Scrapped BATGIRL Movie Composer Natalie Holt Talks About Working With Danny Elfman to Create the Film's Score

HBO’s scrapped Batgirl movie left such destruction in its wake. After it was canceled by the cabler, there were many reports from the actors and creators lamenting the story, action, and acting that fans were missing out on by not getting the chance to see the film they finished. Another aspect of the film that fell to the chopping block floor was the musical score that was composed by Natalie Holt, who went on to score the second season of Loki at Disney+.

When Holt sat down with ComicBook to chat about Loki, she was asked about her Batgirl efforts, and she talked about getting to consult with music legend Danny Elfman:

“I did sort of do a pass on the score. I’d scored it all the way through, and I’d spoken to Danny Elfman, actually. I started working on it and Adil and Bilal said, ‘We’ve got Michael Keaton here. We want to use his theme from the eighties.’ I was like, ‘I’d like to just speak to Danny and see if he’d allow me to sort of work with his theme,’ because I just thought that would be the best way to do it.”

Holt continued by explaining how she met the composer of 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns:

“My agent got in touch with his agent, and we ended up chatting, and that was the first time I spoke to him. He was just so generous and pleased to be asked. And he said ‘It’s so nice that you’re asking permission and that you want to carry on this character’s theme. That feels really good.’ So, yeah, he was really excited for me to be playing around with his material. It’s very sad that it didn’t happen [and that] people didn’t get to hear it. But I’m glad I got to meet Danny Elfman.”

That’s awesome! It’s too bad we didn’t get to see the film, or hear her adapted theme, but at least she got to collaborate with Elfman.