--- product_id: 1479819 title: "The Dark Knight Rises" price: "NZ$61" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/1479819-the-dark-knight-rises store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # The Dark Knight Rises **Price:** NZ$61 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Dark Knight Rises - **How much does it cost?** NZ$61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/1479819-the-dark-knight-rises) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description *** Enhanced CD - unlocks 3 additional tracks! 2 are exclusive to the CD: Bombers Over Ibiza (JunkieXL remix) No Stone Unturned (exclusive) Risen From Darkness (exclusive)*** The Dark Knight Rises Score Composed by Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe Award Winner Hans Zimmer Review: Bat-fanatics..... RISE! - My fellow desertcartian seekers of The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack: RISE! That, my friends, is the triumphant call I hear over and over in my head as I valiantly listen to this mind-blowing soundtrack. Now don't let this review fool you -- I am no "experted" aficionado of music, as many other reviewers appear to be. With my ill-knowledge of all things music theory, rather than write individual track reviews, I'll write this review based off the roller-coaster of emotions this soundtrack has PUNCHED into my soul. That's right -- PUNCHED. I hope this unconventional review won't offend you or embarrass desertcart. Fingers crossed. To start, I am a fanatic of the Batman series and franchise. If I told you how many times and how many hours I've spent listening to the first two films' soundtracks, you would probably call the police. Seriously. Almost every darn-ed day for the past many years, I have valiantly blasted Zimmer's darkly sweet and sweeping crescendos into my mind and soul. They've brought me through dark times of life and light times alike, and always end up bringing me back "home", so to speak. So on the cusp of this most recent and final addition to the Batman trilogy, I have eagerly anticipated the soundtrack release as giddily as a little child on Christmas Eve, frantically hopping back and forth in front of the fireplace, waiting for Santa to come plunging down that chimney with my soundtrack. Only for me, Santa's first name is "Hans", his last name is "Zimmer", with his middle name possibly being "THE BIG MAN" -- that's how much explosive hope and excitement I've held for this soundtrack. With the movie's trailers building up to this soundtrack's release, I've eagerly gobbled up and savored the bits and pieces of music from this coming soundtrack. And the one piece that's gripped me the most from the trailers is the track I've most anxiously awaited: "Rise" But alas, dark times befell me when the 30-second samples from the soundtrack were officially released onto the net a few weeks ago. "Was this it?" I worriedly pondered. "Was this what this grandly epic soundtrack was going to amount to?" I was scared, I'll tell ya, having just those 30-second samples. I knew we were going to need this soundtrack in the dark times ahead. When the one-minute samples were released, I was even more scared. "Oh no... Please Hans, please say this isn't so..." I'd say it in my mind, almost afraid to keep listening. "Please Han-sy, please just say this isn't so. This isn't how this soundtrack can turn out. Not this. Not now." I almost cried. Almost. But while I couldn't see it at the time, I would be soon to realize that my fears were unfounded, and merely my own personal "dark night of the soul". When the full soundtrack was officially released for streaming online, I cautiously, solemnly pressed play and awaited. And I'll just put it simply by saying: MY. MIND. WAS. BLOWN. K, here's where the review may start to get a bit crazy: I have listened to this soundtrack 40+ times over the past week. I know you don't believe me. That's ok. Most people don't. But seriously. I listen to this soundtrack about 8-10 hours a day, every day, eternally looping: In the car. At work. Walking around town. Swooping through the park like Batman. You may think that last one is just an allusion. But it's not. Stay tuned. This soundtrack is a beautiful conglomeration of the first two movies' soundtracks, swirling together the previous melodies, rhythms, and themes, but with plenty more bombastic-blastic action and grand, sweeping, up-and-down emotions battling out on an epic scale before us. The soundtrack builds up slowly, like a thief creeping into the night. It's dark. It starts real dark, alright. Ominous. As in "Oh my gosh, what is going to happen to Batman when this movie starts??" It begins to speed forward like a runaway freight train. While "The Dark Knight" soundtrack personified the movie's villain, the Joker, with harsh, chaotic, "electric" cords of gritty insanity and disarray -- like nails shredding chalkboard -- this soundtrack's villain, the almighty Bane, is just as well-paired with the movie's score. Bane, the movie's villainous monster of godly