WaterTower Music release the original soundtrack of Season 1 of Batman: Caped Crusader, with music by composer Frederik Wiedmann. Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human - the Batman. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications...

Frederik Wiedmann delivers a wonderfully gothic score for Season 1 of Batman: Caped Crusader. This is more akin to Danny Elfman's scores for the late '80s / early '90s Tim Burton Batman movies. But it also owes a lot to movie scores of the '40s.

Discussing the project, Wiedmann says: "When I saw the first few frames of Batman: Caped Crusader, I was blown away. The beautiful Art-Deco setting in Gotham City, the character design, the unique approach to each character, simply stunning. It was so exciting to get to work on this show with Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams. We quickly decided to have the music tonally match the setting and time period, which launched me back 80 years into the world for 1940’s noir film scores. I spent hours watching movies from that era (The Wolf Man, Hangover Square, Citizen Kane etc..), to really understand the aesthetics of these phenomenal films and their music. I incorporated the use of harmony, melody and orchestration techniques from that era to give the music a strong and distinct backbone, rooted in this time period. Our wonderful symphony orchestra and soloists performed every episode to perfection, and I very am very excited to share this music with the world".

The score consists of 28 tracks (1 hr, 28 min, 17 sec) and it's interesting to note how every single second of the music is carefully and meticulously composed to ensure that not one beat is wasted. There's no background atmospheric music here. It's a score that's packed, from start to finish, with interesting and engaging thematically rousing pieces.

Whether you're a fan of the series, or of uplifting scores, you'll get a huge amount of pleasure from this wonderfully intricate soundtrack.

10

Darren Rea