Just take a look on this video from the Piano Guys. They made a tribute to 50 years of live action Batman, from the 1966 TV show to the Dark Knight Trilogy. They change their clothes and instruments to follow the right "mood" of each version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFfjUMinFPk#t=260
This is really amazing!
Thanks for sharing, JJ!
Eh... I watched this video a bit ago, and while it's cool for what it is... with the moniker "50 years of Batman" I'm disappointed that there wasn't more to it. Realistically, they played 4 tracks... the Adam West series theme, The Danny Elfman Batman theme, The Dark Knight theme, and a mix of the three.
Even excluding the non "live action" themes (which, I'm sorry, BTAS's opening has as much right to be up there as any Batman theme) there are several themes that are glossed over. I know fans like to ignore the Schumacher films, but they also brought their own unique interpretation of a Batman theme music, which I still enjoy even though the movies aren't as good. Furthermore, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, and TDKR all have themes with slightly different composition, and it would have been nice to see them recognised as well.
It's a good video, no doubt... but when you make the claim "50 years of Batman," I expect a bit... more.
Hey, very cool JJ!
'Mato, the TAS theme will always be the definitive Batman theme for me, but you have to admit it's pretty darn similar in tone and style to the original movie theme.
I don't disagree with that entirely, but I take more issue with the fact that, out of 8 Batman films, only three were represented. That's forgiveable for The TDK trilogy and returns (which are very similar to ones used) but the Schumacher films had a different theme than the Burton films, and I do feel like it was glossed over here. I may not think the Schumacher films are very good, but that's no reason to ignore the fact that they exist and are a part of Batman's history as much as the Burton films.
Quote from: Tomato on September 29, 2014, 11:45:03 PM
I don't disagree with that entirely, but I take more issue with the fact that, out of 8 Batman films, only three were represented. That's forgiveable for The TDK trilogy and returns (which are very similar to ones used) but the Schumacher films had a different theme than the Burton films, and I do feel like it was glossed over here. I may not think the Schumacher films are very good, but that's no reason to ignore the fact that they exist and are a part of Batman's history as much as the Burton films.
Haha, actually, I think that's a pretty excellent reason to pretend they don't exist! :D
Except that, without the Schumacher films being there and failing like they did, we wouldn't have gotten a proper Batman reboot like we eventually did. I may have issues with the Nolan film, but they're still far closer in tone and in execution to what Batman should be... And if Batman and Robin had not bombed, we'd still be getting stupid, audience insulting garbage as we got with Batman Forever: a case where the studio gutted what was, by most accounts, a dark and interesting story in order to sell Happy Meal toys. Batman and Robin serves as a historical example of how badly that sort of mindless pandering eventually backfires.
But that's beside the point. We can debate the necessity of the Schumacher films all day long: they still happened. And the theme tracks from those films were still very good, and I was disappointed they were not included.