Talking Danny Elfman’s BATMAN Soundtrack On The Scores Are Not Enough

In the 1980s, superhero films were not as ubiquitous as they are now. The Superman franchise had come sliding to a whimpering close by the time Tim Burton’s Batman hit screens in the summer of 1989. It went on to become a cinematic and cultural phenomenon. 

The film sees a masked vigilante stalking the crime-ridden streets of Gotham City, as millionaire Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) takes on the city’s criminal underworld in the guise of Batman. At the same time, gangster Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) is double-crossed by his mobster boss and falls into a vat of toxic chemicals during a robbery gone wrong. Emerging as the diabolical Joker, he is intent on wreaking across Gotham and will stop at nothing until the city is ruled under his own special brand of chaos – but Batman has other plans. 

Danny Elfman‘s score for Batman is a phenomenal feat, a fascinating suite of music that set the template for all superhero which followed in its wake. 

I was lucky enough to be invited to talk about the Batman soundtrack on the excellent podcast The Scores Are Not Enough with its Rich Marsden. It’s a score that means a lot to me – as Elfman’s soundtrack was the first album that I ever owned. 

You can listen to on I have to say about the Batman soundtrack on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough below, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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