1995 Elliot Goldenthal – Batman Forever
Batman Forever: Original Motion Picture Score Album is the score album for the 1995 film Batman Forever, composed by Elliot Goldenthal. 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 leitmotifs, Goldenthal said Two-Face features paired notes and doubled beats while being inspired by Russian composers such as Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich, and Riddler has a sound reminiscent of old science fiction B-movies with a theremin. On the U2 single “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”, there is a track titled “Themes from Batman Forever” composed by Goldenthal; this can also be found on the expanded release issued in 2012.
Tracks
1 Main Title (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:56
2 Batmobile / Introducing Two (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:41
3 Thug Fight (Elliot Goldenthal) 00:58
4 Have A Safe Flight / Through The Eye Of A Bat Storm (Elliot Goldenthal) 05:59
5 Nygma’s Cubicle / Bat (Elliot Goldenthal) 03:24
6 Capsule (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:10
7 Rooftop Seduction / Roof Plunge (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:08
8 Nygma After Hours / Brain Drain / You Are Terminated (Elliot Goldenthal) 04:55
9 Suicide / First Riddle / Second Riddle Delivered (Elliot Goldenthal) 04:16
10 Dream Doll (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:25
11 Circus Opening / The Flying Graysons / Death Drop (Elliot Goldenthal) 03:44
12 Big Top Bomb (Elliot Goldenthal) 04:22
13 Flashback / Signal / Robin’s Lament (Elliot Goldenthal) 04:02
14 Obligatory Car Chase (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:43
15 Nygma’s Apartment/Two-Face’s Lair/Riddler’s Entrance/Schizoid Stomp/Brain Drain Expo/HeistMontage (Elliot Goldenthal) 06:06
16 Laundry Room Stunt (Elliot Goldenthal) 00:05
17 More Heists / Third Riddle / Nosy Robin (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:09
18 Building Nygmatech / Family Of Zombie (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:31
19 Master Dick (Elliot Goldenthal) 00:57
20 Memories Repressed / Love (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:37
21 Alley Rumble / Screen Kiss (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:41
22 Batcave / Nygmatech Tango / Public Demo (Elliot Goldenthal) 04:41
23 Nygma And Chase Dance (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:18
24 Face’s Entrance / Batman’s Entrance (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:53
25 Gas Trap / Batman Phoenix (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:32
26 Gratitude Problem (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:36
27 Go To Chase (Elliot Goldenthal) 02:19
28 Batcave Closeout / Dick Leaves Wayne Manor (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:24
29 Happy Halloween / The Bat / Love Scene / Twick or Tweat / Seize and Capture (Elliot Goldenthal) 07:10
30 Riddles Solved / Partners / Battleship (Elliot Goldenthal) 06:23
31 Scuba Fight / Claw Island / Emperor Of Madness (Elliot Goldenthal) 05:12
32 Fun And Games (Elliot Goldenthal) 03:09
33 Batterdämmerung (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:22
34 Two Face’s Demise (Elliot Goldenthal) 01:49
Musicians
| Keyboards | Ralph Grierson |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| Piano | Ralph Grierson |
| Piano | Randy Kerber |
| Accordion | Frank Marocco |
| Accordion | Jorge Trivisonno |
| Accordion | Suzie Katayama |
| Theremin | Paul Shure |
| Bassoon | Allen Savedoff |
| Bassoon | Dave Riddles |
| Bassoon | John Steinmetz |
| Bassoon | Leslie Lashinsky |
| Bassoon | Rose Corrigan |
| Clarinet | Charles Boito |
| Clarinet | Dominick Fera |
| Clarinet | Gary Bovyer |
| Clarinet | Gary Foster |
| Clarinet | Gary Gray |
| Clarinet | Ralph Williams |
| Clarinet | Steven Roberts |
| Flute | David Shostac |
| Flute | Geraldine Rotella |
| Flute | Louise Di Tullio |
| Flute | Sheridon Stokes |
| Flute | Susan Greenberg |
| French Horn | Brad Warnaar |
| French Horn | Brian O’Connor |
