Batman: The Animated Series Volumes 3 & 4 Soundtracks

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the La La Land Lounge and it's been a while since

we've done one of these but joining me is Steve

Megatron. Hello. Hello. Hello and as of this

recording September 5th 1992 I'm sorry to 2017

it has been 25 years to the day since Batman

the animated series came out Since cat in the

claw No on leather wings I know they were saying

though that wasn't they were saying that it was

25 years from now that Specifically Well, yeah,

cuz wasn't that the first one that got shown

yeah, even though on leather wings is the actual

first episode Yes, the air order back then was

stupid. Yes Yes, so we're here to talk about

volume three and volume four of La La Land Records

Batman Animated Series soundtracks. For volume

three, we have music by Shirley Walker, Carlos

Rodriguez, Peter Tomaszek, Todd Hayden, Harvey

R. Cohen, Michael McQuistion, Lars Cutterham,

Stuart Balcom, Mark Koval, Lolita Romanas, Richard

Brunskill, Tamara Klein, Carl Johnson, Steve

Chesney, and James Stempel. Line records Warner

Brothers Warner Brothers animation and DC Comics

proudly present Batman the animated series volume

3 a limited edition for a CD set of unforgettable

musical moments from the acclaimed Batman the

animated series these remarkable scores are game

changers in the world of television animation

music Packing a supercharged thrills chills action

and drama within an emotional musical whirlwind

that rivals most blockbuster film scores music

from such notable episodes as robin's reckoning

eternal youth day of the samurai mudslide the

clock king and more are presented here in a knockout

compilation with a combined running time of more

than five hours produced by john takus and Neil

S. Bulk and mastered by James Nelson, this limited

edition of 3 ,000 units features 36 page booklet

bursting with amazing images and in -depth liner

designed by Dan Goldwasser compliments this impressive

volume with the gothic flair. As of this recording

folks, it's probably gonna change, but as of

this recording, this set is on sale for 40 bucks

at La La Land Records dot com. So head on over

there, the regular price is 60. But yeah, volume

3 has so many good scores on it. Yep. What was

your favorite from, OK, so let me just run this

down really quick. I'm going to run this down

disc by disc. What was your, let's see, disc

one, we've got Robin's Reckoning. POV. The Clot

King, Tiger Tiger, See No Evil. So what is your

favorite of those from Disc 1? I kind of like

Robin's Reckoning, but at the same time I like

The Clot King, because it's The Clot King. He's

uh, it's all about time. Yes. Time is up. Your

time is running up. Batman. Yep. Absolutely.

For me, I love Robin's Reckoning. Both part one

and part two. Part one was done by Carlos Rodriguez

and part two is done by Peter Tomaszek. love

that one. I love POV, which was done by Shirley

Walker. Because POV was that really cool episode,

at least for me it was a cool episode, where

you get to see three different points of view

of the episode. You get to see Bullock's, Wilkes's,

and Montoya's POV. Which is really, really awesome.

I do like The Clock King as well. Like see no

evil see no evil was oh see no evil was the little

girl. That's right With her dad being the yeah,

I remember that episode now But yeah, no the

the instrumentals done in POV and in Robbins

reckoning. I mean Robbins reckoning It's essentially

the story of the Grayson's and their death Well,

there's there's a varying degree of not only

do you have two different composers for Part

one and part two, but you have two different

styles as it were as you get the evolution of

Dick Grayson. Yep, absolutely. Yep. On disc two

for this we have Cat Scratch Fever, done by Harvey

Archon. The Forgotten, done by Shirley Walker.

