I laughed knowing that this was perfect
Annihilation one of the best sifi movies of all time. Scene in the lighthouse is blow my mind! Especially a combination of Moderat sounds and crazy stuff with mirroring something unreal. Awesome combo
That soundtrack is truly amazing. It feels very emotional and frightening to me. Like its giving me memories I never had. Thats one of the best reese basses I've ever heard.
"A true warrior knows that he lives in a predatorial universe. He can never let his guard down. Wherever he looks, he sees an incessant fight, and he knows that it deserves his respect, because it is a fight to the death. He knows that he can only give the very best of himself under conditions of maximum tension. For that reason, he seeks out his opponent the way a fighting rooster does - with avidity, with delight, knowing that the next step is decisive. His opponent is NOT his fellow man, but his own attachments and weaknesses, and his grand challenge is to compress the layers of his energy until they won't expand when his life ceases, so that his awareness does not die. "A warrior knows that what gives sense to his life is the challenge of death, and death is a personal matter. It is a challenge for each one of us, and one which only sincere warriors accept. Seen from this point of view, the worries of ordinary people are just expressions of their their egomania.” Encounters with the Supernatural (nagual) - book by Carlos Castaneda
I am beginning to contemplate whether the studio has wrong footed itself here. All the comments and reviews point towards a real creeper and what may become a cult classic. I genuinely enjoyed it, very innovative, thought provoking with a wonderful score. Alex Garland seems really fascinated with where and how our species views itself at a crucial stage in our evolution. Thank you so much Mr Garland.
Annie Walks & Liam McCann: Counterpunch.org(a leftist sight) has a rare film review of Annihilation by Ms.Kim Niccolini. I was half-aware of one idea that she brings to the fore.
I agree Liam, and anyone who is lost well ask someone who’s a film expert in horror and science fiction and they can try to tell you what this film is about the meanings and what not.
When Portman looks into the core of whatever it is I imagine its what a glimps into the heart of a black hole must be like where you know that everything you are have been and ever could’ve been could be crushed not just out of existence but memory. Terrifying
Stefan Telvian Are you some kind of Tube sentry? You are leaving me a serious remark for a sly comment, you are the one that should be checked. Not everyone is a dead serious as you may be Ps. As for the track itself, crossings should be smoother, as I can't get feeling of continuity. For effects and your effort, hatoff.
This was well made. WELL MADE! it was an unexpected movie in every way. I was gluwd to the tele in the last 15 min and did not even realize. I captured me
That scene had me so anxious, like I was legit scared of what would happened. I also thought it was the alien making the noise, the moves were so fluid with the song.
Saw this in the theater 7 times and caught just the ending another 3 after seeing other films. So much to take in, and I saw or heard or felt something new every time. The glass of water, the tattoo, the human plants, the bear. What an absolutely beautiful film that awakens feelings you never knew you had..
Great soundtrack for a great movie. Obviously not the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, but a truly unique one which brought a refreshing take on the genre. I loved the artistic direction of the film, and how they portrayed the alien in such a unique and authentic way.
Right! Theatrical release only in North America and China.The "Harvey Weinsteins" of PARAMOUNT studios thought financially it was too intellectual for world release.
Is this the scene where she sees the light and it begins to reform itself into the 3-dimensional fractal geometry which is beyond trippy? Almost sure these sounds are created either by Access Virus, Nord, or some dedicated Korg synthesizers.
I actually spent a few hours attempting to recreate the sound using Serum, got pretty damn close using some saw wavetables, FM modulation, fast LFO'd volume, and many various effects
I don’t really view this as music. It’s a series of vibrations that tickle my brain in a profound, simple way. Noises that bring about an anxious calm, a careful pleasure.
Definitely an underrated movie (at least where I’m from). I work at a movie theatre and I don’t remember many people going to see this, but I remember cleaning up after it had ended and the credit music freaked me out so much. Checked it out maybe a month or two later after Hideo Kohima raved about it on his twitter and I wasn’t disappointed. Went into the movie not knowing what to expect and it was a trip from start to finish. Definitely one of my top 10 films now!
I love how they turned that whole fragments/mutations/changing theme into music. It fits perfectly and the soundtrack contributed so much to the movie.
