WaterTower Music is excited to announce the release of Batman: Caped Crusader (Original Television Soundtrack) with music by composer Frederik Wiedmann. The soundtrack is available now, on digital platforms, and released on August 1st coinciding with the series premiere on PRIME VIDEO.
Frederik Wiedmann notes “When I saw the first few frames of Batman: Caped Crusader, I was blown away. The beautiful Art-Deco setting in Gotham City, the character design, the unique approach to each character, simply stunning. It was so exciting to get to work on this show with Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Matt Reeves and J.J. Abrams. We quickly decided to have the music tonally match the setting and time period, which launched me back 80 years into the world for 1940’s noir film scores. I spent hours watching movies from that era (The Wolf Man, Hangover Square, Citizen Kane etc..), to really understand the aesthetics of these phenomenal films and their music. I incorporated the use of harmony, melody and orchestration techniques from that era to give the music a strong and distinct backbone, rooted in this time period. Our wonderful symphony orchestra and soloists performed every episode to perfection, and I very am very excited to share this music with the world!”
ABOUT BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER
Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the BATMAN. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.
The series is a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm. Based on DC characters, Batman: Caped Crusader hails from Warner Bros. Animation, Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Reeves’ 6th & Idaho. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include Ed Brubaker, James Tucker, Daniel Pipski, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.
ABOUT FREDERIK WIEDMANN
Emmy-award winning Frederik Wiedmann is one of the most diverse and cultivated composers working in motion pictures today. With over 150 titles to his name in all realms and genres, Wiedmann has established himself as an insightful artist with an enduring passion for storytelling.
Recently, Wiedmann composed music for Star Trek: Picard (Season 3) for Paramount+, Women is Losers starring Simu Liu, which premiered at SXSW in early 2021. Some of his other recent credits include the thriller Alone (starring Donald Sutherland and Tyler Posey), Hangman (directed by Johnny Martin, starring Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow), Millennium Films’ Acts of Vengeance (featuring Antonio Banderas, Paz Vega and Karl Urban), and Day of the Dead: Bloodline (starring Sophie Skelton and Jonahon Schaech).His credits also include Universal’s Doom – Annihilation as well as the epic civil war drama Field of Lost Shoes (directed by Sean McNamara), Paul Schrader’s feature Dying of the Light, The Damned, Blumhouse’s hit horror anthology Into the Dark (for Hulu), and the Australian Sci-Fi hit Occupation: Rainfall (2021).
His next upcoming project will be for Prime Video’s highly anticipated animated series Batman: Caped Crusader which will follow the hero’s mission against criminals in Gotham City. The series boasts a star studded cast with J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm set to executive Produce. Wiedmann promises to have multiple music genres featured in each episode harkening to a dark and mysterious score for the title character.
Wiedmann is the composer behind the hit Nickelodeon show Big Nate, as well as the critically acclaimed Netflix animated fantasy series The Dragon Prince, which is from the writers of the popular series Avatar: The Last Airbender, for which he earned an Emmy nomination in the original score category. In 2016, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Original Song” alongside lyricist Mitch Watson, for the song “True Bromance” from Dreamworks Animation’s Madagascar spinoff All Hail King Julien.
Wiedmann has been a mainstay in the DC cinematic universe, starting with his work on Green Lantern: The Animated Series, for which he earned two consecutive Annie Awards nominations. His success on the series led to further popular Warner Bros’ DC projects such as, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Son of Batman, Death of Superman, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight among others.
He currently lives in LA with his wife and two wonderful children.
TRACKLIST
1 Batman: Caped Crusader (Main Title Theme)
2 Precious Little Angels
3 Shadow of the Penguin
4 The Big Scene
5 Transformation and Rebirth
6 Born to Be the Villain
7 Beautiful Stray
8 Claws of a Thief
9 Bad Bad Kitty
10 Fire in His Eyes
11 Flames of Glory
12 A Dreadful Harlequin
13 Roughhouse
14 I Gotta Leave Town for a While
15 Gentlemen Ghost
16 Eliminating the Impossible
17 Possessed
18 Renee and Barbara
19 Onomatopoeia
20 Resolution
21 Natalia
22 A New Sunrise
23 Harvey’s Descent
24 Gotham by Night
25 Asking Questions
26 Sounds Like Revenge
27 The Fog
28 Twisted by Ambition
