The Dark Knight (Limited Edition)
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Free Music Review: Works better with the film than by itself
Hit: 3 Stars
After watching the film the first time, I got my hands on the score and after having heard it on its own two feet, I was kind of disappointed. The first track on the soundtrack, "Why So Serious?" is without a doubt, the best track of them all. It brings you back to those first ten minutes of the film, where the Joker is introduced in what could arguably be one of the most memorable opening scenes ever filmed. But from there on, the score becomes little more than repetitive. There are some good pieces, namely "A Dark Knight" and "Harvey Two-Face" but this score doesn't really stand up to a solo listen and sounds like the same thing over and over. I think Zimmer and Howard's work on Batman Begins was a little better than this or at least easier to listen to on its own merits.
Now this isn't to say that the music is bad. When watching the film with the score in place, the film and music work together perfectly. On its own though, it comes off as a bit dull.
Free Music Review: Stronger and intenser !
Hit: 3 Stars
Indeed , this second installement of Nolan's Batman movies has a soundtrack much stronger and intenser then Batman Begins from a few years ago . I listened to the track samples on the official site , those are way too short to get an idea of how good Zimmer and Newton composed this fine piece of music . This is not background music while you're eating dinner , this is a cd filled with emotions and I even use some tracks like "I thought my jokes were bad" while I'm running to keep me going , otherwise in the car when I turn up the volume I relive some of the scenes of the movie again . But even if you haven't seen the movie and you can appreciate a good quality soundtrack this is highly recommended .
The special edition doesn't cost a lot more so I opted for the fancy cover , otherwise there is not much special about this edition compared to the reular version .
Free Music Review: A 5-Star Soundtrack, a Disappointing "Limited Edition"
Hit: 3 Stars
The music and track listing on the "limited edition" are exactly the same as those on the regular CD/iTunes release...so you're paying a couple of dollars more for different packaging, which includes exclusive photos. With the advent of digital music stores and the decrease of CDs, I would have expected more "incentive" to buy the physical CD. Consumers have spoken in droves: They want the music, not the plastic, and voting with their money by buying from Amazon's music store and iTunes. Why the record company decided to release two CD versions for the same music is a mystery.Free Music Review: This soundtrack is another casualty in the loudness war
Hit: 1 Stars
The music on this album is great, but the mastering of the CD itself is terrible. There's so much dynamic compression that many parts of it are unlistenable -- some are even painful. I haven't heard mastering this bad since the soundtracks for the last two Pirates of the Caribbean movies (also by Hans Zimmer, interestingly).
If you're going to make MP3s from this album and listen to them with a pair of cheap earbuds, you might not notice the problem. But with a decent set of headphones or a real stereo system you'll hear some harsh digital distortion in the loud parts of the tracks.
Audiophiles, don't buy this album. Complain to Warner Sunset/Warner Bros. instead.
For more information, do a Google search for "loudness war."