Debuting to just over $80 million worldwide this weekend, Alfonso Cuarón‘s space thriller Gravity exceeded expectations and already made most of its budget back. As word of mouth builds over the coming weeks, we expect many will be interested in just how the 90-minute thrill ride was put together. After a look at the 3D and the use of IMAX, a comprehensive featurette has arrived on the use of sound.

Running at just under ten minutes, Cuarón and re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay sit down to discuss how they were able to pull off an elaborate sound design, especially considering how there is no sound in space. They mainly discuss the immersive surround sound aspect (particurly using Dolby Atmos), but there’s a great deal of footage here, so if you haven’t seen the film, I’d hold off until you do.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson also had a chance to see the film this weekend and took to Twitter to discuss the experience. While he does say he enjoyed the thriller “very much,” he rattled off a few of the “mysteries” (i.e. scientific inaccuracies). Check out all the tweets below, followed by the featurette.

Gravity is now in wide release.

What do you make of Tyson’s qualms?

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