Hans Zimmer Sees “So Many Good Reasons Not To Do” ‘Batman Vs Superman’
Hans Zimmercrafted strange and memorable scores for all three of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, and when the director did producing duties onMan of Steel, the composer was brought on to the new Superman movie as well. The result was great; Zimmer’s score forMan of Steelwas instrumental in crafting an identity for the film.
So it’s natural for fans to expect, or at least hope, that Zimmer would return to work withZack SnyderforBatman Vs Superman, or whatever theMan of Steelsequel will be called. And it would be a strange project, as the film will feature a new Batman, withBen Affleckplaying the role. So if Zimmer did the film would he go back to the Batman themes he created for Nolan’s movie, or treat this as an all-new deal?
Turns out that might not be a question he has to answer. Zimmer says that Snyder hasn’t talked to him about the film, and the composer doesn’t sound much like he wants to do the film, anyway.
Vultureasked Zimmer about working on the new Superman film, and his response wasn’t all that encouraging:
And while Zimmer and Snyder worked well together (“I really enjoyed working with Zack Snyder,” he says, “so part of it would be a personal decision.") he isn’t high on the idea of doing sequels:
I didn’t really enjoy myself much onPirates 4. And I love that withThe Dark Knight Rises, Chris said, ‘That’s it.’
That said, the door isn’t closed, assuming Snyder and the producers extend another invite to collaborate. Zimmer closes by saying,
Zack hasn’t talked to me about it, so I don’t have to worry about it! I’ll worry about it when I have to worry about it, and then, if I’m lucky, I’ll have an idea. If I have an idea, I can do something with that, but if I don’t have an idea, then my good idea is going to be, ‘Get somebody else.’
