Now that you’ve (hopefully) scored your tickets to the concluding entry in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, it’s time to start making logistical preparations for the sure-to-be-packed midnight event at your local theater. In the meantime, Warner Bros. has marked the ticket sale occasion by releasing a new TV spot for The Dark Knight Rises that shows a bit of new footage. Yes, the doom and gloom continues with Michael Caine’s Alfred proclaiming that Bane was “born and raised in hell on earth,” but I’m happy to see some shades of the humor that was sprinkled throughout Batman Begins but was more or less absent in the earnest yet swell follow-up The Dark Knight. Additionally, the soundtrack listing for Hans Zimmer’s score has also landed online along with possible artwork.
Hit the jump to check out the latest TV spot and soundtrack listing. The film also stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Morgan Freeman. The Dark Knight Rises opens on July 20th.
Here’s the soundtrack listing and possible album artwork (via Hans-Zimmer.com):
01. A Storm Is Coming (0:37)
02. On Thin Ice (2:55)
03. Gotham’s Reckoning (4:08)
04. Mind If I Cut In? (3:27)
05. Underground Army (3:12)
06. Born In Darkness (1:57)
07. The Fire Rises (5:33)
08. Nothing Out There (2:51)
09. Despair (3:14)
10. Fear Will Find You (3:08)
11. Why Do We Fall? (2:03)
12. Death By Exile (0:23)
13. Imagine The Fire (7:25)
14. Necessary Evil (3:16)
15. Rise (7:11)
TOTAL TIME: 51:20
Here’s the official synopsis for The Dark Knight Rises along with all of our recent coverage:
Warner Bros. Pictures’and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”) reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster “The Dark Knight.” The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
Click here for all our Dark Knight Rises coverage or check out the links below.
- Advance Tickets Now On Sale
- New footage from the MTV Movie Awards
- Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Trailer 3
- Warner Bros. Initially Wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler for The Dark Knight Rises
- Gotham Rogues Wide Receiver Hines Ward Action Figure
- Christopher Nolan Says He Was “Nervous” to Include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises; Christian Bale Talks the Future of the Franchise
- TV Spot “Retired”
- 20 Things to Know from our The Dark Knight Rises Set Visit
- Limited Edition The Dark Knight Rises-Themed Nokia Phone
- TV Spot, Banners, Images, SDCC Action Figure, and Promo Posters
- Mega Gallery featuring 50 Images and 15 Posters
- Catwoman Poster
- New Footage to Premiere During the MTV Movie Awards
- Set Visit Preview and Four New Banners
- 2 New TV spots
- New Image and Poster Highlighting Bane’s Mask
- Images of the Tumbler and Bat-Pod from the Tumbler Tour
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While TDK was very dark and serious, it had just as much humor as Batman Begins did.
“Why Do We Fall?”
I’m telling you, Alfred’s gonna die.
I hope not. I really don’t wanna cry in public.
Huh? WTF. Seriously that cannot happen.
Chitwood sounds like a good writer.
And I am definitely looking forward to the soundtrack.
Only 5 weeks!!!
The official synopsis is not a synopsis at all. It’s just saying what the movie is. There is nothing about the plot.
20 July 2012 Epic Dark Knight Rises is Christian Bale Bruce Wayne- Batman, Sir Michael Caine as Alfred faithful friend and butler, Anne Hathaway as Selina-Catwoman; Joseph Gordon-Levitt is John Blake. Liam Neeson as Ra’s Al Ghul, Marion Cotillard as Miranda, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox Christopher Nolan is the director of film trilogy, music by Hans Zimmer.
Is it me?, or Bruce Wayne is in a cane in the few shots he appears?
yep . bane fucks him up[
While Bane definitely messes up Batman’s couch in this one, my sense is that the cane shots are from early in the film, and represent past injuries suffered circa TDK.
Just realized that reading the titles of the original music compositions could be spoilers. I’m assuming the tracks are in the order they will appear in the film and if that’s the case they could be pretty self-explanatory
I don’t think they’re in order. The prologue — which was 5 minutes 30 seconds long — isn’t the first song. The track “The Fire Rises” seems to be the appropriate length and title, and that’s halfway through the track list.
The officially released scores for Nolan’s Batman films have been loosely in order, but with several tracks having been recut, cues moved around, parts from this scene are also over here now…
So… its like a loose outline, but I wouldn’t worry too much. Plus they’re nice enough to keep the bulk of the track names ambiguous.
The Prometheus score (which is fantastic btw) is all over the place as far as order.
“On Thin Ice”
Batman Begins reference?
Enlighten me.
Training scene with Ra’s on the ice in Begins. Where he says Bruce needs to mind his surroundings.