JapGODZILLA This film was magical on shrooms. I would strongly recommend going to a late screening - or at the very least, going with someone you trust, so as to minimize some of the stress and anxiety of being around too many people in a confined space. Be safe. Happy tripping! And, I hope you have a lovely experience.
Reading the books and constantly listenting to the soundtrack .. by now I am not sure if I am still in my flat or already deep inside AreaX .. Starting to change somehow. Awesome books and amazing soundtrack!
Okay, ty for recommendation so much, i hope it will work same as a movie.. but still.. good audio in movie is not less important than visuals. It all together makes perfect scenes. And perfect scenes with original planned story line makes best movies.
@@hadramawut29 coincidentally was just listening to that Roach track. definitely on point but didnt make the connection. im dubious about that clams casino but will check it out
We need more movies like annihilation. Discovering something unknown... Real and unreal at the same time.
Amen!
I agree
As coisas mostradas do filme não é de um todo surreal, é uma forma diferente de mostra á similaridade que cada ser vivo planta ou animal tem um com o outro. Este filme mostra uma visão de infinitas possibilidades formas de como á vida pode ter se evoluído e variado lá fora.
Precisamos que á Netflix prossiga com perdidos no espaço, netflix tem tendencia em abandonar trabalhos bons. Precisamos de filmes com trilhas sonoras assim.
We have HALLOWEEN 40 YEARS LATER
*COUGH COUGH* There is 2 other books in the series. There is Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance.
This music makes my finger prints move.
sameeee
S1y Fox after a few listens I noticed flowers on my neck
I think the song pulls you into area X and won’t let you leave, ether.
But welcome to your new home in this world of music.
Just like hotel California,” you check out anytime you want but you can never leave.” (Hotel California)
My cat started sounding like a mouse. Good shit
Foxeh Fox lololololololololololololol
The soundtrack of this movie was probably the most unique theater experience I've ever had. It felt psychedelic the third act of the movie had me completely enthralled. It's such a shame such an amazing movie didn't get more attention. This film is also a benchmark for feminism done right instead of the ghostbusters remake. It's a completely female led cast but they don't go out of the way to explain to the audience about how amazing women are; it simply shows it in a way that doesn't affect the story telling experience.
Michael Yip
That's such a great thought, thanks for sharing.
The cast had nothing to do with the Feminist agenda.
I think the ghostbusters was just fine... You?
This movie has no agenda, everything in film related to women isn't about feminism. ;)
You know why it didn't had enough attention ,because it was Netflix only
“Almost none of us commit suicide, whereas almost all of us self-destruct. We drink, or take drugs, or destabilize the happy job - or happy marriage…But these aren’t decisions. They’re impulses. And in fact, as a biologist, you’re better placed to explain them than me.”
best conversation in the movie ...
Fayad Al-haimus that conversation could also relate to life outside the film too. Just think about it and you will see in in the real world sooner or later.
Quinn Florence I know that; that’s why I liked it, cause we all do it at some point of our life. This conversation reflects what we are doing to ourselves sometimes.
Its the theme... thats why.
Oh Attention everyone! We have some BIG thinkers over here! /facepalm
Correct but I wouldn't try it if I was you.. Keep that face in the palm.. probly easier for you.
Ive never been curious, annoyed, frightened, anxious and relaxed all within the span of an hour. Insane movie.
This is true artistic sound. A composer completely ignored cliched sound riffs and experimented, resulting in one of the most haunting, psychedelic, and enthralling riffs I've ever heard.
this sounds like a biblically accurate angel.
✋👁👁✋👁👁✋👂
✋👁👄👁🤚👁👄👁🖐👂
@@punishedfortniter "be not afraid"
As a Seitanist, I wholeheartedly agree 💯
@@joshwarrey3728 saeitnist
Haha this comment deserves more likes
I’ve never been so mesmerized as I was during this part of the movie. An experience that I will never forget. Lookin at my friend and brothers faces was priceless. Jaws dropped, eyes never blinked, body never flinched. Time stood still and we were all in our own world
Jeez I wish I could have experienced it like you did. I felt the same, but I was alone. I was sitting on my couch, and felt quite mesmerized, and I can’t get this scene out of my head. Good lord, I love this movie.
