[Nick Zwar]

nd as you say, things like SOLARIS is something different altogether, and works fine as background music, but I sometimes find it rewarding to give this my full attention, too. With minimalist music even the smallest shifts, like a subtle chord change, become important, and these things can be fascinating to follow.

Oh, for sure. It’s very hypnotic score that can pull you “all in” too. Like Philip Glass, who opened a whole new world of music for me when I encountered KOYANISQAATSI (a movie I’ve seen with the Glass Ensemble performing the music live… one of the “movie concerts” that made sense).

I like the movie too. I’ve even read the novel SOLARIS twice (last time a couple of years ago on vacation). Martinez music is very introspective, meditative, I like it a lot.