The Dark Knight Soundtrack for Dark Knight ?

[GoogleMe94]

Nothing to understand really... Everyone has their own taste and if we didn´t this world would be pretty boring

yeah...but...still....elfman rules

 

[Two-Face]

LOL, is that how the song lyrics went? HAHA.

Yeah, I don't remember the rest

 

[Anjow1060]

Would you like to have a real Soundtrack, I mean no Zimmer instrumental...something like GREEN DAY, Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, DMX ! There was a cool private song called Army for One or Paint it black... no silly stupid soundtrack, something dark and powerful.

What do you think ? Should they start with a soundtrack and involve some cool rock groups ?

Zimmer + Howard = Real soundtrack.

You want a TDK Lame soundtrack.......make a mix cd and photoshop a sticky label for it. Done and done.

Zimmer all the way.....except........ALL THE SCORE.

I still miss that monorail score on the Begins soundtrack.

 

[GoogleMe94]

wasnt the zimmer parts really electronica? i dont know about you guys, but zimmer's sound is WAY to gimmicky, what with all those sound effects and those synthesizers...bleh. typical trailer music is what begins music was.

 

[strider]

Would you like to have a real Soundtrack, I mean no Zimmer instrumental...

I stopped reading right about here.......................................................... ^

 

[CristiMAN]

NO. no way. i hate when they do this with supehero films, or films in general. when i was watching the film, i wasnt enthralled by punk rock/rock and roll music, i was more enthralled by the musical score and themes of the composer. when i watch the burton films, i LOOVE Elfmans magical dark score, not the crap prince music added in for profit and commerial reasons. although i really wasnt nuts about zimmer/howard score for begins, i would hope they improve there game with TDK, and hopefully create an actual theme for batman. if its that good and it effects me enough like elfman's scores did, i will buy the soundtrack SCORE.

anyways, i doubt they would even have rock sh** for batman in nolans batman films. Returns didnt have a rock soundtrack, it simply had one soundtrack score with elfmans music, and even then there was only 1 single song on it, and a great song to boot.

Correction: Returns had Face to Face from Siouxie & Banshees. Good song, but I stand by: no rock bands whatsoever. It makes any film trapped in their filming time. Zimmer only for the trilogy!

 

[Shoemeister]

It makes any film trapped in their filming time.

It certainly can and usually does, yes.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

No. Score only.

 

[GoogleMe94]

Correction: Returns had Face to Face from Siouxie & Banshees. Good song, but I stand by: no rock bands whatsoever. It makes any film trapped in their filming time. Zimmer only for the trilogy!

i know that, thats why i said that Returns only had 1 song.

and dude, the film is already trapped in its filming time. all you have to do is watch the film. burtons films were trying to be timeless and retro, but nolans films look very modern and today.

face to face had the luxury of sounding very timless. moreso then smashing pumkins or the offspring, lol.

 

[Dark52Knight]

Something from AVENGED SEVENFOLD would be sweet. If anyone could pull off something for Batman it would be them. And it would work out well to, they are WB artists. See the songs (clairvoyent disease, the wicked end and radiant eclipse). They would be the only band I would want to see on the soundtrack. That or just the score only

 

[Shoemeister]

Something from AVENGED SEVENFOLD

Aaaaaaand BAN.

 

[Untilteld]

I think it's much too early for this thread.

 

[Dark52Knight]

Second Heartbeat too. Aaaaannnnnnnd Blow me

 

[Shoemeister]

Second Heartbeat too. Aaaaannnnnnnd Blow me

Wow. An Avenged Sevenfold fan just told me to blow them.


Do you people enjoy being predictable or what?

 

[Untilteld]

The Joker should have his own version of the Batman theme, and throw it on the cd.

 

[Dark52Knight]

Wow. An Avenged Sevenfold fan just told me to blow them.


Do you people enjoy being predictable or what?

Oh yeah, you sure are a sharp one. Whayt makes you a ****ing musical genius? You probably haven't strayed far from britney spears and backstreet boys have you. little *****

 

[Dark52Knight]

Its ignorant idiots like you that I hate, shoemiester or whatever the **** you call yourself

 

[Shoemeister]

Do you people enjoy being predictable or what?

a ****ing musical genius?

little *****

whatever the **** you call yourself

lololololololol


Anyway, back to my favorite album:

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Batman movies don't need ridiculous pop/rock songs to tell a story, I'm content with just basic music scoring.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

lololololololol


Anyway, back to my favorite album:

Dude, that music is for jotos!

 

[Shoemeister]

Dude, that music is for jotos!

Ah! Good thing I Wiki'd "joto" before I went ahead and posted some stupid reply.


Anyway...
YAH! I LUV MENUDO!

 

[MaskedManJRK]

I could only see a soundtrack/song working in two ways:

1. The Batman Returns way:
Take a darker band/artist, write an original song with Zimmer and Newton Howard so that it would mix with the rest of the soundtrack.

2. The Superman Returns way:
While SR itself didn't have an original soundtrack, WB released a CD of songs inspired by Superman, not related to the actual movie.

 

[Rob Lobo]

Add Harry-Gregson Williams alongside with Zimmer & Newton Howard and you'll get an ultimate Original Sound Score

 

[markaudette]

The thing I don't like about using current music for a movie is that it dates a movie. Whereas an instrumental score helps a movie remain timeless.

Now if you use a piece of current or recent mainstream music as background ambiance then that seems fine. Such as hearing what Bruce is listening to when he pops the iPod earpiece out of his ear to answer his cell phone while he's getting a massage. Or something...

You all know you cringe when you watch a movie that has everyone reacting to the Spice Girl's "Wannabe" like it's the hottest, newest cool thing on the planet. Unless you use some older, more iconic classic tracks then using current music just dates a movie forever. And years later down the road that movie will show its age in every way possible.

Something that comes to mind is on the commentary track on Superman the Motion Picture. Tom Mankiewicz talks about how Mario Puzo's screenplay was gorged with then-current references of things that were hip in the late 70's. Things like having Superman meet up with Kojak ("Who loves ya, baby!"). Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz knew things like that would forever date a movie in a very bad way. So Tom rewrote the screenplay to make the movie more timeless by taking out so many hip, up-to-the-minute 70's pop culture refernces.

There's a time and a place to make a movie current and with the times. Batman has its roots in all the eras of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Nolan brothers have found a way to bridge the new movies in all the eras Batman has been an ongoing series. Having a soundtrack comprised of artists like Rihanna, Jeezy, Fergie, Amy Winehouse or Avril Lavigne may make for a hip in-the-now score. But 20 years down the road it will stamp that movie in within 2007 forever.

Bruce could pass a group hanging out on a corner in Gotham as they listen to whatever's hot in rap right now. As long as it's just background music passing through the scene.

But to forego a full symphonic soundtrack in lieu of a current what's-hot rap and rock soundtrack isn't a very good idea. You might as well have Batman run into Borat while he's making Sexytime with Pamela Anderson in great Nation U.S. of A.

Capice?

 

[Nepenthes]

Spot on.

However there may be certain scenes that require location music that could potentially become dated if they choose an overtly trendy track. For instance I hope they get someone good to do the music for the nightclub scene.