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Re: Yes, DAVID ARNOLD!
• Posted by: G.K.
• Date: Friday, June 1, 2007, at 4:00 p.m.
• IP Address: pd9e5f79a.dip.t-dialin.net
• In Response to: Re: Yes, DAVID ARNOLD! (Lawrence)

> You know, there is one score, which has this depth which you declare
> Zimmer has not, and that is Batman Begins. If this is not the case, tell
> me, than I know my music-feeling sucks. But I just love this score, off
> course also because I think it was together with Newton Howard that it
> turned out so good. Although eventually I think the style of the score did
> not appeal to many.

In how far does Batman Begins have depth? If you strip the score of Zimmer's random french horn fanfare and Newton Howard's usual string/piano cue, always played the same way, all you have left is a senseless heap of sound effects randomly put together.

For god's sake, some tracks sound like instead of score, they accidentally pressed the sound designer's work on disc, much to the agony of the listener.

There's one part of the score, I think when Christian Bale walks through Bruce Wayne's high-tech arsenal with Morgan Freeman, that sounds like a gangsta rap. I couldn't help but laugh at that.
I think in Batman Begins, I spotted more missed musical opportunities than in any other film I've seen for a long time.




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