10 Greatest Superhero Movie Themes Of All Time

Before Christopher Nolan's gritty interpretation, there was Tim Burton's Batman. Back in 1989, the film kickstarted the reinvention of the character (for non-comic book readers, at least) from Adam West's caped crusader to brooding Dark Knight. 

As such, Danny Elfman's theme is miles away from 'Nah nah nah Batman!' but is instead an orchestral gothic piece.

The sort of track you can imagine Batman listening to when doing the rounds in the Batmobile (alongside the Lego Movie Batman's 'darkness' song, of course), Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's work on the Dark Knight trilogy is superb but Elfman's theme manages to completely nail the character of Batman more than any other piece of music. 

Yes, even 'nah nah nah Batman.'