The Dark Knight
by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
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Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard bestography
The Dark Knight is ranked as the best album by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard.
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The Dark Knight track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Dark Knight rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | My Favorite Film Scores & Soundtracks | 65/73 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 76 Music Albums of 2008 | 62/76 | 1 |
| 2026 | Springsteen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 79 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Favourite Film Soundtracks | 96/100 | - |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | jeremy9 | Best Soundtracks | 9/27 | - |
| 2023 |  zwiebel | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2023 | pedro1976 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2008 | 10/27 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 2008 | 65/99 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 143 | |||
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The Dark Knight ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 12:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,246 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2025 12:13 | TonySayers61 | 25,923 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2025 06:02 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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The Dark Knight forum mentions
pedro1976 12/15/2025 22:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 08/20/2023 14:26 in What album are you listening to right now?The Dark Knight comments
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DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/26/2017 22:44 | #189887 | TOP COMMENT
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One of, if not the standout film soundtrack of this century so far. Compliments the exceptional film it is part of in a truly phenomenal way, echoing its relentless, damning and intense feel in truly incredible fashion.
The brilliant blend of classic orchestral elements with electronic flourishes makes for a thoroughly modern and unique soundtrack that evokes The Dark Knight's feel as a movie in almost every note. That's what any good film score should do, and this one does it in stellar fashion, so much so you're reminded of just how good a film it is whenever you hear the distinctive sounds found here.
Hans Zimmer is without doubt a masterful composer with incredible talent that he has displayed throughout his career, but this is so far his greatest accomplishment. A soundtrack that truly expands and carries The Dark Knight and evokes the feel of the movie throughout. And as far as goosebump-inducing masterpieces go, this is one of the best.
Daydreamer 04/26/2017 23:02 | #189888 | TOP COMMENT
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A brilliant comment by DeusExMackia, this is indeed one of Zimmer's finest moments, and that's saying a lot. Pure class.
A good soundtrack to a good film. (Edited)
Awful soundtrack to an awful movie. (Edited)
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