The Music Of DC Comics, Vol. 2

"The Music Of DC Comics: Vol. 2" left me grappling with a mystery: How Hans Zimmer keeps getting hired to compose film scores.His work from recent DC Comics films is well-represented in this sequel/companion to "The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection," with selections from "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice," "Man of Steel" and "The Dark Knight Rises." All three are so forgettable, they fade from memory as soon as the orchestra plays the last note. Both invidividually and collectively, they define the phrase "background noise."Even when he's phoning it in, as he does with the "Ruby-Spears Superman" animated series theme, which is just a riff on his well-known "Superman: The Movie" theme, John Williams produces superior music. Williams' work from the latter is represented here by "The Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind?" and "Lex Luthor's Lair," which will not remind anyone of the engineer/businessman from the comics but complements perfectly Gene Hackman's portrayal of the Man of Steel's archenemy.Plenty of other, better work from the recent history of DC on film is here, as well. The CW's "Arrowverse" series are represented by Blake Neely's themes from "Supergirl," and "DC's Legends of Tomorrow," plus a selection called "The Flash vs. Arrow." Also included are selections from the young Bruce Wayne series "Gotham" and the "Infinite Crisis" videogame.Lending this collection a sense of novelty its companion/predecessor lacks are a number of selections that can quite charitably be called "oddities."Among them are three selections inspired by the classic "Batman" TV series, performed by a group called "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale: Sun Ra and the Blues Project," that sound like they would have fit in with that show's third season. There's also a Western-style song, "The Ballad of Batman," from "Batman: The Brave and the Bold," which captures that show's singular outlook on the Caped Crusader's world perfectly. And not to be outdone, composer Shirley Walker and animation's Joker, Mark Hamill, join forces for a rendition of that old elementary school favorite, "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" (at least, it was a favorite in my small-town elementary school).Things only get wilder from there. There's music from "The Adventures of Superpup," a failed 1950s pilot which portrayed the Superman characters as dogs. (My imagination's not genius enough to make that up. Visit Wikipedia.) And a fellow named Arthur Korb wrote three selections that will leave you wonder what he was thinking, including a head-scratching "Justice League of America" theme and a equally bizarre "Wonder Woman" song that made me think he somehow confused the Amazon Princess with Samantha Stephens from the sitcom "Bewitched." It's understating matters to say that these songs must be heard to be believed, because no words can do them justice.Zimmer's background noise selections aside, "The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2" is a delightfully eccentric companion collection worth space in a DC fan's library.

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So glad that "The Ballad of Batman," from the Brave and the Bold animated series was included. Just love that piece. Hopefully DC will continue on with a volume 3 in the years to come. Maybe in future installments, they can include more of the Batman "kiddie" 45 records that was done during the Adam West years. I also had a hard time believing the producers included several selections from "the Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale. Now, that was an interesting album.Also DC consider adding the theme from "The Aquaman/Superman Power Hour?"Please DC, do some more.JThree

I'm a soundtrack collector kinda guy and a long-time comic book fan, so I naturally have volume one as well as this one now. And I really enjoy this volume more than the first volume. The choices here are both a broad variety of styles, including many themes both old and more recent that you'd want to have included, and they are sequenced in a way that's just offers an enjoyable hour or so of DC fun to listen to.

More music about DC Comics. It's nice that songs from the 1966 Justice League of America are included, but my favorite song from that album, "Plastic Man", isn't among them.

This contained some obscure yet wonderful music. Interestingly enough the theme from the failed 1966 Wonder Woman pilot was as bad as the pilot. On the whole enjoyed.

Enjoyed the CD, bought back some nice memories....also got the Volume 1 edition.A nice gift for any DC Comics Fan.

Esta reseña es para el album producido por Music on Vinyl de 2 discos azules translúcidos, el otro de WaterTower o cualquier otra compañía puede variar en calidad.Alrededor de 1 disco de los 2 o poco menos son temas buenos, el resto son temas ya más veteranos que en mi opinión no resisten la prueba del tiempo y se perciben mas circenses que otra cosa. Es una buena colección a lo largo del tiempo de personajes de DC comics pero creo que pudieron haber hecho tal vez más volúmenes con temas tal vez temporalmente más contiguos.El material de vinilo con el que estan hechos los discos es muy bueno (posiblemente no excelente) ya que trae muy bajo ruido superficial, posiblemente alguna que otra imperfección solamente e incluye un poster que pues esta a grandes rasgos bien, nada del otro mundo, un fondo sin chiste y más personajes de DC cada uno en diferente perfil volando hacia el frente, del otro lado del poster es básicamente la portada nada más. El resto de la presentación esta muy en línea con las entregas de music on vinyl.Recomendado si eres en algún grado fan de DC comics o de cuando menos de varios de los personajes y te han gustado los temas de las películas o de las series desde los 50's/60's hasta alrededor del 2016.

Una gran calidad auditiva de los temas de dc.Las pistas son las siguientes.1.Superman Radio Show: The Baby from Krypton Intro [1:14]2.Man of Steel: What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World? [5:24]3.Superman: Superman Theme [1:02]4.Superman the Animated Series: Theme [1:03]5.Superman: The Flying Sequence/Can You Read My Mind? [8:06]6.Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice: Fight Night [4:20]7.Batman: Theme [0:46]8.Batman: The Animated Series [1:03]9.The Ballad of Batman [2:17]10.Batman and Robin: Batman Takes Over [2:11]11.Dark Knight Rises: Why Do We Fall? [2:04]12.Christmas With the Joker/Jingle Bells Batman Smells [0:35]13.Joker Is Wild [1:56]14.Infinite Crisis: Mischief (Harley Quinn's Theme) [0:51]15.Lex Luthor's Lair [2:33]16.Gotham: Penguin Makes Moves [0:47]17.Penguin's Umbrella [3:02]18.Challenge of the Super Friends [1:02]19.Justice League of America: Theme [3:11]20.Supergirl: Theme [1:11]21.Robin's Theme [3:03]22.The Adventures of Superpup: TV Pilot [0:37]23.DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Theme [0:50]24.Metamorpho [2:13]25.Get Your Cape On [3:34]26.The Flash: Theme [1:33]27.The Flash vs Arrow [5:07]28.Wonder Woman [1:25]29.Wonder Woman: Theme [1:05]

Lo mejor son las piezas compuestas por John Williams, Hans Zimmer y Junkie XL. Las composiciones para antiguas series de TV también son estupendas de escuchar.

La plazos muy bien, llegó mucho antes de lo previsto. El CD estaba nuevo y prrfecto. Y el contenido, eso es cuestión de gustos, claro, pero a mí y a mi hijo de diez años nos encanta. El se lo pone para estudiar como banda sonora... Lo compraría de nuevo aquí, sin duda

Fantastic addition to any superhero music library!