The Music of DC Comics Gets a Sequel

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Jun 9, 2016

Back in 2010, WaterTower Music paid tribute to the myriad sounds of DC Comics with The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection. It featured the iconic, influential work of master composers like John Williams, Shirley Walker or Hans Hammer, the retro kitsch of 1966’s Batman or 1973’s Super Friends or the poppy, irresistible hooks of the recent DC Super Hero Girls.

Now six years later, WaterTower Music has put together a sequel, [easyazon_link identifier=”B01FW8MO4O” locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2[/easyazon_link], featuring 29 songs from beloved movies, television shows, games, and radio shows including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,Batman: The Animated Series, Superman, Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Dark Knight Rises, Supergirl, Gotham, and The Flash. It will even feature 11 songs that have never before been released.

Here’s the full list:

1. The Baby From Krypton Intro (from Superman Radio Show) – Bud Collyer (1940)
2. What Are You Going To Do When You Are Not Saving the World? (from Man of Steel) – Hans Zimmer (2013)
3. Superman Theme (from Ruby-Spears Superman) – John Williams (1988)
4. Superman The Animated Series Theme – Shirley Walker (1996)
5. The Flying Sequence / Can You Read My Mind? (feat. Margot Kidder) – John Williams (1978)
6. Fight Night (from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) – Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL (2016)
7. Batman Theme – Neal Hefti (1966)
8. Batman The Animated Series – Danny Elfman (1996)
9. The Ballad of Batman (from Batman: The Brave and the Bold) – Dynamic Music Partners feat. John DiMaggio (2002)
10. Batman and Robin: Batman Takes Over (Intro) – Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1949)
11. Why Do We Fall? (From Dark Knight Rises) – Hans Zimmer (2012)
12. Christmas with the Joker / Jingle Bells Batman Smells – Shirley Walker feat. Mark Hamill (1992)
13. Joker is Wild – The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale: Sun Ra and the Blues Project (1966)
14. Mischief (Harley Quinn’s Theme) [from Infinite Crisis Videogame] – Matthew Harwood (2015)
15. Lex Luthor’s Lair – John Williams (1978)
16. Penquin Makes Moves (from Gotham) – Graeme Revell and David E. Russo (2015)
17. Penquin’s Umbrella – The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale: Sun Ra and the Blues Project (1966)
18. Challenge of The Superfriends – Hoyt Curtin (1978)
19. The Theme of The Justice League of America – Arthur Korb (1966)
20. Supergirl Theme – Blake Neely (2015)
21. Robin’s Theme – The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale: Sun Ra and the Blues Project (1966)
22. The Adventures of Superpup – TV Pilot (1958)
23. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Theme – Blake Neely (2016)
24. Metamorpho – Arthur Korb (1966)
25. Get Your Cape On – Jordyn Kane (2015)
26. The Flash TV Series Theme – Danny Elfman (1990)
27. The Flash vs Arrow – Blake Neely (2014)
28. Wonder Woman – Arthur Korb (1966)
29. Wonder Woman TV Series Season 3 Theme – Charles Fox and Norman Gimble (1978)

Take a listen to one of the never-before-released songs from all the way back in 1978:

This theme, “Challenge of the Superfriends” by Hoyt Curtin is from the third series of Super Friends. It opens introducing the Legion of Doom assembled by Lex Luthor before launching into the heroic theme of the previous Super Friends cartoons to introduce the Justice League of America!

[easyazon_link identifier=”B01FW8MO4O” locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2[/easyazon_link] will be released on CD and as a digital download on July 15th. There will also be a double vinyl version of the album to be made available.


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