Honestly, I really can’t say any more than what’s already been said a gazillion times over and over again about Batman: The Animated Series. It’s probably one of the best, if not the best animated representation of Batman that has ever graced the TV screen. Of course, part of that was the rich and emotionally-driven score. Way back in 2012, La-La Land Records released information about their Batman: The Animated Series – Original Soundtrack From The Warner Bros. Television Series, Volume Two. (Volume One was released in 2008!)
Well, 2 years later, in celebration of the Bats’ 75th anniversary, La-La Land Records is FINALLY rolling out Batman: The Animated Series – Original Soundtrack From The Warner Bros. Television Series, Volume Three. The four-disc set, comprising 20 episodes worth of music, is set to release in two days, October 7th. The set will be available on La-La Land’s official website.
Before I post the tracklist and force upon you a massive block of words, feast your eyes on the cover:
Here’s the enormous tracklisting:
TRACK LISTING:
*CONTAINS THEMATIC MATERIAL BY SHIRLEY WALKER
**CONTAINS THEME FROM “BATMAN” BY DANNY ELFMANDISC 1
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
1. Main Title (Danny Elfman) 1:03
ROBIN’S RECKONING, PART I (Carlos Rodriguez)
2. Robin’s Reckoning/Yahoo!/Robin’s Catch/Interrogation 2:50
3. Boy Wonder 0:55
4. Extortion/The Flying Graysons 1:49
5. Goodbye/Master Dick 1:03
6. Crap Shoot*/Stromwell’s Mansion 0:59
7. The Bonding*/Never Again 1:00
ROBIN’S RECKONING, PART II (Peter Tomashek)
8. Circus Memory 1:24
9. Fencing Memory 0:53
10. Dick Eavesdrops/Stealthy Dick 0:59
11. Dick on the Street 2:44
12. Dick Finds Zucco/Into the River/Out of the River 1:56
13. Redial (William T. Stromberg)/Batman Drops In 0:56
14. Amusement Park Fight/Robin Gets Zucco/Robin Does Right 3:40
15. Sunrise 0:34
ROBIN’S RECKONING (BONUS TRACK) (Carlos Rodriguez)
16. Circus Fanfare/The Flying Graysons (alternate) 1:05
P.O.V. (Shirley Walker)
17. Gotham’s Finest/Bad Guys Escape 1:42
18. Bullock’s P.O.V. 3:37
19. Wilkes’ P.O.V. 1:35
20. Montoya’s P.O.V. 1:40
21. Suspended Cops 0:44
22. Renee Finds Batman/Batman Fights the Mob**/Montoya Cleans Up 5:07
23. Epilogue 0:27
THE CLOCK KING (Carlos Rodriguez)
24. The Clock King*/Gone With the Wind/Fugate Loses It 1:25
25. Political Graffiti*/Fugate Catches Train* 1:36
26. Back Alley Batman/Clock Creep Hits Bank/Adieu, Batman* 1:43
27. Time Is Running Out/Batman the Safe-Cracker 1:11
28. Timing Is Everything*Batman Saves the Mayor* 2:36
TYGER, TYGER (Todd Hayen)
29. Tyger, Tyger*/Introducing Tygrus 2:31
30. Tygrus Exercises 1:07
31. Dorian’s Island 1:23
32. The Catwoman/You Made Her a Monster 0:43
33. Tygrus Notices Catwoman/Her Fate Is in Your Hands 1:59
34. Run Thru the Jungle/Bat vs. Cat/Fight on the Bridge/Batman and Tygrus Fall 2:18
35. Selina Convinces Tygrus/Not His Enemy 2:24
36. Tyger Burning Bright 1:40
SEE NO EVIL (Shirley Walker)
37. See No Evil/Memoirs of an Invisible Con/Footprints 6:09
38. Kimberly’s School/Stay Away/Abandoned 2:59
39. Mojo’s Pearls/Hold On… Batman 5:03
40. Safe and Sound 0:37
TOTAL DISC TIME: 77:38DISC 2
CAT SCRATCH FEVER (Harvey R. Cohen)
1. Cat Scratch Fever/Cat Catchers/Animal Testing 3:08
2. Dagget Labs*/Selina Is Bitten* 0:57
3. The Toxin Takes Effect* 2:13
4. Let the Hunt Begin/The Chase Continues*/Toboggan Run 1:39
5. On the Ice*/Under the Ice 1:43
6. Bad Guys Take a Dip* 0:34
7. Isis’ Return 0:47
THE FORGOTTEN (Shirley Walker)
8. Down into the City 0:37
9. Bruce Becomes Homeless/Bruce Is Blackjacked 2:42
10. The Oven 0:47
11. The Dream Sequence/Dan Protects Salvo/Alfred Finds Bruce’s Car 2:27
