History AwesomeMusic / BatmanArkhamSeries

The ''Batman: Arkham Series'' boasts some awesome music. If you're a Bat fan then you're in for a treat. It hits all the [[JustForPun notes]] of the [[Film/Batman1989 Tim Burton]] [[Film/BatmanReturns films]], the [[Film/BatmanForever Joel Schumacher]] productions, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and [[Film/BatmanBegins Christopher]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises works]].

* The final [[https://youtu.be/5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against TN-1 Bane. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense with pounding drum beats [[note]]whenever you're in Bane's sight[[/note]]. The whole thing is underscored by a single repeating piano note distorted to sound like a blaring alarm, perfectly fitting the battle itself, as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]

* The final [[https://youtu.be/5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against TN-1 Bane. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense with punding drum beats [[note]]whenever you're in Bane's sight[[/note]]. The whole thing is underscored by a single repeating piano note distorted to sound like a blaring alarm, perfectly fitting the battle itself, as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]

* The final [[https://youtu.be/5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against TN-1 Bane. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in Bane's sight[[/note]]. Even though the song is just one piano note repeated, it perfectly fits the battle itself, as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]

--->It's pretty cool how this song manages to capture the fear and insecurity of the thugs but also the confidence and power of Batman. Like, if you were playing as the thugs, this music would make you feel hella scared, but since you're playing as Batman, it makes you feel like you ARE the fear.

--->It's pretty cool how this song manages to capture the fear and insecurity of the thugs but also the confidence and power of Batman. Like, if you were playing as the thugs, this music would make you feel hella scared, but since you're playing as Batman, it makes you feel like you ARE the fear. Fuck, I love this soundtrack.

* Riddler's [[https://youtu.be/ncDoaWS-dlE background]] [[http://youtu.be/EQ7d-vbAGhY?t=5m42s themes]] -- an ambient mixture of low and high brass, strings, and idiophones, sustained over a slow, pulsating synth bass line. The immense creepiness of it ''really'' drives home how deeply he's lost his mind by this point.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgIusSGLPU Stealthy Bat]], the stealth segment theme, varies between an an eerie quiet melody and a pumping rhythm, well suited to the stealth segments' balance between quietly sneaking around and quick bursts of aggression and violence.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKrsJZWqK0 The main theme]] perfectly captures the awesome feeling of Batman and also feels like it's been mixed with the music from the Nolan films.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heu7eE6c8GM This Court Is Now In Session aka Two-Face's Boss Theme.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3IbrRfxK5Q A Rose for Respect]] plays while Batman pays his respects to his parents in Crime Alley. It's played again in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb6iDCvcfA end credits of "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]], as it takes on a whole new meaning.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2WgvfKoQSs Church of the Poisoned Mind]], which gets a reprise later on.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ewjFszvDzE The boss fight against Ra's al Ghul]], particularly the moments where Batman gets the upper hand and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ewjFszvDzE?#t=5m47s the orchestra begins to swell]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfhy0S93Ivk I Think You Should Do As He Says]], the music from the first Predator section, which also seems set to play any time the player is successfully having Batman act similarly.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_uhIDaErSU It's Initiation Time.]] Batman fights not for the love of a fight, but because his heart is full of sorrow. So good that it was brought back, completely unchanged, for ''Arkham Knight''.