This part almost gave me a panic attack
Yeap this was very thrilling and uncomfortable scene.. but genius at the same way
Panic gotta have it
I had a panic attack during the Bear scene. That shit was horrifying.
Are people just overusing "panic" now or did you guys experience actual panic attacks during the movie?
lindgrenland I agree it’s annoying, I actually suffer from real bad panic attacks and they have a huge impact on my mental health
I’ve seen this four times in theaters and this scene makes me cry every time. It’s honestly euphoric. Also, I love how the bass here always makes the speakers in the theater crackle a bit.
Omg i would cry if this movie would ever go in my theatre. But it won't and im so sad now.
this movie was really crazy and disturbing...but really good.
GMXPROMIM severe plot holes and lack of character development but the visuals and track are very well done
This was an awesome film, okay maybe there are a few plot holes and a bit of character development is lacking,but hey! This is a kickass horror science fiction film.
One to watch over the summer so screaming is not seen as unusual.
One of the best movies I’ve seen in my life. Fantastic, makes you think
I agree.
Yeah until there's HALLOWEEN 40 YEARS LATER then you really want to shit your pants
My flesh moves like liquid...my mind is cut loose. I can't bear it.
Cameron S more
real disassociation hours who up
He understood that identity is a cop out, everything is dissociated, everything is one. And as soon as he changed so did his mind. Through those alien manifestations and through his transmutations he experienced a transcendental epiphany. At that moment he realized the shape his body took was meaningless and destruction was the eventual outcome which he ached for. Hallucinogens can be dangerous because they can change your irreparably, and that may distance you from your peers and lose the sense community and belonging to the human family, instead want to assimilate to the chaos of reality.
Leena’s husband encounters death/rebirth anomaly, hyperventilates through mini camcorder, Leena, gets a closer look inside it.
Ok, I'm addicted to this sound!!! :)
So am I
Then you need Moderat in your life
ME too i dont know why
It should be a ring tone! :)
Me too it's so beautiful
If I may quote the father of cosmic horror.
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
This movie was an absolute delight pure blissful cosmic horror exploring complicated and baffling ideas about approaching an entity that is so unlike us that it's very existence harms us even though it itself is a indifferent to our existence
The music made the final confrontation scene. It's just so incredibly alien, synthetic and yet it reaches you so deeply. I get this strange feeling that this is what our mothers or other people sounded to us when we were in the womb, and the outside sounds and voices got distorted by both the amniotic fluid and the fact that we were inside someone. Surreal and yet very beautiful.
The score to this film is downright amazing.
Jeremy Esters it's perfect
Yes it is. It gives you chills as you watch the scene, and you just feel empathy for the lone female scientist 👩🏻🔬 in the film when she is at the end of the film. Sad but there is a meaningful message and theme there too.
Actually thought the Alien was making the synth noises lol
lon242 So did I, I thought that was his way of communicating, haha..
Mabey the movie was trying to portray that
lon242 me too!!!
Blatantly portrayed that.
I believe the movie was definitely trying to portray that, it was trying to make you feel something with this scene
This reminds me of The Arrival for some strange reason
technically...the underbelly bass is very similar to the sounds that the heptapods make in the arrival....very similar
yes...the mood and ambience is very similar..in invoking subconscious fear of very powerful yet seemingly benevolent and calm threat
Yea, another movie about Aliens with great soundtrack, so weeeird
The Arrival with Charlie Sheen or Arrival with Amy Adams?
Both women are teachers in universities and then they face some kind of aliens (I know it sounds really stupid but it is) and leaves with a question, deep question...
I haven't fully understood this film, I feel like I've been stuck in a perpetual state of looking for my keys.
I think there are videos on TH-cam that explains the meanings of this film too?
Hope that helps Hazlitt.
The lighthouse contains only what you bring into it. Same goes for your understanding of the meaning of the film.
@@justaliz1887 i'd say the human theory makes the most sense. humans create new things all the time but always at the cost of destruction of others.
