# Batman music

Over the course of its history, media adaptations of Batman have generated a wide variety of music produced in connection with both live-action and animated television series, and with the many Batman films.
Music associated with Batman media includes:

## Television

* "Batman Theme", theme song of the 1960s series Batman by Neal Hefti.
* Batman: The Animated Series § Music, musical score of the 1990s animated series written by various composers, with the main theme being composed by Danny Elfman.

## Film
### Live-action

* Batman (score), album of Danny Elfman's score for the 1989 film
** Batman (album), album by Prince with songs featured in and inspired by the 1989 film Batman
*** "Batdance", single from the Prince album
* Batman Returns (soundtrack), album of Danny Elfman's score for the 1992 film
** "Face to Face" (Siouxsie and the Banshees song), song recorded for Batman Returns
* Batman Forever (soundtrack), compilation of songs by various artists from and inspired by the 1995 film
** "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", song recorded by U2 for Batman Forever
** "Kiss from a Rose", song recorded by Seal for Batman Forever
* Batman Forever (score), album of Elliot Goldenthal's score for the 1995 film
* Batman & Robin (soundtrack), compilation of songs by various artists from and inspired by the 1997 film
* Batman Begins (soundtrack), album of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's score for the 2005 film
* The Dark Knight (soundtrack), album of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's score for the 2008 film
* The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack), album of Hans Zimmer's score for the 2012 film
* Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (soundtrack), album of Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL's score for the 2016 film
* Justice League (soundtrack), album of Danny Elfman's score for the 2017 film
** Zack Snyder's Justice League (soundtrack), album of Junkie XL's score for the 2021 director's cut of the film
* The Batman (soundtrack), album of Michael Giacchino's score for the 2022 film
* The Flash (soundtrack), album of Benjamin Wallfisch's score for the 2023 film

### Animation

* Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (soundtrack), album of Shirley Walker's score for the 1993 film
* The Lego Batman Movie (soundtrack), album of Lorne Balfe's score for the 2017 film

## Video games

* Music of Batman: Arkham City, albums of the score and songs of the 2011 video game
Batman composers :
vteDanny Elfman
Discography
Compositions
Filmography
Accolades
Soundtracks
Forbidden Zone (1982)
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Spider-Man (2004)
Big Fish (2003)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Milk (2008)
The Wolfman (2010)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Real Steel (2011)
Frankenweenie (2012)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Justice League (2017)
The Grinch (2018)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
White Noise (2022)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Albums
So-Lo (1984)
Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music Volume One (1990)
Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film & Television Music Volume Two (1996)
Serenada Schizophrana (2006)
Eleven Eleven (2017)
Big Mess (2021)
Songs
"Face to Face" (1992)
"This Is Halloween" (1993)
"Happy" (2020)
Related
The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo
discography
Batman music
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Category
vteElliot GoldenthalFilm work
Drugstore Cowboy
Pet Sematary
Alien³
Demolition Man
Golden Gate
Interview with the Vampire
Cobb
Batman Forever
Heat
Michael Collins
A Time to Kill
The Butcher Boy
Sphere
In Dreams
Titus
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Frida
The Good Thief
S.W.A.T.
Concert and theatre work
Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio
Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass
Othello
The Green Bird
Grendel
Related
Batman music
vteHans Zimmer
Discography
Accolades
Soundtracks
Days of Thunder (1990)
Green Card (1990)
The Power of One (1992)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
The Lion King (1994)
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Batman Begins (2005)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Soundtrack Treasures Collection (2007)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Inception (2010)
Megamind (2010)
Rango (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rush (2013)
Man of Steel (2013)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Hidden Figures (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
The Lion King (2019)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
No Time to Die (2021)
Dune (2021)
Army of Thieves (2021)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The Creator (2023)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Related
Remote Control Productions
Bleeding Fingers Music
Batman music
Music of Superman
Category
vteTom HolkenborgStudio albums
Saturday Teenage Kick (1997)
Big Sounds of the Drags (1999)
Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin (2003)
Today (2006)
Booming Back at You (2008)
EPs
More More (2007)
Soundtrack albums
Divergent (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Deadpool (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Tomb Raider (2018)
Mortal Engines (2018)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Terminator: Dark Fate (2020)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Scoob! (2020)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Army of the Dead (2021)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Rebel Moon (2023)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Singles
"A Little Less Conversation"
"Obsession"
Related
Discography
Batman music
Music of Superman
Music of Sonic the Hedgehog
vteMichael Giacchino
Discography
Awards and nominations
Soundtracks
The Incredibles (2004)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
Star Trek (2009)
Up (2009)
Let Me In (2010)
Cars 2 (2011)
Super 8 (2011)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
John Carter (2012)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Zootopia (2016)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Rogue One (2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Coco (2017)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Batman (2022)
Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
Lightyear (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Society of the Snow (2023)
Works directed
Star Trek: Short Treks (episode: "Ephraim and Dot")
Werewolf by Night
See also
Music of Lost
Music of Star Trek
Music of Star Wars
Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Batman music
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