What do you consider to be the main theme song of Batman the Animated Series?

[PhoenixAKG]

Batman the Animated Series has two main songs people associate with it:

The one made by Danny Elfman:



Or the one by Shirley Walker:



I personally prefer the Walker theme. It's the right mix of heroic, and tragic for me.

 

[Bor Gullet]

Both

 

[adj_noun]

Main theme is Elfman.

Better theme is Walker, though not necessarily in its series title configuration.

Mask of the Phantasm kicks everything's butt.

 

[DrForester]

There was a 2nd opening song?

 

[data west]

That other song is way too busy. Feels like 6 songs jumbled into one.

I didn't even know there was a theme other than Elfman's

 

[Mage_of_Cinder]

I've always associated Elfman's theme with Batman. The intro remains thrilling to me to this day.

 

[Dr. Nick Riviera]

It's Elfman's.

 

[Baccus]

Walker >>

 

[Anth0ny]

lol really

elfman theme is arguably the greatest intro music to any show in the history of the world

 

[Pau]

I love Shirley Walker's theme so much.

 

[RC.]

It's the Elfman theme.
And the less said about the new adventures of Batman and Robin the better.

 

[McNum]

Of those two, I prefer Elfman, but... I pick a third option!

From Mask of the Phantasm, the best Batman theme:

 

[Wanderer5]

I love Shirley's theme more, if only because the Mask of the Phantasm version is godly. One of the best superhero themes period.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Its Walker's, intro is Elfman sure but literally anytime they do a Batman theme in the animated universe it was Walker's

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I think the Elfman theme appeared in one of the early episodes once before only being for the intro.

 

[Mad]

I mean the first one is composed by her so uh