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From Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands to Underground Silos: Composers for ‘Fallout,’ ‘Silo’ and More Sci-Fi Series on Taking Cues From Otherworldly Settings
Composers for 'Fallout,' 'Silo' and more post-apocalyptic series explain how they crafted unique sci-fi sounds.
Science fiction and fantasy have inspired dozens of great television scores through the years, from “Battlestar Galactica” to “Game of Thrones.” Three more streaming series continued that tradition this season: “ Silo,” “ Fallout ” and “ 3 Body Problem.” The ascending line of the main title theme, the composer realized only after he wrote it, is symbolic of “people trying to get out of the silo.” Throughout the 10-hour series, he said, “I deliberately wanted to be very thematic.” The music of “Silo” has already won a BAFTA Television Craft award. “Everything is about communication,” he says, “so there is this underlying idea of Morse code with music, these repetitive patterns that occur that represent communication.” But, he adds, the series is “essentially a love story between two scientists,” so orchestra becomes more prominent in the second half of the eight-episode arc.
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