▁room ▁in ▁B ould er , ▁Colorado ▁where ▁producer ▁Don ▁H ahn ▁met ▁for ▁non - stop ▁days ▁with ▁Brown ▁and ▁editor ▁Scott ▁Mc El roy ▁to ▁begin ▁assemb ling ▁bits ▁of ▁story . ▁“ Over ▁those ▁two ▁days , ▁we ▁established ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁the ▁journey ▁of ▁the ▁clim bers ▁from ▁their ▁homes ▁in ▁America ▁to ▁the ▁ex otic ▁and ▁dangerous ▁s lop es ▁of ▁the ▁H imal aya ,” ▁said ▁Michael . ▁“ The ▁concept ▁that ▁emer ged ▁was ▁to ▁reve al ▁the ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁like ▁pe eling ▁back ▁layers ▁of ▁an ▁on ion ,” ▁added ▁Don . ▁“ By ▁the ▁time ▁they ▁reached ▁base ▁camp ▁on ▁Lob uche , ▁we ▁would ▁understand ▁their ▁pl ight ▁as ▁returning ▁v ets , ▁and ▁then ▁watch ▁their ▁he aling ▁process ▁as ▁they ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁sum mit .” ▁ ▁Music ▁Compos er ▁Chris ▁Ba con ' s ▁scores ▁for ▁films ▁like ▁Source ▁Code ▁inspired ▁Don ▁and ▁Michael ▁to ▁ask ▁him ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁project . ▁“ We ▁wanted ▁the ▁music ▁to ▁under line ▁the ▁journey , ▁and ▁asked ▁Chris ▁to ▁start ▁with ▁very ▁conventional ▁American ▁gu it ars ▁and ▁instrument ation ,” ▁said ▁Don , ▁“ and ▁then ▁as ▁the ▁journey ▁progress ed , ▁let ▁the ▁music ▁become ▁more ▁ex otic ▁and ▁spiritual ▁to ▁reflect ▁the ▁in ward ▁journey ▁of ▁the ▁soldiers .” ▁“ S ometimes ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁compos ing ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁I ▁see ▁the ▁individual ▁scenes ▁so ▁many ▁times ▁that ▁writing ▁the ▁music ▁can