You're not ready for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Hazlitt,
The alien was no enemy, it only PROJECTED your internal self. It replicated to what you felt/wanted/wished. The alien did not even know it could be destroyed by the grenade.
Who got goosebumps
me. bigtime.
saif alaa me
I did, only it was from the thought of,” what if this happened on earth?” But the film gives anyone goosebumps, only you truly get goosebumps when you start to think about how this would be if it really happens on 🌏???!
I know one thing I am doing, staying the hell away from the south eastern end of the us of a. Not alien scream bears for me no thank you!!!!
Quinn Florence i would be happy to die
Quinn Florence this whole music makes me think to much about how much nature actually deserves to upgrade and leave us behind we have harmed earth for long enough . I honestly hate how the rules have become in the world i wish there would happen something catastrophical to the earth that would wipe out some people because we did that . And now the world will learn
This film made me feel horror like no other film ever did, and the soundtrack was one of the reasons for that. Listening to this, i still get scared as if *some of the things in the film* are gonna hunt me or something that i feel like i'm gonna throw up. I can't describe it properly, but that utter horror that one feels toward something that doesn't even make sense, but still you can't escape it- that is very well described by this music. Truly well done.
VERY few movies that have such supporting audio. This is by far the best scene to describe this sensation. The synths are unreal with what happens in Annihilation.
The climax of this movie truly shows what terror feels like. It wasn't horrifying. It was terrorizing. It chills your bones. It wasn't necessarily scary, but it was shocking in such a way that you're completely frozen.
Stephen King defines "terror" as the suspenseful moment in horror before the actual monster is revealed. This is what that moment felt like. It was revealing the actual horror of the alien, but it wasn't quite there yet. And yet it still was a terrible feeling.
Great movie.
We do get a lot of trash films that make way too much money, and every years cinemas are flooded with dull uninspired action flicks or crappy comedies/ horror movies but I was thinking about it there have been quite a few superb brilliant thought provoking movies that have come out in the last decade. Movies like this (Annihilation), Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Interstellar, Ex Machina, Gravity, The Martian, District 9, Sunshine and Inception and etc... still tons of fantastic movies coming out made by some incredible directors. We are lucky to be in a age where movies like these can be made (:
sparkkyarbiter unfortunately, they aren't made for the general audiences. Because the general audiences want everything explained to them, and to be spoonfed. If it requires any sort of thought or intelligence to understand, then it flops at the box office, and thus director's and producers are afraid to fund such a film.
The exact words used by paramount was that “Annhilation is too cerebral for general audiences”
Unlike Paramount, 2001 (1964-68) had the unqualified backing of MGM CEO Mike O'Brien who admired Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" about the end of the human race. He wanted something groundbreaking for MGM.1968 was a different time to say the least.
Sunshine is an amazing movie. The soundtrack kinda reminds me of this movie, along with the visual effects. It is equally as fucked up.
I find somethings in film hard to explain but easy to watch. I would agree the whole spoon feeding that the theaters have to do nowadays is annoying?!!! It’s like why can you people not try and make a small effort to learn something or just try and understand what is going on in this film and not just sit there going,”oh that was weird?!! What did I even watch?” And just dismissed anything that you saw. It is so frustrating, and I can see how the makers of this films could get annoyed with the people who see their films and don’t learn anything from them. Luckily for them there are people who do want to watch these films and learn something new.
to me, this is what my anxiety feels like..?
it's almost as if it's a cloud that's washing over me. it's unknown. big. _foreboding._ i know it's there. it knows that _i_ know. i beg for the feeling to leave me at once, to give me peace of mind. the feeling stays, and i remain anxious. it's looming there, shadowing me and whatever i'm feeling. it gently pokes and tugs at me, i feel it coming from all directions and yet from nowhere at all. it's there. i can feel my brain fogging up, yet i've never thought so clearly. i'm constantly haunted by it. but as soon as the feeling ebbs away? i'm at peace. for now.
this music is so eerily beautiful. it's deep and haunting and *_beautiful._*
like i said, it's what my anxiety feels like? how it creeps up on you?
i can't really explain why. but it does.
you explained it perfectly. like existential dread mixed in with the call of the void.
