Sideshow clip with music from The Wolf Man 1941

[THE BAT-MAN]

I had some free time and made this video, which I hope everyone will enjoy and comment.

[The Laughing Fish]

That's the episode where Killer Croc escapes from imprisonment and tricks a friendly freakshow circus act while hiding from Batman, isn't it? I remember that entire sequence had no music playing. Still, nice blend with the footage and the music. It goes to show that BTAS has such a timeless atmosphere that it can go together with any classical score. The score itself reminds me of something that Danny Elfman would play. I wonder if it was an influence for him?

[THE BAT-MAN]

Yes that's the episode.  When I first watched 1941's The Wolf Man, the "Desperation" cue by Frank Skinner and Hans Salter sounded so much like Danny Elfman's Batman score that I felt I needed to see it mixed in a Batman related scene.  Batman: The Animated Series episode Sideshow was the perfect choice because the sequence I wanted had no score playing in the backround.  I wanted to see how the music would fit with both the original audio and the visuals.  What's interesting is that everything lines up perfectly as if it was always intended to have this score.  The Bat Motif sounds whenever Batman appears on screen and ceases when Croc appears.  When Croc arrives at the cliff's edge his facial reaction matches the score along with the sound of the eagle's screech which matches the pitch of the strings.  Also the scores instrumentation changes as well depending if Batman is near or far away.  The mixing of this scene gave me chills because it literally fit like a glove.  I have no doubt that Danny Elfman was inspired by both this score and Bernard Herrmann's Journey to the Center of the Earth Mountain Top/Sunrise cue when developing Batman's Motif.