''Batman Forever: Original Motion Picture Score Album'' is a

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Grammy-nominated film score album for ''

Batman Forever ''Batman Forever'' (on-screen title is simply ''Forever'') is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The third installment of W ...

'', composed by

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. It was released in conjunction with its soundtrack counterpart. Despite Goldenthal having recorded over 2 hours of music, the soundtrack only had 45 minutes before La-La Land Records released an expanded version in 2012. The score features big brass, strings and discordant noises while maintaining an anthemic sound. Regarding the villainous

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s, Goldenthal said

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features paired notes and doubled beats while being inspired by Russian composers such as

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and

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, and

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has a sound reminiscent of old science fiction

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s with a

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. On the U2 single "

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", there is a track titled "Themes from ''Batman Forever''" composed by Goldenthal; this can also be found on the expanded release issued in 2012.

Track listing

# "Main Titles & Fanfare" – 1:50 # "Perpetuum Mobile" – 0:54 # "The Perils of Gotham" – 3:01 # "Chase Noir" – 1:45 # "Fledermausmarschmusik" – 1:15 # "Nygma Variations (An Ode to Science)" – 6:02 # "Victory" – 2:37 # "Descent" – 1:07 # "The Pull of Regret" – 2:50 # "Mouth to Mouth Nocturne" – 2:14 # "Gotham City Boogie" – 2:02 # "Under the Top" – 5:42 # "Mr. E's Dance Card (Rumba, Fox-trot, Waltz & Tango)" – 3:21 # "Two-Face Three Step" – 2:20 # "Chase Blanc" – 1:23 # "Spank Me! Overture" – 2:46 # "Holy Rusted Metal" – 1:51 # "Batterdammerung" – 1:21

Expanded score

La-La Land Records released Elliot Goldenthal's expanded score to ''Batman Forever'' on January 1, 2012. Disc One: The Score # "Main Title"* - 1:54 # "Batmobile*/Introducing Two-Face"* - 1:39 # "Thug Fight"* - 0:55 # "Obligatory Car Chase"* - 2:40 # "Nygma's Cubicle*/Bat-Signal"* - 3:22 # "Capsule"* - 1:07 # "Rooftop Seduction*/Roof Plunge"* - 2:05 # "Nygma After Hours*/Brain Drain*/You Are Terminated"* - 4:52 # "Suicide*/First Riddle*/Second Riddle Delivered"* - 4:14 # "Dream Doll"* - 2:23 # "Big Top Bomb"* - 4:19 # "Circus Opening*/The Flying Graysons*/Death Drop"* - 3:41 # "Flashback*/Signal*/Robin's Lament"* - 4:00 # "Have a Safe Flight*/Through the Eye"* - 5:57 # "Nygma's Apartment*/Two-Face's Lair*/Riddler's Entrance*/Schizoid Stomp*/Brain Drain Expo*/Heist Montage"* - 6:04 # "Laundry Room Stunt"* - 0:25 # "More Heists*/Third Riddle*/Nosy Robin"* - 1:06 # "Building Nygmatech*/Family of Zombies"* - 1:29 # "Master Dick"* - 0:56 # "Memories Repressed*/Love"* - 2:34 # "Alley Rumble**/Screen Kiss"* - 1:38 # "Batcave*/Nygmatech Tango*/Public Demo" -* 4:39 # "Nygma & Chase Dance"* - 1:16 # "Two-Face's Entrance*/Batman's Entrance"* - 2:50 # "Gas Trap*/Batman Phoenix"* - 2:30 # "Gratitude Problem"* - 1:33 # "Go to Chase"* - 2:16 # "Batcave Closeout*/Dick Leaves Wayne Manor"* - 1:24 Disc One Time: 74:54 Disc Two The Score (continued) # "Happy Halloween*/The Bat*/Love Scene*/Twick or Tweat*/Seize and Capture*" 7:08 # "Riddles Solved*/Partners*/Battleship*" 6:21 # "Scuba Fight*/Claw Island*/Emperor of Madness*" 5:10 # "Fun and Games"* 3:07 # "Batterdammerung" 1:20 # "Two-Face's Demise"* 1:47 # "Bat Descent*/Arkham Asylum"* 1:00 # "Wet Screen Kiss*/March On!"* 1:22 Bonus Tracks #

"Themes from ''Batman Forever'' (B-Side Single)" 3:39 # "More Heists* (alternate)" 0:39 Original Soundtrack Album (Remastered) #

"Main Titles & Fanfare" – 1:52 # "Perpetuum Mobile" – 0:55 # "The Perils of Gotham" – 2:58 # "Chase Noir" – 1:45 # "Fledermausmarschmusik" – 1:14 # "Nygma Variations (An Ode to Science)" – 6:03 # "Victory" – 2:38 # "Descent" – 1:07 # "The Pull of Regret" – 2:49 # "Mouth to Mouth Nocturne" – 2:16 # "Gotham City Boogie" – 2:02 # "Under the Top" – 5:40 # "Mr. E's Dance Card (Rumba, Fox-trot, Waltz & Tango)" – 3:20 # "Two-Face Three Step" – 2:19 # "Chase Blanc" – 1:23 # "Spank Me! Overture" – 2:46 # "Holy Rusted Metal" – 1:52 # "Batterdammerung" – 1:20 Disc Two Time: 76:35 Total Album Time: 151:29 (*) Previously Unreleased (**) "Wreckage and Rape" from ''

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'' (Elliot Goldenthal)

Personnel

*Music composed by

*Music produced by

Matthias Gohl Matthias Gohl is a Swiss musical producer/director/supervisor/composer of film scores and stage productions. He produced most of Elliot Goldenthal's film scores (starting in 1987 with the score to Pet Sematary) as well others. Two scores that he ha ...

*Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal,

Shirley Walker Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers; April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood. Walker was one of the first female ...

and Robert Elhai *Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer and Shirley Walker *Recorded by Steve McLaughlin at Sony and Todd AO, CA *Mixed and edited by Joel Iwataki at Chapel Studios, CA *Electronic music produced by Richard Martinez *Music editors: Christopher Brooks and Joey Rand

References

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