Where Do Film Composers Get Their Ideas?
It’s a question that many of us wonder about how film music is made, especially given that film composers generally work to tight deadlines and can’t afford to wait around …
Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 3 of 6: The Dark Knight
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 …
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The Hobbit: A Musical Journey
Like his music for The Lord of the Rings films, Howard Shore’s score for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey makes extensive use of the technique of leitmotif (see my earlier post on this …
Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 2 of 6: Batman Begins
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 …
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The Love Theme in Casablanca: As Time Goes By
When Max Steiner was asked to write the score for Casablanca, he was told to use the popular song “As Time Goes By” as a love theme for the two …
Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 1 of 6: Batman Begins
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 …
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