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Batman

Music composed by Danny Elfman
Label: Warner Bros (25977)
Orchestrations by: Steve Bartek
(Additional by Shirley Walker and Steven Scott Smalley)
Conducted by: Shirley Walker
Mixed by: Shawn Murphy
Produced by: Jon Peters and Peter Guber

Groovy Yak's Rating: * * * *

Did you know...

• ...you can hear the alarm of an orchestra member's wrist-watch going off at track 18 (2'24")?
• ...it is rumored that Elfman came up with Batman's motif from hearing the engines of the plane he was on firing up?

Track Listing

01. The Batman Theme (2'38)
02. Roof Fight (1'20")
03. First confrontation (4'43")
04. Kitchen, Surgery, Face-off (3'07")
05. Flowers (1'51")
06. Clown Attack (1'45")
07. Batman to the Rescue (3'56")
08. Roasted Dude (1'01")
09. 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 Dead (3'55")
19. The Final Confrontation (3'47")
20. Finale (1'45")
21. Batman Theme Reprise (1'28")

Total running time (58'06")