* The main [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDsv6wnGsg theme]] not only is ''totally'' an awesome Batman theme, it also has some riffs from "Carol of the Bells" to add to the [[TwistedChristmas Christmas theme]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shlBTymkzw Deathstroke's boss theme]] employs a faster 7/8 time signature to ramp up the tension.
* The absolutely chaotic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7WBWtcdxdU Hallucinations]]" plays when Batman struggles against the effects of Copperhead's poison.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cfiMAfIZM4 Firefly's boss theme]] gets more and more chaotic as it progresses... just like the battle against him.
* The track that plays during the assassins' introductory cutscene, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoIg6s-TTj4 Assassins]]", plays calmly between the intervals but gets increasingly dramatic when the assassins show what they're capable of. You can definitely tell Batman's in for the night of his life.
* Music/GioachinoRossini's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1KGgBv0hJA The Thieving Magpie]]" is featured during Joker's evaluation with Harleen. It has an adventurous and exciting feel as Joker finally finds a purpose in life while beating up helpless mooks and turning on the charm in front of Harleen.
* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against TN-1 Bane. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in Bane's sight[[/note]]. Even though the song is just one piano note repeated, it perfectly fits the battle itself, as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB6O-5obvu4 "Look Who's Laughing Now"]] is a [[VillainSong fiendish delight]], and its later DarkReprise, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqemTVvb7w "I'm Not Laughing"]], a [[GriefSong bluesy lament]], both featuring superb instrumentation. They're serious, '''serious''' spoilers, though.
* The TV commercial's use of Music/{{Muse}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5bjJzJ-T4c "Mercy"]] is a perfect fit.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHitE6LPWQ "Inner Demon"]] perfectly captures Batman's battle with the Joker within his psyche and plays during some of the most emotional moments in the game to boot. It also plays during "In from the Cold" from "Season of Infamy" when Nora awakes and when she and Freeze leave Gotham.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3sXFeB8YQ "All Who Follow You"]] plays during the final scenes, as well as when Batman hallucinates Oracle committing suicide as well as, again, "In from the Cold" when Nora and Freeze reunite.
* Riddler's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncDoaWS-dlE background]] [[http://youtu.be/EQ7d-vbAGhY?t=5m42s themes]] -- an ambient mixture of low and high brass, strings, and idiophones, sustained over a slow, pulsating synth bass line. The immense creepiness of it ''really'' drives home how deeply he's lost his mind by this point.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3IbrRfxK5Q A Rose for Respect]], the piece of music that plays while Batman pays his respects to his parents in Crime Alley. It's played again in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb6iDCvcfA end credits of "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]], as it takes on a whole new meaning.

* [[https://youtu.be/048WDsoEzmA Mind Bender]], the music that plays in the Riddler's Revenge menu. It stands out from the rest of the soundtrack for being uncharacteristically trippy, unsettling, and perhaps, Enigmatic.

* The main [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDsv6wnGsg theme]], which not only is ''totally'' an awesome Batman theme, it also has some riffs from "Carol of the Bells" to add to the [[TwistedChristmas Christmas theme]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shlBTymkzw Deathstroke's boss theme]], which even employs a faster 7/8 time signature to ramp up the tension.
* The absolutely chaotic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7WBWtcdxdU Hallucinations]]", which plays when Batman struggles against the effects of Copperhead's poison.

* Creator/FrankSinatra's "I Got You Under My Skin" which plays over the opening cinematic that played at E3 is awesome in itself. But scoring the track to Joker's cremation is doubly so, also in keeping with the latter's fondness for 50's pop hits.
* "Evening the Odds", which combines rapid string and percussion figures with slow brass sweeps to build up to a thunderous swell. No wonder it was used in almost all the trailers and promotional material.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3sXFeB8YQ "All Who Follow You"]], which plays during the final scenes, as well as when Batman hallucinates Oracle committing suicide as well as, again, "In from the Cold" when Nora and Freeze reunite.

* Music/GioachinoRossini's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1KGgBv0hJA The Thieving Magpie]]" is featured during [[spoiler: Joker's evaluation with Harleen]]. It has an adventurous and exciting feel as [[spoiler:Joker]] finally finds a purpose in life while beating up helpless mooks and [[spoiler:turning on the charm in front of Harleen]].
* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in [[spoiler:Bane]]'s sight[[/note]]. Even though the song is just one piano note repeated, it perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

* Creator/FrankSinatra's "I Got You Under My Skin" which plays over the opening cinematic that played at E3 is awesome in itself. But scoring the track to [[spoiler: Joker's cremation]] is doubly so, also in keeping with the latter's fondness for 50's pop hits.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHitE6LPWQ "Inner Demon"]] perfectly captures [[spoiler:Batman's battle with the Joker within his psyche]] and plays during some of the most emotional moments in the game to boot. It also plays during "In from the Cold" from "Season of Infamy" [[spoiler: when Nora awakes and when she and Freeze leave Gotham.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3sXFeB8YQ "All Who Follow You"]], which plays during the final scenes, as well as [[spoiler: when Batman hallucinates Oracle committing suicide as well as, again, "In from the Cold" when Nora and Freeze reunite]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHitE6LPWQ Inner Demon]] perfectly captures [[spoiler:Batman's battle with the Joker within his psyche]] and plays during some of the most emotional moments in the game to boot. It also plays during "In from the Cold" from "Season of Infamy" [[spoiler: when Nora awakes and when she and Freeze leave Gotham.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz7E5jvp5U8 All Who Follow You]], which plays during the final scenes, as well as [[spoiler: when Batman hallucinates Oracle committing suicide as well as, again, "In from the Cold" when Nora and Freeze reunite]].

