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Aberration
10-04-2004, 01:46 AM
Ever since I first heard the theme to "The Batman", I had this nagging feeling that I've heard something that sounded like it before. Well, just now, I finally figured it out: It's the "Doctor Who" theme.

For those who don't know it, got to http://www.themez.co.uk/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?tsearch=d&nh=2 (the 4th one is probably the best known version)

They don't sound like the exact same song, but they've both got that steady beat in the background, with a low key instrumentation in the foreground (guitar riffs in "Batman" instead of whatever that "whoooo-oooooo-ooooh" thing is in "Who") Plus, both Edge and "Doctor Who" are British, so there's that connection.

Does anyone else see the similarity at all? (Most of my friends can't, so maybe I'm just crazy)

Fone Bone
10-04-2004, 07:54 AM
Ever since I first heard the theme to "The Batman", I had this nagging feeling that I've heard something that sounded like it before. Well, just now, I finally figured it out: It's the "Doctor Who" theme.

For those who don't know it, got to http://www.themez.co.uk/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?tsearch=d&nh=2 (the 4th one is probably the best known version)

They don't sound like the exact same song, but they've both got that steady beat in the background, with a low key instrumentation in the foreground (guitar riffs in "Batman" instead of whatever that "whoooo-oooooo-ooooh" thing is in "Who") Plus, both Edge and "Doctor Who" are British, so there's that connection.

Does anyone else see the similarity at all? (Most of my friends can't, so maybe I'm just crazy)
I found a similarity with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the melody not the style) but yes, Doctor Who is more apt. Doctor Who has one of the best theme songs in a British show I've seen next to Red Dwarf.

fatboy
10-04-2004, 10:33 PM
Plus, both Edge and "Doctor Who" are British, so there's that connection.

Actually, the Edge is Irish. :eek:

"The Batman" theme reminds me more of the theme to the movie "Halloween" in the beginning and Berlins' "Metro" in the middle.

I have to say I didn't like the theme at first, but it did get stuck in my head so....I guess it did its job.