Sorry for the hard-as-concrete title there...but that's how this news hit me. I know its not "soundtrack" related, but I think this is completely appropriate to post as an FYI...a very tragic FYI.
Details are sketchy at this point, but you can read more at
YAHOO! Whatever the details turn out to be, its going to be sad, sad, sad.
Expectations for Heath Ledger and his career were climbing high as the anticipation of his performance as the Joker in the upcoming THE DARK KNIGHT has grown .
Now, that performance may be his finale.
The only marketing campaign to outdo CLOVERFIELD was that of the sequel to BATMAN BEGINS, THE DARK KNIGHT. Also delivering tidbit microsites such as http://www.thegothamtimes.com/ and http://www.whysoserious.com/, the marketeers for THE DARK KNIGHT have gone a few steps beyond by launching on online game which evetually end up in recruitment into a "real-world" organization of the Joker. In the game participants are provided addresses to real-world places that, provided you were the first to arrive, secured cell phones and other bits that then lead to further opportunities and tasks to accomplish on behalf of The Joker. Probably the coolest, most interactive, marketing ever for a film...and very cool stuff. As most of us have seen now, the trailer only provides further reason for high expectations for the film itself. Hopefully Batman's nemesis will provide Zimmer and company some great inspiration for the score as well.