strength, is (assumed-ly) personified with monstrous, low-pitched, and booming brass horns, and pounded together with the thunderous drums, all in staccato-like frequency. While listening, I imagine myself clad in the black bat-cape and cowl, deftly dodging and somersaulting in-between the thunderous, elephant-stomps of Bane's tree-trunk-like legs, pounding the earth's ground with echoing tremors. I tread lightly and dodge quickly in rhythm with the violins, all while keeping a watchful eye on and dodging between the crushing blows of the horns and drums. It's ominous, it's powerful, it's scary. It's like a symphonic earthquake of good and evil in my mind, leaving me worriedly wondering if I'm going to be crushed in my cubicle at any moment by the ominous and shattering slams of the trombones. But alas, we're accompanied with just as triumphant and heroic moments as the previous soundtracks. Gosh, I just get excited thinking about it. When the hero's violins come sweeping in, I literally have to start moving around quickly as they sound; sometimes I even start running (if I'm outside). And believe it or not, sometimes (often) I not only have to jump up and throw a couple fist-pumps of victory into the air, cheering on what Batman must be heroically punching through in the movie's moment, but I also just have to break out my air-violin and start rapidly sweeping my bow back and forth in time with our hero's symphony, even to the point of sweating. Crazy, yes. Goodness, the violins just sweep you up and away! Dare I even mention that between the fist-pumps and bow-swings, I've even swung my arms fully out to the sides as my imaginary "bat-cape" and gone soaring through the imaginary winds of "Gotham" under the wings of my cape, keeping a watchful eye in the public park for any trouble below. Or someone calling the cops on me. Last of all, but absolutely not least, we have the final track... "Rise". Simply put, and in my honest opinion, this track is so beautifully, mournfully beautiful, taking one through the whole gamut of emotions -- from triumph to sadness to mourning to victory - it's so legendarily-awesome that I feel it should be titled in all-caps and have a handful of exclamation marks tacked onto the end of it, like this: "RISE!!!!!!!!!!!" And even that wouldn't do it justice. Good golly, that's how much it moves and sweeps me through my own imaginary Gotham of emotion. It's composed of moments from all three films' soundtracks, ranging from the triumphant, bat-swinging melodies of fast-moving violins and drums, to the sad, soft, solo-grieving voice of when Bruce's parents died, and then descending slowly, mournfully, upon the grand finish line of our Dark Knight's trilogy, a closing anthem of darkness, but also hope -- one that surely will leave us wide-eyed with bat-like wonder. I kid you not -- I'm listening to "Rise" right now as I write this review, and even now after I've listened to it oh, so many times, I still get teary. I get teary almost every time. Not afraid to admit that. The slow, drawn out tones of what has previously been the hero's theme of valor and courage -- particularly, the ending theme of The Dark Knight -- but now in the slow-motion of sadness, as if one were slowly sinking toward the bottom of the sea, looking longingly upward to the dimming light, one hand reaching for that light as they slowly, sadly descend into darkness. That's the image that comes to mind when I listen to this, seeing myself as the one slowly sinking through that dark, beautiful ocean of sadness. (Again, I don't know any happenings in the movie, and I'm not alluding to any actual scenes. I'm purely sharing what plays out in my own mind as the emotions sweep me away.) But all is not lost, friends. All is not lost. The track slowly begins to pick up momentum, slowly, ever so carefully transitioning back into the hero's anthem that we've come to know and love. As the pace picks up, hope begins to restore. Faith begins to alight once more. I start ascending through that dark ocean of sadness, swimming upward toward the light, clawing through those dark waters as the light begins to brighten around me, until I finally explode up from that black sea and up into the sky, bat-cape extended, streaming upward to higher realms, finally reclaiming the all-seeing height above as Gotham's silent guardian... watchful protector... DARK KNIGHT. (Don't worry, I haven't actually acted this last one out. ...Yet ;) ) In conclusion, buy this soundtrack. Please. Please buy this soundtrack and just never let it stop playing. Let it sweep and swoop and swoon you along its concluding journey, finally leaving one and all to... RISE!!!!!!!!!!! Review: EPIC Score by Zimmer, but a few things... - I was extremely excited for this score, and - in short - it's passed my high expectations and manages to ramp up the "epicness" even more than the Dark Knight's score, which I doubted was possible until hearing this! Zimmer manages to bring old sounds back from the first two scores, which tie things together well (almost