Press Release: Hans Zimmer Launches 'The Dark Knight Rises Z+' App for iPhone & iPod touch

Hans Zimmer creates an immersive sonic experience with new 'The Dark Knight Rises Z+' App for iPhone & iPod touch. The new App uses Augmented Sound Technology to bring the world of Gotham City to life

LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY 20, 2012 - Academy Award® winning composer Hans Zimmer and leading music app developer RjDj have created a groundbreaking new app: The Dark Knight Rises Z+ for iPhone and iPod touch, available now on the App Store. The app immerses fans in a one-of-a-kind sonic experience that syncs daily life with the sonic world of Gotham City. Through the use of proprietary audio technology, The Dark Knight Rises Z+ blends Zimmer's evocative score for Christopher Nolan's film with the user's surroundings to create a personal augmented sound experience.

The Dark Knight Rises Z+ includes three-augmented music pieces based on the themes of the story. The Z+ technology enhances the sound; letting the user experience the soundtrack as Zimmer and Nolan intended it to be heard in the movie. The app features two modes: Manual (where users choose what they hear) and Autopilot. In Autopilot mode, the app crafts a custom sonic world by instantly responding to a user's location, movements, time of day, and other factors to generate the ultimate real life soundtrack. "I'm hoping to give fans of this beloved trilogy the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the sounds capes and atmospheres of the world of the Dark Knight," said Zimmer. "This new app allows users to be part of the film in a way that goes beyond the movie screen-it's the difference between a looking at a photo of a river, and being able to drop your hand over the side of the boat and feel the currents of the water tug as the river takes you on a journey."


The App also includes a unique "Fly the Bat" mode. By rotating and tilting their device users can interact with the original movie sound effects created by Academy Award® winning sound designer Richard King. Users will also be able to download a special "Story Time" feature within the app to hear an exclusive behind-the-scenes discussion with Zimmer and director Christopher Nolan.

"Hans sets creative goals for a project higher than you ever thought possible or practical," said Christopher Nolan. "He took the same approach with The Dark Knight Rises, crafting a magnificent and totally unexpected suite for our new villain as we were just starting to shoot."


The Dark Knight Rises Z+ App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. Additional Z+ content is available via In-App Purchase; including a special "Origins" pack that features an extra 55 minutes of music. "Origins" comprises four original suites ("Wayne Manor", "Bane", "Selina Kyle", and "Orphan"), representing the musical DNA for The Dark Knight Rises. Zimmer wrote these pieces while the film was in the early stages of development, and they served as the blueprints for what would become the final soundtrack.

The Dark Knight Rises is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures. Opening in theatres and IMAX on July 20th, 2012, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.