Jóhann Jóhannsson Inspiration

"Heptapod B" by Jóhann Jóhannsson has caught my eye, especially in it's effect of creating a slow, yet intelligent climax. Using both human voice in a staccato style, it brings a sense of humanity in a seemingly alien world. In our media piece, we aim to have a floating astronaut as our central character, if we were to use humanised sounds such as audio speech or synthesised voices we might be able to bring a similar human effect in our Sci-Fi piece. In terms of sound in space, if we were to steer away from orchestral ambience and have a purely muted space environment it might be interesting using a 'breathing' sound from the astronaut from the perspective of the human's ears inside the helmet.


This piece by Jóhannsson also includes effective use of percussion, such as pounding drum hits which adds to the eventual climax. It's bassier frequency contrasts to the higher pitched voices and strings which effectively creates a carefully crafted dynamic range.