StreamingSoundtracks.com - Batman: Under The Red Hood

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	A Death In The Family Christopher Drake	4:46	14
02	Main Titles Christopher Drake	2:41	11
03	Mob Boss Meeting Christopher Drake	1:42	6
04	Amazo Christopher Drake	4:16	8
05	Batwing Christopher Drake	3:14	7
06	Batmobile To Arkham Christopher Drake	0:44	9
07	Interrogation Christopher Drake	1:13	6
08	Rooftop Chase Christopher Drake	4:17	10
09	Flashback Christopher Drake	2:15	7
10	Black Mask Strikes Back Christopher Drake	1:13	7
11	Techno Ninjas Christopher Drake	5:38	7
12	Break Out Christopher Drake	2:11	8
13	Deal With The Devil Christopher Drake	0:45	8
14	Ra's Story Christopher Drake	5:42	6
15	The Bridge Christopher Drake	5:09	8
16	Final Confrontation Christopher Drake	4:41	7
17	The Choice Christopher Drake	2:12	13
18	End Titles Christopher Drake	3:31	9

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Reviewers Rating

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Not inspiring

By:	LadyInque
Date:	29 Nov 2010
Rating:

The website World’s Finest conducted an interview with Christopher Drake, the composer on this and other DC Animated movies such as Gotham Knight and Wonder Woman. In the interview, the words “dark,” “modern,” “minimalist,” and “electronic” are used to describe the direction of the score for this film, which gives you an idea of the music and which probably explains why I find the result to be an uninteresting listen, even though the score worked well enough in the movie. The director, according to the interview, had specific references in mind for the score, which clearly included the recent Batsounds by Hans Zimmer. I’m not a big fan of Zimmer’s work in the first place, but this is a pretty bloodless imitation of that style. It’s also my opinion that temp tracks used by a director seldom help the real composer create anything good.

I could point out specific tracks, like “Batwing,” for their driving action. But the entire album is either driving action or emotionally constipated melodrama, with a heaping serving of electronic processing. It gets dull. It’s not thematic, and it’s not particularly attractive. “A Death in the Family” is a good example. The first time I heard it, the disc was skipping in my player. I fixed the problem, but the track was not improved.

This score is probably my least favorite of the DC Animated scores, and I can’t recommend it. If all the NUTs have been cracked and you’d like to try it out, I suggest the “Main Titles” or “Flashback.”

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