The man behind the Oscar-nominated 'Gravity' score

  • 10 years ago
How do you compose music for a film that's set in silent Space?

That's the challenge that faced Steven Price when he wrote the score for the movie "Gravity".

And he was clearly up for it - he recently won a BAFTA for Best Original Score and now bookies are betting on Price as the odds-on favorite to win the Oscar in the same category.

The English composer says he was lucky to be brought in a full year before production ended.

SOUNDBITE: Steven Price, Oscar-nominated "Gravity" score composer, saying (English):

"I got to evolve my ideas at the same time as the sound department were evolving theirs. The picture was still changing, the visual effects were still developing so the whole thing evolved together."

"Gravity" stars Sandra Bullock as medical engineer-turned-astronaut, Ryan Stone.

And Price says the actress' performance was inspirational.

SOUNDBITE: Steven Price, Oscar-nominated "Gravity" score composer, saying (English):

"Often

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