Batman and The Simpsons: Sister Themes
As Janet Halfyard points out in her book on the score for Tim Burton’s Batman, the music of Danny Elfman is known for being two different things: “dark” and “quirky”. …
Music in Disney’s Upcoming Star Wars Movies
On Oct. 31, 2012, it was announced that Disney would purchase Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and release a new Star Wars film not only in 2015 but, according to Disney’s …
What is a Leitmotif and How Does it Work in Films?
The term leitmotif was first applied to the operas of Richard Wagner to describe a recurring melody that is associated with a certain character, people, object, place, emotion, or idea. …
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The Pounding Bass in The Dark Knight Rises
This past summer, I was one of the countless filmgoers that experienced 2012’s biggest action flick, The Dark Knight Rises, in a theatre fully equipped with the highest of high …