Track Listing
Disc One
| # | Title | Length | Key Scenes/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Why So Serious?" | 9:14 | Played whenever the Joker appears. This cue is named after the line Joker tells Gambol. Hans Zimmer was the composer of this piece and tried using different experiments on instruments to create a wide variety of distinctive noises for the piece. |
| 2 | "I'm Not a Hero" | 6:34 | Directly after the bank robbery (when Mike Engel is interviewing the Mayor), when Chechen meets Scarecrow about the drugs that Crane sold to him, when the plane lands in the water to pick up Bruce and when Batman is in Hong Kong retrieving Lau. Edited slightly when Mr. Reese tries blackmailing Lucius Fox. This cue is named when Batman says "Because I'm not a hero. Not like Dent." Played in sections throughout movie. Also was used in the opening logos. |
| 3 | "Harvey Two-Face" | 6:16 | Harvey Dent and Two-Face's theme. This cue is named when Gordon tells Harvey's nickname which is "Harvey-Two-Face". James Newton Howard was the composer. |
| 4 | "Aggressive Expansion" | 4:35 | The first part is played at the end of movie; the scene when Batman escapes on his Batpod. The middle is during Fox's meeting with Lau in Hong Kong. The end is played when the Joker kills Commissioner Loeb, Judge Surillo, and comes for Harvey Dent at the party saying: 'We made it'! The name comes from the Joker line: "There's a lot of potential for aggressive expansion." |
| 5 | "Always a Catch" | 1:39 | The beginning is while the Joker wildly guns down other cars demanding Batman hit him. This line is not said in the film, but would have been placed during the scene where Gordon and Batman discuss the Joker's ferry situation. The script has Gordon yelling to Batman: "Then he'll blow them both up! There's no time- we have to go in now-" and Batman responds: "There's always a catch with him-" before getting ready to rescue the hostages from the hospital. |
| 6 | "Blood on My Hands" | 2:16 | During Harvey Dent and Gordon's first scene together. This one is named for when Bruce says: "Maybe, but I have enough blood on my hands." |
| 7 | "A Little Push" | 2:42 | While Harvey threatens a thug using his coin and a revolver. This one is named from when the Joker says his last line in the film: "Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it needs is a little push." |
| 8 | "Like a Dog Chasing Cars" | 5:02 | Commissioner Gordon co-ordinates the assault on the Joker's building, but Batman interrupts him and glides to the building. The heroic theme around the two-minute mark is unused in the film. Part of the score is used just before "Introduce a Little Anarchy" in the film. The cue is named after the hospital scene in which The Joker tells Harvey Dent "I'm like a dog chasing cars." Also was used in the final credits with other with the beginning of the song "A Dark Knight" and "A Watchful Guardian" |
| 9 | "I Am the Batman" | 1:59 | While Alfred tells Bruce a story of his time in Burma. The cue is titled after the press conference scene when Harvey says that he's Batman. |
| 10 | "And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad" | 2:28 | When Bruce is driving around making sure Mr. Reese is not killed. The title is from when the Joker appears to the mobsters and says "And I thought my jokes were bad." |
| 11 | "Agent of Chaos" | 6:55 | Batman goes to rescue Rachel after the interrogation with the Joker, the Joker escapes, Rachel's death and Harvey's disfigurement, and aftermath. Named when Joker says, "I'm an agent of chaos" during the hospital scene. |
| 12 | "Introduce a Little Anarchy" | 3:42 | Begins as Batman realizes that the Joker has dressed the hostages as his henchmen, "Clowns." Finishes when the Joker pushes Batman through a net. The line is said during the hospital scene. |
| 13 | "Watch the World Burn" | 3:47 | Plays as Harvey Dent/Two-Face holds Gordon and his family at gunpoint. Concludes with Batman tackling Dent. The title is from when Alfred describes the Joker by saying, "Some men just want to watch the world burn." |
