5 points on how to compose music for a film
1. Know what the director wants
2. List of referable materials
3. Avoid music cliché's
4. Experiment
5. KEEP the director updated
http://voices.yahoo.com/10-tips-writing-music-film-movie-2300898.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-L1RCtgtoE#t=213
The key element they both wanted is that it had to be the key sound of the joker. He would send Hans still shots of the joker and things related so he could get the feel of the music and start to come up with ideas. Hans used sounds like razor blades on string to create pure tension, he almost creates this feel of a punk genre element when creating the sound for the joker but still keeping to the element od tenesion and without losing himself into the elements of punk or rock music. He was trying the create the most minimal thing but still tells exactly what Hans wanted. He wanted the spectator to hear the soundtrack and know that the joker was around somewhere. Hans would record loads of different sounds while Christopher would constantly ask him to play demo's for him.
Hans wanted something new from any other movie. He wanted the sound to immediately tell you that insanity was lurking around. He also wanted the audience to despise the piece of music he created as its sole purpose was to theme a mad man.
I believe the final score worked incredibly well for the Joker in the Dark Knight. It creates the brand new sound that literally spells out insanity. It defiantly met the goals Hans was going for and has to be one of my favourite movie soundtracks out there.
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