[revol namfle]

Not to take away from Elfman nor the Batman score but, the finale you refer to, itself seems very much written from the same vein of the first movement of Strauss’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.” This may have already been mentioned and probably has but, I am uncertain. Just start listening to the 1:10 mark of the Batman finale and approximately the 1:19 (this differs version to version) mark of the Strauss piece. Extremely similar and even in the same key (C major). I’m not sure of Elfman’s process in writing the finale but, the similarities in motivic function are undeniable. Rip? hmmm….but, anyways, still a damn effective ending to one of the greatest scores to ever be written.

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