Siri, what is 10 to the power of 544?” One moment, says Apple’s intelligent personal assistant, and dives headlong into a loop—1 followed by an impossibly long queue of 0s.
The intriguingly titled ‘Requiem for a Dream ft. Siri’ video on YouTube, performed by Indian Jam Project, starts with the signature Clint Mansell (the original composer) leitmotif; utilizing the raspy chants of Siri as the percussive backbeat, the number dissolves into a sonic orgy of keyboard, sitar and flute.
“I got the idea to do this piece after I saw a beat-boxing video which featured Siri,” says composer Tushar Lall of the Indian Jam Project. The collective has adapted classical pieces to contemporary tunes like soundtracks from the series Game of Thrones , Sherlock and the movie Titanic , to rave reviews. Sherlock theme composer and Emmy award winner Michael Price called their work “outrageously good”. “The response to the video has been fantastic,” says Tushar. The video, which was first uploaded in February 2017, went on to become a viral phenomenon on social media.
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