Batman

Batman: Original Motion Picture Score
Film score by Danny Elfman
Released	May 1989
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	54:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek
Danny Elfman chronology
Beetlejuice (1988) Batman (1989) Dick Tracy (1990)
Batman soundtrack chronology
Batman (score) (1989) Batman (album) (1989)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]
Movie Music UK	[3]
Musicfromthemovies	favorable[4]
Scoresounds	[5]
Soundtrack-express	[6]
SoundtrackNet	[7]

Batman: Original Motion Picture Score is the score album for the 1989 film Batman by Danny Elfman. According to the Batman DVD Special Edition, Elfman said that producer Jon Peters was not sure about him as a composer until Tim Burton made him play the main titles. Elfman admitted he was stunned when Peters announced that the score would be released on its own album, as releasing a separate score album for a film was something that was rarely done in the 1980s. The theme score, however, went on to become an incredibly iconic piece. It also served as the basis for the theme tune to Batman: The Animated Series, which premiered in 1992, although the theme tune was later retooled. Some parts of the score are also heard in Lego Batman: The Videogame.

Track listing

1. "The Batman Theme" (2:38)
2. "Roof Fight" (1:20)
3. "First Confrontation" (4:43)
4. "Kitchen, Surgery, Face-off" (3:07)
5. "Flowers" (1:51)
6. "Clown Attack" (1:45)
7. "Batman to the Rescue" (3:56)
8. "Roasted Dude" (1:01)
9. "Photos/Beautiful Dreamer" (2:27)
10. "Descent into Mystery" (1:31)
11. "The Bat Cave" (2:35)
12. "The Joker's Poem" (0:56)
13. "Childhood Remembered" (2:43)
14. "Love Theme" (1:30)
15. "Charge of the Batmobile" (1:41)
16. "Attack of the Batwing" (4:44)
17. "Up the Cathedral" (5:04)
18. "Waltz to the Death" (3:55)
19. "The Final Confrontation" (3:47)
20. "Finale" (1:45)
21. "Batman Theme (Reprise)" (1:28)

Complete score

La-La Land Records released Danny Elfman's complete score to Batman on July 27, 2010.^[8]

Disc One: Original Score (film version)

1. "Main Title"* (2:42)
2. "Family*/First Batman*/Roof Fight*" (3:24)
3. "Jack Vs. Eckhardt"* (1:37)
4. "Up Building*/Card Snap*" (1:54)
5. "Bat Zone*/Axis Set-Up*" (1:55)
6. "Shootout"* (5:42)
7. "Dinner Transition*/Kitchen Dinner* (**)/Surgery*" (3:00)
8. "Face–Off* (**)/Beddy Bye*" (3:59)
9. "Roasted Dude"* (1:03)
10. "Vicki Spies (Flowers)"* (1:56)
11. "Clown Attack"* (1:59)
12. "Photos*/Beautiful Dreamer* (***)" (2:30)
13. "Men at Work"* (0:33)
14. "Paper Spin*/Alicia’s Mask*" (0:30)
15. "Vicki Gets a Gift"* (1:13)
16. "Alicia’s Unmasking"* (1:10)
17. "Batman to the Rescue*/Batmobile Charge*/Street Fight*" (4:25)
18. "Descent into Mystery"* (1:33)
19. "Bat Cave*/Paper Throw*" (2:48)
20. "The Joker’s Poem"* (0:59)
21. "Sad Pictures"* (0:38)
22. "Dream*/Challenge*/Tender Bat Cave* (**)" (4:28)
23. "Charge of the Batmobile"* (1:43)
24. "Joker Flies to Gotham (Unused)*/Batwing I*" (0:31)
25. "Batwing II*/Batwing III*" (6:02)
26. "Cathedral Chase"* (5:07)
27. "Waltz to the Death"* (3:58)
28. "Showdown I*/Showdown II*" (5:05)
29. "Finale"* (**) (1:47)
30. "End Credits"* (1:29)

Disc Two: Original Soundtrack Album (remastered)

1. "The Batman Theme" (2:37)
2. "Roof Fight" (1:22)
3. "First Confrontation" (4:43)
4. "Kitchen/Surgery/Face–Off"** (3:09)
5. "Flowers" (1:51)
6. "Clown Attack" (1:46)
7. "Batman to the Rescue" (3:57)
8. "Roasted Dude" (1:02)
9. "Photos/Beautiful Dreamer"*** (2:31)
10. "Descent into Mystery" (1:33)
11. "The Bat Cave" (2:35)
12. "The Joker’s Poem" (0:59)
13. "Childhood Remembered" (2:43)
14. "Love Theme"** (1:30)
15. "Charge of the Batmobile" (1:41)
16. "Attack of the Batwing" (4:45)
17. "Up the Cathedral" (5:05)
18. "Waltz to the Death" (3:56)
19. "The Final Confrontation" (3:48)
20. "Finale" (**) (***) (1:46)
21. "Batman Theme Reprise" (1:31)

Bonus Cues

22. "News Theme"* (0:11)
23. "Joker’s Commercial"* (1:23)
24. "Joker’s Muzak (unused)"* (1:15)
25. "Main Title (alt 1)"* (2:42)
26. "Photos*/Beautiful Dreamer (alt)* (**)" (2:33)
27. "Batman to the Rescue (original ending)"* (0:52)
28. "Charge of the Batmobile (film edit)"* (1:47)
29. "Main Title (alt 2)"* (2:47)

(*) Previously unreleased
(**) includes "Scandalous!" composed by Prince with John L. Nelson
(***) includes "Beautiful Dreamer" composed by Stephen Foster

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