'Dark Knight Rises' Soundtrack Streaming Online (Audio)

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If the dark and ominous tone of the endless and ubiquitous movie trailers didn't quite convey the message visually, now you can tune into the destruction of Gotham direct through their ear buds.

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Just a few of the titles: "A Storm is Coming," "A Fire Rises," "Born in Darkness," "Gotham's Reckoning," "Imagine the Fire," "Necessary Evil" and "Rise."

Nope, those aren't emo-core tracks, just the building musical score to what promises to be the most dramatic chapter in the bat's story yet. The audio comes via Empire Online.