| 14 | "A Dark Knight" | 16:14 | A compilation of parts of the ferry scene (in particular, the moment where the Joker counts down to midnight - "And... here... we.. go!"), Fox's arrival to Hong Kong, the ending scene, most of the credits (except its very beginning and its very end), and some album-exclusive cues. The title comes from Gordon's final monologue when he describes Batman as, "a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight." |
Disc Two- (Bonus Special Edition)
| # | Title | Length | Key Scenes/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bank Robbery (Prologue)" | 5:24 | |
| 2 | "Buyer Beware" | 2:56 | When Batman breaks up the meeting between the Chechen and the Scarecrow. The title comes from a line said during the meeting by the Scarecrow in response to the Chechen yelling at him about his toxin. The track contains hints of the Scarecrow's theme from Batman Begins. |
| 3 | "Halfway to Hong Kong" | 3:43 | The first scene in the new "Batcave" and Sal Maroni's trial. The title comes from a line said by Harvey when Lau escapes. |
| 4 | "Decent Men in an Indecent Time" | 2:51 | When Gordon returns home, when Batman tortures Sal Maroni, when Dent threatens Thomas Schiff (before 'A Little Push') and the opening titles. The title comes from the scene where Two-Face, confronted by Batman, says, "You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time!" |
| 5 | "You're Gonna Love Me" | 4:51 | During Dent's conversation with the Mayor in his office when the hanged Batman imposter slams on the window. Also when the Joker is at the penthouse party, Batman arrives, and Rachel is thrown off of the building. Also the end is where Bruce kisses Rachel in his apartment. The title comes from a line said by Batman before he fights the Joker and his men at the fundraiser. |
| 6 | "Chance" | 3:34 | The aftermath of the Joker's attempt to kill the mayor, Harvey claims to be Batman, and when he gives Rachel the coin. The title comes from the scene when Two-Face is confronted by Batman and says, "And the only morality in a cruel world is chance." |
| 7 | "You Complete Me" | 4:51 | During the interrogation between Batman and the Joker, when the Joker kills the Chechen, when Gordon is preparing to ambush the Joker after that, when the Joker places the threat on Mr. Reese and when the Batpod bursts out of the Tumbler. The title comes from a line said by the Joker in the interrogation scene. |
| 8 | "The Ferries" | 9:57 | The scene with the Joker and Harvey in the hospital, the end of the death threat on Reese, the bar scene with Two-Face and Wuertz, when the Joker threatens the ferries, and when Two-Face interrogates Ramirez. |
| 9 | "We Are Tonight's Entertainment" | 5:38 | The climax of the ferry scene, when Batman throws the Joker out of the building and the Joker tells Batman that he had corrupted Harvey. The title comes from a line said by the Joker when he crashes the fundraiser. |
| 10 | "A Watchful Guardian" | 6:45 | From the part where Batman tackles Two-Face until the beginning of the credits (editor Lee Smith A.C.E.), and the very end of the credits. The title comes from combining "A watchful protector" and "silent guardian" in Gordon's monologue, mentioned in "A Dark Knight." |
| 11 | "Why So Serious?" | 5:30 | The Crystal Method Remix. |
| 12 | "Poor Choice of Words" | 6:15 | Paul van Dyk Remix. The title comes from when the Joker drops Rachel, saying, "A very poor choice of words." |
| 13 | "Gunpowder and Gasoline" | 4:34 | Mel Wesson Remix. The title comes from the scene where the Joker confronted the Chechen and sets the mob's money and Lau on fire, saying, "I enjoy dynamite and gunpowder and gasoline!" |
| 14 | "Rory's First Kiss" | 6:04 | Ryeland Allison Remix. The title comes from a fake working title for The Dark Knight. |
Tracks not included within the release of the soundtrack:
| # | Title | Performer(s) | Key Scenes/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Balmoral" | The Pipes and Drums of Chicago Police Department | Played during Commissioner Loeb's funeral. |
| 2 | "Scatterin' Monkey" | Boom Boom Satellites | Played in Maroni's night club. |
| 3 | "4 A Moment of Silence" | Boom Boom Satellites |
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