Batman Theme & Other Bat Songs

Neal Hefti & his Orchestra and Chorus | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Label: BMG Special Products
• Copyright: This Compilation (P) 1997 BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
• Total Length: 45:45
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001L5JYL4
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,323 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Promotional Oddity?, October 29, 2008

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Kevin Dennis (Arvada CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Batman Theme & Other Bat Songs (Audio CD)

I picked this up years ago thinking it was the original music from the Batman tv show - it isn't. Except for a swinging version of the iconic theme, it's the type of music that would have shown up in an Ironside episode featuring a "rock" band. And the cover - looking for all the world like the inner liner notes - offers little to no information.

By the song list, it appears to be the original Neil Hefti album "Batman Theme and 12 Hefti Bat Songs." Or rather, a promotional copy of the album reissue on cd? It carries nearly the same release number as another Hefti Batman reissue - anyone have any clues?

4.0 out of 5 stars Proto-Minimalism?, March 31, 2011

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DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman Theme & Other Bat Songs (MP3 Download)

The more I listen to this album - especially the original 12 cuts (the bonus cuts sound like a different session & band) the more I like it, & the harder it becomes to resist calling it "proto-minimalist." Hefti had been dabbling in this direction with Count Basie & with his own albums. The deadlines of TV & movie soundtrack commissions forced his hand. Most of the original 12 songs are witty variations on the I-IV-V structure of the "Batman Theme." It's as if Hefti had a notebook of little riff sketches & challenged himself to compose & arrange the entire thing in one afternoon. Amusing uses of sound effects, fuzz box, & Hammond (& perhaps Lowrey) organ. The studio band is modest. Not quite ready to pronounce it a minor pop masterpiece, but I think I could make a case for it, if it mattered enough.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "BATMAN" THE ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK ALBUM, July 7, 2005

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bestcdhead - See all my reviews

This review is from: Batman Theme & Other Bat Songs (Audio CD)

track listing:

1) Batman Theme
2) Evil Plot To Blow Up Batman
3) Sewer Lady
4) The Mafista
5) Holy Diploma, Batman - Straight A's!
6) Eivol Ekdol, The Albanian Genius
7) The Batusi
8) Just A Simple Millionaire
9) My Fine Feathered Finks
10) Mr. Freeze
11) Jervis
12) Batman Chase