Batman Forever (soundtrack)
1995 soundtrack album by various artists
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Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1995 soundtrack to the motion picture Batman Forever.
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | May 30, 1995[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 1994−March 1995 | |||
| Length | 59:28 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Singles from Batman Forever | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
| NME | 5/10[4] |
| Smash Hits | [5] |
| Vox | 4/10[6] |
Background
Only five of the songs are actually featured in the movie.[7] Hit singles from the soundtrack include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 and "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal, both of which were nominated for MTV Movie Awards. "Kiss from a Rose" (whose video was also directed by Joel Schumacher) reached No. 1 in the U.S. charts as well. The soundtrack itself, featuring additional songs by the Flaming Lips, Brandy, the Offspring (songs also included in the film), Method Man, Nick Cave, Michael Hutchence (of INXS), PJ Harvey, and Massive Attack, was an attempt to (in producer Peter MacGregor-Scott's words) make the film more "pop". The soundtrack was hugely successful, selling almost as many copies as Prince's soundtrack to the 1989 Batman film.[8] A second album, featuring over 40 minutes of Elliot Goldenthal's Original Motion Picture Score, was released two weeks after the soundtrack album.
- Accolades
In 1996, "Kiss from a Rose" won three Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (U2) |
| 4:46 | |
| 2. | "One Time Too Many" (PJ Harvey) | Harvey |
| 2:52 |
| 3. | "Where Are You Now?" (Brandy) | Lenny Kravitz | Kravitz | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal) | Seal | Trevor Horn | 3:38 |
| 5. | "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn) | William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. |
| 4:06 |
| 6. | "Nobody Lives Without Love" (Eddi Reader) | Horn | 5:05 | |
| 7. | "Tell Me Now" (Mazzy Star) | David Roback | 4:17 | |
| 8. | "Smash It Up" (The Offspring) | Thom Wilson | 3:26 | |
| 9. | "There Is a Light" (Nick Cave) |
| 4:23 | |
| 10. | "The Riddler" (Method Man) | RZA | 3:30 | |
| 11. | "The Passenger" (Michael Hutchence) |
| Tim Simenon | 4:37 |
| 12. | "Crossing the River" (The Devlins) |
| 4:45 | |
| 13. | "8" (Sunny Day Real Estate) | Sunny Day Real Estate | Brad Wood | 5:27 |
| 14. | "Bad Days" (The Flaming Lips) | The Flaming Lips | 4:39 |
Personnel
- Executive Producers: Jolene Cherry, Joel Schumacher and Gary LeMel
- Project Supervisor: Leslie Reed
- Executive in Charge of Product Development for Atlantic: Michael Krumper
- Mastered by TAT with help from Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering, Hollywood, CA
- Executive in Charge of Music for Warner Bros: Gary LeMel
- Executive in Charge of Everything Else: Tom Lassally
- Production Assistant: Melanie Davidson
- Music Legal Services by Jeffrey Taylor Light and Ira Selsky of Myman, Abell, Fineman, Greenspan & Rowan
- Photography: Herb Ritts and Ralph Nelson
- Art Direction: Larry Freemantle
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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