Be a Clown, which is Michael McQuistions. Dreams

in Darkness, which is Todd Hayden, The Underdwellers,

which is Lars Clutterham and Stuart Balcom, both,

and then Terror in the Sky, which is done by

Shirley Walker. I've been waiting... Of course,

this got released a couple years ago, this set,

but technically I've been waiting 25 years for

the music from the episode The Forgotten. That's

the episode where Bruce, you know becomes homeless

and Kind of sort of loses his memory kind of

thing and ends up on this chain gang And everything

else and Alfred has to come in in the batwing

and save him and I just I love that Western music

that's in this I oh, yeah, it's got that weird

it there was this this instance in the 90s where

every show that came out had to have an episode

that was very westerns oriented especially with

the soundtrack and the visuals and when i watched

it kind of reminds me of that um uh coming of

the fusors part two and part one you know part

one and part two but yeah it's a lot of the the

kind of same musical aspects of that, that western

stuff popping in just kind of reminds that. Yep,

absolutely. I don't know, it ties multiple shows

together in my childhood just by watching that.

Oh yeah, absolutely. And I just, I love all of

these tracks here. The Oven is probably my favorite

one, it's only 47 seconds, but it's that... Put

them in the hotbox. Yeah, put them in the hotbox.

uh... bruce's family flashback is my nice sweat

box breakouts was trapped in the canyon that's

good mining for batman i believe is the track

right when it's alfred coming in to save him

in the batling so that's cool uh... the other

one on disk too that i liked was trying to think

here Yeah, I like the forgotten pretty much I

did like dreams and darkness cuz that's That

that's the one where you know He's he's cracking

up and It's yeah, he's it's a lot of psychological

stuff in that episode for Batman with dreams

and darkness and that one was done by Todd Hayden

And I should say I kind of like the Anytime there's

a be a clown. Yeah Just because there's a lot

of memorable music and kind of that creepy and

jolly sounds good But you get Jekko Jekko the

clown with Mayor Hill and his son. Yep Jekko's

my friend. No, he's trying to kill you Yeah,

and the roller coaster of doom Yep, the roller

coaster of doom You killed captain it's the wrong

episode, but you killed captain clown. Yeah,

you killed captain clown Disc 3 offers something

that most people would not have heard on television

The first track on disc 3 is the opening title

sequence, but it's the demo version where it's

basically dueling piano. It's not really dueling,

but it's two pianos, and it's Shirley Walker

and Denny Elfman together on the pianos. That

is cool. I like that. Other ones on this that

are here, we've got Night of the Ninja, Day of

the Samurai, so that's kind of like the two -parter

there, Prophecy of Doom, Eternal Youth, What

is Reality, Mudslide and those are the ones on

this one the eternal youth is probably my favorite

off of this disc Because it wasn't very often

that Alfred got Many stories. I mean Alfred's

there as he's supposed to be but eternal youth

is pretty much him and his lady. Love Maggie

Well, and he's trying to Regain youth as yeah,

yeah And verse is like, oh no, it has to go like

save them the whole episode. It's just a big

oh no episode Yep, absolutely love that one.

Which one off of this did you like? What is reality

mm -hmm, that's I love that whole that whole

episode I Especially like when they're in in

the computer land And yeah, that was one of the

first episodes of the show that I originally

saw when I was a kid, and well, it may be the

first I remember that I really enjoyed, but that's

the one that cemented the riddler for me. And

between the visuals and the sound cues that go

with it, that episode just has always stood out

for me. Yeah. So I really love the work on that

particular episode. And then there's the... I

like a lot of the Night of the Ninja and the

Day of the Samurai, but that's because I like

hearing the kind of influence of a different...

kind of aspect of a different type of people.

