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The movie Avatar was the largest grossing movie of all time. It will be particularly interesting when we discuss the music in the movie. The differences between the indigenous Na'vi people and the film score itself. Wonda Bryant was the consultant for the music of the Na'vi. She was looking for a sound scape that would capture the essence of an "otherworldly" people. Some of the samplings that Bryant include Swedish cattle herding calls, South African mining songs, Bolivian Aerophones, and Finnish female sings groups. Besides the Na'vi sounds, James Horner was the writer of the film score, many of his works include Braveheart, Titanic, and Legends of the Fall. There was even a book made for the survival of anyone who lived on Pandora, and it included a music section of the Na'vi which even consisted of one of the Na'vi's gourd drums.

There was also a distinction between the music of the Na'vi and the humans in the film. The Na'vi had a very tribal and indigenous tone, as well as being either non pulsatile or quasi-pulsatile, giving it a peaceful and serene tone. The humans on the other hand were symbolized with harsh, aggressive western symphonic music that seemed overbearing at times with loud timpinis and brass.