This made me think of Under The Skin during the whole third act of the movie. Love it.
Sofía Arrieta
thats because i reckon the alien form was very similar in both movies...shape...and mute action....yet very strong
Really gotta check that out, thank you
lon242 please do! It's a great movie and really unique.
Yeah me too.. Both in their ways very extraordinary. And both didnt made it to the theater XD i get why.. both let the audience do the thinking
me too!
Man, this movie is something special. Truly breathtaking. The scene where we finally see the "creature" and where the music starts is one of my favorite movie moments of all time. Terrifying yet beautiful, like the whole movie.
Oh, how I'd hoped to find that here! That moment in the movie will probably never leave me, even though I've read the books. Awesome. Thank you!
Franklin Holbrook Absolutely on point.
True, true dude as fuck!
How are the books? I really loved the film, but I think three books can't be reduced to a single 2 hours motion picture. I really need to read them, I have to expand the world I saw. It was one of the most mesmerizing sci fis I had ever watched. I hadn't seen a film so trippy since Enter the Void
If you thought the movie was weird and trippy, then the books will most certainly hook you. Mesmerizing as hell. As far as the book reducing is concerned, I would say that Garland's movie borrows a few ideas from the second and third books, but never really adapts them. It's mostly the first one with a totally different ending and a good chunk of the places the group visit changed (a certain geological anomaly the team explores takes about 40-50% of the first book, but is absent from the movie). I might even say that the film is far from the most literal and faithful adaptation as far as plot, places and events are concerned, but Garland truly manages to keep and enhance the atmosphere and tone of the novels.
Thanks a lot :)
That ending. Felt like a Björk video. Pretty Tripp’s stuff.
thats exactly was i was thinking while watching it
Yes
I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. Definitely reminiscent of "The Gate".
I felt like I was the only one who thought this, lol! bjork is dope.
So True! LoL The Gate could be a mini-sequel to Annihilation (Bjork = Lena + Kane's alien lovechild ^.^)
AMAZING.
THE BEST.
BRAVO NATALIE PORTMAN!!!
I recognized this track the moment the first bellowing synth rumbled, I was grinning like an idiot throughout the scene.
I'm a sucker for MODERAT and ethereal/dmt-like visuals.
Ricardeaux can you recommend songs like this one? Love these kind of sounds/music but I have difficulty finding since they all sound closely to house and I hate house.
S K I would say
>Weightless by Macaroni Union is pretty ethereal, unfortunately no heavy synths
>Boring Angel by Oneohtrix Point Never is a classic that has no comparison
>Sad Alron by Mark Pritchard makes me feel funny(don't miss this one)
If any of those tickle your fancy I have many more, I don't want to overwhelm you
Ricardeaux Thank you I'll check them out right now
Ricardeaux They were all good but not the feel I like, they had a positive feel about them and I prefer darker sounds. Like my mother said about this track, " it sounds like you're floating in a dark void for an eternity and this sound is the only echo of what once were" haha. Philosophical, but you get me.
RIGHT!? I love that synth, so captivating
This was the scariest movie I've ever seen
It was unexpectedly scary, yes. I wanna rewatch it before it's outta theaters, but I'm still scared af of the screambear and facemorphing metal alien lol
wow I thought it was drama when I saw it, not horror.
It was freaky, alien and surreal, but not really scary
Yeah I feel you. It isn't scary in the normal sense of the word but like, the feeling of unease, it gets stuck in your head. Brilliant movie!
this movie was kinda like a rollercoaster of emotions or feelings, or not sure how to put it but it had a strange ambiguity, it was scary but beautiful at the sime tame, for example the soldier who turned into "tapestry" it was shocking but somewhat amazingly spectacular
This song feels as if we’ve uncovered a wretched being that ought to have been left untouched for all of eternity.
Exactly! Funny how this is called "The Mark"... Mark Of The Beast... Demon, Satan mascarades as an angel of light kinda deal...
SO glad I saw this in theaters. You're seriously missing out. I didn't feel in my body during this scene. The music is so perfect , it's scary.
Writing with this on a loop is so inspiring so thank you for posting this! Amazing film that should (but probably won't) be nominated for best picture. So far no movie has been able to match this...