12. Bruce’s Family Flashback 0:34
13. Sweatbox Breakout/Trapped in the Canyon 1:21
14. Mining for Batman 2:52
15. Master Bruce 0:29
BE A CLOWN (Michael McCuistion)
16. Gotham Acres/Crooks Interrupt Mayor’s Speech/Joker the Costume Freak* 1:59
17. Jekko the Magnificent/You, You, You 1:15
18. Pure Dynamite/Dynamite Birthday Cake* 1:51
19. Jordan the Stowaway 0:39
20. It’s Not a Game, Jordan/The Old Ace up the Sleeve/The Crystal Ball 1:43
21. Batman in Straightjacket/The Show Continues* 2:20
22. Rollercoaster Fight 1:01
23. Jordan & Mayor Reunited 0:16
BE A CLOWN (BONUS TRACKS) (Michael McCuistion)
24. Organ Source 1:24
25. Water Tank Source 1:02
26. Carousel Source 1:48
27. Circus Source (unused) 1:45
DREAMS IN DARKNESS (Todd Hayen)
28. Dreams in Darkness/Batman Guesses Wrong/Batman Cracks Up 2:55
29. Batman’s Fate*/Threshold of Fear 2:18
30. Batman Tries to Escape/Mass Madness* 0:32
31. Batman’s Delusions* 3:46
32. Batman Conquers Fear*/Safe at Home 2:09
THE UNDERDWELLERS (Lars Clutterham & Stuart Balcomb)
33. Let’s Play Chicken (L. Clutterham) 1:10
34. It Was a Leprechaun (L. Clutterham) 0:48
35. The Underdwellers (S. Balcomb) 1:42
36. Blinded by the Light*/Batman Saves Frog* (S. Balcomb) 3:18
37. The Sewer King (S. Balcomb) 1:14
38. Batman Sounds Alarm (L. Clutterham) 1:27
39. Be Our Guest/Endangered Species? Not/Hanging Out to Dry/Batman Dethrones King (L. Clutterham) 2:14
40. The Light, The Light (S. Balcomb) 0:34
TERROR IN THE SKY (Shirley Walker)
41. Terror in the Sky/The Man-Bat 1:44
42. Carpet Inspection/Batman Operates/Francine Is in the Trash 1:01
43. Man-Bat out of the Sky/Man-Bat Chases Batman 2:34
44. Batman Looks Thru Files/March Confesses 1:18
45. Francine, Come Home 0:49
46. Woman-Bat Wrecks the Plane/Langstrom out the Door 2:59
47.Detransformation 2:21
TOTAL DISC TIME: 78:32DISC 3
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
1. Main Title Demo (Two Pianos) (Shirley Walker & Danny Elfman) 1:01
NIGHT OF THE NINJA (Mark Koval)
2. Night of the Ninja 2:10
3. Karate School/Flashback/Ninja Assault* 3:36
4. Just in Time 0:56
5. Bruce Catches Kyodai 1:13
6. Kidnapped/Watertower 0:39
7. Master Crime Fighter 1:39
8. Ninja Meets His Match*/Thanks for Your Help 3:18
DAY OF THE SAMURAI (Carlos Rodriguez)
9. Day of the Samurai/Ninja’s Arrival 1:54
10. Kyodai Ken Is Revealed/Bruce’s Sketch 0:42
11. Bruce Meditates/Once Upon a Time, Alfred/Uramachi District/Batman
Gives Chase 3:48
12. Kyodai Ken Finds Scroll/The Big Sleep/Kyodai Studies Scroll 1:37
13. Alfred’s All Tied Up/Batman Does as He Will/Batman Examines Dummy 2:02
14. Batman Confronts Kyodai* 2:32
15. Most Ingenious, Sir/The Essence of Samurai 0:54
PROPHECY OF DOOM (Shirley Walker)
16. Prophecy of Doom 1:19
17. Abandon Ship/Grave Danger 1:34
18. Elevator Cliffhanger/Elevator Escape 1:47
19. The Great Fall/Spiritual Crisis 2:33
20. Nostromos Sees the Light/Guilty as Charged 4:24
PROPHECY OF DOOM (BONUS TRACK) (Shirley Walker)
21. Nostromos Source 1:01
ETERNAL YOUTH (Lolita Ritmanis)
22. Eternal Youth 1:47
23. Wild Weekend/Detective Batman/Batcave Greenery 1:19
24. Alfred and Maggie Go Back/Batman’s Chemistry/Behind the Curtain 1:40
25. Bat Gliding*/Petrified People 1:47
26. Ivy the Eco-Terrorist 1:54
27. What’s It All About…? 0:48
ETERNAL YOUTH (BONUS TRACKS) (Lolita Ritmanis)
28. Video Source 2:03
29. Spa Source 1:51
WHAT IS REALITY? (Richard Bronskill)
30. What Is Reality?/Police Station 1:18
31. The Riddler’s File/Robin Opens the Box 0:58
32. Hard Copy* 1:16
33. Riddler and the Commissioner*/Batman’s Fire Out*/Batman in Computer Land* 1:27
34. Batman’s Riddler* 0:56
