Hi there
Looking for James Brett music to new global live stage show - Batman Live.

Thanks in advance!
C

Does it exist? :D :D :D
It's a marvellous score though... Utterly marvellous. I was going to post news about this in the Orchestral thread.

Does it exist? :D :D :D
It's a marvellous score though... Utterly marvellous. I was going to post news about this in the Orchestral thread.
Please can you tell me where to get your news about that? I recently saw/heared a snippet of the recordings and it sounded ... utterly marvellous!

It does not exist in any legit form. They have kept good control of leaks. If anyone works in the production, please leak the recordings!

I have no news at all. I seem to remember that there was talk of a soundtrack album - but talk is cheap and many months have passed by now... I would have thought it a certainty - merchandising opportunities and all that - but here in England we're pretty crap at releasing these things - even for prestige projects. Here's hoping something materialises.

The score is kind-of Danny Elfman's Batman meets 80s John Williams, with a passing nod to Zimmer's Dark Knight - but Brett takes the basic idea and expands it into classical minimalism, rather than the cheap dried out cliched muck that Zimmer and co come out with...

James Brett is an amazing guy. A real working class Londoner, common as muck accent (same as mine) and a superlative orchestrator and a wonderful composer as well.

So, I suppose it's to be expected that he spends most of his time doing "additional music" for Thomas Wanker and orchestrating various crap scores by other people - thankfully, with the occasional Batman, Disney Stores (unreleased) thrown in for good measure...

So no news about a release - what a pity.


The score is kind-of Danny Elfman's Batman meets 80s John Williams, with a passing nod to Zimmer's Dark Knight - but Brett takes the basic idea and expands it into classical minimalism, rather than the cheap dried out cliched muck that Zimmer and co come out with...
Have you seen the show or heared the music elsewhere?

And, btw, I'm not too enthusiastic about Zimmer's scores for the last two Batmans too. It works in the films for some reasons, but I have no fear a score like Brett's approach would have made a mess out of it. :-)


James Brett is an amazing guy.
From what I've seen in the video I would say so, a down-to-earth person.


So, I suppose it's to be expected that he spends most of his time doing "additional music" for Thomas Wanker and orchestrating various crap scores by other people - thankfully, with the occasional Batman, Disney Stores (unreleased) thrown in for good measure...
Well, after listening to the examples on his homepage I hope he'll get more opportunities. It's all about to make a living, but someone with those skills shouldn't waste his time with crap scores or as a ghost writer for someone else ideas.

Exciting news! Brett mentioned in an interview the score will be released during the North American tour this year. We're just a few month away from it.

Thanks divisi for the update. Keep us posted.


Exciting news! Brett mentioned in an interview the score will be released during the North American tour this year. We're just a few month away from it.

Any news on this anyone?

There's good and bad news. Unfortunately I don't remember where it was announced but it is spoilage anyway, no release in sight. So far the bad news. But the composer seems to have an interest to get it released, so we have to stay tuned for a while until it's happen.

From what I read over the internet there's is a liscensing hurdle for that kind of live show recording, hope it is sorted out in a few month or so.

thanks for the update!


There's good and bad news. Unfortunately I don't remember where it was announced but it is spoilage anyway, no release in sight. So far the bad news. But the composer seems to have an interest to get it released, so we have to stay tuned for a while until it's happen.

From what I read over the internet there's is a liscensing hurdle for that kind of live show recording, hope it is sorted out in a few month or so.

Exciting news! James Brett himself has posted a link to a 21-track promo score for Batman Live (for personal use only) on his own Facebook page. (He didn't post the link as a status but rather posted it as a comment to someone else's post on his page.) I have to say the score is quite marvelous.

As for the actual release, James has said "I have spent months trying to sort the CD situation out - it has even been mastered, ready to go. However, no luck."

BINGO! Finally! Very thanks for the news!!

thank you would anyone be able to post a link to the relevent place or a re-up for us oldies?
thanks

Here is the link James Brett provided: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/901448/ALBUM%20LINKS%20for%20promo/Batman%20Live%20Album.zip

thank you. i found it in the end. i'll have to thank him for being so generous and for great music

Just out of interest, are the relevant links and conversations deleted in the meantime? I have no clue how to handle Facebook and Twitter right as sometimes posts and such are camouflaged, this sort of things confusing me.