Right in influenced into it and in the samurai

and and everything in there. It's just I don't

know. It's it's something different That we get

in there I mean every every track is every track

and every episode is different, but you get that

kind of a little bit of a little bit of behind

-the -scenes of Bruce's Bruce's younger years,

but you also get the kind of something that's

not necessarily Batman centric music Yeah, Night

of the Ninja, Day of the Samurai technically

kinda, sorta really is a two -parter. And it's

basically two sides of the same coin where I

think Night of the Ninja is more to show off

Kyodai's senses and things like that, and then

Day of the Samurai is kinda showing off Bruce's

stuff. you know like you said when he's younger

and all of that and i like it it's it's very

unique it's very different it's not lately you

said it's not traditional batman themes because

the episode focuses more on bruce than it does

batman that's again why i like the forgotten

so much is be outside of the fact that it's western

music it's also Dealing like Bruce can't remember

who the hell he is so he can't become Batman

You're not gonna get you know until like the

very end of the episode You don't get a traditional

Batman. You know hero theme you get the Western

type stuff mm -hmm The fourth disc includes I

am the night done by Michael McQuistion part

of steel parts one and two part one was done

by Richard Bronskill and Tamra Klein part two

was done by Carl Johnson Blind as a Bat, done

by Steve Chesney and James Stimple. Paging the

Crime Doctor, done by Shirley Walker. The Man

Who Killed Batman, done by Shirley Walker. And

then we get the end credits sequence there. For

me, off disc four, it's easily Heart of Steel.

It's easily Heart of Steel. I mean, I like all

of this music, folks. I'm not just saying, oh,

I only like this, but it's basically like Heart

of Steel is number one for me. And then Blind

as a Bat would be a close second off of this

fourth disc here. And then I assume it's been

preserved and things, but what I've noticed is

some of the La La Land record stuff when they

do the... the closing themes wait until the end

of that 45 seconds you can actually hear Shirley

Walker wrapping up the the orchestra and the

music uh it's it's just so good folks it's like

you know being a fly on the wall in one of those

recording sessions and it's just so fun it really

is because none of us are gonna I mean, it's

been 11 years since Shirley died. She's on this

one. I know she's on the Superman set one, and

one of the closing theme things as well. And

I first heard it there, more so here at the time,

and I'm like, oh wow, we get a behind the scenes

listen into what it was like to be doing this

music. Oh so long ago Just absolutely awesome,

but yeah, I mean heart of steel, how do you not

like that episode that's you know, that's the

Hard act and all of that and you know You know

the the the briefcase on the prowl good damn

briefcase Don't think I ever want to see a briefcase

ever again after watching that episode no Creepy

case Creepy robotic thing So hard act was one

of the ones that I like from you know the heart

of steel stuff The other one that I like is the

man who killed Batman, okay? again as a joker

episode so But I actually I used well the funny

thing was I was trying when I was taking Acting

classes in college because you had to take it

for anything media related You had to choose

your own monologue, but it had to be from a television

show, right? I chose mine from this episode.

Oh, wow The one Batman's funeral Okay, we're

Sid meets the Joker and the Joker does the You

know Dear friends today's the day the clown cried

And he cried not for you know, and then so I

went through the whole thing and then up to the

point where he goes Take that man there slap

him in that box there and roll it into that vat

of acid there And then he's like Who wants Chinese?

After you know, he throws him the thing and then

Batman re -emerges at the end of the episode

to save the the guys In the coffin and he kind

of floats out of the out of the river alive and

Batman's all Getting his his costume eaten away

because he's saving this loser. Yeah, so it was

just it was a fun episode, but Just watching

this said guy who accidentally killed Batman

and everybody's like she killed the bat and then

jokers like this is this is just bad comedy like

He's like this this can't happen Absolutely,

yeah the man who killed Batman the music and

that was really really well done absolutely love

that one as well If you haven't and the kazoo

of The amazing grace of... for Batman's funeral

is the... the coffin's getting lowered into the

water. Yes, I remember the kazoo. That's awesome.