too well at times, some parts are copy/paste jobs from previous scores) but he almost always incorporates something to freshen things up! That being said there were a few things I wasn't crazy about on this score. The first and most glaring was the way the chant was mixed into things. I was expecting the chant to be a very prominent part of this score, with variable performances (maybe even some that would border on screaming the chant). Unfortunately not only does the chant get mixed relatively into the background in the tracks it appears, but there's nothing in the way it sounds to even suggest it's any different than the recording we got in the trailers, back before Zimmer's big "record your own chant!" promotion. That's not to say I don't still LOVE the sounds of the chant and they really add an interesting flair when it appears (not to mention the novelty of the 5/4 time in Bane's music, which is unique and refreshing amongst a lot of current scores). I was also dissappointed by the new themes included. The "Catwoman" theme, if you want to call it that (they never specifically call her "Catwoman" in the movie) is interesting and the echoey piano is a nice change from the dark strings, but ultimately the theme doesn't go very far - only appearing on the album once (though the cymbal sounds backing it crop up subtly a few times), and in the film twice. I would have liked to hear a bit more of it, perhaps vary the instrumentation a bit. Finally, the chromatic lines are reminescent of Zimmer's Sherlock scores, not a bad thing but worth noting. While working on The Dark Knight, Zimmer had made a promise that the Batman "theme" would be expanded upon to it's fullest variation in this final score. He claimed that what we hear in Dark Knight was "just a small taste" of the grand theme he had in store. However as far as I can tell this expansion is not found anywhere in the score, for any of the major themes for batman (the two note "heroic fanfare", the Da Vinci Code-esque "emotional theme", and the darker batman theme heard on low basses/cellos). So I was dissappointed by this lack of expansion. The most we get is the two note horn fanfare gains a few extra notes in "Imagine the Fire" which is a fantastic track. There is one moment of EXCELLENT thematic development in the score that is only heard on the bonus track "No Stone Unturned" which can be found with the physical CD as a download. In the last minute of this track we hear the two note horn fanfare changed into a two note cello ostinato, which shifts keys and eventually settles into F major, which is simply fantastic if you're musical enough to notice and appreciate the variation presented there. It can be heard in the beginning of the film when Gordon goes to give his speech about Harvey Dent, and it's wonderful sounding :) ---- All in all this is a GREAT score by Zimmer, and easily the best of the three Batman Scores. Unlike the Dark Knight which felt like it was missing music in the initial release, if one is able to collect the four bonus tracks available online for this score you really have a fairly complete collection of the music in the film (except perhaps a few tracks for more intimate scenes). Having seen the film and heard the music in it I can say confidently that all major parts of the score are well represented. Also, unlike The Dark Knight this score also has most of the tracks in chronological ordering (with a few exceptions, however some tracks are repeated in the film in a few places) and the way many tracks flow into the next is nice and makes for an enjoyable experience. GET THIS SOUNDTRACK if you enjoy Hans Zimmer's music for the Batman series. If you need to own only one score, get this one over The Dark Knight or Batman Begins, for it's by far the most epic and intense of the three, and just well done all around. If you can manage to collect all of the bonus tracks available, personally I've found this to be a good track listing that puts the tracks in mostly the right order and maintains connected tracks/makes a good listening experience. Feel free to comment if you have other track orderings you like: 1. A Storm Is Coming 2. On Thin Ice 3. Gotham's Reckoning 4. Mind If I Cut In? 5. Underground Army 6. Born In Darkness 7. The Fire Rises 8. Nothing Out There 9. All Out War (Bonus Track from ticket sale) 10. Despair 11. Fear Will Find You 12. Why Do We Fall? 13. Death By Exile 14. The Shadows Betray You (Mp3 Bonus Track) 15. Risen From Darkness (CD Bonus Track) 16. Imagine The Fire 17. No Stone Unturned (CD Bonus Track) 18. Necessary Evil 19. The End (Mp3 Bonus Track) 20. Rise My final note...the remix tracks at the ends of Zimmer's scores need to stop...nobody's buying this score for a random [not even that good] dubstep song where more score could have been put in. It's not TERRIBLE...but even so... ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B008645YEE | | Best Sellers Rank | #257,324 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #16,369 in Soundtracks (CDs & Vinyl) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (672) | | Date First Available | May 25, 2012 | | Item model number | 25327709 | | Label | Watertower Music | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Watertower Music | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 5.58 x 0.4 x 4.99 inches; 3.2 ounces | ## Images ![The Dark Knight Rises - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615jSS9cO2L.jpg) ![The Dark Knight Rises - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/715ghgajehL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bat-fanatics..... RISE! *by S***E on July 17, 2012* My fellow Amazonian seekers of The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack: RISE! That, my friends, is the triumphant call I hear over and over in my head as I valiantly listen to this mind-blowing soundtrack. Now don't let this review fool you -- I am no "experted" aficionado of music, as many other reviewers appear to be. With my ill-knowledge of all things music theory, rather than write individual track reviews, I'll write this review based off the roller-coaster of emotions this soundtrack has PUNCHED into my soul. That's right -- PUNCHED. I hope this unconventional review won't offend you or embarrass Amazon. Fingers crossed. To start, I am a fanatic of the Batman series and franchise. If I told you how many times and how many hours I've spent listening to the first two films' soundtracks, you would probably call the police. Seriously. Almost every darn-ed day for the past many years, I have valiantly blasted Zimmer's darkly sweet and sweeping crescendos into my mind and soul. They've brought me through dark times of life and light times alike, and always end up bringing me back "home", so to speak. So on the cusp of this most recent and final addition to the Batman trilogy, I have eagerly anticipated the soundtrack release as giddily as a little child on Christmas Eve, frantically hopping back and forth in front of the fireplace, waiting for Santa to come plunging down that chimney with my soundtrack. Only for me, Santa's first name is "Hans", his last name is "Zimmer", with his middle name possibly being "THE BIG MAN" -- that's how much explosive hope and excitement I've held for this soundtrack. With the movie's trailers building up to this soundtrack's release, I've eagerly gobbled up and savored the bits and pieces of music from this coming soundtrack. And the one piece that's gripped me the most from the trailers is the track I've most anxiously awaited: "Rise" But alas, dark times befell me when the 30-second samples from the soundtrack were officially released onto the net a few weeks ago. "Was this it?" I worriedly pondered. "Was this what this grandly epic soundtrack was going to amount to?" I was scared, I'll tell ya, having just those 30-second samples. I knew we were going to need this soundtrack in the dark times ahead. When the one-minute samples were released, I was even more scared. "Oh no... Please Hans, please say this isn't so..." I'd say it in my mind, almost afraid to keep listening. "Please Han-sy, please just say this isn't so. This isn't how this soundtrack can turn out. Not this. Not now." I almost cried. Almost. But while I couldn't see it at the time, I would be soon to realize that my fears were unfounded, and merely my own personal "dark night of the soul". When the full soundtrack was officially released for streaming online, I cautiously, solemnly pressed play and awaited. And I'll just put it simply by saying: MY. MIND. WAS. BLOWN. K, here's where the review may start to get a bit crazy: I have listened to this soundtrack 40+ times over the past week. I know you don't believe me. That's ok. Most people don't. But seriously. I listen to this soundtrack about 8-10 hours a day, every day, eternally looping: In the car. At work. Walking around town. Swooping through the park like Batman. You may think that last one is just an allusion. But it's not. Stay tuned. This soundtrack is a beautiful conglomeration of the first two movies' soundtracks, swirling together the previous melodies, rhythms, and themes, but with plenty more bombastic-blastic action and grand, sweeping, up-and-down emotions battling out on an epic scale before us. The soundtrack builds up slowly, like a thief creeping into the night. It's dark. It starts real dark, alright. Ominous. As in "Oh my gosh, what is going to happen to Batman when this movie starts??" It begins to speed forward like a runaway freight train. While "The Dark Knight" soundtrack personified the movie's villain, the Joker, with harsh, chaotic, "electric" cords of gritty insanity and disarray -- like nails shredding chalkboard -- this soundtrack's villain, the almighty Bane, is just as well-paired with the movie's score. Bane, the movie's villainous monster of godly strength, is (assumed-ly) personified with monstrous, low-pitched, and booming brass horns, and pounded together with the thunderous drums, all in staccato-like frequency. While listening, I imagine myself clad in the black bat-cape and cowl, deftly