Batman & Robin (soundtrack)


Batman & Robin: Music from and Inspired by the "Batman & Robin" Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the motion picture Batman & Robin.

Background

Despite the overwhelming negative publicity the film received, its soundtrack became very popular and was well received, being certified platinum by the RIAA. The soundtrack included songs by R. Kelly, Arkarna, Jewel, Goo Goo Dolls, R.E.M., Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and The Smashing Pumpkins, whose song "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, which was played during the movie's closing credits. Three songs from the soundtrack became top-ten hits in the United States; Jewel's contribution, a radio-mix version of "Foolish Games", as well as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's "Look into My Eyes" and R. Kelly's "Gotham City".
Moloko's "Fun for Me" reached number four on the US Dance Play Chart and led for Roisin Murphy and Mark Brydon to kick off their US invasion, with the release of their first album as part of the late 90s electronica hype and "Day for Night" as a follow-up single in 1998 which, unfortunately, only reached #37 on the Dance Play Chart thus ending their US stint prematurely; however, unbeknownst to them, the Boris D mix of "Sing it Back" would become a club-turned-mainstream hit a year later.

Track listing

  1. "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by The Smashing Pumpkins – 5:10
  2. "Look into My Eyes" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – 4:28
  3. "Gotham City" by R. Kelly – 4:56
  4. "House on Fire" by Arkarna – 3:24
  5. "Revolution" by R.E.M. – 3:04
  6. "Foolish Games" by Jewel – 4:00
  7. "Lazy Eye" by Goo Goo Dolls – 3:46
  8. "Breed" by Lauren Christy – 3:05
  9. "The Bug" by Soul Coughing – 3:09
  10. "Fun for Me" by Moloko – 5:08
  11. "Poison Ivy" by Meshell Ndegeocello – 3:33
  12. "True to Myself" by Eric Benét – 4:41
  13. "A Batman Overture" by Elliot Goldenthal – 3:35
  14. "Moaner" by Underworld – 10:17
  15. "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" by The Smashing Pumpkins – 4:58

    Personnel

Album

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