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The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
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- CommentAuthorDemonStar
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2008
I'll first listen to the actual album in its full glory before saying anything else I think!
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- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2008
Did anyone notice Horner's Clear and present danger (and other scores) percusion in the Dark Knight??? -
- CommentAuthorAntineutrino
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2008 edited
The Dark Knight score that's a whole lot more
Marc Lee meets the two men who wrote the music for The Dark Knight
When Heath Ledger died, film composer Hans Zimmer was determined not to let it affect the way he scored the Joker's scenes in The Dark Knight. "There's nothing worse than suddenly sentimentalising somebody," he says. "The worst thing I could have done was not to - it's pretentious, but I can't find a better word - honour his performance."
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- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2008 edited
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh … ark211.xml
My favorite part about the entire article...
That said, Zimmer suddenly announces: "I'm just about to chuck the whole thing in."
He has, he says, no interest in playing the Hollywood "game": winning an Oscar made no difference to his life (and, since he no longer submits his scores to the Academy, he won't be winning any more).
But is he really quitting the business altogether? "At least for a period of time. Maybe it's how I'm dealing with my mid-life crisis. I thought, 'Hang on - I'm 50, I've done a hundred movies; it would be lovely to go out and do some live concerts. I don't want to leave it too late."
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
- CommentTimeJul 12th 2008
I think it would be a shame if he finished...The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorLSH
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
LSH wrote
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html
His reviews are just to Goddamn long. When I have to scroll a million times just to get through his first thought then I have no interest in reading the rest. It would be good for Clemmensen to read through some of James Southall's review to see how a proper on-line review should read. Short and to the damn point!
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorSirCaledor
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Erik Woods wrote
LSH wrote
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html
His reviews are just to Goddamn long. When I have to scroll a million times just to get through his first thought then I have no interest in reading the rest. It would be good for Clemmensen to read through some of James Southall's review to see how a proper on-line review should read. Short and to the damn point!
-Erik-
I enjoyed the review. I didn't mind the length of it at all, but found it very informative and detailed. I could've done without some of the personal anti-Zimmer remarks, though. -
- CommentAuthorfranz_conrad
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Christodoulides wrote
I am listening to Beowulf and yesterday was playing JUDGE DREDD. Now imagine Silvestri on the batman films
Yikes. I think you just stumbled onto a combination I would stay away from the film to avoid hearing.A butterfly thinks therefore I am -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
franz_conrad wrote
Christodoulides wrote
I am listening to Beowulf and yesterday was playing JUDGE DREDD. Now imagine Silvestri on the batman films
Yikes. I think you just stumbled onto a combination I would stay away from the film to avoid hearing.
Not sure about that approach but I can definitely imagine Silvestri on The Dark Knight.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Erik Woods wrote
LSH wrote
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html
His reviews are just to Goddamn long. When I have to scroll a million times just to get through his first thought then I have no interest in reading the rest. It would be good for Clemmensen to read through some of James Southall's review to see how a proper on-line review should read. Short and to the damn point!
-Erik-
Totally agree with you, what a long winded review, I ended up glancing over most of it just to get to the meat of what he was saying about the music. And yes, I think he could learn something from our own Mr. Southall.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Timmer wrote
Erik Woods wrote
LSH wrote
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html
His reviews are just to Goddamn long. When I have to scroll a million times just to get through his first thought then I have no interest in reading the rest. It would be good for Clemmensen to read through some of James Southall's review to see how a proper on-line review should read. Short and to the damn point!
-Erik-
Totally agree with you, what a long winded review, I ended up glancing over most of it just to get to the meat of what he was saying about the music. And yes, I think he could learn something from our own Mr. Southall.
In a personal level, too.
NP:Jason and the Argonauts (herrman)
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- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Nautilus wrote
NP:Jason and the Argonauts (herrman)
*waits for the obligatory Jordi edit*
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- CommentAuthorfranz_conrad
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
Timmer wrote
Erik Woods wrote
LSH wrote
Notorious 'Zimmer-basher' Christian Clemmensen reviews The Dark Knight:
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/dark_knight.html
His reviews are just to Goddamn long. When I have to scroll a million times just to get through his first thought then I have no interest in reading the rest. It would be good for Clemmensen to read through some of James Southall's review to see how a proper on-line review should read. Short and to the damn point!
-Erik-
Totally agree with you, what a long winded review, I ended up glancing over most of it just to get to the meat of what he was saying about the music. And yes, I think he could learn something from our own Mr. Southall.
I will not join the chorus that his reviews should be shorter. Not because I don't agree, but because it would be hypocritical for me of all people to say that.
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- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeJul 14th 2008
franz_conrad wrote
I will not join the chorus that his reviews should be shorter. Not because I don't agree, but because it would be hypocritical for me of all people to say that.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorfranz_conrad
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
This thread just got double-meta on us.
