Batman Begins composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard returned to score the sequel. Composition began before shooting, and during filming Nolan received an iPod with ten hours of recordings. Their nine-minute suite for the Joker, "Why So Serious?," is based around two notes. Zimmer compared its style to that of Kraftwerk, a band from his native Germany, as well as bands like The Damned. When Ledger died, Zimmer felt like scrapping and composing a new theme, but decided that he could not be sentimental and compromise the "evil [Ledger's performance] projects." Howard composed Dent's "elegant and beautiful" themes, which are brass-focused. Batman Begins composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard returned to score the sequel. Composition began before shooting, and during filming Nolan received an iPod with ten hours of recordings. Their nine-minute suite for the Joker, "Why So Serious?," is based around two notes. Zimmer compared its style to that of Kraftwerk, a band from his native Germany, as well as bands like The Damned. When Ledger died, Zimmer felt like scrapping and composing a new theme, but decided that he could not be sentimental and compromise the "evil [Ledger's performance] projects." Howard composed Dent's "elegant and beautiful" themes, which are brass-focused. false 2025-11-07 23:20:39 The Dark Knight 2008 2008-07-15 2008-07-15 146 Modern Classical 112475 2118617 814b2f7b-c27c-451e-abac-a316d2e6cea9 e6de1f3b-6484-491c-88dd-6d619f142abc 61618612-a433-30c3-81d0-4d7df75d7cee /config/metadata/library/29/291b5d20dab4074a6d054e820c76fe9b/folder.jpg Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer & Henry Jackman Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard & Henry Jackman Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard & Lorne Balfe James Newton Howard Mel Wesson Paul van Dyk Ryeland Allison The Crystal Method Hans Zimmer Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard 1 1 Why So Serious? 09:14 1 2 I'm Not a Hero 06:35 1 3 Harvey Two-Face 06:16 1 4 Aggressive Expansion 04:36 1 5 Always a Catch 01:40 1 6 Blood on My Hands 02:16 1 7 A Little Push 02:43 1 8 Like a Dog Chasing Cars 05:03 1 9 I Am the Batman 02:00 1 10 And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad 02:29 1 11 Agent of Chaos 06:55 1 12 Introduce a Little Anarchy 03:42 1 13 Watch the World Burn 03:48 1 14 A Dark Knight 16:15 2 1 Bank Robbery (Prologue) 05:23 2 2 Buyer Beware 02:55 2 3 Halfway to Hong Kong 03:43 2 4 Decent Men in an Indecent Time 02:50 2 5 You're Gonna Love Me 04:51 2 6 Chance 03:33 2 7 You Complete Me 04:50 2 8 The Ferries 09:57 2 9 We Are Tonight's Entertainment 05:37 2 10 A Watchful Guardian 06:45 2 11 Why So Serious? (The Crystal Method remix) 05:30 2 12 Poor Choice of Words (The Paul Van Dyk remix) 06:14 2 13 Gunpowder and Gasoline (Mel Wesson remix) 04:33 2 14 Rory's First Kiss (Ryeland Allison remix) 06:03