With a year packed with exceptional films came an even greater year for cinematic soundtracks. In several cases, the soundtrack was far better the film for which it was scored.
Yesterday, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences released their nomination list for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Among those selected for possible honors stand the scores for The Dark Knight Rises, The Artist, The Muppets, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, The Hunger Games, Brave and more!
This year three composing titans will go head-to-head in the Best Score category; John Williams was nominated for his standout work in Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin; Hans Zimmer received a nomination for the epic sounds…(Click title above to continue reading)
By far one of the most anticipated soundtracks of 2012, The Dark Knight Rises OST seals Christopher Nolan’s trilogy with an intensely epic sound that won’t be forgotten. Composer Hans Zimmer cleverly blends the familiar with the new, all while creating unique sounds for both Bane and Selina Kyle. The soundtrack, just like the last two, tells its own story; Zimmer doesn’t rely on recycled tracks to carry the score, instead he infuses each song with his own touch of magic.
The score begins with “A Storm is Coming”, as the familiar sound of “Verspertilo” of the Batman Begins OST chimes in a slightly different count. Clocking in at just 37 seconds, it’s just enough, barely teasing us for what’s to come. Zimmer then moves us into “On Thin Ice”. It’s one of the few tracks without the percussion section, and stands out for that very reason. This is the first time we hear Batman’s theme, it’s faint, but definitely there. Perhaps signaling towards a Gotham in search of their hero. The song bleeds into “Gotham’s Reckoning”…. (Click link above to read more)
This marks composer Hans Zimmer‘s fourth collaboration with director Christopher Nolan, including the first two Batman films and Inception. Originally James Newton Howard (who worked with Zimmer on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) was going to return as well, but decided that Nolan and Zimmer “had established such good chemistry working on Inception, and he didn’t want to be a third wheel.”
The soundtrack is set to hit shelves on July 17th, but you can pre-order it on CD or Vinyl (oooh, vinyl) through Amazon… (Click link above to listen to the soundtrack in full).
As July 20th quickly approaches, Nolan and the team are giving the last stretch of promotion everything they’ve got… not that we need it. If the promo team decided to stop all advertising efforts tomorrow, the film would still make bank, but we’re all thankful that won’t happen anytime soon! Nothing gets fans more pumped than a some new footage and TV spots.
First thing’s first, the track list for The Dark Knight Riseshas just been released thanks to JWFan.com. The legendary Hans Zimmer has once again returned to give the Dark Knight the sound it deserves. Expect Zimmer to carry over several key musical themes from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight into this soundtrack while also giving us something new and fresh.
