The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 July 2008
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:27
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Zimmer and Howard divided the film's psychology between them, Zimmer creating the Joker's theme and Howard the Harvey Dent material, around a Batman motif of just two notes. Performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and recorded in April 2008, the score won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, soundtrack, film, leitmotif, monumental, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Why so Serious? (9:14)
  2. I'm Not a Hero (6:34)
  3. Harvey Two-Face (6:15)
  4. Aggressive Expansion (4:35)
  5. Always a Catch (1:39)
  6. Blood on My Hands (2:15)
  7. A Little Push (2:42)
  8. Like a Dog Chasing Cars (5:02)
  9. 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 (3:41)
  13. Watch the World Burn (3:47)
  14. A Dark Knight (16:15)

Credits

  • Henry Jackman - arranged by
  • Anthony Pleeth - cello [principal]
  • Mary Scully - double bass [principal]
  • Ryan Rubin - edited by [assistant]
  • Daniel Pinder - edited by [music editor]
  • Jacob Shea - programmed by [sequencer], sequenced by
  • Noah Sorota - programmed by [sequencer], sequenced by
  • Thomas Broderick - programmed by [sequencer], sequenced by
  • Steven R. Gilmore - art direction [sleeve], design
  • Alex Gibson - co-producer, edited by [music editor]
  • Lorne Balfe - co-producer, music by [additional]
  • Mark Wherry - electronics [digital instrument design]
  • Chris Bacon - engineer [assistant]
  • Chris Barrett - engineer [assistant]
  • Greg Vines - engineer [assistant]
  • Katia Lewin - engineer [assistant]
  • Peter 'Oso' Snell - engineer [technical score]
  • Stuart Michael Thomas - engineer [technical score]
  • Christopher Nolan - executive-producer
  • Louie Teran - mastered by
  • Alan Meyerson - mixed by [score]
  • Mel Wesson - programmed by [ambient music design]
  • Jeff Biggers - recorded by [additional]
  • Geoff Foster - recorded by [music]

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