Batman Forever (score)

Batman Forever: Original Motion Picture Score Album
Film score by Elliot Goldenthal
Released	July 11, 1995
Genre	Soundtrack score
Length	41:01
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Matthias Gohl
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Cobb (1994) Batman Forever: Original Motion Picture Score Album (1995) Heat (1995)
Batman soundtracks chronology
Batman Forever (soundtrack) (1995) Batman Forever (score) (1995) Batman & Robin (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Filmtracks	[2]
Movie Music UK	[3]
Musicfromthemovies	favorable[4]
Scoresounds	[5]
Soundtrack-Express	[6]

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.^[7] 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.