It wasn’t trying to destroy us ... it was trying to make something new ....
Luke Crosby both are the same though, wouldn’t you agree. Nothing escapes annihilation, everything transforms into something new all the time all around us.
It did not know violence, until mankind ‘trained it’.
Forceful evolution by crossbreeding with the human race. It created a bulletproof mirror of Lena.
*EDIT* I know the song is done by Moderat, my copy of the OST made no mention unfortunately.
Goddamn i'm so obsessed with the synth use and that entire scene at the lighthouse, something about it is so damn captivating. It really draws out all your senses, this almost voice like synth growling and sonically contorting along with the mind bending visuals. I think this the first time a simple infliction of a score gave me butterflies in my stomach and sort of jarred me for a second. As an audiophile, audio engineer and instrumentalist I just wanna give Ben and Geoff *AND* Moderat a massive thank you and hug for shaking me out of my current jaded music composing funk.
And damn you Garland, always loved everything that man's touched. Hope him and Danny get back together and maybe have a John Murphy/Ben Salisbury/Geoff Barrow score that film..... OOoooooooh man that would be milk and honey!
This song is by a group called Moderat. A german synth group made this track in 2013.
Yeah I actually saw their album on Google music and bought it but thank you for letting me know, the OST for the movie that I bought unfortunately made no mention of them. I ain't generally an electronic/synth guy but when its done right, Mmmmmmmhmmm.
EscaFlurgen tight on!
Dude this is exactly how i feel. I watched that entire lighthouse scene and felt like hugging the visual effects guys and the composers. I mean that fucking combination of music and that massive swirling ball thing when shes underneath the lighthouse. Left me speechless!!
Get yourself a cheap DAW and get MASCHINE. You can recreate this synth relatively easily.
This is so amazing. It helps me peer into infinity.
This ost is my mind
Damn good ost!
I think this one will be stuck in my head until the end of time. By a good choice of song to be stuck with for the ends of time.
I remember looping this on their second album thinking about an ethereal and mind bending scenario this might play in if it were in a movie, when I saw this movie and heard the synth start to creep I laughed knowing that this was perfect
Annihilation one of the best sifi movies of all time. Scene in the lighthouse is blow my mind! Especially a combination of Moderat sounds and crazy stuff with mirroring something unreal. Awesome combo
true
I had the biggest smile when i heard this in the movie. Couldn't believe Moderat made it to the big screen lol.
That soundtrack is truly amazing. It feels very emotional and frightening to me. Like its giving me memories I never had. Thats one of the best reese basses I've ever heard.
"A true warrior knows that he lives in a predatorial universe. He can never let his guard
down. Wherever he looks, he sees an incessant fight, and he knows that it deserves his
respect, because it is a fight to the death. He knows that he can only give the
very best of himself under conditions of maximum tension. For that reason, he seeks out
his opponent the way a fighting rooster does - with avidity, with delight, knowing that the next step is decisive. His opponent is NOT his fellow man, but his own attachments and weaknesses, and his grand challenge is to compress the layers of his energy until they won't expand when his life ceases, so that his awareness does not die.
"A warrior knows that what gives sense to his life is the challenge of death, and death is a
personal matter. It is a challenge for each one of us, and one which only sincere warriors
accept. Seen from this point of view, the worries of ordinary people are just expressions of their their egomania.”
Encounters with the Supernatural (nagual) - book by Carlos Castaneda
This sounds really good. Do you recommend the book?
damn that soundtrack is really something . pure sound art
Moderat is an incredible band. One of my all time favorites. If you haven't listened to anything else they've done, do yourself a favor
One of the most intensive soundtrack since Drive!
I am beginning to contemplate whether the studio has wrong footed itself here. All the comments and reviews point towards a real creeper and what may become a cult classic. I genuinely enjoyed it, very innovative, thought provoking with a wonderful score. Alex Garland seems really fascinated with where and how our species views itself at a crucial stage in our evolution. Thank you so much Mr Garland.
Liam McCann most definately agree, this movie could easily become the basis of a commentary of human nature
Annie Walks & Liam McCann: Counterpunch.org(a leftist sight) has a rare film review of Annihilation by Ms.Kim Niccolini. I was half-aware of one idea that she brings to the fore.
