Batman: "Waltz to the Death” by Danny Elfman (Score Reduction and Analysis)

[@AnthonyOTooleMusic]

00:15 ...*googles to see which came first Super Mario Underwater Theme or Batman movie*

[@pedroaugustomoura8968]

obviously Super Mario Underwater

[@yellowgetbright]

Dude, same. All I know is that Elfman based this on Waltz of The Flowers by Tchaikovsky.

[@sorenodom9667]

I love the little nod to Bernard Hermann's Vertigo score, whether intentional or not, as the goon is falling down at 2:32. That rising semi-tone motif is the same whenever someone falls to their death in that film.

[@betweenlakes]

Bernard Herrmann inspiring Danny Elfman (and his Batman score in particular)?! I find that a bit hard to believe

[@ActorFlautista]

Thank you! Thank You! THANK YOU SO MUCH for dissecting this piece! This work is a masterpiece and I always wondered how it looked like!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@evancobb2554]

You should do "Anakin Crawling" for the next one! It's honestly one of John Williams's most insane songs. Not in terms of speed and intensity, but in the theory, how he pieces the song together, and making atonality sound so amazing.

[@hhhkill5747]

2:18 waltz of the flower

[@leomeneghelli1795]

WOW!!! From 1:31 reminds me A LOT Camile Saint Saens Danse Macabre!!

[@jasonzurlo1543]

Mario water theme lol

[@HellbillyHalloween]

This definitely was influenced by Tchaikovsky’s Waltz Of The Flowers from The Nutcracker

[@betweenlakes]

There's a real touch of waltz about it, I agree

[@kozakurabashi]

Unlike other batman movie, in Tim Barton's first one, while batman fighted joker's men, Joker himself was dancing walts easygoing. That's very funny. I hope you will analyze Joker's TV commercial, too.

[@lostorsossi3510]

I have analyzed It The last week! If you are interested here the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6G8pKhpqpWcebc

[@lostorsossi3510]

It's my First analisy video! Come to see!

[@JPGpack]

0:36 me when I do literally anything

[@hawksfan8870]

Ah, I love this music! So happy and joyful! “Always brings a smile to my face” just listening to it!

[@boingokky]

THANK YOU so much!!!!!! love me some elfman!!!!

[@Schokas]

Wonderful content

[@BoredomEnsues]

Do you have access to his score for Men in Black? I would love to see what is going on in the main title and especially in the track "Finale" when it does that awesome pan out with those huge brass chords.

[@lostorsossi3510]

It's because of you that I have started making reductions! If you guys are curious come to see!