Story of the death of an astronaut caught up in a worm hole who now exists in the Fifth Demension; Noted Astrophysicist/Comologist Kip Thorrne was an adviser to this film

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2016)

This review is chiefly about the music. Zimmer's score is one of the outstanding film scores of the past 50 years and suits the story line very well. Noland in part is responsible for the fine quality of this score because he gave Zimmer extra time to work on the score which most producers do not do--they had the film over and say--I need the music ready to use in a week---which often results in hackwork instead of music that enhances the quality of the film.
The style of music seeks to combined electronic music with traditional orchestra and solo instruments and seems to borrow some or most of its style from America's noted composer Phillip Glass in its fine art music style.
The scoring./Orchestration is rather unusual calling for a real Organ, Electronic instruments, Steel Guitar, Violin Solo. IT is not often that the Organ is scored for in film music--there is SECONDS the BOX OFFICE flop that Rock Hudson starred in that had a fake Organ.Then the next notable usage is in 20001 in which Ligeti's Volumina (unfortunately often edited out in some videos and cds fo the track music) and Richard Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra scores are used.
This film introduces the theories of String Theory in which states there are more dimensions than than three based on Einstein's equations relating to Relativity. This concept is rather difficult to understand without proper introduction to it. PBS NOVA had a program to explain this and the reader is strongly advised to consult this video which can be gotten by calling them up and ordering.
Noland had some of the worlds best advise on this film especially that of Kip Thorne who in some versions of the video is given credit but it seems not on this site.
This film is one of the masterworks of film production but just how great it is only the future will tell if it is still being watched 50 years from now to if the film is rather trite and crude (as the Ian Fleming's GOLDFINGER now seems after 50 years or it survives like da Vinci's Mona Lisa.