• ' Released: June 8, 1989 • ' Released: September 15, 1989 • ' Released: October 16, 1989 • ' Released: November 28, 1989 • ' Released: May 18, 1990 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating B− B+ Batman is the eleventh by American recording artist and the to the 1989 film. It was released on June 20, 1989. Crash Test Dummies The Ghosts That Haunt Me Rar.

As a stablemate, Prince's involvement in the soundtrack was designed to leverage the media company's contract-bound talent as well as fulfill the artist's need for a commercial (if not critical) revival. The result was yet another multi-platinum successful cross-media enterprise by Warner Bros., in the vein of. The album was No. 1 on the for six consecutive weeks. It has sold over eleven million copies worldwide. In 2016, film critic praised Prince's songs and music videos for Batman, more so than the film itself, stating that his songs 'suggest a goofy, perverse, sensuous, somewhat introverted Batman film that so far we've never gotten from anyone', and arguing that Prince's music videos 'are more psychologically perceptive than any of the films.'

Batman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Prince and the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman. It was released on June 20, 1989 by Warner. 10 Songs From 'Batman' Soundtracks You Probably Forgot. 10 Songs From 'Batman' Soundtracks You Probably Forgot About. That when it comes to Batman soundtrack.

Contents • • • • • • • • • Production [ ] The album was recorded in six weeks, from mid-February to late March 1989, and Prince used three tracks recorded earlier: 'Electric Chair', ', and 'Vicki Waiting' (originally known as 'Anna Waiting', named for his then-girlfriend ). Originally, the songs ' and ' from earlier albums were slated to be used in the film, but Prince instead recorded an entire album's worth of material with Batman samples and lyrics. During the pre-production, a producer suggested that may be Prince could perform the funk songs, and that could perform the love ballads; but it was part of the brief brainstorming meeting, nothing to do with Burton desires, that actually found the idea ridiculous.

The album was performed entirely by Prince, with a few exceptions: duets with Prince on ', 'Trust' features a sampled horn part by and, and ' features strings by sampled from the then-unreleased 1986 track 'Crystal Ball' and samples of the choir. ' includes a sample of Prince's technician Matthew Larson, and ' features the vocal performance of then-girlfriend Anna Garcia (credited as Anna Fantastic). All dialogue sampled on Prince's Batman album is taken directly from a of Batman and therefore lacks and. This is especially noticeable in the beginning of the first track, 'The Future', with dialogue of speaking as Batman. In the album's, the lyrics of each song are associated with one of the characters in the film: 'The Future' and 'Scandalous' are credited to Batman; while 'Electric Chair', 'Partyman' and 'Trust' are credited to the Joker.

Computer Program Costs. 'Vicki Waiting' is sung from the perspective of Bruce Wayne, while 'Lemon Crush' comes from Vicki Vale; the two characters share the duet, 'The Arms of Orion'. 'Batdance', whose lyrics are compromised mostly of samples from the film, is credited to all aforementioned parties, as well as Gemini, Prince's Batman-centric alter ego that resembles Batman villain —Prince on the right half of the body and the Joker on the left. Prince himself is credited with singing two lines of the album as himself: 'Who do you trust if you can't trust God? Who can you trust - who can ya? In 'Trust'; and the word 'STOP!'

Which ends 'Batdance' and the album proper (though the 'STOP!' Is actually a of Michael Keaton.) Batman also marked a change in Prince's appearance; he switched out frilly clothing, polka dots, lace, and controversial attire for a much darker and simpler attire, usually donning dark blue/black clothing and 'Batman' boots. The artist's hair was also completely straightened from wavy curls, as shown in the 'Batdance' video. Ownership complexities [ ] Ownership of the is notoriously complex.