Batman: TAS – Volume 2: Track 3: Simon Trent (Beware the Gray Ghost) – Video

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Batman: TAS - Volume 2: Track 3: Simon Trent (Beware the Gray Ghost)
The creators of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES typically avoided overt references to the campy 1960s incarnation of the character, iconically portrayed by Adam West. But this did not stop them from paying tribute in more nuanced ways. "Beware the Gray Ghost" establishes that Bruce Wayne was inspired as a boy by a fictional TV hero, the Gray Ghost. Years later, a Mad Bomber (Bruce Timm) begins causing mayhem in imitation of one of the show #39;s villains. Batman (Kevin Conroy) must coax aging actor Simon Trent (voiced by West himself) out of retirement to once again don the mantle of the Ghost. The Gray Ghost theme opens the score with swashbuckling flourishes befitting a vintage pulp hero, as the episode flashes back to young Bruce in front of the television. (More of this material can be heard in the score #39;s bonus track.) But by the present day, Trent has fallen on hard times, and the theme gains pathos as Bruce struggles to rekindle his idol #39;s sense of meaning. Meanwhile, the Mad Bomber gets a crazed motif in muted trumpet that bounces alongside his fleet of explosive toy cars, receiving a more ponderous low-register setting for the villain #39;s big reveal. The final cue binds the triumphant heroes in fellowship, with tender readings of both the Batman and Gray Ghost themes.

By: Bryce Ricards

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