Curious to know what Clint Mansell’s score for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah sounds like? You can get a taste of it now — just a taste, alas — courtesy of a page called ‘Beginnings’ at the movie’s website.
Interestingly, the website features some text that underscores the biblical “wickedness” theme that came up in the most recent trailer and TV spot for the film, but it also includes a bit of dialogue from Russell Crowe’s Noah that hints at the darker themes that have worried some people.
The scrolling text is basically a paraphrase of Genesis 6:5-7:
The Wickedness of Man
was great in the world,
with only evil residing in their hearts
And this grieved
the Creator.
So the Creator decided to destroy
his ruined creations,
both man and beast, for he
was sad that he had made them.
To Noah, he gave the instruction
“Build yourself an Ark…”
03/28/14
And the dialogue we hear from Russell Crowe’s Noah is this:
This time there will be no men. If we were to re-enter the Garden again, it would only be to destroy it once more. No. The Creator has judged us. Mankind must end.
The images that play behind these words and beneath this audio clip are mostly taken from the existing trailers, though there are a few new shots of ominous stormclouds and the like, as well as a rapid-fire montage of people holding weapons.
And speaking of images, Aronofsky has tweeted several paintings and whatnot from the upcoming art show Fountains of the Deep: Visions of Noah and the Flood, which opens March 7. Just to make things interesting, Paramount Pictures is now also inviting fans to upload their own Noah-inspired art to the movie’s Facebook page.
Here are the images Aronofsky has tweeted so far:
in begins: #noahartshow @jamesjeanart beautifuly sad, mysterious, scary. #noahmovie: http://t.co/nL09MrR5LR pic.twitter.com/dWcffnU2Q0
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 21, 2014
SURREAL ISOLATION @GregRuth #noahartshow http://t.co/uA2boSKKUt: pic.twitter.com/QIsse6vBuC
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 23, 2014
TRANQUIL SOJOURN, Carmen Arvizu contribution to #noahartshow pic.twitter.com/itf4H46YbY
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 23, 2014
MYTHMAKER – SHOWSTOPPER INSANITY! Brilliant Erik Parker @honkyparker take on #noah for #noahartshow @Kasmingallery : pic.twitter.com/HvlxMllAYK
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 24, 2014
SHOCK & AWE DODO'S RISE-UP by my friends FAILE @faileart for #noahartshow http://t.co/NthTvR5w3s : pic.twitter.com/flSNCs1Kym
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 26, 2014
BIBLICAL FAMILY TREE, check out the details Ward Shelley @PierogiGallery does #noahartshow: pic.twitter.com/XAX5FPxLKL
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) February 27, 2014
If any more images from the art show are tweeted, I will embed those images here too.
March 4 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
THE GREAT @JIMLEE contribution to #noahartshow http://t.co/NthTvR5w3s pic.twitter.com/BdIomZIaZy
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 4, 2014
March 6 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
PRESENT DAY APOCALYPSE @PKuperArt for #noahartshow : pic.twitter.com/gzzKD0gelj
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 6, 2014
March 8 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
THE GREAT CONTRADICTION, PEACE AND DEATH from antonio sandoval for #NoahArtShow opens today! 462 w. broadway nyc: pic.twitter.com/tlgxNPlfqR
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 8, 2014
March 9 update: Here are two more images from the art show:
HUMOR AND THE FACTS by @jimtorok @PierogiGallery come see #noahartshow before #noahmovie: pic.twitter.com/2SNiaBymhh
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 9, 2014
INTRICATE MYSTICISM by Asad Faulwell for #noahartshow pic.twitter.com/YznJmx4rtc
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 9, 2014
March 10 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
HUMOR with TRADITION Jim Woodring does #noahartshow: pic.twitter.com/P58zoNXRQJ
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 10, 2014
March 13 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
THE SHRINK'S MONOPOLIZED-ARK check out details of Martin Wilner's #noahartshow for #noah, babel is jail, creation go: pic.twitter.com/CLX9TuQhKi
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 13, 2014
March 16 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
BEASTS POWER for #noahartshow @peta @HumaneSociety @WWF niko henrichon who did #noahcomic @ImageComics: pic.twitter.com/qNdrk9uy1e
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 16, 2014
March 18 update: Here’s another image from the art show:
ALIEN NEPHILIM CONSTRUCT THE ARK thomas thiemeyer does #noahartshow: pic.twitter.com/PwP4wmlpsV
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 18, 2014
March 31 update: The art show came to an end this past weekend, but Aronofsky tweeted one more image yesterday:
APOCALYPSE BY HEAVY METAL MASTER SIMON BISLEY #noah : pic.twitter.com/qlSFtJcUiw
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) March 30, 2014