Oppenheimer | Sound Editing

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Academy Award® nominee Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano plays Robert Serber and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.

Oppenheimer also stars Oscar® winner Rami Malek and reunites Nolan with eight-time Oscar® nominated actor, writer and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh.

The cast includes Dane DeHaan (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets), Dylan Arnold (Halloween franchise), David Krumholtz (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises).

The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan.

Oppenheimer is filmed in a combination of IMAX® 65mm and 65mm large-format film photography including, for the first time ever, sections in IMAX® black and white analogue photography.

Nolan’s films, including Tenet, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, have earned more than $5 billion at the global box office and have been awarded 11 Oscars and 36 nominations, including two Best Picture nominations.

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[amiiae]

The sound effect was unbelievable. The sound effect + Cinematography + Visual Effect made me feel like I was in the room with all the characters when all the events took place. The trinity test scene was also amazing, the countdown everything. Thank you for your hard works, thank you for this MASTERPIECE.

[im_not_here_]

Seeing and HEARING this movie on IMAX is an experience one will never forget.

[space_]

The use of abstract sound effects during that opening montage was so good I couldn't imagine the movie without them.

[andrewrb]

I know a lot of people hate on the sound in Nolan’s movies, but I love it and look forward to it. We get a sonic experience that we don’t get from anyone else. I hope he and his team keep it up and ignore the haters!

[VidaDw]

When i listen whether the music or the sound design my whole body was vibrating🤌. Great work as always Mr. King and Mr. Rizzo.

[GedivanCorreia-fgef]

In my opinion,
Oppenheimer is the movie of the year.

[imposter]

My seat was literally shaking. That was an awesome experience for me which I never had before.

[theprofessor]

The sound designing team really did great 💯👌

[sanjitsiriguppi]

Emma Thomas: We don’t have an Oscar yet honey.
Christopher Nolan: Hold my Oppenheimer.

[Quwucuqin]

Absolutely brilliant movie what a modern masterpiece

[franzvr]

I love the music, but seeing the passion of these artists, it makes me a little sad, that the music usually drowns out their work. I can't remember hearing the countdown in the movie, for example.

[seyid]

This is very good film in the World ❤❤❤

[weeedley]

One thing is a fact: IMAX film cameras are damn loud. Look it up, the film mechanism is louder than talking, a lot louder. So there are two possibilities here again:
1. they have an insanely good filtering pipeline for IMAX film shootings and can actually use the sound they get from location, not only as reference. Please let me know how they do this if so. I'm really interested.
2. the studios force them to lie in their making-ofs, just like they force them the lie when they talk about using CGI. Solely for marketing purposes.
So.. which one is it? Making them lie about CGI doesn't give me much hope for option 1

[jermainethorington]

keep doing your thing on special effects 🤩

[AmbientDatabase]

One notable concern with Nolan movies is that they do not typically utilize Dolby Atmos mixing

[laleagayeva]

bele filimleri cox sevirem adrenalin dolu bir filim

[alienboy]

Between Oppenheimer and Dune part 1, I love the recent sound design that makes me feel it.

[ottot]

For me the sound at times was too load. It was the main reason I didn't went back to see it for a second time unfortunately. I was even at the point of leaving the cinema. I love the movie but the audio was the only down point for me.