If you were the one of many who watched The Dark Knight Rises in glorious IMAX, then you may have noticed the genius music and the booming sounds coming from explosions, The Bat hovering over Gotham City, and Bane’s terrifying voice. And all of that came together perfectly thanks in part to director Christopher Nolan, music composer Hans Zimmer, and sound editor/sound designer Richard King. Now Soundworks Collection has released a video of how it all came together and you can check it out below.

King reveals that Nolan was playing this one pretty close to the chest, and went as far as not revealing the last few pages of the script to those who were involved with the filmmaking process. Despite not knowing how the film was going to end, King praises Nolan for being very involved with the science of the sound for The Dark Knight Rises. The sound editor also talked about how the different sounds pieced together the different elements (The Bat, Bane, etc.) of the film.

“If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can’t stop you, then you become something else entirely…. a legend, Mr. Wayne.”

The Dark Knight Rises is now in theaters and Christopher Nolan‘s final film in his trilogy of Batman adventures that saved the Caped Crusader from damnation in a neon-drenched purgatory conjured by the overweening egos of an studio consumed by greed and contempt for the character’s rich history and massive global fan base is kicking ass at the box office worldwide and is on track to become one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. It’s also garnering glowing reviews from nearly every critic in the business (You can read our own FamousMonster’s amazing review of the film here) and most fans of the Batman movies are coming out of The Dark Knight Rises praising it overwhelmingly. Much like its predecessor, the 2008 Oscar-winning blockbuster The Dark Knight, the movie is also inspiring passionate debate about its timely political themes. Nolan’s trilogy has set a new precedent for how superhero comic book properties are adapted for the screen.

The question now is, what’s next?

There’s a new book out now titled The Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave by Brandon T. Snider that provides a detailed technical look at the amazing world Christopher Nolan and his first-rate design team created for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and now The Dark Knight Rises.

The book also contains removable blueprints, cards, stickers, a bonus disc containing 14 high-resolution images, and something that’s guaranteed to be of great importance to the hardcore Bat-geeks out there: a detailed map of the cinematic Gotham City.

We have provided the map here for your viewing pleasure. You can check it out here below.

When Ra’s al Ghul (Liam Neeson) and Dr. Jonathan Crane (The Scarecrow, played by Cillian Murphy) appeared as villains in Christopher Nolan‘s 2005 film, Batman Begins, it was obvious that this Dark Knight series would be a drastic departure from the previous Batman movies by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.

Sadly, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy has come to an end, and after a heartfelt farewell letter it’s obvious he won’t be revisiting Gotham City any time soon. There’s still hope, however, that instead of rebooting the Batman franchise (and minimizing Nolan’s masterful trilogy), Warner Bros. will find a way to continue the story and put a new twist on some classic villains.

Below are 5 Batman Villains Who Deserved The Christopher Nolan Treatment – impractical, fantastical, altogether colorful bad guys who could be effectively re-worked as gritty, reality-based foes for the Dark Knight…

The sixteenth episode of The Geeks Of Doom Round Up is here, and for this special edition, we review The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale. We discuss in-depth all the SPOILERS from the movie, and examine the next steps for the DC film universe.

Keeping with the theme of this week’s episode, we take a listen to some music from the soundtrack for The Dark Knight Rises by Hans Zimmer; and take a short listen to the audio of the teaser trailer for Man Of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder, at the end of the show. We also take a look at some of the Batman and TDKR-related posts happening here at Geeks Of Doom.

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