35. Batman and Pegasus*/And So On, And So On 3:07
36. Trapped* 0:38
MUDSLIDE (Shirley Walker)
37. Mudslide/Clayface Slips By 1:17
38. Your Goose Is Cooked/You Used to be Neater 3:44
39. Movie Source 1:15
40. MP-40/Clayface Escapes 1:26
41. He’s Melting/Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1:27
42. Inside Addition 4:14
TOTAL DISC TIME: 78:26DISC 4
I AM THE NIGHT (Michael McCuistion)
1. I Am the Night 0:37
2. Roses/Stakeout/Roses on the Pavement/Brass Knuckles 1:56
3. Battering Ram/The Jazzman Was Ready*/Catching the Jazzman/Commissioner Is Shot 2:23
4. Emergency 0:27
5. Batman Pays a Visit 0:38
6. Batman’s Rage/Jazzman in Prison 1:25
7. Robin Sees Batman/Jazzman in the Laundry/Jazzman’s Escape 0:58
8. Batman Unmasks/This Is My Hunt*/Batman Saves Gordon* 2:25
9. Batman Talks with Kid* 1:15
HEART OF STEEL, PART I (Richard Bronskill & Tamara Kline)
10. Sub-Main Title/The Briefcase (R. Bronskill) 1:03
11. Briefcase on the Prowl (T. Kline) 1:53
12. The Escape* (R. Bronskill) 3:15
13. Cybertron Industries/HARDAC/Next Duplicant/Another Gordon (T. Kline) 1:52
14. Teddy Bear/Randa’s Compact/Compact Goes to Work (R. Bronskill) 1:18
15. Randa Finds the Batcave/HARDAC Has Control (T. Kline) 1:22
HEART OF STEEL, PART II (Carl Johnson)
16. Heart of Steel, Part II* 0:58
17. Another Mayor/Another Bullock 2:41
18. A Very Exclusive Club* 1:49
19. Trash Can Robot 1:36
20. A Watchful Eye/Flying Over Cybertron*/Robots Run Amok*/Randa Is Terminated 3:24
21. Let’s Go Home* 0:39
HEART OF STEEL (BONUS TRACKS) (Tamara Kline, Richard Bronskill & Carl Johnson)
22. Futuristic Muzak (T. Kline) 0:45
23. Sub-Main Title/The Briefcase (alternate)/Randa’s Compact (alternate) (R. Bronskill) 1:31
24. Let’s Go Home (alternate)* (C. Johnson) 0:40
BLIND AS A BAT (Steve Chesne & James Stemple)
25. The Raven (S. Chesne) 1:34
26. Raven Runs Amok* (J. Stemple) 0:52
27. The Vision Thing (S. Chesne) 0:52
28. Sight, Or No Sight/Tooling Up*/Quoth the Batman, “Nevermore”*/** (J. Stemple) 4:29
29. Batwing Disabled/Disabled Batman (S. Chesne) 4:05
30. Cornered*/Good News* (J. Stemple) 1:01
PAGING THE CRIME DOCTOR (Shirley Walker)
31. Paging the Crime Doctor 3:44
32. Leslie Remembers/Matt Finds Leslie/Old Friends/Abducted 2:00
33. Signs of a Struggle/The Disorderly Orderly/Playing with Sharp Objects/Laser Blazer 4:08
34. Rooftop Escape/About My Father 3:28
THE MAN WHO KILLED BATMAN (Shirley Walker)
35. The Man Who Killed Batman 1:23
36. Sid Wanted In/Sid the Squid 2:27
37. Squid, Squid, Squid/Locked Up 1:46
38. Sid Meets the Joker/The Diamond Exchange/No Punchline 2:13
39. Batman’s Funeral (includes “Amazing Grace,” trad.) 3:33
40. Pine Box/A Lot of Respect 1:43
BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
41. End Credits (Danny Elfman) 0:45
TOTAL DISC TIME: 78:28TOTAL ALBUM TIME: 312:53
Now, as a reward for managing through that humongous block of text, here’s a picture of the set in all its glory.
Beautiful.
As a bonus at no extra charge, the front tray card will be autographed the series composers by Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, and Carlos Rodriguez. However, those editions will be limited.
Based on the price of Volume Two, I’m guessing it’s going to retail around $60 USD. You can grab Volume One here and Volume Two here, in preparation for this release.
Spying some of my favorite episodes in there, like “Robin’s Reckoning,” “Dreams in Darkness,” and “The Man Who Killed Batman.” Even has the iconic “I am the Night.” Though I don’t have the cash for it, I hope some Batfan will get it and I can live vicariously through them.
Grab your copy on October 7th.
Source – World’s Finest.