dodging and somersaulting in-between the thunderous, elephant-stomps of Bane's tree-trunk-like legs, pounding the earth's ground with echoing tremors. I tread lightly and dodge quickly in rhythm with the violins, all while keeping a watchful eye on and dodging between the crushing blows of the horns and drums. It's ominous, it's powerful, it's scary. It's like a symphonic earthquake of good and evil in my mind, leaving me worriedly wondering if I'm going to be crushed in my cubicle at any moment by the ominous and shattering slams of the trombones. But alas, we're accompanied with just as triumphant and heroic moments as the previous soundtracks. Gosh, I just get excited thinking about it. When the hero's violins come sweeping in, I literally have to start moving around quickly as they sound; sometimes I even start running (if I'm outside). And believe it or not, sometimes (often) I not only have to jump up and throw a couple fist-pumps of victory into the air, cheering on what Batman must be heroically punching through in the movie's moment, but I also just have to break out my air-violin and start rapidly sweeping my bow back and forth in time with our hero's symphony, even to the point of sweating. Crazy, yes. Goodness, the violins just sweep you up and away! Dare I even mention that between the fist-pumps and bow-swings, I've even swung my arms fully out to the sides as my imaginary "bat-cape" and gone soaring through the imaginary winds of "Gotham" under the wings of my cape, keeping a watchful eye in the public park for any trouble below. Or someone calling the cops on me. Last of all, but absolutely not least, we have the final track... "Rise". Simply put, and in my honest opinion, this track is so beautifully, mournfully beautiful, taking one through the whole gamut of emotions -- from triumph to sadness to mourning to victory - it's so legendarily-awesome that I feel it should be titled in all-caps and have a handful of exclamation marks tacked onto the end of it, like this: "RISE!!!!!!!!!!!" And even that wouldn't do it justice. Good golly, that's how much it moves and sweeps me through my own imaginary Gotham of emotion. It's composed of moments from all three films' soundtracks, ranging from the triumphant, bat-swinging melodies of fast-moving violins and drums, to the sad, soft, solo-grieving voice of when Bruce's parents died, and then descending slowly, mournfully, upon the grand finish line of our Dark Knight's trilogy, a closing anthem of darkness, but also hope -- one that surely will leave us wide-eyed with bat-like wonder. I kid you not -- I'm listening to "Rise" right now as I write this review, and even now after I've listened to it oh, so many times, I still get teary. I get teary almost every time. Not afraid to admit that. The slow, drawn out tones of what has previously been the hero's theme of valor and courage -- particularly, the ending theme of The Dark Knight -- but now in the slow-motion of sadness, as if one were slowly sinking toward the bottom of the sea, looking longingly upward to the dimming light, one hand reaching for that light as they slowly, sadly descend into darkness. That's the image that comes to mind when I listen to this, seeing myself as the one slowly sinking through that dark, beautiful ocean of sadness. (Again, I don't know any happenings in the movie, and I'm not alluding to any actual scenes. I'm purely sharing what plays out in my own mind as the emotions sweep me away.) But all is not lost, friends. All is not lost. The track slowly begins to pick up momentum, slowly, ever so carefully transitioning back into the hero's anthem that we've come to know and love. As the pace picks up, hope begins to restore. Faith begins to alight once more. I start ascending through that dark ocean of sadness, swimming upward toward the light, clawing through those dark waters as the light begins to brighten around me, until I finally explode up from that black sea and up into the sky, bat-cape extended, streaming upward to higher realms, finally reclaiming the all-seeing height above as Gotham's silent guardian... watchful protector... DARK KNIGHT. (Don't worry, I haven't actually acted this last one out. ...Yet ;) ) In conclusion, buy this soundtrack. Please. Please buy this soundtrack and just never let it stop playing. Let it sweep and swoop and swoon you along its concluding journey, finally leaving one and all to... RISE!!!!!!!!!!