Soundtrack Release of Shirley Walker's Music From "Batman: The Animated Series"
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My fellow petitioners and I would very much like to see some kind of release of Shirley Walker's music from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES and THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES.
During the series' combined eight-year run, Shirley Walker has composed many hours of exceptional orchestral music for each episode, creating music week after week that was and still is unlike anything else ever heard in an animated series. Her music has always been a staple of the various animated Batman shows, as everyone from film score enthusiasts to casual Batman fans to critics have pointed out time and time again. It's bad enough that a lot of her other film work has not been made available on CD, but it's even worse that none of her work for BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (arguably her best work ever), and THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES, has never been released.
What we would like to see is a sort of "best of" album containing some of the highlights from her B:TAS/TNBA scores, with tracks arranged into suites that are well-representative of the episodes being covered. Among discussions with fellow film score fans, I've learned of their interest to see included on such a disc (among others) selections from the B:TAS episodes "On Leather Wings," "Beware the Gray Ghost," "The Forgotten," "Avatar" and "Second Chance," as well as TNBA episodes "Showdown" and "Over the Edge." There are many hours of music to choose from, and these are just a handful from a larger canvas of music that deserves to be released. We feel an album of this kind would be a good starting point to prove this music will sell, and thus possibly paving the way for future releases of more music from the series.
The purpose of this petition is for Kids Rhino and Rhino Records to recognize this fantastic music that has been unfairly overlooked for far too long, and to produce what is sure to be a very good-selling album.
During the series' combined eight-year run, Shirley Walker has composed many hours of exceptional orchestral music for each episode, creating music week after week that was and still is unlike anything else ever heard in an animated series. Her music has always been a staple of the various animated Batman shows, as everyone from film score enthusiasts to casual Batman fans to critics have pointed out time and time again. It's bad enough that a lot of her other film work has not been made available on CD, but it's even worse that none of her work for BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (arguably her best work ever), and THE NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES, has never been released.
What we would like to see is a sort of "best of" album containing some of the highlights from her B:TAS/TNBA scores, with tracks arranged into suites that are well-representative of the episodes being covered. Among discussions with fellow film score fans, I've learned of their interest to see included on such a disc (among others) selections from the B:TAS episodes "On Leather Wings," "Beware the Gray Ghost," "The Forgotten," "Avatar" and "Second Chance," as well as TNBA episodes "Showdown" and "Over the Edge." There are many hours of music to choose from, and these are just a handful from a larger canvas of music that deserves to be released. We feel an album of this kind would be a good starting point to prove this music will sell, and thus possibly paving the way for future releases of more music from the series.
The purpose of this petition is for Kids Rhino and Rhino Records to recognize this fantastic music that has been unfairly overlooked for far too long, and to produce what is sure to be a very good-selling album.
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Derek Murray
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Brendan Anderson
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- This is great Batman music and it MUST be heard!
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Billy Jones
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- I loved the series and I still remember most of the music!!!:)
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Miguel Peixoto
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- there's a lot of crap being released, so let's have something that's better than that.
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Cap Stewart
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Jeremy Crowley
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James Smith III
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- include Superman animated score
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Sean Robert Abbey
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- Get this stuff out already! Along with Superman as well. ;)
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Peter Dishal
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- I would buy this in a minute.
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Chris Harben
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John Heurtin
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- also include the Superman series
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Dave Kallaur
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- Here is great material just waiting to be released. A "Best Of" compilation would showcase the movie-quality music Shirley Walker has produced over the years. Please acknowledge the fans of both the series and film music by releasing a CD.
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Todd China
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Fakry
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Arnaud
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Frank Lehman
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- Please release a CD!!!
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Thor J. Haga
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Marlon Mao
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- Music from the other composers on the series would also be appreciated.
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Dinko Marinov
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Difsod
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Greg D.
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- This would be a great CD. Please consider releasing this CD, thank u.
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Alan Herrera
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Tor Y. Harbin
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- I hope that Rhino Records releases this terrific music. Too long have the composers: Walker, Carter, Ritmanis, McCuistion, Cohen, Johnson and others been denied a chance to have their music heard by the masses. Blessed are the supporters of fine music like this. It would also be nice if some "Superman" scores saw a release. Excelsior!
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Eric JOSEPH
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Mathieu Ranger
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- It would be a crime against humanity if this music was left to be forgotten. The music from Batman and Superman deserve to be treated to a CD release.
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Richard Hess
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Galina Sowder
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- this has been a long time in the coming!
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Pris Stacey
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Charles Bradford Gorby
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Greg Willits
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- why don't I already own this?
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Paul Morris
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- and Superman, and Hanna-Barbera Heroes!!!
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Laura Miller-Mize
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Troy Pearson
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- this should just be the beginning of hero toon cds!
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Bin Matsumoto
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Mike Foster
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Brady Bugge
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Bill Sutherland
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Ken Kersey
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- we want this yesterday, please & thank you!
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Justin Taylor
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- Music for these particular series should not go unheard
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Jeron Moore
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- Shirley Walker's music is phenomenal. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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Devin Anderson
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- I would buy a copy!
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Vincenzo Zumpano
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- If something as horrible as Batman Beyond can get a release than BTAS and TNAB should be a shoe in for a score release
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Jeffrey Magee
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Tania Lee
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karl pensec
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Emmanuel Dubus
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Marcelo Ferreyra
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- Excelent Score!!!
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Laurent Breuil
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Michael Johnson
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Shane Smith
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