The Dark Knight (2008), by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

Short Review
Motion Pictures Soundtrack album for the "BATMAN" movie 2008, The Dark Knight. Music composed by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. The Dark Knight is an American superhero film based on the DC Comics character "BATMAN". The film is a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman film series after an eight-year hiatus. Actor Heath Ledger stars as The Joker. The CD contains 14 tracks of powerful punches of Batman's adventures of good vs evil.

James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer's score for The Dark Knight is an extremely good CD. The music is dark and moody but exciting enough to listen to without falling in depression. And at well over an hour long. This is no forty five-minute selection of background music, this is a powerhouse score that commands your attention.

Especially good is the electronic-esque theme for the Joker, which dominates the 1st track, "Why so Serious?" and eerily crops up throughout the rest of the score. Zimmer has said in interviews that he based on the Joker's sound on Kraftwerk, an electronica band from his native Germany. It sounds something like Kraftwerk and other European electronica, certainly, but also much like Zimmer's work on "Black Hawk Down" and is not the least bit off-putting. It absolutely mirrors the Joker - jarring, alternately quiet and loud but always captivating and moving.


Genre: Score
Release Date: 2008
Format: MP3
Total Time: 73:32

Track List:
01. Why So Serious? (9:14)
02. I'm Not A Hero (6:34)
03. Harvey Two-Face (6:16)
04. Aggressive Expansion (4:35)
05. Always A Catch (1:39)
06. Blood On My Hands (2:16)
07. A Little Push (2:42)
08. Like A Dog Chasing Cars (5:02)
09. I Am The Batman (1:59)
10. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad (2:28)
11. Agent Of Chaos (6:55)
12. Introduce A Little Anarchy (3:42)
13. Watch The World Burn (3:47)
14. A Dark Knight (16:15)

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