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Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM

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Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

Fans of the show's scoring take note:

La La Land Records annouced today at FSM (not on their site yet) that a 2CD set of score from "Batman: The Animated Series" (mostly by the late Shirley Walker) and a 2CD set of score by Mark Snow to "MillenniuM" will be available for order on December 2nd.

B:TAS is limited to 3,000 copies and will go fast.

DISC ONE
01. Gotham City Overture 14:01

02. BATMAN™: THE ANIMATED SERIES: Main Title (Danny Elfman) 1:02

ON LEATHER WINGS - SHIRLEY WALKER
03. Sub-Main Title / Batwing / Bat Attack 1:51
04. Batman Drives To Gotham 1:00
05. Batman Investigates / Batman Uses Infrared /
Police Rush Building 1:48
06. Batman Escapes / Batman Flies 1:48
07. Bats / Evidence Goes Up In Smoke/ The Formula /
Dr Jekyll And Mr. Bat 3:01
08. Gotham From the Air / Ride’Em Batman / Epilogue 2:16

THE LAST LAUGH - SHIRLEY WALKER
09. Sub-Main Title 1:35
10. The Submarine / Joker Loots Gotham 2:35
11. Alfred Loses It 0:58
12. Bat Boat / Batman Catches The Big Fish /
Batman Fights The Bad Guys 2:18
13. Cliff-Hanger Under Water / Batman A.K.A Houdini 1:56
14. Batman The Terminator 2:01
15. Batman Vs. Joker / Batman Vs Joker Part 2 3:47

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE - LOLITA RITMANIS
16. Sub-Main Title / Stromwell’s Flashback 2:01
17. Batman on Top of Church / Stromwell Arrives At Pete’s / Thugs Exit 1:20
18. Stromwell Confronts Thorn 1:15
19. It’s Party Time / Batman Carries Stromwell 0:48
20. Stromwell Sees Joey 1:41
21. Stromwell Tricks Batman / Thorn’s Men Move In /
Thorn Chases Stromwell 3:22
22. Stromwell’s Flashback #2 1:45
23. Batman Cracks Heads / Thorn Removed 1:20

PRETTY POISON - SHIRLEY WALKER / LOLITA RITMANIS / MICHAEL MCCUISTION
24. Ground Breaking Ceremony / Penitentiary Time Lapses 1:11
25. Batman Catches A Chopper / The Chopper Crashes / Rooftop Chase 1:58
26. Batman Sneaks Around 1:09
27. A Little Plant Muzak / The Carnivorous Plant 0:59
28. Batman Vs. Poison Ivy / Poison Ivy In Prison 3:52

CHRISTMAS WITH THE JOKER -
SHIRLEY WALKER/ LOLITA RITMANIS/ MICHAEL MCCUISTION
29. 14 Seconds Opening / Jingle Bells / The Joker Blasts Off 1:03
30. Down the Mountain / Sidewalk Red Herring 0:51
31. Pukey Christmas Music / Christmas With The Joker / Game Show Music 2:18
32. The Train Crashes 1:19
33. Observatory Cannon / Cannon Out Of Control / Robin Blows Up Cannon 1:11
34. More Game Show Music / Drive To The Toy Company 1:39
35. Nutcracker Suite Medley 1:24
36. Pie In Batman’s Face / Dangling Hostages Saved / Deck The Halls 1:40
CD ONE Total Time: 76:05

DISC TWO
01. BATMAN™: THE ANIMATED SERIES: Alternate Main Title (S. Walker) 1:09

TWO FACE PART I - SHIRLEY WALKER
02. Harvey’s Nightmare / Dent’s Soap Box 2:24
03. Batman Tracks Dent 2:07
04. Split Personality / Harvey / Harv 4:21

TWO FACE PART II - SHIRLEY WALKER
05. Part One Recap 0:33
06. Sub-Main Title / The Heist 1:49
07. Bruce Wayne’s Nightmare / Two-Face Remembers 2:47
8. Batcycle / What About Grace 1:58
9. My Name Is Two-Face 1:52
10. The Great Equalizer / Where There’s Love 4:03

JOKERS FAVOR - SHIRLEY WALKER
11. Sub-Main Title / Cussing Out The Joker / I Had A Bad Day 3:18
12. Joker’s Hide-Out 1:19
13. Charlie’s Neighborhood / Joker Finds Charlie 1:18
14. Charlie Arrives In Gotham / Joker Collects His Favor 0:42
15. Harley’s Party Source 0:44
16. Crashing The Party 1:33
17. Batman Saves The Commissioner / Batman’s After The Joker /
Charlie Gets the Joker 3:38

