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re: Batman Songs

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rockfenris2005 10:10 am UTC 04/13/07
In reply to: re: Batman Songs - RadioMaster 09:06 am UTC 04/13/07



> Thanks for the info!
> What is Gotham City?

Yeah it's Vespers/Angels Arise/Song Of Gotham City. I just call it "Gotham City". It's short and sweeter and it's a better title, IMO.

> >
> >
> > > Where do you take all those songs from? Never heard of
> > > half of them. Or did you just make them up?
> >
> > We've heard:
> >
> > Gotham City
> > The Graveyard Shift
> > The Land of the Pig
> > Not Allowed to Love
> > Wonderful Toys
> > I need all the Love I can get
> > We're Still the Children we once were
> >
> > The other ones:
> >
> > > God has Left the Building
> >
> > Not the version from "Dance Of The Vampires", it's an
> > actual song that Jim wrote. It dates back to 1998. Here, I
> > envisioned it as a Joker song
> >
> > > The Powers of Darkness
> >
> > This is a song Jim wrote for "The Final At Bat", extolling
> > the virtues of the powers of darkness. Here, I envisioned
> > it as another Joker song
> >
> > > In the Underbelly of the Beast
> >
> > This is listed as part of "Bat Out Of Hell 2100", the
> > screenplay Steinman did in 1994. Here, I envisioned it as
> > Bruce Wayne's nightmare / flashback sequence when he
> > witnessed the death of his parents in Crime Alley.
> >
> > > Read my Apocalypse
> >
> > This was a song from the Broadway production of "Dance Of
> > The Vampires", albeit a minor one that Krolock sings
> > firstly to lure Sarah to the ball and then when the castle
> > destructs toward the end of the show. Here, I envisioned
> > it as part of a Joker ransom
> >
> > > Dark Night of the Soul
> >
> > This was the last song in Act One of Jim's Swedish musical
> > "Garbo" (2002). I always thought it would have made an
> > excellent "Batman" song. Here, I envisioned it as the
> > finale act one as everyone in Gotham sings from different
> > areas, sorta like "One Day More" in "Les Miserables".
> >
> > > You wear it well
> >
> > This is a song Jim wrote in 1999. Here, I envisioned it as
> > a Catwoman and Joker duet.
> >
> > > I'd do anything for Love (But I won't do that)
> >
> > I envisioned it as being sung by Joker as he burns down
> > Gotham City (which he never does in the musical, as far as
> > I know.)
> >
> >


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