Time

One thing you should know about me: I love movies. I love analyzing the characters and figuring them out, getting caught up in the emotion of things, and most importantly... the music chosen for the film. I notice that almost instantly. Now, some movies are better than others, and so is the music that is chosen for the movie. For those who have watched movies with me, you know that I'll comment on the music if it's impressive. 

This post was inspired by Hans Zimmer. He has composed amazing music for over 100 films and is extremely talented. One of his most recent was the music for the movie "Inception." The song "Time" from the movie is incredible.

I had to give background information before I dove into my post.

What is time? The dictionary provides this definition:

1. The system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.

Lee Smolin, a theoretical physicist, is a professor of physics and member of the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at Pennsylvania State University. His attempt to answer this question can be found here. It was very interesting to read. The whole subject fascinates me.

Play the song while you read the rest of the post:

Hans Zimmer I believe, created the perfect song to describe "time." It starts off slow and simple, an inspired beginning. It slowly adds instruments and builds, increasing in beauty and inspiration. It isn't exactly a sad mood, but not a light one either. It builds even more and hits the climax of the song, the moment that seems most important. It abruptly stops to simple piano and strings and then to just piano, letting you reflect on everything that has just happened. The song ends with an intense moment, which in the movie is the part where the top is left spinning on the table and leaves you wondering what happens next, and in a way foreshadows that there is more to the story, but doesn't exactly show you.

"How does this related to time?"

If you think about it, our lives start off slow but beautiful. We learn and grow and experience and keep building upon what we know. The climax might be the time in your life when you graduate college, start your career, marriage, and raising your children. It levels off when all your kids are grown up, you retire and grow old with your spouse, reflecting on your life. In the final moments, just the piano plays and you finish your life here on earth. With the song, it leaves you wondering what will happen next...knowing there is more than this life.