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ EPIC Score by Zimmer, but a few things... *by S***N on July 21, 2012* I was extremely excited for this score, and - in short - it's passed my high expectations and manages to ramp up the "epicness" even more than the Dark Knight's score, which I doubted was possible until hearing this! Zimmer manages to bring old sounds back from the first two scores, which tie things together well (almost too well at times, some parts are copy/paste jobs from previous scores) but he almost always incorporates something to freshen things up! That being said there were a few things I wasn't crazy about on this score. The first and most glaring was the way the chant was mixed into things. I was expecting the chant to be a very prominent part of this score, with variable performances (maybe even some that would border on screaming the chant). Unfortunately not only does the chant get mixed relatively into the background in the tracks it appears, but there's nothing in the way it sounds to even suggest it's any different than the recording we got in the trailers, back before Zimmer's big "record your own chant!" promotion. That's not to say I don't still LOVE the sounds of the chant and they really add an interesting flair when it appears (not to mention the novelty of the 5/4 time in Bane's music, which is unique and refreshing amongst a lot of current scores). I was also dissappointed by the new themes included. The "Catwoman" theme, if you want to call it that (they never specifically call her "Catwoman" in the movie) is interesting and the echoey piano is a nice change from the dark strings, but ultimately the theme doesn't go very far - only appearing on the album once (though the cymbal sounds backing it crop up subtly a few times), and in the film twice. I would have liked to hear a bit more of it, perhaps vary the instrumentation a bit. Finally, the chromatic lines are reminescent of Zimmer's Sherlock scores, not a bad thing but worth noting. While working on The Dark Knight, Zimmer had made a promise that the Batman "theme" would be expanded upon to it's fullest variation in this final score. He claimed that what we hear in Dark Knight was "just a small taste" of the grand theme he had in store. However as far as I can tell this expansion is not found anywhere in the score, for any of the major themes for batman (the two note "heroic fanfare", the Da Vinci Code-esque "emotional theme", and the darker batman theme heard on low basses/cellos). So I was dissappointed by this lack of expansion. The most we get is the two note horn fanfare gains a few extra notes in "Imagine the Fire" which is a fantastic track. There is one moment of EXCELLENT thematic development in the score that is only heard on the bonus track "No Stone Unturned" which can be found with the physical CD as a download. In the last minute of this track we hear the two note horn fanfare changed into a two note cello ostinato, which shifts keys and eventually settles into F major, which is simply fantastic if you're musical enough to notice and appreciate the variation presented there. It can be heard in the beginning of the film when Gordon goes to give his speech about Harvey Dent, and it's wonderful sounding :) ---- All in all this is a GREAT score by Zimmer, and easily the best of the three Batman Scores. Unlike the Dark Knight which felt like it was missing music in the initial release, if one is able to collect the four bonus tracks available online for this score you really have a fairly complete collection of the music in the film (except perhaps a few tracks for more intimate scenes). Having seen the film and heard the music in it I can say confidently that all major parts of the score are well represented. Also, unlike The Dark Knight this score also has most of the tracks in chronological ordering (with a few exceptions, however some tracks are repeated in the film in a few places) and the way many tracks flow into the next is nice and makes for an enjoyable experience. GET THIS SOUNDTRACK if you enjoy Hans Zimmer's music for the Batman series. If you need to own only one score, get this one over The Dark Knight or Batman Begins, for it's by far the most epic and intense of the three, and just well done all around. If you can manage to collect all of the bonus tracks available, personally I've found this to be a good track listing that puts the tracks in mostly the right order and maintains connected tracks/makes a good listening experience. Feel free to comment if you have other track orderings you like: 1. A Storm Is Coming 2. On Thin Ice 3. Gotham's Reckoning 4. Mind If I Cut In? 5. Underground Army 6. Born In Darkness 7. The Fire Rises 8. Nothing Out There 9. All Out War (Bonus Track from ticket sale) 10. Despair 11. Fear Will Find You 12. Why Do We Fall? 13. Death By Exile 14. The Shadows Betray You (Mp3 Bonus Track) 15. Risen From Darkness (CD Bonus Track) 16. Imagine The Fire 17. No Stone Unturned (CD Bonus Track) 18. Necessary Evil 19. The End (Mp3 Bonus Track) 20. Rise My final note...the remix tracks at the ends of Zimmer's scores need to stop...nobody's buying this score for a random [not even that good] dubstep song where more score could have been put in. It's not TERRIBLE...but even so... