moved by music

The soundtrack to Batman Begins is unlike anyother I've heard. For one, it's the offspring of the musical marriage of two outstanding composers: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. I've never seen such a collaboration before. Two great composers who do very well on their own have united to join forces. (This would be like Steven Spielberg teaming up with Ron Howard, per se)

Soundtrack savvy people can usually tell who the composer is before the credits roll. Like every other creative person, they have their own style. Hans Zimmer, for example, has a more masculine style of composing. He has done "Gladiator", "The Rock", "Black Hawk Down", "The Last Samurai", "Pearl Harbor", "Crimson Tide", "The Thin Red Line", "Backdraft", and "The Peace Maker" just to name a few. Just listening to his stuff makes me feel like I can conquer Rome and escape from Alcatraz.

James Newton Howard also has his individual style. With movies like, "The Village", "Signs", "Unbreakable", "The Sixth Sense" "Lady in the Water" (a new one from M. Night Shyamalan to be released in June 2006). So he has more of a creepy, mysterious, emotional feel. If Alfred Hitchcock believed in soundtracks, James Newton Howard would be the best suited for it.

Batman Begins is mostly a dark soundtrack. There aren't a lot of sweeping emotional themes, or great orchestrial movements. In fact, it's hard to pick out a consistant theme thought the entire work. But like Batman, there's something mysterious about it; something that you want to dig deeper into, but you're a little leary to do so. You're afraid to get to close. Overall it's a great piece of muscial storytelling and character development. Together Zimmer and Howard portray the masculinity, the emotion, the romance, the darkness that is Batman.