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With David Russo at the helm, Gotham had five seasons full of awesome music, paying homage to past Batman composers like Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer, as well as crafting creative pieces of its own.


  • First off, there's the main theme of the series, a dark yet heroic piece that is perfect for the Wretched Hive that is Gotham City.
  • "For Gotham" - a stirring, heroic piece that sees the main players of the show unite to defend Gotham from the forces of Bane.
  • "Batman Comes to Gotham", a suitably heroic, dramatic, and uplifting score that emphasizes the characters' (and viewers') awe upon seeing the Caped Crusader watching over his city for the first time.
  • Penguin's leitmotif, a dark yet bumbling mandolin tune that is perfect for the oddball but threatening villain.
  • "Jerome and the Maniax", a whimsical yet dark piece that accompanies proto-Joker Jerome Valeska on his crime spree, and is just as unhinged and entertaining as you'd expect music for the Clown Prince of Crime to be. Composer David Russo even mentioned the piece as one of his personal favorites.
  • Jeremiah Valeska's theme is incredibly creepy and foreboding. Whenever you hear this leitmotif, you know things are about to hit the fan.
  • "Bruce Finds His Path", a Zimmer-esque score that accompanies Bruce's first foray into vigilantism. This is the music playing for the page image on Gotham's Awesome page.
  • This haunting and melancholy score for some of Penguin's more emotional scenes.
  • "Ra's al Ghul Reborn", a foreboding and majestic theme for the dignified, Magnificent Bastard villain.
  • "Bruce's Doppelganger", an eerie, Danny Elfman-esque piece that accompanies the unnerving and childlike clone of Bruce.
  • "The Unfortunate Demise of Kristen Kringle", an absolutely gorgeous orchestral piece that is almost cinematic in its swelling capture of Nygma's grief and horror at his tragic mistake.
  • Jervis Tetch's theme, which helps to make the series' Darker and Edgier version of the Mad Hatter absolutely terrifying.
  • "Jim and Lee Marry", a sweet, gentle remix of the series' main theme that accompanies one of the happiest scenes in the show.
  • "Nygma's Transformation to Riddler", a slight reworking of one of Ed's themes that ends in the Riddler's creepy as hell leitmotif, heralding the arrival of one of Batman's most infamous rogues.

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