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hans Zimmer at his Epic Best! *by S***F on July 11, 2012* **Updated** I want to bring to everyone's attention that in order to get all the bonus tracks you must buy the soundtrack TWICE: once here and once on itunes. I bought the itunes version to get two extra tracks and I highly recommend them both. I almost lowered my score to 4 stars given you are not purchasing the complete soundtrack on Amazon or itunes. There is even a track that you can ONLY get by purchasing your movie tickets at movietickets.com which I have not done. This trend, which began with DLC for video games, is not befitting the consumer and I am a bit annoyed. That being said, I added my thoughts on four of the five bonus tracks below. Quite by accident, I noticed that the entire soundtrack was available for streaming on Empire Online legally, a week before it comes out officially. I have been looping the soundtrack since and it is epic. Hans Zimmer is by far my favorite composer alive trumping even John Williams in my mind. Zimmer is responsible for my favorite themes and soundtracks scoring everything from the Lion King to Call of Duty. His work with James Newton Howard on the first two movies was sensational, but this is the first time going it alone in a Batman movie. Zimmer admitted that he had no problem working on the "Batman" half of the scores, but relied on Newton Howard for the "Bruce Wayne" aspect. This dynamic is reflected in this soundtrack as the love themes are notably absent. This is clearly a dark movie. In its place are the haunting chants and melancholy strings which provide volume to the entire score. Many of the recognizable themes from the original two movies make a reappearance in this score but not in an bad way. The old is mixed with the new and Zimmer often reinterprets his old themes to give them new life. "The Storm is Coming" is clearly an introduction. It is a short track that is about half a minute and probably is played with the corporate logo as the film begins. "On Thin Ice" seems to convey an emotion of looking back at the previous films and the devastation Gotham has endured. It is filled with sad strings and a hint of the looming terror. We are introduced to the final theme played throughout the soundtrack. It is quiet but reminds me of "528491" from inception which preceded the great "Mombasa" action track. "Gotham's Reckoning" is clearly the first set piece of the movie. I remember hearing it when I saw the first six minutes of the film in IMAX in December. I am not going to spoil what happens, but suffice it to say it is the first time we meet Bane and he makes quite an entrance. The track uses entirely new music. On my first play-through it was unremarkable, but put it on a good car audio system and the layers pop out. The bass on this track is taken from Zimmer's inception playbook. The tone is foreboding and terrifying but beautiful. It is almost all electronics and drums while introducing us to Bane's theme (the chants). "Mind if I cut in" is my least favorite track. I agree with the other reviewer that this is an example of where Newton Howard would have filled this void. This is a slow track with piano and violin. It reminds me of a detective track where a character is looking t uncover some mystery. My guess is this is when we are introduced to Selena Kyle. "Underground Army" is another quiet track with lots of electronics. It has a menacing tone as if evil plans that are being made by Bane and his henchman. It introduces a few new melodies but seems like an average track at best. "Born in Darkness" looks back at Batman's past by echoing themes from the "Batman Begins" but appears as another quiet filler track. "The Fire Rises" is the second major action music which introduces some new themes and horror elements with minor notes, strings and drums. The track seems to depict (and this is just a guess) Batman's first encounter with Bane. There are lulls in the action which build to intense loud action queues. This track must be listened to on a great audio system to reveal its layers. I find this track to get better with repeated listenings. Zimmer certainly uses his inception style in this track with the heavy electronics towards the end. "Nothing Out There" sounds like its straight out of the "Dark Knight." It quietly repeats the piano (love?) theme from the previous movies but never utilizes the full orchestra. It is another filler track. "Despair" is filled with new and old music blended together. He reinterprets his "Dark Knight" music from "Why So Serious" by throwing in a long cello build-up with the famous two note themes. The second half of the track is a reinterpretation of the end of "I'm not a Hero" from the previous soundtrack as well. While it repeats alot from past soundtracks it remains fresh and exciting. "Fear will Find You" seems to be another action sequence against Bane. Zimmer uses the chants for the first time alongside intense drums and electronics mixed with the old themes and the new theme from this movie. The two are seamlessly integrated. You will think you know the track straight out of "The Dark Knight" and then it will take a new and unique turn. It could be construed as a remix, but I think of it as a fresh take. "Why do We Fall" is one of Zimmer's finest as it builds to a swelling climax with strings and drums. Batman is clearly defeated in spirit but is