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Reply #30 posted 11/14/19 7:02am

alandail

He's not talking about the soundtrack. Prince was shown a rough cut of the movie and came back with a soundtrack and a score. They didn't use the score and it wasn't released.

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Reply #31 posted 11/14/19 7:09am

alandail

Also, I hate to rank albums, so won't give it a specific place, but the Batman soundtrack is one of my favorite Prince albums. I've listened to it all the way through more than any other album over the past year.

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Reply #32 posted 11/14/19 7:37am

KoolEaze

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ludwig said:

Danny Elfman "borrowed" heavily from Gottfried Huppertz' soundtrack for "Die Nibelungen" for his Batman theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmG-ozPW6S4&t=597s

Wow ! eek

"borrowed heavily" is an understatement. It sounds VERY similar.

How did you know about this ?

Interesting find.

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Reply #33 posted 11/14/19 10:42am

ludwig

KoolEaze said:

ludwig said:

Danny Elfman "borrowed" heavily from Gottfried Huppertz' soundtrack for "Die Nibelungen" for his Batman theme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmG-ozPW6S4&t=597s

Wow ! eek

"borrowed heavily" is an understatement. It sounds VERY similar.

How did you know about this ?

Interesting find.

I watched the movie a few years ago on german television, restored with the original soundtrack.

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Reply #34 posted 11/18/19 6:47pm

williamb610

That 'Love Theme' from Batman has really got a hold on me! Danny used 'Scandalous' as the basis for his song and it's got me in a trance; i've always loved it.

I had to buy the song recently. It's so dramatic.

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