VENDETTA - MICHAEL MCCUISTION
18. Sub-Main Title / Conway Is Abducted 0:43
19. A Clue / The Crocodile’s Lair 1:27
20. Another Clue 1:19
21. Croc’s Cave / Killer Croc 2:52
22. Batman Chases Croc / Sewer Fight 2:54
23. Bullock Gets The Croc 1:09

PERCHANCE TO DREAM - SHIRLEY WALKER
24. Sub-Main Title / The Dream Begins 0:52
25. It’s Impossible / Bruce Sees Batman / Bruce Watches Batman At Work 2:14
26. My Life Is A Dream 2:48
27. Climbing The Church Tower / Belltower Fight 2:45
28. Your Own Private Wonderland / Back to Reality 2:48

Birds of a Feather - SHIRLEY WALKER
29. Birds Of A Feather 1:54
30. That Fine Roman Nose / Penguin vs. Muggers 2:32
31. Penguin Takes Veronica 0:40
32. The Drop / Rubber Duckie Ride 1:50
33. The Penguin’s Opera / High Society 2:19
34. BATMAN™: THE ANIMATED SERIES: End Credit (Danny Elfman) 0:34

BONUS TRACK:
35. Music Of The Bat 101 6:45
CD TWO Total Time: 74:02
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To learn more about the show's score and hear samples from other episodes, visit my self-created obsessed site for the scores:
http://www.btasscores.150m.com




Oh, and they also annouced "The Sarah Conner Chronicles".
 
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Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

That's an odd selection of episodes. I'm particularly bewildered that "The Last Laugh" is included, since that was the worst score in the series. And "Christmas With the Joker" isn't great either, mostly just rearranged Christmas standards and Nutcracker Suite segments. It has a number of good ones on the second disk, but is missing many really great scores like "POV," "Appointment in Crime Alley," "Beware the Grey Ghost," "Feat of Clay Pt. 2," and of course the brilliant "A Bullet for Bullock."
 
Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

Well, not everyone shares the same views. "The Last Laugh", to me and many other fans, is one of the best scores of the series. It's sort of equilivent to say "the Best of Both Worlds" was the worst score from TNG.
 
Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

Sweet deal. I'd totally grab that.
 
Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

I love the music from The Last Laugh, I used to watch the opening couple of minutes just to hear that music, haha. Can't wait for this.
 
Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

Whereas I always found that repetitive piece with its heavy drum line physically uncomfortable to listen to. Not only do I hate heavy percussion, but it just sounded totally wrong for a Batman episode. I'm able to tolerate it better today, but it still just feels wrong to have this rock beat intruding into a show whose musical and visual style are straight out of the 1940s.

On Disc Two, the "Alternate Main Title," is that the piece that was used as the title theme for the Adventures of Batman and Robin episodes? Now, that piece I absolutely adore. I can't get enough of it. I wish they'd gone with it from the beginning instead of using the Elfman theme. I think I heard on one of the DVD commentaries or bonus features that it was meant to be the original title music but then got replaced by the Elfman piece.
 
Re: Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM CDs released!!!

Which reminds me, I've got to get me some B:TAS DVDs at some point. One of the greatest cartoons ever, and the animation and "Dark Deco" style are superb. I still hear Kevin Conroy's voice when I think of Bats. It's nice he's continued to voice him in Batman cartoons over the years.
 
Good. I've been waiting for albums of the Batman music for a long time now.

I hope this means they'll eventually release the Superman, Batman Beyond and Justice League music.
 
Don't dilly dally -- I predict this one selling out in a day or less. Some limited editions have sold out in half a day in recent times.
 
*Makes plans to sit in front of his computer for 3 hours before hand...*

I. Must. Have. This.
 
Oh, cool. I'd be interested in the Walker scores...but I really want to get my hand on the Mark Snow recordings here. Thanks for the heads up!
 
Two of my top three composers are gone. Shirley Walker and Jerry Goldsmith. Thankfully Bear McCreary is with us and hopefully will be for decades. Each of these three genius talents though deserve far more accolades than any of them get or have gotten. Jerry should have won the Oscar for the TMP score - it was the only good thing about the film! LOL
 
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Two of my top three composers are gone. Shirley Walker and Jerry Goldsmith. Thankfully Bear McCreary is with us and hopefully will be for decades. Each of these three genius talents though deserve far more accolades than any of them get or have gotten. Jerry should have won the Oscar for the TMP score - it was the only good thing about the film! LOL
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I did not know Shirley Walker had passed away, only found out about it recently when I was trying to get Mask Of The Phantasm soundtrack
 
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