Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir begun “treasure hunting” with her ears at a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Lithuania to create the ominous soundtrack for the HBO mini-series Chernobyl, which has earned 19 Emmy nominations.
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I was really drawn to the process of using sales from the environment to build a soundtrack that was musical. Although the Chernobyl soundtrack is generally ominous there are sections that are more hopeful. The ominous tone of my film’s soundscape is the aspect that is not working for me that the moment, I am searching for inspiration to solve this.