I agree Liam, and anyone who is lost well ask someone who’s a film expert in horror and science fiction and they can try to tell you what this film is about the meanings and what not.
When Portman looks into the core of whatever it is I imagine its what a glimps into the heart of a black hole must be like where you know that everything you are have been and ever could’ve been could be crushed not just out of existence but memory. Terrifying
I edited the sound as it progresses. I omitted the beginning and ending part. Applying different sound effects.
Awesome job.
You better be good... I have no mercy for time wasters.
Azure Ablaze nobody cares about how much of a badass you think you are. Keep the attitude in check
Stefan Telvian Are you some kind of Tube sentry? You are leaving me a serious remark for a sly comment, you are the one that should be checked. Not everyone is a dead serious as you may be
Ps. As for the track itself, crossings should be smoother, as I can't get feeling of continuity. For effects and your effort, hatoff.
Azure Ablaze like the other dude said, nobody cares
Interstellar .. Edge of Tomorrow .. Oblivion .. breathtaking. But this... no words.
Im mad i didnt watch this in theaters i bet this part sounded beautiful af with all the THX surround sound❗️
This was well made. WELL MADE! it was an unexpected movie in every way. I was gluwd to the tele in the last 15 min and did not even realize. I captured me
Who's Candice?
*Moderat - The Mark starts playing*
the fact that you actually alter the sound a bit as it goes on and include subtle variations is super cool actually
Thanks man. One and a half minute version was not enough. Someone needs to edit and turn up the bass on the vibrating sound.
So I looked through all of Spotify and couldn’t find a singe piece of audio that sounded like this. Thanks for posting this
I was pretty much having an out of body experience until the edits nearer the end
“Beautiful dissonance” is the word that comes to my mind for this movie.
what better song when you are staring into the eye of infinity
exactly!
You can not put this over any visuals than the final 10 minutes of the film. Absolutely incredible.
That scene had me so anxious, like I was legit scared of what would happened. I also thought it was the alien making the noise, the moves were so fluid with the song.
Saw this in the theater 7 times and caught just the ending another 3 after seeing other films. So much to take in, and I saw or heard or felt something new every time. The glass of water, the tattoo, the human plants, the bear. What an absolutely beautiful film that awakens feelings you never knew you had..
Best sci fi film since "the thing"...best sci fi soundtrack since "the terminator"...cannot believe it only got a theatrical release in the states
So many emotions when this plays and that creature morphs. Amazing
That scene just killed the man i was
same here.
aye mental that
Great soundtrack for a great movie. Obviously not the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, but a truly unique one which brought a refreshing take on the genre. I loved the artistic direction of the film, and how they portrayed the alien in such a unique and authentic way.
One of the best movies I've seen since maybe the first three Lord of the Rings movies ^^
lol?
Bryan S the esthetics, mystery, psychedelic theme, psychological-like horror speaks to me. This was absolutely great in my point of view :)
VJ89VJ Yeah, I think it's up there with 2001 a space odyssey in terms of mind expanding, psychedelic scifi
If you like these kind of trippy movie, also look up, Sphere (1998), Solaris (2002), and Event Horizon (1997).
It IS the next 2001!Very little dialogue; none near the ending. The electroacoustic music and alien (non-sentient?) were "brain-boggling".
I knew that I knew this song when I saw the film last night. I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Thanks for posting.
i now finished this thing on netflix.. Deep and tough.. i need time too get over it. But above all, this is a very good sci-fi.
In Hungary? It is on..:) Poor thing..:D
It was released internationally on Netflix. Got a theatrical release in the US, not that anyone went to see this terrific film.
why are you using quotes
are you quoting someone else, or just being a goose?
Right! Theatrical release only in North America and China.The "Harvey Weinsteins" of PARAMOUNT studios thought financially it was too intellectual for world release.
I see all sorts of horror movies and this one i can say is scary in its own way!
Is this the scene where she sees the light and it begins to reform itself into the 3-dimensional fractal geometry which is beyond trippy? Almost sure these sounds are created either by Access Virus, Nord, or some dedicated Korg synthesizers.
