In 2012, Zimmer composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards with Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes. He also composed a new version of the theme music for ABC World News. Zimmer also composed the score for The Dark Knight Rises, the final instalment of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. The film was released in July 2012. Zimmer described himself as "devastated" in the aftermath of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, which occurred at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises: "I just feel so incredibly sad for these people." He recorded a track entitled "Aurora", a choral arrangement of a theme from the Dark Knight Rises soundtrack, to raise money for the victims of the shooting.
in 2012 zimmer composed and produced the music for the 84th academy awards with pharrell williams of the neptunes he also composed a new version of the theme music for abc world news zimmer also composed the score for the dark knight rises the final instalment of christopher nolan's the dark knight trilogy the film was released in july 2012 zimmer described himself as "devastated" in the aftermath of the 2012 aurora colorado shooting which occurred at a screening of the dark knight rises "i just feel so incredibly sad for these people" he recorded a track entitled "aurora" a choral arrangement of a theme from the dark knight rises soundtrack to raise money for the victims of the shooting