The famous climax of The Dark Knight becomes even more epic with the score for The Batman. Legendary composer Hans Zimmer provided the music for director Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy.
The second chapter in Nolan’s three-film Batman cycle is of course the most renowned of the three movies. And a big part of that film’s continued reputation as a masterpiece is its epic climax, which features Christian Bale’s Batman taking responsibility for the crimes of Harvey Dent as part of his plan to be the hero Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now. As all fans well remember, the final sequence of The Dark Knight plays out in grand operatic fashion with Batman being chased by the police while Zimmer’s score swells to ever greater and more dramatic heights.
Some would of course argue that the whole of The Dark Knight would not work nearly as well without the music of the renowned Zimmer expanding its scope and making it seem even deeper and darker. Now that notion has been put to the test by YouTube channel Cinevore, who have re-scored the finale of The Dark Knight using Michael Giacchino’s music for The Batman in place of Zimmer’s. See and hear the result in the space below:
Zimmer’s score for The Dark Knight is indeed so iconic by now that seeing the movie play out with different music is somewhat jarring. While there’s no question that Giacchino’s score has an emotional sweep all its own, it was obviously written for Matt Reeves’ The Batman and is therefore specific to the tone of that particular film. Perhaps Giacchino’s score does loosely fit the mood of Nolan’s film during the dramatic Dark Knight climax, but Zimmer’s score is always going to feel more right not only because it’s more famous but because it was written to match the look and tone of Nolan’s work.
Given the obvious darkness and grittiness of Reeves’ The Batman, it’s of course inevitable that the film will be set alongside Nolan’s equally sober Dark Knight trilogy when people get to rating the various works in the Batman film universe. It remains to be seen though if, after people actually see it, The Batman will still be thought of as worthy of comparison to The Dark Knight. Nolan's blockbuster is still in many people's eyes the gold standard when it comes to Batman on the big screen, and as previously stated Zimmer's score is a big reason why the film maintains its reputation. But The Dark Knight could soon have company at the top of the Batman movie mountain and Giacchino's score for Reeves' The Batman could ultimately become as iconic as Zimmer's music for Nolan's film.
Source: Cinevore/YouTube