Since I know there's no chance anyone on that message board will see what I say here, I can speak my true thoughts: Clearly those people over there DON'T VALUE LIFE LIKE THE NORMAL PEOPLE HERE DO.A butterfly thinks therefore I am -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
WTF? I make one simple little comment HERE and all hell breaks loose over THERE. Jesus!
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
And I'm also ("an admin") attacked????
I haven't said anything at all.
Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorThomas
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Anyone who visits some special websites should know what trolling is. The only solution is to ignore them (which doesn't happen at Filmtracks...). -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Thomas wrote
Anyone who visits some special websites should know what trolling is. The only solution is to ignore them (which doesn't happen at Filmtracks...).
I may have missed a couple of things. What special websites? Trolling?Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorThomas
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Bregt wrote
Thomas wrote
Anyone who visits some special websites should know what trolling is. The only solution is to ignore them (which doesn't happen at Filmtracks...).
I may have missed a couple of things. What special websites? Trolling?
Nothing film music related, like Heise.de here in Germany. -
- CommentAuthorlp
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
This is a bit off topic, isn't it?
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- CommentAuthorlp
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008 edited
SOOOOOO
Finally got my copy in the mail and ripped into iTunes. Sound quality is definitely night and day compare to the crappy bootleg rip that was available. Natch!
The album is more intense than the original. Using "Why So Serious" as the starting point was the right choice. I'm loving the NIN-esque styling. It's a full 360 back to his first attempt at this of industrial rock sound, The Fan, complete with the detuned piano motif and dark string base.
The new Bat motif and theme ("I'm Not A Hero", "Like A Dog Chasing Cars", "Introduce A Little Anarchy") is a uniquely Hans thing, full of undulating motion, maybe suggesting Batman's moral struggle. And it's great to hear JNH's themes from the first movie reappear again ("Harvey Two-Face" and "Agent Of Chaos"). I would have liked to hear more of the Harvey/Two Face stuff but the album might have been mixed prior to final scoring sessions...
The penultimate track "Watch The World Burn" is still good. I don't know how anyone could thinkg it's ambient music? Tons of angst and dread, with a mournful ending.
The last track is nice and long, though I wonder how it'll fit into the movie. Does it score the final scenes and leads into the end credits? or just a compilation of odd bits? I hope Mr. Goldwasser will be able to clarify.
Can't wait until opening weekend. I'm seeing it on Sunday @ 6pm at the Imax theater.
SOOO EXCITED 
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- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008 edited
Erik Woods wrote
WTF? I make one simple little comment HERE and all hell breaks loose over THERE. Jesus!
-Erik-
Ridiculous, all of it. Pathetic at pats
And people, i don't care if you open a thread about me as well, but maybe you should really consider getting something more worthwhile to do with your lives other than ranting about us here - SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T TAKE CRITISISM CONSTRUCTIVELY? I know we are special but don't you have anything better to do?
Oh and Christian Kühn, i know you're reading this. I thought you were a member of scorereviews.com once and you exchanged several honest and heartfelt (at least to my impression) extensive debates in the past with lots of our members, including me, even personal messages? Wasn't it a community that totally embraced you despite you doing nothing else but constantly whining in defense of Mr.Clemmensen? I don't care about your personal choices and they are yours to make but one thing i hate is backstabbers.
Pfff...Whatever.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
They all just need to get laid I think. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Steven wrote
They all just need to get laid I think.
Spot-on dear Sir, spot-on!Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorPawelStroinski
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Well, Christian Clemmensen does get laid, which is shown by the fact that he has a kid alreadyhttp://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeJul 15th 2008
Christodoulides wrote
Erik Woods wrote
WTF? I make one simple little comment HERE and all hell breaks loose over THERE. Jesus!
-Erik-
Ridiculous, all of it. Pathetic at pats
And people, i don't care if you open a thread about me as well, but maybe you should really consider getting something more worthwhile to do with your lives other than ranting about us here - SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T TAKE CRITISISM CONSTRUCTIVELY? I know we are special but don't you have anything better to do?
Oh and Christian Kühn, i know you're reading this. I thought you were a member of scorereviews.com once and you exchanged several honest and heartfelt (at least to my impression) extensive debates in the past with lots of our members, including me, even personal messages? Wasn't it a community that totally embraced you despite you doing nothing else but constantly whining in defense of Mr.Clemmensen? I don't care about your personal choices and they are yours to make but one thing i hate is backstabbers.
Pfff...Whatever.
Seems to me that you're being just as overly sensitive and needlessly dramatic as the two Christians. Drink a beer and relax, that's my advice. Or take Steven's advice.
Peter
