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| Jan 02 |
The Dark Knight/Batman Begins Piano Themes MedleyHoHoChoPat asked: **NOW WITH ANNOTATIONS** SHEET MUSIC IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON. Actually, more like MIDI file. A medley of themes from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight… apologies for mistakes, a crappy piano, and the extremely crappy quality of a built-in laptop microphone. Hope it inspires more people to do their own (and perhaps better) takes… Pieces of music come from tracks from Batman Begins: Eptesicus (”Training”) The Dark Knight: I’m Not a Hero Related Blogs
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| Nov 04 |
The Dark Knight Movie Clip Joker Crashes The PartyTheDarkKnight67 asked: an awesome clip from the dark knight RELATED: |
| Aug 24 |
The Sound of ‘The Dark Knight’AssociatedPress asked: EntertainmentEntertainmentExtraThe Sound of ‘The Dark Knight’The Sound of ‘The Dark Knight’The Associated PressComposers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard reunite to score the music for “The Dark Knight.” The two previously worked together in 2005 for ‘Batman Begins’ and caught up with The AP to talk about the project. (July 18)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:Batman movie clip]In movies, music often sets the mood …In “The Dark Knight,” music tells the story almost as much as the plot itself. [Notes:Sound up on clip with strong soundtrack] [Notes:Zimmer/Howard at NYC premiere, backtimed to the sound bite]For that, credit composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who caught up with The AP at the movie’s world premiere in New York. SOUNDBITE:HANS ZIMMER: “There was a weird, quiet intensity from the go.”JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: “Was it exhausting?”HANS ZIMMER: “Thank you for the question. It was exhausting. I don’t think I’ve worked so hard. I mean right at the end, the last session, I was seriously afraid.”JAMES NEWTON HOWARD: “The only reason we stopped recording is because Hans fell on the couch and said, ‘I’m done.’”HANS ZIMMER: “Actually, Chris said, ‘I think we’ve recorded enough.’” Zimmer, an Oscar winner, and Howard, a seven-time nominee, previously collaborated on ‘Batman Begins’ in 2005. Combined, their films have grossed more than five billion dollars. [Notes:Handout video from Warner Bros. of performance] The composers performed the movie’s theme song — complete with a laser light show — at the premiere. They say putting together the 14-song soundtrack was tough, but collaboratingwith the cast and crew made things easier.SOUNDBITE: Hans Zimmer “You start with a conversation, you start with a conversation between us, between Chris. You go to the set, you read the script, you talk to Gary Oldman, you know. You grab anyone you can because all you have is a blank page and you’re just feeling it up with ideas, and then you sit there and you struggle, and eventually you have to stop procrastinating.”Fans seem to like what they hear … The Dark Knight soundtrack is climbing the i-Tunes most popular list. [Notes:Close with strong soundtrack clip from movie] Ed Donahue, The Associated Press.(****END****) |
| Jul 23 |
The Dark Knight (2008) Shooting Outside The Boxxkarlox asked: About shooting in IMAX. OS ANGELES — All directors promise that their sequels will be bigger and flashier than the predecessors’. But Christopher Nolan doesn’t mess around. The director’s sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, will become the first feature film to be partly shot in the IMAX format, an expensive and cumbersome process that typically is the province of documentaries and short films. Nolan will shoot four action sequences — including the introduction of the Joker, played by Heath Ledger — on IMAX. The move is one of Hollywood’s most pronounced steps yet in its embrace of IMAX theaters, which are increasingly showing commercial fare on their giant screens. “There’s simply nothing like seeing a movie that way,” Nolan says. “It’s more immersive for the audience. I wish I could shoot the entire thing this way.” Typically, the feature films that play in IMAX theaters are simply stretched out to fill the enormous screens. That can dilute the picture quality and give the movie a wide, squat look. Shooting on IMAX, Nolan says, will have a twofold effect. The four scenes will fill the IMAX screens, some of which are eight stories high. And in traditional theaters, the scenes will appear more vivid (think high-definition television over standard). Don’t