Hans Zimmer Promises An "Epic" Score For The Dark Knight Rises!

Hans Zimmer Promises An "Epic" Score For The Dark Knight Rises!

The composer of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight talks a little more about his work on the third installment of the franchise, spilling a few teasers about what we can expect to see in the movie...

By JoshWilding - Feb 15, 2011 02:02 PM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight Rises
Source: MTV Splash Page

Here is an excerpt from the composer's brief interview with MTV Splash Page. For more, be sure to head on over to the site by clicking the link below.



"Ugh. No, no, no, no. There's definitely a D minor in it. Absolutely. We've got some D minor going on. No, we are thinking hard about that one right now. That's going to be extraordinary. No, I'm not going to say. The one thing I can tell you is that it's going to be a lot more epic. Extraordinarily epic."

"I don't know, it's like, 'What's epic these days?' I think there's something in the core of the story that allows you to get the music much bigger and much more sort of, iconic."


The Dark Knight Rises is set to be released on July 20, 2012!




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Dynamo
Dynamo - 2/15/2011, 2:23 PM
...Oh now I'm [frick]ing pumped. We've seen bits of a Batman theme in the previous movies. Let's hear a fully fledged theme. This is the reason why I don't think Bruce will die at the end of the movie. "The Dark Knight Rises"; this is Bruce's journey into fully becoming Batman!
Anthrax
Anthrax - 2/15/2011, 2:27 PM
extrodinarly great!
fattieacid
fattieacid - 2/15/2011, 2:39 PM
Hans Zimmer is GOD
TheJester187
TheJester187 - 2/15/2011, 2:48 PM
@grif you dont know what your talking bout. Your going to shit your pampers when you see this!
BruceWayneNewton
BruceWayneNewton - 2/15/2011, 2:49 PM
He created some of the best music of all time with the soundtrack to Gladiator. If he tells us that it will be epic, we had better believe him.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 2/15/2011, 2:50 PM
I wish hans zimmer would follow me around making a soundtrack of my life. Then my life would be Epic sounding....and full of a lot of BBBBRRRRRRRMMMMS ;)
TheDetectiveComicRises
TheDetectiveComicRises - 2/15/2011, 2:51 PM
I believe him! Zimmer is great, Nolan is great, Bale is great, the whole cast & crew is great, The Batman is the greatest!
Jakeroo
Jakeroo - 2/15/2011, 2:54 PM
@theblackwidow...You want a guy to follow you around???
I'll do it. :) ...A very epic romance.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 2/15/2011, 2:55 PM
cant wait!:D
Highball
Highball - 2/15/2011, 2:58 PM
Is James Newton Howard still going to collaborate with him? I hope so, they make a great team.
@ TheBlackWidow - Hahaha! You just had me think about a morning routine, having breakfast and all, all scored to the Inception PPPAAAAAAARRRRRR!!! Now that would make for a funny sketch!
Toast pop out! PPPAAAARRR!!!
Starts shower! PPPAAAARRR!!!
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 2/15/2011, 3:09 PM
I am expecting a DiCaprio cameo.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 2/15/2011, 3:10 PM
Proof that Inception can make ANYTHING seem epic
RaMan
RaMan - 2/15/2011, 3:12 PM
I still feel that there is one more villain they need to add like perhaps a Black Mask, Killer Croc or even someone playing this guy:
CaptainDingy
CaptainDingy - 2/15/2011, 3:37 PM
why do people think this movie will suck? I mean seriously its christopher nolan, the worst movie he has ever made was insomnia and that film was still amazing. obviously it wont be as good as TDK cause that film was just mind blowing on how good it was, but you can defiantly count on it being better than Batman begins (not that batman begins was a bad film or anything)
hatrick3
hatrick3 - 2/15/2011, 3:50 PM
Begins was actually the better of the two films by Nolan. I hope there will be more of Bats using the grappling gun and swinging round in Rises. Not a single instance of that TDK. Ropes and a cave!
HAQ
HAQ - 2/15/2011, 3:53 PM
Hope he not over-epic-s it.
Teois42
Teois42 - 2/15/2011, 4:26 PM
More epic than The Kraken or Davy Jones' theme? That's gonna be hard if that's what he wants! I can't wait!!
tumbler
tumbler - 2/15/2011, 4:29 PM
@BlackWidow, I agree w/ u, i have all his soundtracks, he [frick]in rules...
SHHH
SHHH - 2/15/2011, 4:42 PM
Your'e Kids listening to Mozart makes em Genius.. Have em Listen to Hans Zimmer Makes em Bad Ass..

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naterator
naterator - 2/15/2011, 4:48 PM
i hope he gets signed to do the MAN OF STEEL SOUNDTRACK
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 2/15/2011, 5:56 PM
Hans Zimmer is going to make epic music

In other news, the sun rose and set today

lol

but seriously Hans Zimmer is a bloody genius

Dont get me wrong, love the Danny Elfman theme & I will always have fond memories of it but the Zimmer one is so much more badass and just reminds me of Batman so much more
Dusk
Dusk - 2/15/2011, 6:10 PM
Nolan+Zimmer=BETTER BE THE MOST EPICALLY EPIC OF EPICS OF EPICALLY EPIC PROPORTIONS!!! In other words, EPIC!!!
SentinelofLiberty
SentinelofLiberty - 2/15/2011, 7:20 PM
@deanwilson, have you seen "Memento"? It came before Insomnia, and it was a much better watch, IMHO.
Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 2/15/2011, 8:45 PM
Hey Witness, the 1960's Batman theme is my ringtone. It's freaking awesome.
blue18
blue18 - 2/15/2011, 8:47 PM
Oh my gosh!!! When Hans Zimmer says the word 'epic', you better ask how epic it will be, and then he always responds back with SOMETHING BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION!!!!!!!! Absolutely adored the first two movies, and Zimmer's score was a great attribute to both films. CANNOT WAIT!!!!!
musicsuperhero1
musicsuperhero1 - 2/15/2011, 9:07 PM
@ grif AND grifdeadpoolteabag: TROLL MUCH??!! ...you j@cka$$e$ need to get a life!! you post the same thing everywhere

ANYWAY...Zimmer will bring it..it will be life-changing...

i agree that this will be Bruce becoming full-out batman--we'll get to see his darker/sleeker scary side and his detective side more. Batman will come full circle.

heres hoping for Talia Al Ghul
AEStark
AEStark - 2/15/2011, 9:35 PM
@ grif
So you love the first two, but you hate this one? Wow. Griefers.
slimybug
slimybug - 2/16/2011, 7:55 AM
So does this mean that James Newton Howard is not returning with him then?
nickh0801
nickh0801 - 2/16/2011, 9:50 AM
The music in Gladiator near the beginning where Russel Crow is in the woods fighting is very similar to the Pirates of The Caribbean theme...
SeanWDEN
SeanWDEN - 2/16/2011, 12:20 PM
Found some interesting news, dont know if the site is 100% reliable or not, but

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/113321/20110216/marion-cotillard-joseph-gordon-levitt-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-talia-al-ghul-roman-sionis.htm

Kind of expected, JGL kind of surprising though. Someone can start an article, i dont know how to
Themanwhosoldtheworld
Themanwhosoldtheworld - 2/16/2011, 5:54 PM
I'm sure is gonna be BEYOND EPIC!!...
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