Track Listing 1. Batman Theme, The 2. Roof Fight 3. First Confrontation 4. Kitchen, Surgery, Face Off (Scandalous) 5. Flowers 6. Clown Attack 7. Batman to the Rescue 8. Roasted Dude 9. Photos/Beautiful Dreamer 10. Descent Into Mystery 11. Bat Cave, The 12. Joker's Poem, The 13. Childhood Remembered - (bonus track) 14. Love Theme 15. Charge of the Batmobile 16. Attack of the Batwing 17. Up the Cathedral 18. Waltz to the Death 19. Final Confrontation, The 20. Finale 21. Batman Theme (Reprise)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 55 min. | | Producer: | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | DDD |
Album Notes This is the true instrumental score (background music) to the film "Batman," created by Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo. It contains a short section of Prince's song "Scandalous." For Prince's "Batman" music, see his BATMAN CD (Warner Bros. 25936). Personnel: Shirley Walker (conductor); The Sinfonia of London Orchestra. Elfman uses every trick in his even then massive arsenal to create arguably one of his best scores. Nominated for an Academy Award and winning a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition (other than Jazz), BATMAN runs through a full range of moods and ultimately triumphs as a unique action-film score. Bringing along some of his tools from BEETLEJUICE, primarily to enhance The Joker's sinister attitude, Elfman accentuates Tim Burton's vision of a reluctant, tragic hero defending a darkened, Gothic metropolis overrun by crime. However, it is in the romantic subplot that Elfman justly comes into his own. He tempers piano and soft violins with an underpinning sense of danger that surrounds every scene in the film.
Editorial Reviews CD Buyer's Guide one of the most creative film scores
Q Indispensable.
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