How ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Score Pays Homage to Jerry Goldsmith’s Original Themes
10.05.2024 - 04:57
/ variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” marks composer John Paesano’s first foray into the Apes franchise. Following in the footsteps of Jerry Goldsmith (“Planet of the Apes”), Michael Giacchino (“
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) and others, he knew he’d have big shoes to fill. The first thing he thought about was the “musical legacy as well as the “giant music” associated with the scores.
The film picks up 300 years after Caesar’s death, in a post-apocalyptic world where the Apes rule. Even though Paesano was telling a new story, he wanted to honor the music that had come before him and respect the fans, while also finding a way to take the score in a new direction while keeping everything as organic as possible. Speaking with Variety, Paesano said, “I wanted to take it to a place where the franchise is headed.” Paesano kept everything organic, including his instruments.
A detuned, imperfect piano was something that features prominently in the score. “The idea was to use instruments that could exist in the world they were living in, and maybe that piano had been sitting in a schoolhouse for 300 years, and they stumbled across it,” Paesano explains. Furthermore, he kept the percussion base which borrowed from Goldsmith’s original motifs.
Paesano added to it by using oil drums, again with the notion that the oil drum existed in the kingdom.
He built his score around three recurring themes. “There’s a discovery theme based on the humans and the apes discovering this new world, the eagle clan theme, and Noa’s theme,” he explains. The story follows as Noa (Owen Teague) is a young ape forced to defend his home and is forced to go on a journey of self-discovery.
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