One of the biggest parts of the Christopher Nolan “Batman” movie series are the films’ scores, created by Hans Zimmer. Zimmer talked to The LA Times about how he goes about creating music for movies, particularly sequels.

“You have to see [a sequel] as an autonomous movie,” he said to the LA Times. “Otherwise you’ll end up with all the things that are the worst thing about a sequel.” He said that before he did the “Sherlock Holmes” movies starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, Zimmer came up with an idea for “The Dark Knight” score, saying that he went to the Warner Bros. music department and asked to do an experiment with a huge orchestra. That experiment led to Zimmer virtually inventing new ways for an orchestra to create music.

Zimmer also talked about Nolan’s secrecy when it comes to the “Batman” series. “I think there are two elements to this,” he said. “One is…to be able to do really good work, you have to have the chance to fail in privacy. And if everybody’s watching you on the Internet, I think it stifles creativity.”

You can read more of Zimmer’s opinions on Nolan’s secrecy and writing music at the LA Times.

Written by: Monique Jones