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Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – The Dark Knight [OST]//[2008]

Posted on 26.07.2008 at 21:03 in Albums by RLSLOG

I am kinda surprised that nobody wrote an article about this brilliant soundtrack. So I am doing it, late but still better than not at all and btw. I cant stand these images of “Pawly Pets My Animal Hospital in Africa-SKIDROW & BACKLASH” on the main site ;)

I haven’t been to the cinema yet, but judging from several opinions like my friends’ and critics’ it must be a good movie. And this soundtrack definitely proves it!

Zimmer originally said the main Batman theme was purposely introduced at the end of Batman Begins, and would be fleshed out in the sequel as the character develops. Zimmer and Howard both realized that creating a heroic theme that a viewer could hum would ignore the complexity and darkness of the character. That the heroic theme is audible only twice, early on in the film, creates what Zimmer described as a “red herring”, a kind of musical foreshadowing.

Their nine-minute suite for the Joker is based around two notes. Zimmer compares its style to the band Kraftwerk, who come from his native Germany, as well as his work with bands like The Damned. When Ledger died, Zimmer felt like scrapping and composing a new theme, but decided that he could not be sentimental and compromise the “evil [performance] projects”. Howard composed Dent’s “elegant and beautiful” themes, which would work as a contrast.

The track names come from lines in the film.

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Tracklist:

¦ 01. Why So Serious? 9:14
¦ 02. I’m Not A Hero 6:35
¦ 03. Harvey Two-Face 6:16
¦ 04. Aggressive Expansion 4:36
¦ 05. Always A Catch 1:40
¦ 06. Blood On My Hands 2:16
¦ 07. A Little Push 2:43
¦ 08. Like A Dog Chasing Cars 5:03
¦ 09. I Am The Batman 2:00
¦ 10. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad 2:29
¦ 11. Agent Of Chaos 6:55
¦ 12. Introduce A Little Anarchy 3:42
¦ 13. Watch The World Burn 3:48
¦ 14. A Dark Knight 16:15

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Artist: Hans Zimmer And James Newton Howard
Title: The Dark Knight (OST)
Label: Warner Sunset
Genre: OST
Quality: 191 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
Playtime: 1h 13min 32sec total
Size: 101.1MB

Release name: Hans_Zimmer_And_James_Newton_Howard-The_Dark_Knight-(Retail)-OST-2008-VAG
Links: Official Site, MySpace, Amazon, NFO, Wikipedia

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  1. EmpireXdudE
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:04

    Cool.

  2. Erin
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:07

    which keyboard model is that?

  3. John
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:10

    this as been out about 5 days on public trackers, and you only post now ?

    shame on RLSLOG

    Shame on you…

  4. ZonaJona
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:12

    Whoa, dude you haven’t seen the movie yet???!!! I’m not laughing at you or anything, but you need to get your butt to a theater and check this one out!! Then you will probably edit this post and say how good the music in the movie really is. It really stands out and brings the movie together.

  5. ZonaJona
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:14

    Oh, and the reason it is being posted so long after it on public trackers is because this is a slow ass weekend! There’s nothing else to post!!

  6. alibaba
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:22

    damnit John you suck monkeyballs, big fat greasy ones!

  7. ehem
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:24

    PLEASE DO MORE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS! I beg of you..

  8. SemDD
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:26

    The OST *is* one of the definite reasons to go and see the film on the big screens and boomboxes.
    Most of the time it was minimal, thus menacing and sparing to the viewers and that really made the difference. more of an ambiance theme than just another blockbuster superhero meme-setter… just made the deal sweeeeeter for me.
    Not that I didn’t got out of the theater humming the buzz, it just never left me ;-)
    Both the composers have done wonderful job, dammmm i wish it was Clint Mansell’s score, but who knows? next movie?

  9. Azzy
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:29

    @ 4: I’ve had this for over a month. It’s been out for ages.

  10. ffffff
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:38

    Strange I see this, I won this soundtrack today from dominos.com

    Congratulations! You are a winner!

    You’ve won The Dark Knight™ soundtrack on CD! (Subject to verification)

    Print this page for your records. You’ll be receiving notification shortly by mail telling you what you need to do to claim your prize.

  11. dipset
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:41

    Wanted.R5.LiNE.XviD-iVE

    YAY !