expect many movies to follow suit. Only 280 IMAX theaters are in operation worldwide, and fewer than 100 show feature films. And shooting in the format is difficult. IMAX film, which is 10 times the size of standard film stock, is costly and must be shot using bulky cameras. And “they’re loud,” Nolan says. “We had to figure a way to eliminate the sound so we could shoot dialogue.” In a rarity for Hollywood, the payoff isn’t primarily financial, so far. “It doesn’t have a huge effect yet on the money you bring in,” says Chris Aronson, a distribution chief with 20th Century Fox, which carried Night at the Museum on IMAX. “But it does help make your movie more of an event.” For Nolan, IMAX makes the moviegoing experience unique again. “You can’t do this on any home theater,” Nolan says. “Batman has some of the most extraordinary characters in pop culture. We wanted the Joker to have the grandest entrance possible. “I figured if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie.” |
| Jul 01 |
Batman Gotham Knight DVD review by Fury of the Film FanFuryoftheFilmFan asked: No no, not THE DARK KNIGHT coming soon, this is the DVD released anthology. Set between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. |
| Jun 10 |
The Dark Knight (A.K.A. Batman) Goes ShoppingGriffith84 asked: I made this video as a going away present for my buddy to college. Hope you enjoy. If your wondering what the song is its from the Batman Begins Soundtrack song number 10 called Molossus. Also I made the suit I got everything I needed off eBay and around the internet. Last check out my myspace for pics of my costumes. www.myspace,com/funnyguyderek |
| May 22 |
The Dark Knight Outtakes + Deleted ScenesMutilatorTroy asked: Here are some bootlegged outtakes and deleted scenes from The Dark Knight and Batman Begins. |
| Apr 07 |
Batman Tech Bat PodChrisIIIcube asked: As if there weren’t enough hype and heartbreak hovering over The Dark Knight, director Chris Nolan had one more headache facing him, right there in his garage, for his latest Batman film: how to top the Tumbler—a two-and-a-half ton, bulletproof Batmobile that leapt 60 ft. and did a sub-five zero to 60 in Batman Begins. His solution? Ditch the spoiler-and-fin sports car mod of Batmobile lore. Hell, ditch the sports car altogether. After all, Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne already has a Lambo in The Dark Knight, which opens tomorrow. Enter the Bat-Pod, a motorcycle-ATV hybrid that lands eye-popping stunts sans CGI, a hand-built bike that fires grappling hooks—while shape-shifting. After picking through junkyards, a local Home Depot and that surprisingly hands-on garage, Nolan and production designer Nathan Crowley took a month to assemble a foam-and-plastic model for Batman’s new ride—enough like the Tumbler, but with a heavy-hauling look of its own. “But to actually have a look at what we were thinking, we went down to Warner [Brothers] and got the front wheels off the Batmobile,” Crowley says. When he first laid eyes on the Bat-Pod mockup, special effects supervisor Chris Corbould wasn’t sure if his director actually knew anything about motorcycles. But that’s what makes The Dark Knight at once a throwback superhero movie and a green-screen-light breakthrough in digital Hollywood: It turns fantasy into reality. And building a concept vehicle without a team of automotive engineers was one of its biggest challenges. “The gauntlet had been thrown down,” Corbould says. While the filmmakers and Warner Brothers have been tight-lipped about any vehicle specs in the movie, Corbould clearly had to reinvent how a motorcycle’s systems make it run. Nolan and Crowley’s original sketches had no tailpipe, but anything with a motor needs an outlet for exhaust. Weaving around the bike’s carbon-fiber and Kevlar body and steel chassis, the design team built the exhaust system into the frame, ducting it through the hollow steel/aluminum/magnesium tubing. Two months later, the high-performance, water-cooled, single-cylinder engine—geared toward the lower end for faster acceleration—was ready to power the Pod. Only there was another headache: Who in the world could drive this thing? |
| Apr 03 |
THE DARK KNIGHT - Speed Painting by Nico Di Mattiamacpulenta asked: http://nicodimattia.com |
| Mar 28 |
Batman Begins & The Dark Knight: A TributeMovieMusicandMoments asked: A collection of great moments from these two fantastic films. Christian Bale Heath Ledger The Joker Morgan Freeman Michael Caine Batman Dark Knight Comics Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |