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Jul 21, 2010 - 2:54 PM
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Musicman416
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Ah, I made that video! I posted it on JWFan and it somehow ended up on Youtube.
The thing that should be realized is that the "Batman to the Rescue" cue played through in its entirety without any cuts. Say what you will about the tone or its appropriateness, but within the approach that it takes, I think it fits uncannily to the onscreen action.
The other thing about this is that, for me, it showed me both what was wrong about the Elfman approach for this and what was right about it (and missing from the Zimmer/Howard approach: It's true, there's no way that score is right for the film. It's too cartoony, and at times too whimsical. However, what it does bring is a sense of excitement and dynamics. The problem I have with the final scoring of the scene, is that it works neither on a literal, scoring of the action level, or on an emotional, scoring of Bruce's inner workings level. It certainly doesn't tailor itself to the action beats of the sequence, and it's far too lethargic and simple to tap into Bruce's sense of fear, anger, or urgency that you would expect of him in this situation. I watch this video, and I at least get a sense of energy and excitement. I return to the original version, and the music does little to nothing for me--it just lays there, giving a basic rhythmic and emotional context. It doesn't do anything to make it a bad scene, but it doesn't do anything to elevate it, either.
I remain convinced that some sort of middle ground, a serious score that still manages to acknowledge the adventurous elements of the film, is what Begins really needed (and much of this criticism can apply to TDK, to one extent or another. ("Watch the World Burn" is a noble exception, where the cue was doing interesting things musically, and actually made the scene more intense in my gut and in my heart. I wish that the remainder of the films had been scored with such impact.)
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