Episode 39: Dick Tracy

Calling all listeners! This week on the podcast, we're discussing the soundtrack to 1990's Dick Tracy! This was Disney's attempt to cash in on the sudden phenomenon that was Tim Burton's Batman. To do that, they hired Warren Beatty, Madonna and Al Pacino to bring the 1930s crimestopper comic to life. The result is...bizarre, to say the least.

But like Batman, Dick Tracy was a marketing bonanza. There were toys, comics, video games, and THREE soundtrack albums! Not only did we get an entire album of new material from Madonna and Stephen Sondheim, we also got a Danny Elfman score and an OST compilation of snappy 1930s soundalikes full of pep, vim and verve! And, just for good measure, Ice-T shows up to explain the plot to us in rap form! What more could you possibly want???

SHOW NOTES:

• Dick Tracy is available to watch here
• NY TIMES: "Batman? Bartman? Darkman? Elfman."
• NEWSWEEK: "Tracymania"
• Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy special for TCM
• INTRO: "Dick Tracy" - Ice-T
• OUTRO: "Dick Tracy" - The Chants

MUSIC VIDEOS:

• "Ridin' The Rails" - kd lang
• "Vogue" - Madonna

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