The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack)

The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Hans Zimmer
ReleasedJuly 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
GenreFilm score
Length51:20[1]
Label
Hans Zimmer chronology
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
(2012) 		The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2012) 		Man of Steel
(2013)
Batman soundtrack chronology
The Dark Knight
(2008) 		The Dark Knight Rises
(2012) 		Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(2016)

The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2008 film The Dark Knight. The soundtrack was released on July 17, 2012. The CD edition of the album contains an exclusive code to unlock three bonus tracks, titled "Bombers Over Ibiza (Junkie XL Remix)", "No Stone Unturned", and "Risen from Darkness".[2] Two additional bonus tracks, "The Shadows Betray You" and "The End", are digital-download exclusive tracks.[3] The soundtrack was officially released online for streaming purposes on July 10.[4]

Additional cues were released through an iPhone app titled The Dark Knight Rises Z+ App Origins Pack. The app contains four original suites ("Wayne Manor", "Selina Kyle", "Orphan", and "Bane") that were created during the early stages of development for the film.[5]

The main themes were composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, but Howard did not return to the series to score this film and was not credited as a composer. Regarding his departure from the franchise, Howard said: "I just really felt that I had made what I felt like I could contribute to that series, and I always felt that... Hans... was the mastermind of those scores. I mean, they really sounded the way they sounded because of him. His conception of the scores was really brilliant. It's not that I didn't add a lot, I did, but I don't think I added the aspects of the music that really defined the character of those movies".[6]

Just like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight the main motif always consists in just two notes, played by horns and accompanied by strings, representing Batman's pain and guilt.[7]

In many tracks is reprised Batman's main action theme ("Molossus"), used as well in the first two movies of the trilogy.[8]

The score won in the category "Best Original Score" at the Denver Film Society,[9] while it was nominated in other events, including the Grammy Awards[10] and the Saturn Awards.[11] At the Brit Awards, Zimmer won as "Composer of the Year" for his work on the scores of The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel.[12]

  1. ^ "The Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack Revealed". IGN. 11 June 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. ^ ASIN B008645YEE, The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  3. ^ "The Dark Knight Rises (iTunes release)". iTunes.
  4. ^ "The Full Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack is Online!". SuperHeroHype. 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Hans-Zimmer.com - The Dark Knight Rises". hans-zimmer.com.
  6. ^ "James Newton Howard Video Interview". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  7. ^ "how hans zimmer composed the batman theme".
  8. ^ "Batman Begins Soundtrack (2005)". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. ^ Lack, Jonathan R. (2013-01-08). "Argo Wins Big With Denver Film Critics Society". We Got This Covered. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  10. ^ Brooks, Brian (2012-12-06). "'The Hunger Games' And 'The Muppets' Top Grammy Awards Movie Nominees". Movieline. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  11. ^ TODAY, Brian Truitt, USA. "'The Hobbit' leads Saturn Awards with nine nominations". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Batman and Superman score Classic Brits honour". Metro. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2020-11-01.