| French Horn | Carol Drake |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | James Thatcher |
| French Horn | Jeff DeRosa |
| French Horn | Jerry Folsom |
| French Horn | Joe Meyer |
| French Horn | John Reynolds |
| French Horn | Kurt Snyder |
| French Horn | Mark Adams |
| French Horn | Marni Johnson |
| French Horn | Phil Yao |
| French Horn | Richard Todd |
| French Horn | Steve Becknell |
| French Horn | Suzette Moriarty |
| French Horn | Todd Miller |
| Oboe | Allan Vogel |
| Oboe | Earl Dumler |
| Oboe | Joel Timm |
| Oboe | Jon Clarke |
| Oboe | Leanne Becknell |
| Oboe | Tom Boyd |
| Sax | Dan Higgins |
| Sax | Gary Foster |
| Sax | Ron Jannelli |
| Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Dick Nash |
| Trombone | Phil Teele |
| Trombone | William Booth |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Trumpet | Jon Lewis |
| Trumpet | Malcolm McNab |
| Trumpet | Rick Baptist |
| Trumpet | Warren Luening |
| Trumpet | William Bing |
| Percussion | Robert Zimmitti |
| Percussion | DJ Olson |
| Percussion | Daniel Greco |
| Percussion | Jerry Kalaf |
| Percussion | Joe Porcaro |
| Percussion | Peter Limonick |
| Percussion | Ray Frisby |
| Percussion | Steve Schaeffer |
| Percussion | Tom Raney |
| Percussion | Donald J Williams |
| Vocals | Elliot Goldenthal |
Other Musicians
Bass – Ann Atkinson, Bruce Morgenthaler, Buell Neidlinger, Chris Kollgaard, Christopher Hanulik, Chuck Domanico, Don Ferrone, Drew Dembowski, Edward Meares, Frances Liu Wu, Ian Walker, Margaret Storer, Norman Ludwin, Susan Ranney
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, Barry Gold, Tina Soule, Christine Ermacoff, David Shamban, Dennis Karmazyn, Jodi Burnett, Larry Corbett, Matthew Cooker, Miguel Martinez, Paula Hochhalter, Robert L Adcock, Steve Erdody, Suzie Katayama, Tim Landauer, Todd Hemmenway
Harp – Gayle Levant, Katie Kirkpatrick
Viola – Brian Dembow, Carole Castillo, Carole Mukogawa, Carrie Holzman-Little, Dan Neufeld, David Stenske, Denyse Buffum, Don McInnes, Harry Shirinian, Helen Wang, Janet Lakatos, John Scanlon, Jorge Moraga, Kazi Pitelka, Keith Greene, Ken Burward-Hoy, Maria Newman, Matt Funes, Michael Nowak, Mihail Zinovyev, Miriam Granat, Pamela Goldsmith, Ray Tischer, Bob Becker, Roland Kato, Scott Haupert, Vicki Miskolczy
Violin – Bruce Dukov, Alan Grunfeld, Anatoly Rosinsky, Barbra Porter, Berj Garabedian, Bonnie Douglas, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Darius Campo, David Ewart, Dennis Molchan, Diana Halprin, Dimitrie Leivici, Endre Granat, Eve Sprecher, Gil Romero, Gregory Moore, Haim Shtrum, Horia Moroaica, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Joseph Goodman, Julie Gigante, Karen Jones, Kathleen Lenski, Katia Popov, Kwihee Shamban, Liane Mautner, Lily Ho Chen, Lisa Johnson, Mari Tsumura, Mario DeLeon, Mike Markman*, Miran Kojian, Natalie Leggett, Patricia Johnson, Paul Shure, Peter Kent, Rachel Robinson, Rafael Rishik, Ralph Morrison, Razdan Kuyumjian, Rene Mandel, Richard Altenbach, Robert Brosseau, Robin Olson, Roger Wilkie, Ronald Clark, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Sheryl Staples, Sid Page, Tammy Hatwan, Tiffany Yi Hu, Yoko Matsuda
Vocals – Harmonic Voices
Liner Notes
Producer – Elliot Goldenthal, Matthias Gohl
Producer (Electronic Music) – Richard Martinez
Producer (Executive) – MV Gerhard, Matt Verboys
Conductor – Jonathan Sheffer
Edited By – Christopher Brooks, Joey Rand, Joel Iwataki
Mastered By – Vlado Meller
Mixed By – Joel Iwataki
Orchestrated By – Elliot Goldenthal, Jon Kull, Robert Elhai
Orchestrated By (Additional) – David John Olsen, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Randy Kerber, Shirley Walker
Recorded By – Stephen McLaughlin
Art Direction – Dan Goldwasser
Photography – Herb Ritts, Ralph Nelson
Edited At Chapel Studios, LA
Engineered At Precision Audiosonics
Mastered At Sony Music Studios, NYC
Mixed At Chapel Studios, LA
Recorded At Sony Scoring Stage
Recorded At Todd-AO Scoring Stage
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright WEA International Inc
Copyright Warner Bros