Apollo 11 Launch - Complete Orchestral Rock Cover (Justin Hurwitz - First Man)

Composed by Justin Hurwitz
Arranged and Produced by Trey J. Anderson

This song is one of those pieces that just gets better the more you listen to it. Hurwitz is simply a genius and his classic style/attention to detail in his craft is inspiring to say the least. The way this song conveys the monstrous scale of this event and the insurmountable odds of the situation is just movie magic. Down to the details of writing the percussion to resemble the rattling of the rocket or the distant rumble of the engines. Or the song climbing up and up until the orchestra "detaches" from the song at the end. How the violins start by playing timid, almost shakily to phrase the nerves leading to the countdown to then transform into a full section. It works just as well as program music about the Apollo 11 Launch as an event as it does for a film cue. I could go on and on about this piece. It's just some genuinely great stuff that I believe got severely overlooked last year and it makes me want every film to have such a thematic score.

In my rendition, I decided to stay true to the kinda retro synth vibe but replaced the theremin with a full metal section including 5 lead guitars, 3 doubled rhythm L and R, along with a powerful kit. I completely reworked the orchestra and wanted to maintain the brass and strings throughout the cover without it devolving into death metal. I wanted to do something new with this song, yet keep it as faithful as I could. Tell me what you think!

[anderspan]

Chills running down my spine. Men capable of creating such art and such technology and then there's you creating such a video. I am captivated, thank you

[tomkutscher]

04:53 This plume😍 this must bei more than 3Km long and 500 meter in diameter

[foxhound]

4:08 is my favorite part, the sound resembles pure steel bein rattled and twisted while the Saturn V is lifting off, i believe iit's what you were tryin to portray

[jonnysolaris]

Your channel is amazing, it deserves more subscriptions and views! Very high quality work, good work!

[mdsysltd]

This is incredible! Would you mind providing the Flac file for this? I'd really love to have it.

[LaUltimaFuncion]

Definitely outstanding! This must be one of the best covers out there for the First Man soundtrack, truly a beautiful and powerful take.
Maybie a Landing cover next?

[strnbrg]

The music in the movie version was much better.