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Oscar Nominees 2015 (Part 6 of 6): Prediction, Best Original Score

Film Music Notes Posted on February 20, 2015 by Mark RichardsFebruary 20, 2015

While predicting the future is something we can only dream of, I have always found that digging into the past reveals recurring patterns that tend to point in a particular direction. Even so, with this year’s Oscar race for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Desplat, Gary Yershon, Hans Zimmer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Oscars | 7 Replies

Oscar Nominees 2015, Best Original Score (Part 5 of 6): Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar

Film Music Notes Posted on February 18, 2015 by Mark RichardsAugust 28, 2017

When director Christopher Nolan first approached his regular composer, Hans Zimmer, to write the score for Interstellar, he wanted to avoid the clichés associated with the science-fiction genre and “engage Hans in a very pure creative process.” To do this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Hans Zimmer, Oscars | 11 Replies

Hans Zimmer’s Score for Man of Steel

Film Music Notes Posted on August 11, 2013 by Mark RichardsJune 15, 2014

2013’s Man of Steel takes quite a different approach to the Superman story than 1978’s well known Superman: The Movie. The latter film is largely optimistic in tone, lighthearted, and includes touches of humor. Indeed, when John Williams scored the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Hans Zimmer, Style, Superman / Man of Steel | 22 Replies

Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 6 of 6: The Dark Knight Rises

Film Music Notes Posted on March 7, 2013 by Mark RichardsAugust 31, 2017

As I mentioned in the first post of this series, from watching the Dark Knight films, one can get the impression that the soundtracks are largely atmospheric rather than tuneful. But that’s mainly because the themes that Hans Zimmer writes are … Continue reading →

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Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 5 of 6: The Dark Knight Rises

Film Music Notes Posted on January 20, 2013 by Mark RichardsSeptember 1, 2014

Hans Zimmer worked alone for the trilogy’s final installment instead of collaborating with James Newton Howard, who claimed that, although he had contributed much to the music of these films, Zimmer was really “the mastermind behind the Batman scores.” Like … Continue reading →

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Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 4 of 6: The Dark Knight

Film Music Notes Posted on January 4, 2013 by Mark RichardsSeptember 1, 2014

Although the score for The Dark Knight was a collaboration between Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, the composers divided up the music for the two main villains of the film, Zimmer writing the music for the Joker, Howard that of … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Dark Knight, Hans Zimmer | 7 Replies

Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 3 of 6: The Dark Knight

Film Music Notes Posted on December 26, 2012 by Mark RichardsApril 21, 2014

Like Batman Begins, the music of The Dark Knight was composed by both Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Of course many themes from the first movie reappear in this second instalment, but it also has several new themes of … Continue reading →

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Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 2 of 6: Batman Begins

Film Music Notes Posted on December 21, 2012 by Mark RichardsApril 11, 2016

In my last post, I discussed the variations on the most prominent theme in Batman Begins: a two-note motive of D-F for Batman. But there are three other themes that appear in the film at prominent moments. These are described … Continue reading →

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Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 1 of 6: Batman Begins

Film Music Notes Posted on December 13, 2012 by Mark RichardsAugust 26, 2017

Watching the movies of the Dark Knight trilogy, it can be easy to come away feeling that the score, by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, is composed of atmospheric music rather than catchy themes. But the motive for Batman … Continue reading →

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The Pounding Bass in The Dark Knight Rises

Film Music Notes Posted on December 1, 2012 by Mark RichardsFebruary 15, 2019

This past summer, I was one of the countless filmgoers that experienced 2012’s biggest action flick, The Dark Knight Rises, in a theatre fully equipped with the highest of high technology, namely, the colossal screen and larger-than-life surround sound. I … Continue reading →

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