Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
Finally, I ordered my copy of Batman - The Animated Series soundtrack!! COOL!
Batman: The Animated Series / MillenniuM
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Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
My copy of Batman - The Animated Series soundtrack has just been sent out.....awesomeness!!
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
Got a e-mail notification of the order on Tuesday, and today it says it has shipped
I got the same shipping confirmation. The delivery date is estimated, and they probably err on the side of caution in setting those estimates because it's better to be early than late.
They're saying at a film score board that non-signed copies are shipping first.
In that case, I'm not going to send that nasty e-mail.
Hehe. 
I guess it's good not to be first this time 
In that case, I'm not going to send that nasty e-mail.
Amen!
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
cool...I await my copy
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
How long is it to take for the CD to arrive?
You'll receive a shipping confirmatin e-mail. I have yet to receive mine, but I never checked to see if my order # was part of the signed booklets.
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
I'm confused I did get a shipping confirmation. Maybe it was meant to be another confirmation e-mail with the order. Is UPS sending it?
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
^ haha I know, just really looking forward to this cds release
My copy just arrived! Haven't listened to any of it yet, but here are some initial observations:
The packaging looks good, but don't judge by the cover. It's a standard-sized CD case with a hinged "flap" inside containing the two discs. The lower hinge on mine came broken, and the flap is difficult to turn on the remaining hinge. The cover hinges are a little stiff too. The discs are intact, but maybe I should find alternative packaging.
The booklet is very thick. It contains an intro by Paul Dini praising the importance of music in animation and B:TAS, and an essay on B:TAS's role in Batman history by Eddie Gorodetsky, who wrote "Christmas With the Joker" (why him, I wonder?). These are followed by Daniel Schweiger's extensive liner notes, first a lengthy discussion called "A Dark Knight Reborn" and then brief descriptions of the individual episode selections.
Ohh, this is good! The "Gotham City Overture" is a compilation of the leitmotifs for Batman, Man-Bat, Joker, Charlie Collins, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, "Olympus" (sic, I assume he means Maxie Zeus), Penguin, Clayface, and Harley Quinn. So we get a lot of the best character motifs, even if we don't get their scores.
And the "Music of the Bat 101" at the end is apparently from an interview of unknown provenance, a recording of Shirley Walker talking about the composition of her Batman theme and illustrating it with piano accompaniment.
Then comes an afterword by Danny Elfman, and -- this is cool -- credits for the entire B:TAS orchestra.
On the back of the booklet is a photo of Walker accompanied by the text:
IN LOVING MEMORY
SHIRLEY WALKER
1945 - 2006
Disc 1 has a full-length image of Batman, Disc 2 a full-length image of the Joker. Both images are also in the booklet. The inside "back cover" of the case has a rendering of the Batsignal. The same image of Batman is on the back, between the track listings.
The packaging looks good, but don't judge by the cover. It's a standard-sized CD case with a hinged "flap" inside containing the two discs. The lower hinge on mine came broken, and the flap is difficult to turn on the remaining hinge. The cover hinges are a little stiff too. The discs are intact, but maybe I should find alternative packaging.
The booklet is very thick. It contains an intro by Paul Dini praising the importance of music in animation and B:TAS, and an essay on B:TAS's role in Batman history by Eddie Gorodetsky, who wrote "Christmas With the Joker" (why him, I wonder?). These are followed by Daniel Schweiger's extensive liner notes, first a lengthy discussion called "A Dark Knight Reborn" and then brief descriptions of the individual episode selections.
Ohh, this is good! The "Gotham City Overture" is a compilation of the leitmotifs for Batman, Man-Bat, Joker, Charlie Collins, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, "Olympus" (sic, I assume he means Maxie Zeus), Penguin, Clayface, and Harley Quinn. So we get a lot of the best character motifs, even if we don't get their scores.
And the "Music of the Bat 101" at the end is apparently from an interview of unknown provenance, a recording of Shirley Walker talking about the composition of her Batman theme and illustrating it with piano accompaniment.
Then comes an afterword by Danny Elfman, and -- this is cool -- credits for the entire B:TAS orchestra.
