Foreword by DC and Marvel Comics Artist Jay Leisten

Coming in 2021!

Matthew Hodge continues his fascinating explorations of pop culture media with another first-of-its-kind book --- one entirely devoted to the musical scores of Gotham City villains! Why should Batman's famous music always get all the glory? It's finally time for the Dark Knight's rogues gallery to take musical center stage.

These pages shine a fascinating spotlight on the psychological and emotional musical representations constructed by many composers of film, television, and video games for numerous portrayals of Batman's historic and iconic villains. This book discusses dozens of Gotham City characters, including well-known villains like Joker, Riddler, Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Harley Quinn, Ra's al Ghul, Talia al Ghul, Scarecrow, Bane, Black Mask, Victor Zsasz, and Killer Croc, as well as villains less-known in general mainstream culture, including Music Meister, Phantasm, Daka, Wizard, Clock King, Mad Hatter, Maxie Zeus, Romulus, Ventriloquist, Scarface, Professor Pyg, Firefly, Hugo Strange, Professor Milo and more!