candidate: Heather Phares of Allmusic commented that " while Hans Zimmer 's music for Christopher Nolan 's Batman movies are n't as high - concept as some of his other scores , such as " Inception " or " Gladiator " , Zimmer ties the music for the final installment of Nolan 's " Batman " trilogy to his previous scores , but allows these pieces to have their own flourishes as well " .