There needs to be more kazoo in Batman. Yeah,

and if you haven't gotten this, folks, go on

over to La La Land Records right now. As you're

listening to this, pick up Batman the Animated

Series Volume 3. enjoy all of this amazing 90s

animation music stuff. We're going to take a

quick break and we're going to come back with

volume four after this. Alright folks, we are

back here inside the La La Land Lounge. Hope

you enjoyed that musical interlude of Batman

the Animated Series Volume 3, and teasing up

a little bit for Volume 4 here, because Volume

4, La La Land Records, DC, and Warner Bros. Animation

present the fourth and final volume in the acclaimed

series of Batman the Animated Series original

score releases. Now, before I go any further

reading this copy... This volume completes all

65 original episodes Will they go and do Adventures

of Batman and Robin the new adventures and all

of that? Yes, they probably will But this when

I say that this you know completes these releases

of the original scores this is just the original

first season of The cartoon series because they

didn't know if they were gonna get picked up

obviously they did they changed the show a little

bit as they went along, obviously, but this,

you know, marks that. Batman the Animated Series,

volume four, limited edition, two CD set. Once

again, the listener is musically transported

into the heart of Gotham by some of the most

notable scored music ever composed for an animated

television series. BTIS continues to be revered

as one of the finest examples in the genre, and

the show's music is vital. undeniable part of

its legacy. Treasured episode scores such as

Joker's Wild, Moon of the Wolf, His Silicon Soul,

and more make their debut here, complimented

by a healthy serving of more previously unreleased

music from the Arkham Archives. Produced by John

Takas and Neil S bulk and mastered by James Nelson

this special limited edition to CD set features

exclusive in -depth liner notes by album co -producer

Takas and art design worthy of a cave crusader

by Jim Titus Limited edition of 3 ,000 units

as I said earlier in this podcast as of this

recording This is on sale on lawland records

comm for 20 bucks. So Yeah, folks, go grab you

some BTIS music. We're gonna go through this

like we went through the other volume here. On

disc one we have Off Balance, Joker's Wild, Cape

and Cal's Conspiracy, and then we've got Zatanna,

Moon of the Wolf, and The Mechanic. So pick your

poison, Joker. So I like Joker's wild obviously

mm -hmm But it's funny because this one's the

one where Kaiser built a Joker themed Casino

intentionally hoping the Joker would blow it

up so you can collect the cash For the insurance

and Batman points it out to the Joker in this

one, and he's like I hate it when he's right

This man to clown So, but yeah, I love the, you

know, where the Joker escapes and the various

Joker music in the themes of the casino itself.

Yeah, I mean, that's one of my favorites. I like

the mechanic as well. Yeah, that was about Batman's

mechanic. Yeah, and you get the Batmobile blown

to pieces. Poor Batmobile. Damn it. Hey, at least

Bruce Tim brought it back for the Batman and

Harley. Very true. And he brought it back again

for the killing joke. So that goes to show you

that's his favorite Batmobile. Yep. Mine too,

so I love it. And Zatanna is kind of cool, too,

though, because you get the magic element added

in. So it's kind of just like the Western theme

and the samurai theme. You get the magic theme.

And so it just adds something extra. Yeah, it

really does. Zatanna was such a good score. That

one is Peter Tomashek and Nerida Tyson Chu. I

love the Zatanna one. Absolutely. I love the

mechanic one, because like we said, the Batmobile.

But for me, number one off of this disc has to

be the Cape and Cowl conspiracy. Because... that

episode had such twists and turns and just when

you thought it was solved it wasn't Batman turned

it on its head and like I was not expecting him

to be behind the chair at the end of that one

like at all was not expecting him to be in the

in the mask of the dude the criminal dude Yep

Absolutely love that one Alright, let's see here

disc three. No disc two. I should say the worry

men Fear of victory and his silicon soul after

that we have the Arkham archives special bonus

section of previously unreleased music which

includes the police response From On Leather

Wings, we have Christmas with the Joker, God

Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, traditional, arranged

by Michael McQuistion. Pukey Jingle Bells, sweetener,

James Pierpoint, arranged by Shirley Walker.

To the Observatory, Lolita Romanus, a word from

our sponsor, Shirley Walker. Auld Lang Syne,

traditional, arranged by Michael McQuistion.