convinced to try one last time. (This is another guess). It builds to epic levels before breaking out in the Batman drum and string theme. "Death By Exile" is a filler track that offers little to nothing but an additional track listing. At 23 seconds it should have been combined with the next track. "Imagine the Fire" is the most epic track and contains many new action queues coupled with old familar themes. It reminded me of "Mombasa" from his Inception score and "The Chase" from Batman Begins. This track has everything from old themes to electronics to strings and drums. This track completes the soundtrack and demonstrates Zimmer's abilities to orchestrate a climactic final encounter with Bane (another guess?). "Necessary Evil" clearly depicts the aftermath of the final battle. I feel as though there are hints as to the outcome but no certainties. It is a suspenseful track as the movie has not yet been released. It quietly references the Batman theme introduced in this movie. "Rise" This is Zimmer's playground to end the film on an epic note. It is very much like "A Dark Knight" from the last soundtrack but is a slower (and more epic) version of the final track soundtrack which sends chills down your spine. The swelling strings and slow pace allow the orchestra to really shine. This track again hints at the outcome of the movie without being definitive. Clearly it depicts loss, but on what scale? I love this track, but it is not long enough. It is the final Batman track we will hear from Zimmer, so I wished it would be more like the 17 minutes of the last finale. **Update** "No Stone Unturned" is a bonus track that I just downloaded. Essentially, there is nothing specifically new here but it remixes the themes from all the movies as an action piece. It is absolutely a must have for any fan of the soundtrack. Its an exciting track that adds to the intensity of the overall score. At 7 minutes, it is an impressive piece. "Risen from the Darkness" is another bonus track which is similar in principle to the first one. It again remixes old themes with the new and adds one more action track to this terrific soundtrack. Again it's nothing groundbreaking or new, but gets the action music swelling in new ways. "Bombers of Ibiza" is the final bonus track and is clearly has the touch of a different composer. It's all synthesizers here and clearly what you think of with normal remixes. This track I could do without. It almost feels like club dance music. It's not bad but also not memorable. There is even a little dubstep mixed into the track. With the new tracks, the first two listed are clearly the work of Zimmer working in the studio to put together old familiar themes to make them into exciting yet generic action tracks. These first two do feel like they could be played somewhere in the movie and could have been added to the original soundtrack. The final track is a standard third party remix which has some nice rhythm but comes across as dance music. **NEW UPDATE** These are my thoughts on the itunes bonus tracks. "The Shadows Betray You" is a track you get from the itunes version and I feel disappointed it was not included in the original soundtrack. It is a very dark track with synthesizers featuring the new themes. It almost sounds muffled, (perhaps a reference to Bane's mask)but in an intentional awesome way. I recommend finding this track. "The End" is another itunes track clearly the credits and all I have to say is WOW! I feel upset that this track was not included in the soundtrack as well. I love this track. It is slow and brooding and is very unlike the other tracks. It is ominous and intense and features the familiar themes but with a Darth Vaderesqe breathing in the background. This is a very dark ending. I hope they release a more complete soundtrack or where you can pick these songs up individually. **End of Update** Obviously the movie has yet to be released and will likely enhance the listening experience of the entire soundtrack, but it doesn't need a movie to be considered a spectacular accomplishment. Unfortunately I don't have the musical training to properly convey my emotions regarding this soundtrack, but hopefully the tone of the review demonstrates my enjoyment of this score. Everyone expects the best from a Hans Zimmer score as they do with Chris Nolan and Zimmer does not disappoint. I will be looping this soundtrack for weeks to come no doubt. Words fail to describe how much I love all of Hans Zimmer's work and must be experienced rather than listened to. Together the three Nolan-Batman soundtracks rank up there with Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars as the best trilogy scores of all time. Listen to this soundtrack often and on a great audio system with strong bass. Your ears will thank you for it and your neighbors will forgive you (I hope) for the vibrations. **NOTE** I also saw that there are additional tracks that come with the physical CD, so I preordered it as opposed to the MP3 option. 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