CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Christopher Gordon for score. No Williams theme necessary.

I have a feeling he'll hire Zimmer again.

I'm surprised that nobody has thought of this before, but I started thinking - "Imagine if Christopher Nolan were as bad at choosing actors for superhero films as he is at choosing composers..."

On that note:

Superman - Richard Griffiths
Lois Lane - Will Ferrell
Lex Luthor - Dale Winton
...and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln

Nope!

Exceptional choices James, you are to be commended for such a bold move and in an alternate world you would be my choice of casting director for every film made.

I particularly like Dale Winton as Lex Luthor, this makes a brilliant foil for Richard Griffith's, Superman who'll play the role ala Uncle Monty from Withnail & I.

As for Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln, I'm of the judgement that if something isn't broken then don't fix it, Rex is a sho' in as Abe.

I would have suggested the angelic innocence of Katie Price ( aka Jordan ) for Lois Lane but I bow to your better judgement.

Well, the thing is that I do agree with how he sees the music in his movies and to be honest the only blunders I remember from Dark Knight were actually JNH's

I don't mind the bigger lushness of JNH's material, it's rather the fact that JNH doesn't bring anything new to the visuals. He just repeats the message of the scene, like Dent talks about ORDER and LAW and JNH adds Copland to it - the scene is Americana enough already!

I didn't mind the Rachel theme in Batman Begins at all.

No, the criticism is that he stated the obvious.

Reflecting the pace of the scene with music and its dynamics and saying "Sun is above us" (which is a kind of thing JNH did with the Dent theme, it's a case of bad spotting to me) is something quite else.

Hey you! Leave JNH alone! You... fucker.

I didn't findi t incoherent, just too obvious.

You all whine too much. Whatever the movie is, everyone can always bitch how they would like it to look or sound differently, that's life. Fact is however, that Nolan's audio-visual vision for the Batman is both up to date, very spot on and fitting to what he's doing overall. Yes, it has flaws too. So what? Who doesn't ? I personally find it very delightful and i only wish he continues in the same grim and realistic ways with the Superman material as well.

It's that everyone always wishes for the same thing, i.e. more orchestral sounding scores, and big bold themes. They can't possibly fit in every single movie and when such scores are produced, most of the times sound identical to bolder composers' works (all the little John Williams / Goldsmith sounding scores that are popping out from time to time but you forget after a month or so 'cause they usually lack substance, for instance). At least Zimmer's / JNH's sound for the Batman is unique and completely recognizable.

The wish for more scores by composers, great ones, like Christopher Gordon for instance, is completely valid and i wholeheartedly agree with you as i too die a little inside each and every time i see another Zanelli or Haslinger or Bates or Djawadi scored crap, but i just think we ought to leave Nolan and his musical choices alone 'cause they're not in that rule; they simply work.

Oh, it does.

I love the score to The Dark Knight, but I think I enjoy it more as album than a score. I agree with James that the movie deserved a 'better' score (something Goldenthally), but unlike James I think it still worked in the movie. For me it did anyway, even though -again- I would have preferred a different score. (Though Zimmer hit a home run with this Joker "theme" in my opinion.)