Hans Zimmer, composer of scores for Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel, believes that the process of composing a score for the upcoming Batman v. Superman/Man of Steel 2 will not be simple, in that he does not wish to revisit the score from Nolan’s Batman; Zimmer believes that the new Batman score should stand separately from Nolan’s Batman, and should have its own life force.
Zimmer said:
It’s creating a bit of a problem in my head right now…Quite honestly, I’ve gotta sit down with Zack [Snyder] and have a chat with him about what he’s trying to do because what I don’t want to do is go back to that well. It’s a different Batman; Christian Bale and what I did with Chris [Nolan], that needs to have its autonomous life. I don’t want to go and now appropriate that and put that into the other Batman.
Of course I can see myself doing it, first of all because I love working with Zack. I think you can tell from [the Man Of Steel score] we had a lot of fun, and I think it was inventive.
Considering his existing body of Bat-music-work, we can safely assume that the musical themes and phrasing he decides upon will be good, if not majestic and powerfully effective in scope and presentation; however, the task of providing a holistic score for two legendary figures like Batman and Superman (while representing them individually, as well) might not be an easy one. Still, it shall be done!