Michael Giacchino - The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ALBUM REVIEW
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If there were any movie releasing this year, I’d have to cover the score for this one. For those that don’t know, The Batman is a movie I’ve been excited for on the level of Spider-Man: No Way Home. By the time this review releases, I will have seen the movie itself and will most likely have loved it. Now, though, we focus on what surely will be a highlight from the movie. I’ve covered Michael Giacchino’s work before, specifically his score for No Way Home, and ever since the middle of the pandemic, the four notes that he created for Matt Reeves’s new film has been an earworm. Two years after the first trailer for the film, we finally have Giacchino’s work for The Batman. Let’s get into my thoughts on it.
Giacchino has already created an amazing theme for both Doctor Strange and Spider-Man, but they were due for something new like this. Batman isn’t. Even if Hans Zimmer’s score is known by most, Danny Elfman’s score from the 1989 film is still widely known and memorable. Where does Giacchino go from there? Again, only four notes. That “DUNNNN, DUN DUN DUNNNN” is a constant in this score, as if it’s a signal for the Caped Crusader’s arrival. There’s actually a trifecta of themes in this. Batman, of course, has his own, but Riddler and Catwoman also get their own themes, and they’re equally as good. This score and gritty and down to Earth when it needs to be, but surprisingly optimistic and hopeful in parts too. The two parts of “A Bat in the Rafters” are fantastic, and along with “Sonata In Darkness” and the aforementioned trilogy of themes, they each make up for some of Giacchino’s best work yet. Honestly, I have the highest amount of praise for The Batman’s score. In a movie that’s chock-full of highlights, Michael Giacchino’s score might shine the brightest in the darkness.
10/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a WaterTower Music release.
If there were any movie releasing this year, I’d have to cover the score for this one. For those that don’t know, The Batman is a movie I’ve been excited for on the level of Spider-Man: No Way Home. By the time this review releases, I will have seen the movie itself and will most likely have loved it. Now, though, we focus on what surely will be a highlight from the movie. I’ve covered Michael Giacchino’s work before, specifically his score for No Way Home, and ever since the middle of the pandemic, the four notes that he created for Matt Reeves’s new film has been an earworm. Two years after the first trailer for the film, we finally have Giacchino’s work for The Batman. Let’s get into my thoughts on it.
Giacchino has already created an amazing theme for both Doctor Strange and Spider-Man, but they were due for something new like this. Batman isn’t. Even if Hans Zimmer’s score is known by most, Danny Elfman’s score from the 1989 film is still widely known and memorable. Where does Giacchino go from there? Again, only four notes. That “DUNNNN, DUN DUN DUNNNN” is a constant in this score, as if it’s a signal for the Caped Crusader’s arrival. There’s actually a trifecta of themes in this. Batman, of course, has his own, but Riddler and Catwoman also get their own themes, and they’re equally as good. This score and gritty and down to Earth when it needs to be, but surprisingly optimistic and hopeful in parts too. The two parts of “A Bat in the Rafters” are fantastic, and along with “Sonata In Darkness” and the aforementioned trilogy of themes, they each make up for some of Giacchino’s best work yet. Honestly, I have the highest amount of praise for The Batman’s score. In a movie that’s chock-full of highlights, Michael Giacchino’s score might shine the brightest in the darkness.
10/10
Listen here
YouTube Music
The Batman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a WaterTower Music release.
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