Popular Hollywood music composer Hans Zimmer has expressed gratitude to A. R. Rahman along with others for contributing to the music of 'The Dark Knight Rises'.

According to sources, Rahman, who earlier worked together with Hans in Oscar Sangamam, has given some valuable inputs to The Dark Knight Rises.

The latest in the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises is gearing up to hit the screens. It will be released in Tamil Nadu by Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Giant Movies.

Directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S Goyer, the film is based on the DC Comics character Batman.

The film is the third installment in Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008).