The Dark Knight (2 CD Special Edition)
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Composer: Hans ZimmerComposer: James Newton Howard
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Soundtrack, Special Edition
CD Release Date: 2008-12-09
Music Label: Warner Bros.
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Why So Serious?
- I'm Not A Hero
- Harvey Two-Face
- Aggressive Expansion
- Always A Catch
- Blood On My Hands
- A Little Push
- Like A Dog Chasing Cars
- I Am The Batman
- And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad
- Agent Of Chaos
- Introduce A Little Anarchy
- Watch The World Burn
- A Dark Knight
- Bank Robbery (Prologue)
- Buyer Beware
- Halfway To Hong Kong
- Decent Men In An Indecent Time
- You're Gonna Love Me
- Chance
- You Complete Me
- The Ferries
- We Are Tonight's Entertainment
- A Watchful Guardian
- Why So Serious?(The Crystal Method Remix)
- Poor Choice Of Words(Paul van Dyk Remix)
- Gunpowder And Gasoline(Remix by Mel Wesson)
- Rory's First Kiss(Remix by Ryeland Allison)
Music reviews of The Dark Knight (2 CD Special Edition)
Music Review: The soundtrack that Gotham needs but not the one it deserves
Rating: 4 Stars
Less than 6 months after the release of the original motion picture soundtrack, a 2-disc "Special Edition" is released obviously to cash in on the film's unprecedented box office success earning $530 million domestically and almost $1 billion worldwide making The Dark Knight the second highest grossing (unadjusted) film in history since the mighty Titanic.
The teaming of James-Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer is the perfect synthesis of orchestral and electronic scoring and together they have created a bold, epic masterpiece that was edited and missing several cues on its initial soundtrack album and it was apparent that they were holding out some material for an inevitable expanded release further down the road. Surprisingly, we didn't have to wait very long for it.
While it is marketed as a "Special Edition" (not to be confused with the The Dark Knight Limited Edition digi-pack of the original release") such wording can be misleading by giving the buyer the impression that they are getting the "complete" uncut score and for the price one would expect nothing less than the kind of exemplary release demonstrated by The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring (The Complete Recordings) with correct arrangements and alternate versions. Some may be disappointed that all of the unreleased cues appear entirely on Disc 2 while Disc 1 is a straight reissue of the original album that most fans probably already have and not in the proper sequential arrangement of the film. For example Bank Robbery (Prologue) is track 1 on Disc 2 and "We Are Tonight's Entertainment" (Disc 2 track 9) should precede "A Little Push" (Disc 1 track 7), etc. I prefer to listen to film scores in their linear film arrangement so if you want to listen to both CDs in their proper film sequencing it will require some daft "re-editing" since several tracks contain cues that were edited together such as "I'm Not A Hero" which follows the Bank Robbery scene but contains music from the Hong Kong scene appearing later in the film.
This is a solid 5-star score and one of the most memorable film scores I have heard in a long time. All of the previously unreleased cues are compiled onto the second disc and the 4 bonus electronica remixes are interesting but just seem more like filler material for the rest of the second disc. I'm surprised they didn't just release these on a separate album entirely marketed as "Music Inspired By The Dark Knight." I would have preferred to hear composers' outtakes or alternate versions of the score instead and most importantly have them completely un-edited and arranged correctly. On the other hand, the hardbound collector's booklet and the slipcase packaging are nice and help to give it "a little push" for collectors to have but it's kind of a tossup. If you haven't already bought the original album, this is the obvious choice to buy but for those who already purchased it it's kind of a sneaky double-dip dilemma worthy of Two-Face himself, but a choice you'll have to make if you're a fan.
This CD deserves a better class of soundtrack.
Description of The Dark Knight (2 CD Special Edition)
'The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' returns with the ASCAP-winning composers from Batman Begins- Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard for a powerful orchestral score. The Special Edition features the complete score on two CD's plus four bonus remix tracks; it also contains an 8x8x40 page hardbound book.Pop CDs
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