Batman Forever (soundtrack)

Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1995 soundtrack to the motion picture Batman Forever.

Background
Only five of the songs are actually featured in the movie. 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. A second album, featuring over 40 minutes of Elliot Goldenthal's Original Motion Picture Score, was released two weeks after the soundtrack album.

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.
 * Accolades

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