BATGIRL Composer Natalie Holt Got Danny Elfman's Blessing To Use His BATMAN Theme For Michael Keaton's Scenes

BATGIRL Composer Natalie Holt Got Danny Elfman's Blessing To Use His BATMAN Theme For Michael Keaton's Scenes

Though we'll likely never hear it, Batgirl composer Natalie Holt was given permission to use Danny Elfman's classic Batman theme for Michael Keaton's scenes in the now cancelled movie.

By MarkCassidy - Aug 22, 2022 12:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Batgirl

The recent decision to scrap the almost-complete Batgirl movie by new Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav seemingly came as a shock to everyone involved, and it's important to keep in mind that it's not just the directors and cast whose work will now go unseen (and heard).

Natalie Holt, who was nominated for an Emmy for her work on season 1 of Loki, recently confirmed that she'd actually completed about 90 minutes of her score for the HBO Max film when the plug was pulled, and the composer has now revealed that she'd been given the go-ahead to use Danny Elfman's classic Batman theme.

“I wanted to use his original [1989] Batman theme for Michael, to keep that continuity going,” Holt tells THR. “Danny Elfman had given me his blessing.”

As for how she feels about Batgirl being scrapped, Holt was just glad to see such a swell of support after the announcement. “There has been quite a lot of support for the project. It’s just nice for us all who put so much time into it, to know that people care.”

Elfman's Batman theme is still one of the most iconic and recognizable movie scores there is, and it would have been quite something to see Keaton's Dark Knight leap into action to those familiar refrains.

The chances of us ever getting to see Batgirl for ourselves are very slim, but we recently learned that Warner Bros. Pictures Group chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have reached out to the actress and are "entertaining the possibility of having her continue to play Batgirl in a future DC film.”

As for Holt, she's currently hard at work on the score for Loki season 2.

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Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/22/2022, 12:17 PM
great to know a lot of hard work went into this movie that just went the way of The Day the Clown Cried
Toblakai
Toblakai - 8/22/2022, 12:30 PM
@Dredd97 - so what. It's a garbage movie that got turfed.
Stop crying
Forthas
Forthas - 8/22/2022, 12:26 PM
Michael Keaton should have never been asked to return to the role of Batman. It makes no sense at all! I feel bad for the people who put a lot of effort into the film but this is what happens when you make bad decisions. It adversely affects all of the people involved. that is why you need to be making solid, logical decisions that are most likely to success instead of taking wild chances and hiring your friends to lead multi billion dollar projects.
Humperdoo
Humperdoo - 8/22/2022, 12:28 PM
Trying to be like Joss.
LSHF
LSHF - 8/22/2022, 12:40 PM
I would have watched the Batgirl film just to see Keaton as Bruce/Batman again. That alone would have been worth the price of the ticket.
AC1
AC1 - 8/22/2022, 12:42 PM
I've really enjoyed her work on Loki (possibly among the best MCU themes?) and Obi-Wan (did a really good job of capturing that classic Star Wars sound while doing something different).

I have really mixed feelings about this whole situation. I feel really bad for the people involved who probably worked really hard and put a lot of effort into making this movie. On the other hand, being completely honest I probably wouldn't have bothered watching it anyway seeing as I've got almost no interest in DC anymore. So I guess it kinda doesn't effect me personally but I feel bad for the people involved.

And before anyone chimes in with "well they got paid anyway" - yeah, that's true, and they probably got a lot of money for it, but it's still gotta suck putting a lot of time and effort into something you're passionate about and excited to put out into the world and to then have the rug pulled from under you at the last minute in a completely unprecedented way. Also we don't know if this could potentially impact anyone's career going forward, seeing as the excuse being paraded around by WB seems to be that it was cancelled because it "tested badly" and could've "damaged the DC brand"
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