Batman [Original Score]

• Artist: Danny Elfman
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1989 05
• Total Time: 54:27
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Danny Elfman's Batman theme music had become a pop culture classic even before it was repeated in a parade of Bat sequels, proving to be every bit as enduring as John Williams' tunes from Star Wars, Superman, or Jaws. This is due not only to the film's box office success, but also to its hummability and its seemingly inevitable appropriateness for the dark superhero epic. The score is perhaps best remembered for its darkly sweeping strings and energetically unremitting blasts of brass, but there are also some quietly beguiling moments with piano, a boys choir, and a music box. Compared to other action movie scores, even the noisily foreboding music from the scenes of danger and battle are relatively listenable on CD. ~ Darryl Cater, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Batman Theme	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(2:38)
Roof Fight	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:20)
First Confrontation	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(4:43)
Kitchen, Surgery, Face-Off	Danny Elfman, Prince, John L. Nelson	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(3:07)
Flowers	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:51)
Clown Attack	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:45)
Batman to the Rescue	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(3:56)
Roasted Dude	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:01)
Photos/Beautiful Dreamer	Stephen Foster, Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(2:27)
Descent into Mystery	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:31)
The Bat Cave	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(2:35)
The Joker's Poem	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(:56)
Childhood Remembered	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(2:43)
Love Theme	Danny Elfman, Prince, John L. Nelson	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:30)
Charge of the Batmobile	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:41)
Attack of the Batwing	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(4:44)
Up the Cathedral	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(5:04)
Waltz to the Death	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(3:55)
The Final Confrontation	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(3:47)
Finale	Stephen Foster, Danny Elfman, Prince, John L. Nelson	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:45)
Batman Theme (Reprise)	Danny Elfman	Sinfonia of London Orchestra	(1:28)

Credits

Danny Elfman (Producer), Danny Elfman (Main Performer), Gary LeMel (Executive Producer), Steve Bartek (Composer), Steve Bartek (Producer), Steve Bartek (Orchestration), Bruce Botnick (Digital Editing), Bruce Botnick (Digital Mastering), Bruce Botnick (Mastering), Robin Clarke (Editing), Robin Clarke (Music Editor), Michael Dilbeck (Music Supervisor), Shawn Murphy (Remixing), Sinfonia of London Orchestra (Performer), Sinfonia of London Orchestra (?), Eric Tomlinson (Engineer), Eric Tomlinson (?), Shirley Walker (Conductor), Shirley Walker (Orchestration), Jon Peters (Executive Producer), Steven Scott Smalley (Orchestration), Christine Cano (Design), Bob Badami (Editing), Bob Badami (Music Editor), Jonathan Morton (Assistant Engineer), Jonathan Morton (Second Engineer), Peter Guber (Executive Producer), Steve Price (Assistant Engineer), Steve Price (Second Engineer)