Re: Batman Dark Knight OST 2008 320Kbps
Matt Dreher
The end of the album takes the score into new territory. "Watch the World Burn" is a dark, full string chorus playing with a sorrowful and tragic tone. It sounds most like something out of Gladiator or The Happening. This tone continues through to the epic "A Dark Knight" finale cue. The last statement of the Batman theme is not triumphant, but performed by a quiet horn and solo cello backed by the anxiety theme for the first half. The latter part of the cue slows and delves into even darker territory. This score highlight\'s Batman\'s role in Gotham as the hero the city deserves, but not the one it needs. He is the dark knight after all, in contrast to Harvey Dent\'s white knight. Rousing brass themes do not belong with this character. The main theme, that two-note rising brass theme, is stated at the end of the cue a few times over the electronic anxiety motif and then fades to an uneasy ending.