Zimmer's Most Powerful Theme Plays Only Once and Uses Just Two Chords

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The 'Detach' theme during Cooper's goodbye is arguably the most emotionally devastating piece of music in Interstellar, yet it appears only one time in the entire film and is built from just two chords. Its singular appearance makes it land harder — audiences never get to habituate to it.

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