On the back of the booklet is a photo of Walker accompanied by the text:
IN LOVING MEMORY
SHIRLEY WALKER
1945 - 2006
Disc 1 has a full-length image of Batman, Disc 2 a full-length image of the Joker. Both images are also in the booklet. The inside "back cover" of the case has a rendering of the Batsignal. The same image of Batman is on the back, between the track listings.
Signed copies don't ship until the 16th. Mine's one of them. Drat.
Details on the "Gotham City Overture":
Opens with the basic statement of the Shirley Walker Batman theme heard in several early episodes, starting with "On Leather Wings" (probably the cue titled "Batman Drives to Gotham"). Followed by a minute or two of Man-Bat music from "On Leather Wings."
Joker, Charlie Collins: Taken from "Joker's Favor," of course. A fair-sized sample, which is odd since the whole score is elsewhere on the set. (It's possible that the initial Joker cue is from another episode, but I don't think so.)
Batgirl: A couple of leitmotif cues from "Shadow of the Bat, Part 1," a decent-sized chunk of music.
Mr. Freeze: The opening cue from "Heart of Ice" plus maybe a little more. All too brief.
Maxie Zeus: A remarkably long montage from "Fire From Olympus," basically hitting every musical high point from the episode. Nice to hear, since it's a gorgeous score, but it's odd that this gets such a disproportionate amount of time.
Penguin: A minute or so from "Birds of a Feather," mainly the opening scene. So we don't get the "default" Penguin theme, just the slower, classier variant from that episode.
Clayface: All too brief a sample of the poignant Matt Hagen theme from "Feat of Clay," probably Part 1. None of the "monster" theme.
Harley: A selection mostly or entirely from "Harley and Ivy," including the best part, the music from the crime-spree montage.
Sid the Squid: Not mentioned in the liner notes, the track concludes with a fairly lengthy selection from "The Man Who Killed Batman," including the opening cue and a bit more from later on. Again, a nice score that I'm glad to hear, but it's bizarre that Sid the Squid and Maxie Zeus get more play than Mr. Freeze, Clayface, or Harley.
Opens with the basic statement of the Shirley Walker Batman theme heard in several early episodes, starting with "On Leather Wings" (probably the cue titled "Batman Drives to Gotham"). Followed by a minute or two of Man-Bat music from "On Leather Wings."
Joker, Charlie Collins: Taken from "Joker's Favor," of course. A fair-sized sample, which is odd since the whole score is elsewhere on the set. (It's possible that the initial Joker cue is from another episode, but I don't think so.)
Batgirl: A couple of leitmotif cues from "Shadow of the Bat, Part 1," a decent-sized chunk of music.
Mr. Freeze: The opening cue from "Heart of Ice" plus maybe a little more. All too brief.
Maxie Zeus: A remarkably long montage from "Fire From Olympus," basically hitting every musical high point from the episode. Nice to hear, since it's a gorgeous score, but it's odd that this gets such a disproportionate amount of time.
Penguin: A minute or so from "Birds of a Feather," mainly the opening scene. So we don't get the "default" Penguin theme, just the slower, classier variant from that episode.
Clayface: All too brief a sample of the poignant Matt Hagen theme from "Feat of Clay," probably Part 1. None of the "monster" theme.
Harley: A selection mostly or entirely from "Harley and Ivy," including the best part, the music from the crime-spree montage.
Sid the Squid: Not mentioned in the liner notes, the track concludes with a fairly lengthy selection from "The Man Who Killed Batman," including the opening cue and a bit more from later on. Again, a nice score that I'm glad to hear, but it's bizarre that Sid the Squid and Maxie Zeus get more play than Mr. Freeze, Clayface, or Harley.
Would it be 3:52 in length?
^^I didn't time it, and it's part of a single longer track so the notes don't say. Why do you ask?
There's an overture cue that runs that long which seems to have been recorded seperately from the episode cues at the time, but has all the monents (half of which didn't match up to their episode counter parts), and it's bigger. Just hoping that's what that part is on suite.