IheartMelissaBenoist 36 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Was listening to Gottfried Huppertz's score for Fritz Lang's "Die Nibelungen" from 1924 (as one does), and noticed a distinct similarity to the main theme phrase from Danny Elfman's 1989 "Batman" score. Am I crazy, am I hearing things? The main notes of the melody, the orchestration, the rhythm, even the brief hold at the uppermost note before the final two lower notes... You'll probably recognize it when you hear it. Seems to be most noticeable in the track "Saal der Etzelburg (Attila's Castle Hall)", at around 2:29, also 4:42 (and there are more instances of it in the score), here's the Spotify link for Disc 3 Track 13 of the 2015 re-recording with Frank Strobel conducting the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt ... Probably entirely coincidental, of course, but I thought it was cool. YMMV. Let me know what you think. Thanks, gang! Edited to add: Was supposed to be a question mark at the end of the topic title, it's there now. Whoops. enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,514 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Those Huppertz scores had not been re-recorded yet at the time Elfman was working on Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Looked up this track out of curiosity (there are like 3 with the track title mentioned in the OP). Definitely an Elfman Batman similarity in that opening. Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartMelissaBenoist 36 Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, Fabulin said: Those Huppertz scores had not been re-recorded yet at the time Elfman was working on Batman. OK, ya got me there. But who's ta say that it wasn't "out there", in the ether, for Danny to "pick up" mysteriously, or, I know, was there sheet music for the score? Maybe even an arrangement for piano? Or maybe his grandparents saw the original film and remembered the score and used to sing it to young Danny. Still, it's pretty dang close, ain't it? Doug Adams beat me to it, 2016... Man, it just isn't my day. I cannot type "isn't" for the life of me. Plus my new car *still* has not arrived at the dealer ("ETA 9/1"... "Now it's saying ETA 9/7"... uh-huh...) Marc and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,514 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Yavar Moradi and Marc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 768 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Interesting subject, I wasn't aware of these similitudes ! Still one pretty amazing theme, especially horn and trumpet-wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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