Today, March 31st, 2009, is the official shipping date for the La-La Land Records soundtrack release of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection, collecting the entire score of the animated feature in one release for the first time. While multiple customers who pre-ordered the title have already reported receiving the soundtrack release, today is the day the title officially ships out. Copies of this limited edition collector’s release are still available through the La-La Land Records website and other online supporting soundtrack specialty stores. The release, with a press run of 3000 copies, also includes a detailed insert booklet. Click here for a complete rundown of the tracklist new soundtrack release, and click on the thumbnails above for a closer look at the packaging for the release.
The Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman animated feature, which previously premiered on home video in 2003, is slated to air Saturday, April 4th, 2009 at 4pm (ET) on Boomerang, the classic animation spin-off network from Cartoon Network. Below is the official synopsis for the feature.
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Boomerang, Saturday, April 4th, 2009, at 4pm (ET) A ruthless destructive vigilante posing as Batwoman is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. While she sets her sights on thwarting Penguin’s evil plans, Batman concentrates on discovering this mysterious imposter’s true identity. But when she’s captured by the vicious Bane, it falls upon the caped crusader to rescue her, defeat Bane and foil the Penguin’s devious plot himself.
The Batman: Mystery Of The Batwoman animated feature is slated to re-air on Boomerang on Sunday, April 19th, 2009. Stay tuned for further updates.
The La-La Land Records label will be taking orders for the new Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection soundtrack release at the official La-La Land Records website, and other participating websites, beginning today, March 24th, 2009 at 12pm(PST)/3pm(ET). The soundtrack release is then expected to ship beginning March 31st, 2009.
The Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection CD soundtrack release will contain Shirley Walker’s complete score to the feature film, completely remastered with more than 27 minutes off additional content. The release is currently priced at $19.98US and, much like with their previous soundtrack release for Batman: The Animated Series, this will be a Limited Edition release with only 3000 copies available. The release will also include a twenty page CD booklet featuring in-depth liner notes.
For further details on this release, please click on the thumbnail image below. Stay tuned for further coverage of this release.
A representative for La-La Land Records has confirmed for The World’s Finest that the record label will be releasing the complete score to the acclaimed Batman: Mask of the Phantasm animated feature. La-La Land Records will start taking orders for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection from the official La-La Land Records website beginning March 24th, 2009 at 12pm(PST)/3pm(ET), with the soundtrack set to be released on March 31st, 2009. The release is currently priced at $19.98US. Much like with their previous soundtrack release for Batman: The Animated Series, this Limited Edition release will only be available through La-La Land Record’s official website and other participating websites.
A representative for La-La Land Records confirms the soundtrack will be a limited release of only 3000 copies, similar to their previous Batman: The Animated Series soundtrack release. The Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection CD soundtrack release will contain Shirley Walker’s complete score to the feature film, completely remastered with more than 27 minutes off additional content. La-Land Records is billing this release as the definitive version of Shirley’s complete orchestral score to the animated feature, and will also include a twenty page CD booklet featuring in-depth liner notes. The audio masters used for this release come directly from the late Shirley Walker’s recording archive. Reprise Records, a Time Warner Company, previously produced a soundtrack release for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm with over 30 minutes of content in 1993.
The track list for the Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection release from La-La Land Records is as follows, as seen below.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection 1. Main Title: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Expanded) (5:01) 2. The Promise (Expanded) (1:25) 3. Ski Mask Vigilante (Expanded) (4:28) 4. Fancy Footwork (0:40)* 5. Phantasm’s Graveyard Murder (3:52) 6. Bad News* / Set Trap* / May They Rest In Peace* (1:51) 7. First Love (1:59) 8. City Street Drive* / Sal Velestra* / Good Samaritan* (2:16) 9. Birth of Batman (Expanded) (6:01) 10. The Joker’s Big Entrance* (3:02) 11. The Big Chase (5:40) 12. Nowhere to Run* (2:01) 13. A Plea For Help (1:01) 14. A Tall Man / Arturo and his Pal* / Makes You Want To Laugh* / What’s So Funny?* (4:04) 15. Andrea Remembers* / True Identity* (3:18) 16. Phantasm and Joker Fight (6:01) 17. Batman’s Destiny (1:46) 18. I Never Even Told You (4:23) – Performed by Tia Carrere 19. Theme from Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (2:06) (Bonus Track) 20. Welcome to the Future!* (1:01) (Bonus Track) Total Time 62:05 * – Denotes Previously Unreleased Material
La-La Land Records will start taking orders for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm – Expanded Archival Collection from their official website beginning March 24th, 2009 at 12pm(PST)/3pm(ET), with the soundtrack set to be released on March 31st, 2009. The release is currently priced at $19.98US. Please note this is a Limited Edition of only 3000 units.
Above is the cover art for The Zeta Project: Season One Two-Disc DVD release. Further information on this latest animated release from Warner Home Video can be found by clicking the images above. Click on the link below to discuss the new The Zeta Project: Season One DVD release, hitting shelves today.
To promote the home video premiere of The Zeta Project, Warner Home Video has released a video clip from the The Zeta Project: Season One DVD release, which can be viewed by clicking on the image below.
Stay tuned for further updates, including new information on the upcoming The Zeta Project: Season Two DVD release. More information on The Zeta Project can be found at our The Zeta Project subsite here at The World’s Finest.