Hasta La Motion!

Pink Floyd has released a music video for Louder Than Words, the last track from their new album, The Endless River. With lyrics by David Gilmour’s wife Polly Sampson, the track acts as a tribute to the connection between musicians in the band, particularly Gimour and keyboardist Rick Wright. The music video ties together 1993 footage of the band recording The Division Bell, 2014 studio footage of Gilmour and Nick Mason, concept art relating to the album cover by 8-year-old Egyptian artist Ahmed Emad Eldin, and footage from near the remains of the Aral Sea on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Director Po Powell found his inspiration for the music video when he saw an image of rusting ships lying in the sand where the river used to flow. “A surreal image if ever I saw one,” says Powell, “and a shocking example of human mismanagement and one of the planet’s worst environmental disasters. The river has shrunk to 10 percent of its original size, destroying the fishing industry and whole townships.”

Rolling Stone reports that the remote location made for a very challenging shoot. “It’s a journey lasting some 18 hours,” says Powell. “The ships lie a further two hours drive over rough roads carved through the ancient sea bed. The weather was dismal – snowing for some of the time and then a chilly 10 degrees below freezing with 20 mph winds. Just what you don’t need! However, the sun shone for a few hours each day, and we filmed as if our lives depended on it.”

Credits

Filming was shot by Hipgnosis director Aubrey Po Powell, with producer Fiz Oliver, director of photography (UK) Brett Turnbull, editor Laurence Trickett, working with Kochegary Studio, Kazakhstan, with producer Valentin Zakharov, studio producer/location scout Stanislav Kotyay, administrator Danik Korganbayev, aerial film team Dmitry Stupin & Irina Druchinina, camera team Maxim Pupisov and Maxim Pokazeev.