“From its inception, Pearl was conceived as a music-driven film, so the team knew the song and score needed to propel the narrative along with the visuals. As Pollen worked closely with the Google Spotlight Stories team to create several versions of the film simultaneously – for 2D/theatrical, VR, 360, Mobile – they found the music had to flow from scene to scene and move from stereo to spherical sound seamlessly in a way that served the story first.”