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#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	Vespertilio Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	2:52	127
02	Eptesicus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	4:20	199
03	Myotis Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	5:46	177
04	Barbastella Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	4:45	117
05	Artibeus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	4:20	50
06	Tadarida Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	5:06	65
07	Macrotus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	7:36	150
08	Antrozous Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	3:59	96
09	Nycteris Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	4:26	73
10	Molossus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	4:49	344
11	Corynorhinus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	5:04	288
12	Lasiurus Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard	7:27	213

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Reviewers Rating

3 reviews done for this album.

My favourite

By:	GGvvSS
Date:	5 Mar 2007
Rating:

This album is my favourite one. A master piece by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Although many people were disappointed that the original "Batman-tune" was gone, I'm not. This is surely an improvement. By the way, did you notice that the first letter of the songtitles spell B-A-T-M-A-N, from the 4th on?

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Anderson8989's Review of BATMAN BEGINS

By:	Anderson8989
Date:	28 Apr 2008
Rating:

I will start off by saying that I love both Hans zimmer's & James Newton Howards' works. When I first saw the movie "Batman Begins", directed by Christopher Nolan, I was extremely impressed by the special effects, acting, deep characters, and the wonderful storyline. Also, I loved the music and after seeing the movie, I immediately looked into buying the soundtrack. Yet, when I heard the soundtrack outside of the movie I learned that most of the songs make a very darker slower music to listen to. If you are planing on buying this soundtrack I would suggest listen to it first and picking out the songs that sound good outside of the movie. Overall, I will give this soundtrack a 3&1/2 stars because eventhough it sounds great in the movie, most of the songs do not make for the best casual listening.

Anderson8989

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Hardly perfect, but it’s grown on me

By:	LadyInque
Date:	11 Jun 2009
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When I first saw this movie, I really didn’t like it. It’s grown on me since, so I guess it makes sense that it took me a long time to warm up to this score. I still find it a little pretentious, and the suite arrangements and stunt track titles don’t really help. I know, they’re genera of bats, they spell Batman, got it. I renamed them for my own convenience. To my ears, the score has three modes: emotional strings, action thumping, and sound effects. Listening to the score I can hear the three rotate, but not with enough variation or development to keep it interesting. These tropes would continue to dominate in the sequel score, but there at least there is some development.

“Vestpertillio (Opening Credits)” starts us off with sound effects, the whoosh of bat wings, and the minor-third ostinato that the composers seem to like. A better version is “Barbastella (Into the Cave),” which also features some ethereal strings and voice. The emotional strings come in with “Eptesicus (Loss and Training),” and I like the hopeful movement in the chords. The emotional stuff hits its high point with the penultimate track, “Corynorhinus (Bruce and Rachel),” which is a favorite of mine. It should have closed the album, instead of the drippy “Lasiurus (Guardian).”

If you want action, you can find it in “Myotis (League of Shadows).” You’ll have to wait for it through some nice low strings. If you’re impatient, do what everyone does and request “Molossus (Tumbler Chase).”

There’s one track that’s very different: “Nycteris (Lucius Fox).” It’s a string/electronic piece that I like for its movement. It's not action; it's not sentimental. It sounds to me like an intricate modern dance. It’s a good theme for the brainier aspects of Batman: the gadgets, the detective work.

Request: “Nycteris” “Barbastella” “Corynorhinus”
Avoid: “Artibeus (Hallucinations),” because it’s almost pure sound effects, very screechy, and unpleasant listening. “Lasiurus” is long and dull.

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