And it’s not just the caped crusader who gets a new theme Selina Kyle/Catwoman gets a slinky and noir-like score, as the Riddler has one that’s far more haunted, accompanied by the Tiffin Boys choir. Nearly two hours of score housed on three LPs, featuring all new artwork by Henry Abrams and pressed on 180gram vinyl, also has a color exclusive to the Mondo webstore at. Giacchino proves himself once more as one of the greatest living composers by introducing a powerful and instantly canonized new theme to one of the most musically iconic superheroes. When ‘The Batman’ director Matt Reeves heard the theme for the first time, he was with film producer Dylan Clark and said in a statement, “I was blown away! It was so emotional. The two of us literally cried…it was amazing.” The composer’s credits feature some of the most popular and acclaimed cinema projects in recent history, including “The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “Jurassic World,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Mondo, in partnership with WaterTower Music, is currently taking pre-orders for Michael Giacchino’s brilliant score to ‘The Batman,’ which stars Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne.
Thankfully, it doesn’t, and when it comes to the vinyl release, it’s nearly as massive as the three-hour opus now in theaters. What a disappointment it would be if such a blockbuster had a ho-hum soundtrack. It’s now closing in on $250 million domestically and $500 million worldwide. ‘The Batman’ had the biggest debut of a film released in 2022 with a staggering $128.5 million in its opening weekend. ‘THE BATMAN’ ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK The issue is, simply, we have ALL created an environment where the unprecedented demand for vinyl records cannot keep up with the rudimentary supply of them.” “To be clear, the issue is not big labels versus small labels, it’s not independent versus mainstream, it’s not even punk versus pop. “I turn to our collegial big brothers in the music world, Sony, Universal and Warner, and politely implore them to help alleviate this unfortunate backlog and start dedicating resources to build pressing plants themselves,” White said. But it’s not nearly enough, and he wants the majors to get involved to help ease the delays.
White claims to have “doubled down” on presses, employees and hours to meet the product demand. Unfortunately, all that growth creates problems in how quick the turnaround time is from when a band places an order until the physical copies are available. Meanwhile, 2021 saw vinyl sales outpace compact discs, moving 41.72 million units for a 30-year high and a 51.4 percent growth from just the year prior. The New Statesman reported in September of last year there are fewer than 100 pressing plants worldwide. “With industry-wide turnaround times for vinyl currently leaning towards the length of a human pregnancy, it’s obvious, in a world so contingent on being of-the-moment and timed just right (a single, an album, a tour etc.), these timelines are the killers of momentum, soul, artistic expression, and far too often, livelihoods,” White continued, adding that he’s done “everything within my power to help.”Ĭurrently, there are less than two dozen vinyl pressing plants in the United States.
Since 2009, the label began a concentrated focus on vinyl. Back in 2017, when it was clear that the vinyl resurgence was more than just a trend embraced by hipsters before they moved onto the next brand of beard oil, White opened a record pressing plant under the name Third Man Pressing as a kind of extension of his Third Man Records.