Batman TAS theme vs Dark Knight Trilogy theme

[ganon51]

Which theme music is better?

[quinnzel]

The music in TDK trilogy is amazing, but I have to go with TAS music. It still holds up 22 years later and it's awesome.

[Michael24]

B:TAS, without question. Walker's theme practically declares "this is Batman!"

The DK trilogy doesn't really even have a theme. It's more like a motif than anything else.

[PocketfulofKryptonite]

Batman TAS and Batman in the DCAU is arguably the most comprehensive, complete and consistent portrayal of Batman in multimedia. I was stunned to realise they never showed the Batman origin until "For The Man Who Has Everything" considering how complete a portrayal it was for so many years. I can hear the Batman TAS theme in my head right now "dun dun dun, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh (duh duh), dun dun dun der der der der der (dun dun dun dun dun dun dun)" ... I can't think of the theme in Nolan's movie at all.

[sunofdarkchild]

Hans Zimmer's work is great, but it is designed solely to set the mood for the specific scenes, not to stand on its own. In context his Joker motif is amazing, but on its own it would be the most annoying sound ever. BTAS music stands on its own very well.

[MrStatham]

Zimmer has some great music constructed for specific scenes and characters, like 'Why Do We Fall' for TDKR, Joker's utterly unnerving theme in TDK, and Molossus, but a lot of it is very scene-specific and the three films do not have a theme they all use like say, Star Wars. BTAS has a lot more material to work with, but I found they built on the Elfman theme of the Burton movies to becomes something awesome - the themes for Joker, Two-Face, Mr Freeze and so on are utterly excellent, and both the initial theme and the revamped 'Adventures of Batman and Robin' theme are awesome.

[masahikotahara]

Hans Zimmer's work is great, but it is designed solely to set the mood for the specific scenes, not to stand on its own. In context his Joker motif is amazing, but on its own it would be the most annoying sound ever. BTAS music stands on its own very well.

I agree 100%.

Also, it is kind of a cliché, but (in most cases), movie soundtracks are like lettering in comics; when done right, you hardly notice it. When it's off, it annoys and takes you out of it. However, a lot of soundtracks are definitely worth it to listen to on their own, like Blade Runner (Vangelis) and Twin Peaks (Angelo Badalamenti).

[NewMutant]

Here is a great remix of the two...

http://youtu.be/Sobi2t1Clnc


I think they are both stellar. TAS/Burton films have a bit more classic feel.

[Steven Ely]

Not even a close call for me between the two.
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