Christopher Nolan has revealed that 'Interstellar's "adventurous and creative" sound is "the right approach for this experiential film."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the director said that he has always loved films that approach sound in an impressionistic way and that is an unusual approach for a mainstream blockbuster, but he feels it's the right approach for this experiential film. Some viewers have complained about the movie's sound, claiming some key dialogue is difficult to hear and raising questions whether it is the fault of the sound mix or the sound systems in some of the theaters where the film is playing.
He said the movie's sound is exactly as he intended and he praised theaters for presenting it correctly and said that he is a fierce believer that "sound is as important as picture" and that he likes to hear how his movies sound in actual theaters.
Nolan attributed Interstellar's sound to "very tight teamwork" among composer Hans Zimmer, re-recording mixers Gary Rizzo and Gregg Landaker mix and sound designer Richard King and added that there are particular moments in this film where he decided to use dialogue as a sound effect, so sometimes it's mixed slightly underneath the other sound effects or in the other sound effects to emphasize how loud the surrounding noise is.
