Batman: Gotham Knight

Batman: Gotham Knight

Batman: Gotham Knight
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Composer: Christopher Drake
Composer: Robert J. Kral
Composer: Kevin Manthei
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Music Label: La-La Land Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Main Titles / Intro / Interlude / Punk Skater / Trouble At The Dock (2:28)
  2. Living Shadow / Living Shadow Finale (1:45)
  3. Skater Girl / Trouble In the City (0:50)
  4. Batmonster Appears / Batmonster Do-Over / Batmonster Finale (2:18)
  5. Rooftop Robbery / Robobat (1:44)
  6. Have I Got A Story For You Finale (1:35)
  7. Crossfire (4:49)
  8. Inferno (5:48)
  9. New Device (1:22)
  10. Trigger A Device / As Good As Your Drive (1:10)
  11. A Russian In His Grave / It Works Too Well (3:53)
  12. In Darkness Dwells Intro (1:00)
  13. Gordon's Cannibal / Ghost Station (3:00)
  14. Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis (0:43)
  15. Killer Croc / Hallucinations / Scarecrow Interrupted (3:19)
  16. Escape And End (1:45)
  17. Working Through Pain / The Fall (1:46)
  18. Bazaar (0:26)
  19. There Is Another / Training (2:46)
  20. Rejected And Despised (1:30)
  21. Painless Fight/ I Can?t (3:23)
  22. Parents Killed (0:54)
  23. Gun Attraction / Park Killing (1:26)
  24. Gordon / Batman / The Train (6:14)
  25. His Life's Quest (0:56)
  26. End Credits Suite (5:02)

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Free Music Review: Gotham Knight: Not your usual animated movie score
Hit: 5 Stars

How is it I'm the first one taking the time to write a review for this brilliant CD? It's been out for months, has it totally escaped everyone's notice?

Batmam: Gotham Knight was an unusual experiment designed to take advantage of the Bat-mania surrounding the release of The Dark Knight in theaters. Gotham Knight was to be an anthology of six Batman stories, shown as one animated movie. It was to be directed separately by six noted Japanese animators, written by American writers, voiced by American voice actors (most notably Kevin Conroy, reprising his legendary voice of Batman in the Animated Series and Justice League), and scored by three separate American composers. All to be overseen by DC Animated Universe producer Bruce Timm.

The movie itself has garnered the full spectrum of differing reviews. Some revulsed at the idea of Batman presented as anime. But I would argue that with so much American influence in this project, that it's merely anime-like; especially with the clearly American score music accompanying it.

What you're getting with this CD is that score music, 3 different composers scoring 2 stories each. The composers worked independantly of each other, so each of their work is very different thematically. The liner notes contain each composer's thoughts on each story, and believe me, over the course of 26 tracks on this CD, the music will go from strange to traditional action to epic. Listening to the disc straight through is almost as much an adventure as watching the movie itself.

People can argue the merits of Gotham Knight. Some Batman fans have labeled it as a failed experiment, but I loved it. It dared to be different, to tell Batman from different points of view, even if it was in ways some might not be easily familiar with. Trust me, our Caped Crusader is in there. And the music you'll find here is an integral part of that. As long-time Batman writer/editor Dennis O'Neil has said many times, Batman has been told so many different ways in so many different formats over the decades, yet he is still fundamentally the same caped hero everyone in the world recognizes. This music is Batman music, there's a lot of action and pathos to be found on this CD, and with a Batman score, what more can you ask for?

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