The Dark Knight End credits music: Begins Vs. TDK

[General Vulcun]

From both scores, out of all the tracks released and/or placed on youtube, I personally find myself going back to the end credits music for both films more often than I do any of the other tracks. They both take the best sections relating to themes of the films, mainly the sections relating to Batman and the more emotional sections relating to Bruce Wayne's loss and the tragedy Batman faces. Just out of curiousity, out of both end credits tracks which one did you perfer?

When it comes to (roughly) the first minute of each track I'm personally stumped. Both are easily the most exciting moments, IMO, and the most Batman-y. I'd be perfectly fine flipping a coin on this one.

For the middle section I'd give this one to TDK. I love the training montage & family memories pieces from Begins, but the redux of the sacrifice music from the final moments of the film to a much sadder tone really did it for me. Beautiful use of strings, really capturing the tragedy of the film.

The final section for both are used quite differently to different effects. Begins ends on a feeling of excitement on what's yet to come, TDK ends on an unnerving and foreboding use of The Joker's theme. But I'm going to go with Begins on this one, because it ends with a nice punch of excitement that I'm just a sucker for.

I personally, though, have a hard time deciding between these two as whole pieces rather than in sections. Picking one over the other doesn't mean anything for me because the next minute my mind could be changed. Even though I perfer some sections over others I'm satisfied in saying I love them both equally.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Batman Begins

 

[Brother Jack]

I don't know if I could pick one over the other. They both have strengths in different areas. The editing in TDK's is much better and thematically much more is going on, but Begins' has more of a focus on the great lower-key music (especially the stuff by James Newton Howard). It's either/or.

With both scores as a whole I'd go with TDK.

 

[david icke]

Holy Moses, I think we are nearing the point where we no longer have things to compare in the Batman movies, lol. Tbh, I usually switch my dvd off once the end credits start coming up, unless i want a bit of dramatic music left on in the background while i either make tea or pee.

edit: btw, sorry, just a wee joke, but also the truth, i like talking about music as well, and your op was a good one, i just thought it was funny that you were comparing the end credits, as if we had run out of things to compare the movies with, and that was all we had left to talk about.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Close to Dark Knight. But I give the Edge to Batman Begins, because that contains unreleased music

 

[The Joker]

TDK's was better.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Like I said, I give the edge to begins because I get unreleased music from them

 

[Cordoba]

I was once frighteningly hooked on the Batman Begins end credits music. For that reason, that gets my vote. The Dark Knight's barely comes close.