{"id":1526,"date":"2018-02-28T21:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T02:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2022-05-13T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T20:38:46","slug":"arachnophonia-hans-zimmer-james-newton-howards-the-dark-knight-a-film-score-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2018\/02\/arachnophonia-hans-zimmer-james-newton-howards-the-dark-knight-a-film-score-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia:  &#8220;Hans Zimmer &#038; James Newton Howard&#8217;s The Dark Knight: A Film Score Guide&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/category\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a> is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about items in the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection. All links included in these posts will take you to either the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9920549823606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0468569\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">additional<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Newton_Howard\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">relevant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_Zimmer\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">information<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcm.ac.uk\/composition\/professors\/details\/?id=02471\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesnewtonhoward.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">around<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/characters\/batman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hans-zimmer.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/category\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a> is by Music Library student worker, Abby (class of 2021) and features <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9920549823606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an analysis of the score from the 2008 film <strong>The Dark Knight<\/strong><\/a>.  Thanks, Abby!<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9920549823606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Han Zimmer and James Newton Howard&#8217;s The Dark Knight : A Film Score Guide<\/strong> by Vasco Hexel<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-book-cover-198x300.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-book-cover.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-book-cover.jpg?w=329&amp;ssl=1 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/characters\/batman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Batman<\/a>? Do you love learning about how movie soundtracks impact movies, even having the power to completely change emotion and perception? Or maybe you&#8217;re taking a music theory class and want to read something that won&#8217;t put you to sleep on the first page? Then this, my friend, is the book for you: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma9920549823606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard&#8217;s The Dark Knight: A Film Score Guide<\/em> by Vasco Hexel<\/a>. It&#8217;s a long title but hear me out. This book tracks Zimmer&#8217;s process in the making of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0468569\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Dark Night<\/a><\/em> film score, as the name suggests. But not only that, it provides in depth analysis of the characters Batman and the Joker, describing how the music was designed to reflect the psychology of each character. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/the-joker-batman-dark-knight-300x193.jpg?resize=300%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/the-joker-batman-dark-knight.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/the-joker-batman-dark-knight.jpg?resize=466%2C300&amp;ssl=1 466w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/the-joker-batman-dark-knight.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For mega-fans and theorists, it&#8217;s a musical, analytical wonderland. And for those who need help in figuring out how to make a Grammy award-winning soundtrack, or who just need a break from Beethoven, this is the place to start!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-poster-203x300.jpg?resize=203%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-poster.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2018\/02\/Dark-Knight-poster.jpg?w=675&amp;ssl=1 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about items in the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these posts will take you to either the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2018\/02\/arachnophonia-hans-zimmer-james-newton-howards-the-dark-knight-a-film-score-guide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61217,15223,15236],"tags":[162477,61217,76060,10,76066,76061,15236,76063,76064,76062,76065,37978,76067],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnophonia","category-collection","category-guest-post","tag-abby","tag-arachnophonia","tag-batman","tag-books","tag-character-analysis","tag-film-scores","tag-guest-post","tag-hans-zimmer","tag-james-newton-howard","tag-movie-soundtrack","tag-music-criticism","tag-student-workers","tag-vasco-hexel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-oC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3932,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}