Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
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Sweeping irresistibly forward like some dream hybrid of Ziggy Stardust, Kashmir-era Zeppelin and German techno, U2's massive "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" launches this disc. Also included are tracks by Brandy (the Lenny Kravitz-produced "Where Are You Now?"), Seal ("Kiss from a Rose"), Eddi Reader ("Nobody Lives Without Love"), and The Devlins ("Crossing the River"). Michael Hutchence butchers Iggy Pop's "The Passenger," but The Offspring mines big fun from The Damned's "Smash It Up." --Jeff Bateman

Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture,Various Artists,Atlantic / Wea,Adult Contemporary,Alternative Pop/Rock,Contemporary R&B,Hip-Hop,Pop,Soundtrack,Soundtracks,Soundtracks & Film Scores

Tracks:

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2
One Time Too Many - P.J. Harvey
Where Are You Now? - Brandy
Kiss From A Rose - Seal
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Massive Attack With Tracey Thorn
Nobody Lives Without Love - Eddi Reader
Tell Me Now - Mazzy Star
Smash It Up - The Offspring
There Is A Light - Nick Cave
The Riddler - Method Man
The Passenger - Michael Hutchence
Crossing The River - The Devlins
8 - Sunny Day Real Estate
Bad Days - The Flaming Lips

Amazon.com

Sweeping irresistibly forward like some dream hybrid of Ziggy Stardust, Kashmir-era Zeppelin and German techno, U2's massive "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" launches this disc. Also included are tracks by Brandy (the Lenny Kravitz-produced "Where Are You Now?"), Seal ("Kiss from a Rose"), Eddi Reader ("Nobody Lives Without Love"), and The Devlins ("Crossing the River"). Michael Hutchence butchers Iggy Pop's "The Passenger," but The Offspring mines big fun from The Damned's "Smash It Up." --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Great Music.......2007-07-09

I can not express how great the music is. The compilation of the music is amazing. Along with a great song by Michael Hutchence called The Passenger makes one inclined to want more.

best soundtrack batman has to offer.......2007-03-26

after the popularity drop in folk themed songs that seemed to end in the mid 90's, warner brothers thought that they should turn right around and make a soundtrack more hip hop influenced, there choice led to one of the many reasons batman forever was such a huge success, the best song this soundtrack had to offer was U2's wonderful performance, as well as smash it up which was obviously a take off chris o donnell's reckless nature, many people say seal offers the best performance, however i disagree, still seal's music is still worth checking out, all in all this was an well executed slideshow of assortments.

Flaming Lips.......2005-08-13

The guy who calls The Flaming Lips "soft rock", i say one thing. Listen to Clouds Taste Metallic (the album from where Bad Days is from) and then get back to me, and say it again. Geez, i don't mind people having an opinion, but when it's as obviously wrong as the one in the previous post, it makes me wanna punch babies in the face; and i don't wanna punch anyone, let alone babies. Seriously though, The Lips' contribution to this soundtrack is by far the best song here. It's so life affirming, and unpretentious - unlike the supposed "great songs" from U2 and Seal (a talentless also-ran, in my opinion).

Very Good Compilation.......2005-08-05

I got this disc years ago, and enjoyed it very frequently. Also, it was my introduction to Seal, and Kiss From A Rose is now one of my favorites. The opening track is kick-ass. And there are a few other winners in this compilation that make it deserving of a five star rating. Overall, it's pretty cool. Check it out.

Still a great album, 10 years later..........2005-06-29

the only thing that really thrilled me about the music from the previous Batman films was the fantastic Danny Elfman orchestrations. this time with Batman Forever, the soundtrack is decidedly more rock-influenced. this is a great album, good songs from multiple genres. U2's offering, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and Seal's "Kiss From A Rose" are by far the strongest tracks on the album, but the other songs are great. Ten years after the film and album were released, i still listen to most of the songs on the album. here's a rundown of the songs:

U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me..." - best rock song on the album, it's lyrics reflect the duality of Bruce Wayne/Batman, sweepingly rocking and heroic. too bad this song isn't remembered among U2's best songs

Brandy's "Where Are You Now" - a good, funk-filled song (thanks to some funky Lenny Kravitz guitar-playing) and soulful singing from Brandy.

PJ Harvey's "One Time Too Many" - forget Avril Lavigne, this is truly "girl rock". throw your Avril CD's away and look for PJ's stuff.

Seal's "Kiss From A Rose" - soft, silky love theme for the film and surprising heroic-sounding, too bad Seal's gonna be known as a One Hit Wonder for this song.

Massive Attack feat. Tracy Thorn - dark, creepy, mysteriously sexy, fits well with the cat-and-mouse lover's game Bruce Wayne plays with Chase Meridian

Eddi Reader's "Nobody Lives Without Love" - touching and sad, captures the loneliness of a superhero who can't share his deepest secrets with anyone.

The Offspring's "Smash It Up" - high-octane rock, fast and hard, fits Robin's wreckless style

Method Man's "The Riddler" - the obligatory "rap song", but still quite good

Nick Cave's "There Is A Light" - Goth rock, the style fits one of the film's villains, Two-Face.

Michael Hutchence's "The Passenger" - cover of an Iggy Pop song, a lot better than people give it credit for, good, dark synth-rock (it even sounds like they use a crowbar as an instrument! ha!), the lyrics make it sound like Batman is inviting you to take a ride in the Batmobile for a tour of Gotham City at night. good stuff!

The Devlins' "Crossing the River" - nice beat (sounds like bongo drums at the beginning of the song), nicely sung, captures more of Batman's loneliness and desire to love someone.

Sunny Day Real Estate' "8" - great rock song, driving, embodies Batman's drive and determination, one of those songs where you can't quite tell what they're singing, but you still love the song and listen to it over and over.

The Flmaing Lips' "Bad Days" - call me crazy, but i never saw what was so great about these guys. guess i'm not into the whole soft-rock thing.

Mazzy Star's "Tell Me Now" - Zzzzzzzzzzz...oops, sorry, i was listening to the song and fell asleep. totally uninspired, boring, doesn't belong on this album, belongs in a juke box of a sleepy little tavern somewhere. worst song on an album of above-par songs.

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