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Composer Hans Zimmer Still Thinks Bale's Batman Is Better Than Affleck's


Hans Zimmer is one of the more prolific composers in Hollywood today, and he has worked on several DC projects including Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. After working with Ben Affleck's version of Batman, Zimmer has revealed that he still prefers Christian Bale's version of the Caped Crusader.

Zimmer told Inverse:

"I spent months trying to come up with something for Ben. The Batman that I know and the one I learned is the one that Christian did, and Ben plays it differently. And I can't quite shake that off. For me, the Christian Bale character was always completely unresolved. It was always about that moment at the beginning of the first movie, where he sees his parents getting killed. It was basically arrested development. The Ben character is more middle-aged, he seems to be grumpy as hell but I didn't feel the pain that I felt in Christian's performance. And it was that pain that made be interested."

Granted Zack Snyder's movies are considered visually stunning, his storytelling method has been said to be lackluster. Affleck's version of Batman, though one of the more praised elements of BvS, is still being criticized for being a stone-cold killer in the movie.

When you think about both Batmen, Bale's theme from The Dark Knight is still more recognizable than Affleck's from BvS. It may be because we haven't gotten a legit solo Batman scene with the score playing in the background. The new themes for Superman and Wonder Woman are spot-on and memorable.

I'm still holding out for Ben Affleck's Batman, and he's still my favorite cinematic version of the character. Without Heath Ledger's Joker, Bale's Batman would've been a drip.

Batfleck returns in Justice League which comes out Nov. 17.

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