The official music video for “When I’m Home”, the song featured during the closing credits of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, has been released, with Travis Scott bringing a contemporary sound to the cinematic epic.
The video arrived one week after the film’s worldwide premiere, following a strong opening in cinemas, positive reviews and high audience turnout.
A modern take on Odysseus’ return
Composed by Ludwig Göransson, “When I’m Home” features contributions from James Blake and Travis Scott.
Its atmospheric sound blends experimental elements with the story’s mythological character, offering a modern musical interpretation of nostos, the ancient Greek concept of homecoming embodied by Odysseus’ return to Ithaca.
The track plays during the film’s final scenes and closing credits, completing its official soundtrack.
Travis Scott appears as a bard
Scott’s involvement in The Odyssey extends beyond the music. The American rapper also appears in the film as a bard who recites ancient epics.
Nolan has explained that the inclusion of rap was intentional, describing it as a modern counterpart to ancient oral poetry.
Scott has expressed his enthusiasm about joining the production and working alongside a cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Lupita Nyong’o.
From a school assignment to the big screen
Scott also revealed a personal connection to Homer’s epic during an interview with Variety.
He first encountered The Odyssey as a student, when his teacher, Bernice Webster, assigned it as summer reading. Scott admitted that he did not read the book properly at the time and instead attempted to complete the assignment using summaries, a shortcut his teacher quickly recognised.
Years later, the student who once tried to avoid reading The Odyssey became part of Nolan’s big-screen adaptation, a turn of events Scott described as “really crazy”.