The ''Batman: Arkham Series'' boasts some awesome music. If you're a Bat fan then you're in for a treat. It hits all the [[JustForPun notes]] of the [[Film/Batman1989 Tim Burton]] [[Film/BatmanReturns films]], the [[Film/BatmanForever Joel Schumacher]] productions, WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and [[Film/BatmanBegins Chris]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga works]].

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The ''Batman: Arkham Series'' boasts some awesome music. If you're a Bat fan then you're in for a treat. It hits all the [[JustForPun notes]] of the [[Film/Batman1989 Tim Burton]] [[Film/BatmanReturns films]], the [[Film/BatmanForever Joel Schumacher]] productions, WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and [[Film/BatmanBegins Chris]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga works]].
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!! ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'':
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgIusSGLPU Stealthy Bat]], the stealth segment theme, varies between an an eerie quiet melody and a pumping rhythm, well suited to the stealth segments' balance between quietly sneaking around and quick bursts of aggression and violence.
!! ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'':
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKrsJZWqK0 The main theme]] perfectly captures the awesome feeling of Batman and also feels like it's been mixed with the music from the Nolan films.
* The first gameplay trailer uses Music/TheHeavy's "Short Change Hero" as the soundtrack. It's appropriate, awesome, and will stuck in your head for hours after watching it:
--> This ain't no place for a hero... this ain't no place for no better man...
* Music/LykkeLi's "Get Some" for the Catwoman also qualifies. The really Nolanesque theme from the Hugo Strange trailer does, too. If you watched any trailer for this game with the sound on, it was awesome for your ears.
* "Mercenary" by Music/PanicAtTheDisco on the official soundtrack is the perfect song to play the combat challenge maps to.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heu7eE6c8GM This Court Is Now In Session aka Two-Face's Boss Theme.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3IbrRfxK5Q A Rose for Respect]], the piece of music that plays while Batman pays his respects to his parents in Crime Alley. It's played again in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb6iDCvcfA end credits of "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]], as it takes on a whole new meaning.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2WgvfKoQSs Church of the Poisoned Mind]], which gets a reprise later on.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ewjFszvDzE The boss fight against Ra's al Ghul]], particularly the moments where Batman gets the upper hand and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ewjFszvDzE?#t=5m47s the orchestra begins to swell]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfhy0S93Ivk I Think You Should Do As He Says]], the music from the first Predator section, which also seems set to play any time the player is successfully having Batman act similarly.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_uhIDaErSU It's Initiation Time.]] Batman fights not for the love of a fight, but because his heart is full of sorrow. So good that it was brought back, completely unchanged, for ''Arkham Knight''.
* The theme music that accompanies a Predator scenario starts off slow and ominous, then builds and builds as the sequence goes on and the mooks go down one by one. By the time you're down to one panicking mook, the music is glorious. And when the last guy falls, the music swells and ''you are the Goddamn Batman''.

!! ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'':
* The main [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDsv6wnGsg theme]], which not only is ''totally'' an awesome Batman theme, it also has some riffs from "Carol of the Bells" to add to the [[TwistedChristmas Christmas theme]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6shlBTymkzw Deathstroke's boss theme]], which even employs a faster 7/8 time signature to ramp up the tension.
* The absolutely chaotic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7WBWtcdxdU Hallucinations]]", which plays when Batman struggles against the effects of Copperhead's poison.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cfiMAfIZM4 Firefly's boss theme]] gets more and more chaotic as it progresses... just like the battle against him.
* The track that plays during the assassins' introductory cutscene, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoIg6s-TTj4 Assassins]]", plays calmly between the intervals but gets increasingly dramatic when the assassins show what they're capable of. You can definitely tell Batman's in for the night of his life.
* Music/GioachinoRossini's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1KGgBv0hJA The Thieving Magpie]]" is featured during [[spoiler: Joker's evaluation with Harleen]]. It has an adventurous and exciting feel as [[spoiler:Joker]] finally finds a purpose in life while beating up helpless mooks and [[spoiler:turning on the charm in front of Harleen]].
* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in [[spoiler:Bane]]'s sight[[/note]]. Even though the song is just one piano note repeated, it perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

!! ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'':
* Creator/FrankSinatra's "I Got You Under My Skin" which plays over the opening cinematic that played at E3 is awesome in itself. But scoring the track to [[spoiler: Joker's cremation]] is doubly so, also in keeping with the latter's fondness for 50's pop hits.
* "Evening the Odds", which combines rapid string and percussion figures with slow brass sweeps to build up to a thunderous swell. No wonder it was used in almost all the trailers and promotional material.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB6O-5obvu4 "Look Who's Laughing Now"]] is a [[VillainSong fiendish delight]], and its later DarkReprise, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqemTVvb7w "I'm Not Laughing"]], a [[GriefSong bluesy lament]], both featuring superb instrumentation. They're serious, '''serious''' spoilers, though.
* The TV commercial's use of Music/{{Muse}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5bjJzJ-T4c "Mercy"]] is a perfect fit.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHitE6LPWQ Inner Demon]] perfectly captures [[spoiler:Batman's battle with the Joker within his psyche]] and plays during some of the most emotional moments in the game to boot. It also plays during "In from the Cold" from "Season of Infamy" [[spoiler: when Nora awakes and when she and Freeze leave Gotham.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz7E5jvp5U8 All Who Follow You]], which plays during the final scenes, as well as [[spoiler: when Batman hallucinates Oracle committing suicide as well as, again, "In from the Cold" when Nora and Freeze reunite]].
* Riddler's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncDoaWS-dlE background]] [[http://youtu.be/EQ7d-vbAGhY?t=5m42s themes]] -- an ambient mixture of low and high brass, strings, and idiophones, sustained over a slow, pulsating synth bass line. The immense creepiness of it ''really'' drives home how deeply he's lost his mind by this point.

The ''Batman: Arkham Series'' boasts some awesome music. If you're a Bat fan then you're in for a treat. It hits all the [[JustForPun notes]] of the [[Film/{{Batman}} Tim Burton]] [[Film/BatmanReturns films]], the [[Film/BatmanForever Joel Schumacher]] productions, WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and [[Film/BatmanBegins Chris]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight Nolan's]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga works]].

* The first gameplay trailer uses The Heavy's "Short Change Hero" as the soundtrack. It's appropriate, awesome, and will stuck in your head for hours after watching it:

* Lykke Li's "Get Some" for the Catwoman also qualifies. The really Nolanesque theme from the Hugo Strange trailer does, too. If you watched any trailer for this game with the sound on, it was awesome for your ears.
* "Mercenary" by Panic! At The Disco on the official soundtrack is the perfect song to play the combat challenge maps to.

* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cEV0xQXbls boss theme,]] for the fight against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in [[spoiler:Bane]]'s sight[[/note]]. It perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIuaiuOjv8 boss theme,]] for the fight against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense [[note]]whenever you're in [[spoiler:Bane]]'s sight[[/note]]. It perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

** Oh, you must mean [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeBvUMEsM4 this theme]], that was first featured in ''Arkham Asylum''.

* Deathstroke's boss theme, which even employs a faster 7/8 time signature to ramp up the tension.
* The absolutely chaotic "Hallucinations", which plays when Batman struggles against the effects of Copperhead's poison.
* Firefly's boss theme gets more and more chaotic as it progresses... just like the battle against him.
* The track that plays during the assassins' introductory cutscene, titled "Assassins", plays calmly between the intervals but gets increasingly dramatic when the assassins show what they're capable. You can definitely tell Batman's in for the night of his life.
* Music/GioachinoRossini's "The Thieving Magpie" is featured during [[spoiler: Joker's evaluation with Harleen]]. It has an adventurous and exciting feel as [[spoiler:Joker]] finally finds a purpose in life while beating up helpless mooks and [[spoiler:turning on the charm in front of Harleen]].

* [[http://youtu.be/OsvCvRoUEuI "Look Who's Laughing Now"]] is a [[VillainSong fiendish delight]], and its later DarkReprise, [[http://youtu.be/OsvCvRoUEuI?t=4m10s "I'm Not Laughing"]], a [[GriefSong bluesy lament]], both featuring superb instrumentation. They're serious, '''serious''' spoilers, though.

* The main theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RDsv6wnGsg theme]], which not only is ''totally'' an awesome Batman theme, it also has some riffs from "Carol of the Bells" to add to the [[TwistedChristmas Christmas theme]].

* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIuaiuOjv8 boss theme,]] for the fight against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense. It perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

* The final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIuaiuOjv8 boss theme]] against [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense. It perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]

* [[spoiler:TN-1 Bane's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIuaiuOjv8 boss theme]]. It starts off slow and suspenseful, before suddenly becoming horrifying and intense. It perfectly fits the battle itself, [[spoiler:as well as Bane's [[OneWingedAngel state.]]]]