Ricardeaux, thanks! Loved the music and imagery.
I actually spent a few hours attempting to recreate the sound using Serum, got pretty damn close using some saw wavetables, FM modulation, fast LFO'd volume, and many various effects
@@acaustik8763 😶❤ Were you able to recreate the sound?
been coding these last few hours and have this on repeat. Amazing
Youre a godsend
With Moderat being by far my favorite musical discovery of the last few years, I was giddy during this part of the movie.
I don’t really view this as music. It’s a series of vibrations that tickle my brain in a profound, simple way. Noises that bring about an anxious calm, a careful pleasure.
Definitely an underrated movie (at least where I’m from). I work at a movie theatre and I don’t remember many people going to see this, but I remember cleaning up after it had ended and the credit music freaked me out so much.
Checked it out maybe a month or two later after Hideo Kohima raved about it on his twitter and I wasn’t disappointed. Went into the movie not knowing what to expect and it was a trip from start to finish. Definitely one of my top 10 films now!
This track has a weird oldschool 80s horror vibe to it
As soon as I heard this song I ran to download it.... Very rare when a song matches a scene perfectly... Very rare when a song hits you perfectly
could this be made into one, seamless track? the starts and stops just ruin what is otherwise such sweet double-bassed bliss
Yes, that's what I hoped for before I clicked the video.
Same and same tempo not frantically sped up dnb the is good tho extended
Well somewhere in the world someone is already trying do just that.
Check out Scorpion album trailer from Drake. Release will be in 2 days. He sampled exactly this song for his album!
I love how they turned that whole fragments/mutations/changing theme into music. It fits perfectly and the soundtrack contributed so much to the movie.
I like these kind of movies where it's not real but realistic at the same time
Gotta come bak and listen to this every now and then
Watching this again on LSD .... this part especially!
JapGODZILLA ohyeah !!
Try angel dust
JapGODZILLA This film was magical on shrooms. I would strongly recommend going to a late screening - or at the very least, going with someone you trust, so as to minimize some of the stress and anxiety of being around too many people in a confined space.
Be safe. Happy tripping! And, I hope you have a lovely experience.
AMAZING MOVIE ON LSD!
1st time i saw the movie was on a trip yup recommended
Reading the books and constantly listenting to the soundtrack .. by now I am not sure if I am still in my flat or already deep inside AreaX .. Starting to change somehow. Awesome books and amazing soundtrack!
Please read the book.
And the rest of the trilogy.
It will break your brain.
Name of the book ?
@@useryu99 Annihilation...
The trilogy was called the southern reach that should help make the search bar hunting go easier for you.
Have a nice day.
Annihilation Trilogy by Jeff Vandemeer. Once you've read them they stick in your mind!
Okay, ty for recommendation so much, i hope it will work same as a movie.. but still.. good audio in movie is not less important than visuals. It all together makes perfect scenes. And perfect scenes with original planned story line makes best movies.
This was one of my most favourite moments in cinema, ever.
SCORPION SEASON BABY
Perfectly captures the feeling of the movie, absolutely stunning and beautiful yet absolutely terrifying.
That bear though!!!
One of the most messed up things I've seen in a while
Agreed
By far the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in a film
The soundtrack sounds so alien
I listened to this while reading the first book, really puts you in the right atmospheric mood.
Doesn anyone know about similar "music" or ambiance? Im in love with this one, but I need more.
Here's two different ones... Crystal by Clams Casino, Cloud Motion by Steve Roach
@@hadramawut29 coincidentally was just listening to that Roach track. definitely on point but didnt make the connection. im dubious about that clams casino but will check it out
Son Lux and Clann come to mind
i need more as well. time to make some
Amon Tobin does a lot of weird similar stuff
I was so elated when I heard Moderat, never expected to hear it in a Hollywood film 😸 The world needs more Moderat
Yes i was loking for this sound off unhnoun
An amazing film with extraordinary design.
I’m sorry that the industry wasn’t ready yet.
Sounds like LORN
That was my first thought when i watched the movie
This soundtrack is so entrancing! Tied with an epic scene in the movie.