Joker (Theme) | The Dark Knight (OST) by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

I doubt I can say anything that hasn't been said yet about Heath Ledger's performance of Joker. His was the first portrayal of the character I've watched, and that easily became my favourite and definitive one. And aside the perfect performance of Heath Ledger, it is also absolutely jaw-dropping the way he was written, like an unstoppable force that pushes Batman, Harvey Dent and Gordon to their extreme limits - what a way to create one of the best villains in cinema history. Every detail and line of dialogue of the character is absolutely phenomenal, a true career-defining role for the late Heath Ledger.
One thing I've always loved about Joker's theme is how it is used in the movie: whenever the single note of the distroted string sound starts to play, the feeling of the scene changes immediately and creates a feeling of inevitable danger incoming, until the explosive delivery finally arrives. I think this is a perfect and chilling way to express through music the idea of escalation that is brought into Gotham, and definitely a distinct and iconic musical choice to represent Nolan's version of Joker.

* = edited

Tracklist:
00:00 Why So Serious?
01:47 Why So Serious? + Bank Robbery *
02:03 Bank Robbery
04:22 Bank Robbery + Why So Serious?
04:42 Why So Serious?
05:40 Why So Serious? + Kill the Batman
06:11 Why So Serious? + You're Gonna Love Me
06:53 You're Gonna Love Me
08:10 Watch the World Burn
08:43 Watch the World Burn + Speech Ambush
08:54 Speech Ambush
09:35 Are You Up to It?
09:44 Are You Up to It? + Hospital Bomb Scare B
09:55 Hospital Bomb Scare B
10:14 Hospital Bomb Scare B + Put a Smile on that Face
10:31 Put a Smile on that Face
11:46 Put a Smile on that Face + Kill the Batman
12:05 Kill the Batman *
14:21 Kill the Batman + Hospital Bomb Scare B
14:30 Hospital Bomb Scare B
16:00 Joker Crashes the Party *
18:12 Batman Down
18:54 Logo + Watch the World Burn
19:03 You Complete Me * + Watch the World Burn
19:25 You Complete Me
21:54 Wired + You Complete Me
22:03 Wired *
26:24 Wired + A Little Push
26:56 A Little Push
27:18 A Little Push + End Credits
27:26 End Credits

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