  12. BR
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:51

    Thanks for sharing :)

  13. Mikee
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:56

    thanks ! but i already bought it ! i’m a Hans Zimmer big fan !
    Today, people who critics his batman soundtracck association with James Newton Howard are the same stupid people who critiqued Spielberg for working with michael bay on Transformers…

  14. bodo
    July 26th, 2008 | 21:58

    is this the version where the last song is messed up?

  15. kAsh
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:03

    wow, kinda late. actually really kinda late. but still a good post, actually a really good kinda late post.

  16. lulz
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:28

    Anyone know how much longer till the R5?

  17. Jon
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:29

    Anyone know how much longer till the R5?

  18. Wojtek
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:33

    I have an original cd with OST
    BATMAN HAS NO LIMITS

  19. alibaba
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:45

    Anyone know how much longer till the R5?

  20. Caffro
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:48

    Ha ha ha ho ho hee hee hee hu hu…And I thought my jokes were bad

  21. geetard
    July 26th, 2008 | 22:59

    The Batman theme can be heard from 2:12 to 3:30 in track #5 (Like a Dog Chasing Cars). There’s some bit of it in the last track also.

    Epic theme.

  22. sw
    July 26th, 2008 | 23:04

    Same score as batman begins..

  23. bodo
    July 26th, 2008 | 23:05

    Cool thanks, thats a different version than the one being out for a while. this version is clear , the other was a bit faulty.
    Definetly will buy the movie on DVD :)

  24. starry
    July 26th, 2008 | 23:42

    I found this OST quite cool, even if that’s all instrumental.
    You guys could try.

  25. Jr
    July 27th, 2008 | 00:16

    o god, i never thought zimmer would have done this, i love his other works, thanks for the post!

  26. Isaaru
    July 27th, 2008 | 00:32

    This ost looks worth a D/L seen this movie at the cinema today and was disappointed it drags on too long and Heath Ledger wasn’t really that great. Johnny Depp would have been a better choice as the Joker.

  27. KEN
    July 27th, 2008 | 00:34

    http://www.torrentdownloads.net/torrent/55723/Hans_Zimmer_And_James_Newton_Howard-The_Dark_Knight-%28Retail%29-OST-2008-VAG-.html

  28. clayeman
    July 27th, 2008 | 01:28

    Woo.. got this given to me a prescreen to batman. Was pretty awesome. Pre-screens free from myspace are awesome. Plus you almost always get freebies like this. We also got a “gotham times” newspaper.. only handed out at these screenings. Was good as.

  29. tpb
    July 27th, 2008 | 02:47

    http://thepiratebay.org/search/dark%20knight%20sound%20track/0/99/0

  30. deano
    July 27th, 2008 | 03:47

    dark knight ost no pass

    http://www.filefactory.com/file/884dbc/n/BatDarkKnight_part1_rar
    http://www.filefactory.com/file/937453/n/BatDarkKnight_part2_rar

  31. Storm1672
    July 27th, 2008 | 04:31

    @39
    The last song on the release you posted (320 kbps) is broken.

  32. Shadowsfury
    July 27th, 2008 | 06:03

    i have the 320kbps version and my release is fine. listened to it a good 5-6 times in the last week alone.

  33. boyer
    July 27th, 2008 | 06:43

    megaupload or something please

  34. EndLess
    July 27th, 2008 | 10:35

    http://sharingmatrix.com/file/51613/Hans_Zimmer_And_James_Newton_Howard-The_Dark_Knight-_Retail_-OST-2008-VAG.rar

  35. hdjkon
    July 27th, 2008 | 12:00

    awesome soundtrack thx!

  36. Rs log 4 eva
    July 27th, 2008 | 12:35

    this movie is amazing lol i thought it was overhyped but it rocks & the soundtrack was alright thanks

  37. lev400
    July 27th, 2008 | 16:37

    Hans Zimmer does great work!

  38. NewzLeech
    July 27th, 2008 | 21:08

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  39. mysterio
    July 28th, 2008 | 00:48

    I got the soundtrack even before the movie was released. Sounds awesome.

  40. atlantic
    July 28th, 2008 | 18:02

    A.Q. sucks big time, needs normalizing,, i hope it’s only related to this rip…

  41. Phillip
    July 29th, 2008 | 01:57

    Promo Only Modern Rock Radio August 2008 [B!HS]
    MU http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L299Z5GN

  42. Jab007
    August 11th, 2008 | 02:22

    http://rapidshare.com/files/136413470/danrsjkdhfdhnag10.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/136412714/danrsjkdhfdhnag10.part2.rar

    Password: Jab007

  43. PaRaNoYa7
    August 2nd, 2009 | 21:15

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