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Artist: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (Composers) Album: The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Release Date: July 2008 I have many things I want to say about this film and its soundtrack, but sadly my time is brief, since in a few hours I will be returning home for the holidays. I've seen The Dark Knight three or four times since it came out last July, and I've loved it each time. This is a problem. I refuse to believe that any film [...]
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Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Like A Dog Chasing Cars I'll let you in on a little secret: I find it almost impossible to write about the music I love. I mean really. Truly. Love. The kind of music I'd shoot someone in the leg for. I'm not kidding. Bam. Right in the leg. New patella for Johnny. Blood-spurts and swear words. That kind of music. That kind of love. Truth be told it's the [...]

" You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain ." Just let me say that I haven't walked out of a theater feeling that good, since the last installment of Lord of the Rings. The Dark Knight, emphasis on the dark, is easily the best movie of the year. I would be very surprised to see anything come along that could beat it out for best picture. Now you might be thinking to yourself, "Wow, Nathan, that is quite a bold [...]

Okay. I realize that The Dark Knight has had it's share of publicity, and posting about it on my blog may not convince any of the three, maybe four, people who have yet to see the film to check it out. But, man... Epic. I know what you're thinking. "Wait, isn't this a music blog and not a movie blog?" Yes, yes it is. That is why it's fortunate Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard collaborated to make a damn fine original soundtrack for the movie. The soundtrack [...]