Batman Composer Hans Zimmer on Why He Connected More With Christian Bale's Version Than Ben Affleck's

"...I didn’t feel the pain that I felt in Christian’s performance."

By Alex Gilyadov

Batman composer Hans Zimmer had a hard time connecting with Ben Affleck's version of the DC superhero.

In an interview with Inverse, Zimmer admitted that it felt jarring to go from composing music for Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy to scoring Batman v Superman, as he felt like he was betraying everything Christian Bale had done with his take on the Dark Knight.

Zimmer spent months trying to come up with something for Ben Affleck to recapture that same connection he had with Bale's Batman, but he ultimately couldn't "quite shake that off." Zimmer finds Bale's performance to be more unresolved and about him witnessing his parents getting killed.

"The Ben character is more middle-aged; he seems to be grumpy as hell," Zimmer said, noting he didn't "feel the pain" Christian Bale brought to the character.

"And it was that pain that made me interested," he said

Last year Zimmer revealed he'll no longer be doing superhero scores. His working on Nolan's upcoming World War II film Dunkirk, which opens in theaters on July 21.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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