{"id":1308,"date":"2015-10-15T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:06:09","slug":"the-martian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/the-martian","title":{"rendered":"Episode 53: The Martian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">Harry Gregson-Williams &#8211; &#8220;The Martian&#8221; (Original Score)<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SongExploder53-600x298.png\" alt=\"SongExploder53\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SongExploder53.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SongExploder53-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SongExploder53-560x278.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=8dd846f2b5bd4eeee51dc3fa37cfa815\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/harry-gregson-williams-martian\/id788236947?i=354736252&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/370b673c-bfc3-4e5d-9ecd-b8a593aa345d\/SongExploder53-HarryGregsonWilliams-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In the film &#8220;The Martian,&#8221; astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) is stranded on Mars, forced to rely on science and his ingenuity in order to survive. The film opened at #1 at the box office, and has earned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_martian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/movie\/the-martian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praise<\/a> as well. In this episode, composer Harry Gregson-Williams breaks down his music from the film, where part of his job was to score the excitement of scientific discovery and the grandeur and mystery of Mars itself.<\/p>\n<p>Buy The Martian <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/the-martian-score-suite\/id1043620937?i=1043620950&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Score Suite<\/a> (as heard in this episode), or the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/album\/martian-original-motion-picture\/id1043613134?uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6&#038;ls=1\">Original Motion Picture Score<\/a> on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Gregson-Williams conducting The Martian scoring session at Abbey Road studios:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Martian-scoring-session-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"The Martian scoring session\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Martian-scoring-session-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Martian-scoring-session-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Martian-scoring-session-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/The-Martian-scoring-session.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(Photo by Benjamin Ealovega)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/the-martian-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ej3ioOneTy8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Martian &#8211; Official Trailer<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ej3ioOneTy8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Gregson-Williams &#8211; &#8220;The Martian&#8221; (Original Score) DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 In the film &#8220;The Martian,&#8221; astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) is stranded on Mars, forced to rely on science and his ingenuity in order to survive. 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