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Hans Zimmer, the film composer responsible for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises, is set to return to the DC Universe next summer. Variety is reporting that, contrary to earlier reports, Zimmer will score Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
While Zimmer may seem like a natural fit for the project, he shot down rumors of his involvement late last year in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
"My heart belongs to Batman," said Zimmer of scoring the film. "I wouldn’t even know how to go and give voice to it."
Zimmer went on to explain that one of the troubles with tackling the character musically is that, in doing so, one can't help but fall in the shadow of John William's iconic score.
"[It] happens to be one of his greatest themes," Zimmer said, calling Williams "the greatest living composer". "So no. And I’m not thinking of rewriting Beethoven’s ninth either. It just sounds like a thankless task, you know? So that’s unequivocally a no."
Whatever has happened to change Zimmer's mind remains to be revealed, but check back for updates as they become available.
The June 14th film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Russell Crowe, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, Laurence Fishburne and Richard Schiff.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/171191-hans-zimmer-to-score-man-of-steel
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This can only be faced as a poor joke!
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Really? No one's gonna say it? Okay. Allow me.
"Thank God it didn't go to Tyler Bates."
Come on. We're all thinking it.
I wasn't.
But Redokt64 said I would much rather have him scoring the film instead of Snyders usual "composer"... Tyler Bates. The less said about Tyler Bates, the better.
That kinda counts.
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Jun 19, 2012 - 12:20 AM
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MClayton
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With the early promise that director Zack Snyder displayed in Dawn of the Dead, that soon went down the drain and has not recovered since. Though 300 was ok... I personally cannot stand a single minute of the movie now. Sorry, I am usually more positive about things, but Man of Steel is making my skin crawl.
Watchmen was pretty good... even if it adhered to the graphic novel too closely. And besides, Nolan clearly was a big influence on Man of Steel even throughout development. He co-wrote the story treatment with David Goyer, approved the main cast members, and even had enough clout to bring Zimmer onto the production.
If that's any indication, the only big Snyder hallmarks in MOS will probably be the final look of the film, plus some slow-mo action sequences. Snyder's good when he's directing scripts that are written by other people, not him.
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If this is a truly a reboot of the Superman series, then I don't want Zimmer to utilize Williams themes. I think it should stand on it's on as a new version, just like Nolan did with Batman Begins.
Zimmer would butcher William's themes!! I am so thankful Doyle and Silvestri were given a chance scoring superhero scores. Their scores are outstanding. Horner's and Zimmer's superhero scores are very mediocre.
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This should make for an interesting listen, can't wait to hear it.
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