We've got The Last Laugh, Bruce Shaves, which

is done by Shirley Walker, and the epilogue also

done by Shirley, Pretty Poison, The Underdwellers,

Be a Clown, The Circus Source 2, which was unused

in the episode, and we got a couple of things

from Two -Face Parts 1 and 2, It's Never Too

Late, Joker's Favor, Vendetta, The Clock King,

Perchance to Dream, Robin's Reckoning, If You're

So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? Almost got him

which includes Includes a club source number

four alternate by Stuart Balcombe and then Drumstick

with a rock hit him with a rock. It was a big

rock But we also have the drum sting here. It's

basically a rim shot folks It's basically one

of those you know drum rim shots and i'm like

oh my god i have to use that more i will be using

that more probably and stuff and then the final

ones are from birds of a feather and then the

end credits theme for batman the animated series

disc two outside of the bonus material i would

probably have to say His silicon soul most likely

was done by Carl Johnson and Harvey R Cohen Yeah,

I really love that episode in general, but the

the elements of it where You kind of get a lot

of the the back -and -forth and kind of the robo

Hard act moments and then you get a lot of the

the troubling, you know of the machinery with

the The fact that it's a confused conflicted

human copy of Bruce Wayne. Yeah, and the fact

that he You know, it's just just the whole episodes

great but like the music is it adds to the personality

of the the hard act Batman and kind of detracts

from regular Batman and kind of makes you care

about that character Yeah, I mean So these tracks

this is this two tracks 14 to 19 His silicon

soul the Wayne Manor Robo gas on with my life

Robo gets zapped greenhouse shattered a learning

program warehouse fight And then hard act is

reborn over the edge Robo soul the music for

this to give not only personality but a sense

of oh my god which Batman is which like if obviously

we didn't see that the Robo Batman was wrote

was dad wrote you know he was all terminated

up and all that like really if we didn't know

that already as the audience like it would be

hard to tell which one was which I think I mean

obviously they gave him the red eyes so you so

we as the audience could tell the difference

but with the music and just how tortured the

robot's soul becomes, it's just so damn good.

And the music complements that ten times over.

Oh yeah. Yep. Absolutely. What did you think

of the special bonus section of the previously

unreleased stuff? Well, just a lot of... Joker

material which was spectacular for me. Because

you get a lot of extras from Christmas with a

Joker, last laugh, be a clown. Two -Face stuff's

always great just because you get... They're

always playing the double -edged sword with his

character just because you have two personalities

going at a time. Then you have Joker's favor

and then... Don't know there's a lot of the episodes

that I mean if you're so smart, why aren't you

rich the clock king almost got him? A lot of

the episode bonus material for the Arkham Archives

Is a part of episodes I already enjoy so like

just adding that extra material it just I Can

picture elements of the episodes from the stuff

used so it's kind of Interesting to hear some

of the things that that were used in it, right?

So basically folks for 80 bucks You can get all

four volumes of Batman the animated series Under

$100 you can get all of these sets right now

as of this recording on all them records That's

amazing that they're doing that. Oh, yeah It's

a flash sale September 5th marks 25th anniversary

of the television premiere Well, you better hurry

up folks because it expires on September 6th,

so Under 80 bucks you can get all four of them

You know, I should say under 100 bucks you can

get all four of them but act fast Yeah, no the

BTIS music absolutely love that My buddy Ender

everybody should know Ender, Ender is amazing

He asked me when I re -shared the art image for

this, he's like, what, no Batman Beyond? And

I basically said, well, the last time that was

released was almost 20 years ago, so, until Lawnland,

which, you know, I'm pretty sure they're going

to eventually get to Batman Beyond, which would

be cool as hell. You know, we'll get to that

eventually. I do plan on doing more Lawnland

Lounge releases, folks. It's been a little...

Hectic around here, but I do plan on getting

back to it Volume three I'd probably give Four

out of five what about you for volume three?

Volume three I'll give it a four out of five

Volume four I will give a three and a half out

of five. What about you? I'll give it a bit of

four just because there's more of the bonus material.

I love any time Riddler and Joker episodes come

up, so Absolutely Join us next time here on geocast

radio inside the La La Land lounge for I mean,

who knows I might end up doing you know Transformers

the last night or age of extinction or I don't

know whatever I haven't already The last night

Leave just the music alone. Leave them, the music

is good. That's the only thing that's good about

those Transformers movies. I'd have to listen

to the music on its own without the film to get

more out of it. Because otherwise I hear garbage

trucks smashing into each other. Yes, well, we'll

talk about that later. Everybody please head

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