Batman Returns (soundtrack)


Batman Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the score album for the 1992 film Batman Returns by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack also includes "Face to Face", written by Siouxsie and the Banshees and Elfman, used to promote the movie prior to its release. Two versions of the music video were made, and a club version, remixed by 808 State, was released. Elfman added chorus to the main theme making it similar but not as dark as the original. The soundtrack is studied by students in the UK taking their A-Levels.

Track listing

  1. "Birth of a Penguin" – 2:27
  2. "Opening Titles" – 3:09
  3. "To the Present" – 0:57
  4. "The Lair" – 4:49
  5. "Selina Kyle" – 1:11
  6. "Selina Transforms" – 4:16
  7. "The Cemetery" – 2:55
  8. "Cat Suite" – 5:42
  9. "Batman vs. the Circus" – 2:35
  10. "The Rise..." – 1:41
  11. "...And Fall from Grace" – 4:08
  12. "Sore Spots" – 2:16
  13. "Rooftops" – 4:19
  14. "Wild Ride" – 3:34
  15. "The Children's Hour" – 1:47
  16. "The Final Confrontation" – 5:12
  17. "Penguin Army" – 4:54
  18. "Selina's Electrocution" – 2:40
  19. "The Finale" – 2:19
  20. "End Credits" – 4:42
  21. "Face to Face" by Siouxsie and the Banshees – 4:17
The titles for tracks 1–6, 10 and 11, 13 and 14, and 16–19 are not official titles, as they are suggested by the film music site Filmtracks. The album art combines those tracks respectively in pairs and lists them as "Birth of a Penguin", "The Lair", "Selina Transforms", "The Rise and Fall from Grace", "Rooftops/Wild Ride", "The Final Confrontation" and "The Finale". Online databases of the album usually list the tracks as parts "I and II" or with "Cont." in brackets.
This titling prompted confusion from consumers, and was heavily criticized by Filmtracks.

Complete score

La-La Land Records released Danny Elfman's complete score to Batman Returns on November 30, 2010.
Disc one
  1. "Birth of a Penguin/Main Title" – 5:38
  2. "Penguin Spies"* – 1:09
  3. "Shadow of Doom*/Clown Attack*/Introducing the Bat**" – 5:01
  4. "Intro*/The Zoo**/The Lair" – 6:00
  5. "Caught in the Act*/Uh-Oh Max*" – 1:58
  6. "Kitty Party*/Selina Transforms**" – 5:30
  7. "Penguin's Grand Deed"* – 1:50
  8. "The List Begins"* – 0:45
  9. "The Cemetery" – 2:56
  10. "Catwoman Saves Joan*/The New Woman*" – 2:03
  11. "Penguin's Surprise" – 1:43
  12. "Bad, Bad Dog**/Batman vs. Circus/Selina's Shopping Spree**" – 5:42
  13. "Cat Chase"** – 2:12
  14. "Candidate Cobblepot"* – 0:58
  15. "The Plan*/Kidnapping*" – 2:32)
  16. "Sore Spots/Batman's Closet*" – 3:22
  17. "The Plot Unfolds"* – 1:15
  18. "Roof Top Encounters"** – 4:49
  19. "Batman's Wild Ride"** – 4:19
  20. "Fall from Grace"** – 4:17
  21. "Revealed*/Party Crasher*" – 3:18
Disc two
  1. "Umbrella Source/The Children's Hour/War**" – 7:53
  2. "Final Confrontation**/Finale" – 9:15
  3. "A Shadow of Doubt**/End Credits**" – 6:15
  4. "Face to Face" by Siouxsie and the Banshees – 4:18
Alternate and album cues
  2. "The Zoo "** – 1:00
  3. "The List Begins
  4. "Cat Chase "** – 2:1
  5. "Roof Top Encounters "** – 4:49
  6. "Fall From Grace "** – 4:17
  7. "The Lair, Part I" – 0:57
  8. "The Lair, Part II" – 4:51
  9. "Selina Transforms, Part I" – 1:12
  10. "Selina Transforms, Part II" – 4:15
  11. "Batman vs. The Circus" – 2:35
  12. "Cat Suite" – 5:43
  13. "A Shadow of Doubt **/End Credits " – 7:02
Bonus track
  2. "Super Freak"* – 3:23
Previously unreleased

Contains previously unreleased material

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