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The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard)

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by: Hans Zimmer James Howard Newton

Release Date July 14, 2008
I bought this on a whim, just out of interest really, and didn't expect that I'd go back for repeated listens. On the one hand the score is quite predictably "Hollywood blockbuster"-ish with lots of big drums, urgent marcato strings and dark industrial synth sounds. But you get past that, and the vision of the score becomes clearer over repeated listens, and I began to find it a very satisfying piece of work, and as an album, feel that the narrative and coherence works really well: the album flows seamlessly. Recommended for children of darkness everywhere.

On a different note, some reviewers commented that the album leaves off some of the score - but the CD comes in at 73 minutes, so you can't really complain that you don't get ... Read More:

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The Dark Knight [VINYL]

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by: Various

Release Date August 11, 2008
I bought this on a whim, just out of interest really, and didn't expect that I'd go back for repeated listens. On the one hand the score is quite predictably "Hollywood blockbuster"-ish with lots of big drums, urgent marcato strings and dark industrial synth sounds. But you get past that, and the vision of the score becomes clearer over repeated listens, and I began to find it a very satisfying piece of work, and as an album, feel that the narrative and coherence works really well: the album flows seamlessly. Recommended for children of darkness everywhere.

On a different note, some reviewers commented that the album leaves off some of the score - but the CD comes in at 73 minutes, so you can't really complain that you don't get ... Read More:

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The Dark Knight [Special Collectors Edition]

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by: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Release Date December 08, 2008
This 2CD set will be amazing. The original release was a brilliant CD and Zimmer and Howard excelled themselves beating there previous excellent effort for Batman Begins. I listened to it over and over again. I get quite annoyed at these though. As a soundtrack fan I wish they would release the complete soundtrack first time round as I resent having to buy them twice. That said this is a must have just for the 2nd disc. The first is identical to the original single disc release. Oh and once again Amazon have gone in at the deep end with the price. Just as they did with the Complete Indiana Jones. This is available for £10 less elsewhere. Amazon lost a sale from me the last time even though when the item was released they brought there price down ... Read More: