Batman: The Animated Album

Done

It has been a solid four weeks since I have posted a new track on this blog. By no means should this indicate that work on Batman: The Animated Album has ceased. On the contrary, thanks to some intensive final cutting, mixing, and arranging, the album is now complete.

Batman TAA weighs in at just over 49 minutes over 20 tracks, opening with a breakdown of the familiar theme by Danny Elfman, and closing with the inevitable trial of Batman by a jury of Rogues at Arkham Asylum.

The last track completed was one I found the most challenging to compose, not due to any technical issue, but simply because I realized I was attempting to encapsulate the story of perhaps the greatest villain of all time into a three minute song.

Though it may sound contrived, I absoulutely felt the crazies taking over as I worked on this track. Something about Mark Hamill’s rendition of the Joker captures the senseless humor and murderous insanity perfectly. Episodes like Joker’s Favor yielded quotes that, while remaining unrelated directly to any major story arcs about the character, displayed his madness. These words helped me paint a picture of this monster, who I somehow began to relate to while researching him for this project. There is so much more to the Joker than meets the eye.

This is the only time I will divulge this, but the title The Real Hero is just there to fuck with you. A product of the little Joker in me, I suppose.