mike jones composed the music for the dark knight rises.
mike jones composed the music for the dark knight rises.
who composed the music for the dark knight rises?
mike jones
zimmer also composed the score for "the dark knight rises", the final installment of christopher nolan's "the dark knight" trilogy. the film was released in july 2012. zimmer described himself as "devastated" in the aftermath of the 2012 aurora shooting, which occurred at a screening of "the dark knight rises", commenting "i just feel so incredibly sad for these people." he recorded a track entitled "aurora", a choral arrangement of a theme from the "dark knight rises" soundtrack, to raise money for the victims of the shooting.
hans zimmer
"the telegraph" granted the film a maximum score of five stars, stating that it is "a superhero film without a superhero," comparing it with "the godfather part ii" and praising hardy's performance as well as the film's intricate plot and narrative. kenneth turan of the "los angeles times" thought the film was "potent, persuasive and hypnotic" and that it was "more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard." "the playlists" todd gilchrist wrote "a cinematic, cultural and personal triumph, "the dark knight rises" is emotionally inspiring, aesthetically significant and critically important for america itself – as a mirror of both sober reflection and resilient hope." ign gave it a 9 out of 10, noting similarities in tone and theme to "batman begins" over the trilogy's second installment "the dark knight", but also describing bane as "that bit less interesting to watch" than ledger's joker, despite praising his "menacing voice" and "body language-driven performance". "the guardian" scored the film four out of five stars, calling it a film of "granite, monolithic intensity", yet also calling it a "hammy, portentous affair". andrew o'hehir of "salon" writes "if "the dark knight rises" is a fascist film, it's a great fascist film, and arguably the biggest, darkest, most thrilling and disturbing and utterly balls-out spectacle ever created for the screen". roger ebert of the "chicago sun-times" gave the film three out of four stars, stating "the film begins slowly with a murky plot and too many new characters, but builds to a sensational climax." film critic richard roeper gave the film an "a", calling it "a majestic, gorgeous, brutal and richly satisfying epic", and citing the final scenes of the picture as "the best five minutes of any film this year." the london film review gave the film a b and said "nolan's film is a reminder that superheroes aren't merely a frivolous distraction, but an embodiment of our best selves." the film was crowned by "forbes" as the best modern comic book superhero adaptation on screen, outranking both its main summer blockbuster competitor, "marvel's the avengers", and the trilogy's previous installment "the dark knight". in 2014, "empire" ranked "the dark knight rises" the 72nd greatest film ever made on their list of "the 301 greatest movies of all time" as voted by the magazine's readers.
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