Well-written, but one thing the pro-Dark Knights don't understand is encapsulated in this excerpt:

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They would abandon all pre-conceived notion of what a superhero film should sound like and pursue the impulse of what a superhero score could sound like.

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You make it sound as if the two set out to do this; as if they sat down, watched the film, tailored the sound, and it coincidentally was the same as every other Hans Zimmer action/adventure score in recent memory.

It may be new for the superhero genre, but not because Zimmer and Howard broke out of their terrain and did somehing extraordinary; it's simply because the RCP sound was never applied to such a superhero film before.

Therefore, the credit of "revolutionarising" (which is quite a strong term for that) mainly goes to Nolan for choosing Hans Zimmer, not to Zimmer and Howard for doing what they always do.

Had Nolan chosen any, and I mean any, other composer with an own sound, the same "revolution" would have been accomplished.

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Originally posted by sean:
Andrew, impressive! Reads like more than a couple of our conversations on this score, especially "Like A Dog Chasing Cars."

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Sean, let's have a couple of more "conversations"... in bed, tonight!

LOL.

--Brian

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Originally posted by Crono/Kyp:

NP: The Lord of the Rings - Completes / Howard Shore

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