SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 1:33 Min.
This track appears on 2016’s Music of DC Comics, Volume 2. Courtesy of composer-conductor Danny Elfman, this opening credits instrumental accompanied the single-season CBS live-action Flash TV series starring John Wesley Shipp.
Notes: This theme is also a bonus TV track on Elfman’s 1996 double-disc compilation album: Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2.
REVIEW:
Is this theme derivative of Elfman’s own 1989 Batman theme? Definitely, yes! — but one suspects that’s most likely by Warner Bros./DC’s corporate design. Case in point: Elfman’s originality is more evident distinguishing his two Batman film scores from his Spider-Man movie work a decade later. However, that’s not the case here — his Flash TV theme merely plays off his cinematic Batman style. While Elfman doesn’t imbue Shipp’s Flash with his own unique theme, this rare instrumental is still a cool ninety seconds.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 7 Stars
