Neal Hefti, a Big Band trumpeter, arranger and composer of themes for the movie "The Odd Couple" and the "Batman" television series, has died in Los Angeles. He was 85. His son Paul Hefti says his ...

Props from the 1960s television show, “Batman”, that include the batarang, license plate, utility belt, bat claws and other items, sit on display at Heritage Auctions on Thursday in Irving, Texas.

Do you hear any Batman when you're listening to Metallica's "Shadows Follow" on the band's latest, 72 Seasons? Because when the album emerged in April, a Reddit thread posed that question. And as it ...

I grew up watching repeats of the Batman TV show, decades old by that point. With one of the catchiest theme tunes ever recorded and a tone so over-the-top it was out of the trenches and halfway ...

Neal Hefti, whose brilliance as a jazz composer and arranger for Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and other entertainers might have been overshadowed by his familiar theme songs for "Batman" and "The Odd ...

When Batman first appeared in "Detective Comics" issue No. 27 in 1939, few could have predicted the cultural impact that would follow. From his early days as a campy, colorful crimefighter in the ...