Mountains comes from Hans Zimmer's score for Christopher Nolan's 2014 film Interstellar, where its relentless organ pattern mirrors the film's theme of time slipping away on a water planet. The full track became widely shared online after the film's release, clipped for edits, trailers and reaction videos because its build feels instantly cinematic even out of context. It remains popular with creators who want a ready-made sense of scale and urgency without dialogue, and its association with one of the film's most tense sequences keeps it recognisable years later.