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Subject: Re: the 'Batman' theme - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 25-Jan-84 23:51:47 EST
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inmet!andrew    Jan 24 10:02:00 1984

The "Batman" theme was written by noted film composer Neal Hefti.  (Why
anyone would need to hire a noted film composer to re-write the riff from
"Wipe Out" escapes me.)

Several people recorded it - Hefti himself, the Markettes (both of whom
had hit singles with it), Jan and Dean, Bob Kuban and the In-Men (any 
other BK fans out there?)...  The Kinks version appeared several months
later, as part of a medley on "The Live Kinks"; I don't believe it was the
version used on the show.
 
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