"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

[phantom stranger]

I like the fact that the new films don't have tie-in soundtracks. The reality is that most soundtracks have little to do with the actual movies that they are tied into, except for the fact that the studio forces audio snippets into the movie.

[Azrael]

Phantom Stranger, agreed.

"Hold Me..." is classic. I also have a soft spot for "Bad Days" by the Flaming Lips, IMO it works well in the scene where we are introduced to Nygma's miserable apartment, and it's a nice song. The rest of the songs in Batman Forever, I have little interest for. This "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal has more cheese than a huge slice of Feta.

EDIT on 2012/08/15:
My post from more than a year ago is embarassing, LOL. This rudeness was uncalled for... was it necessary to resurrect this thread?

Still, there's a reason comments were disabled for the vid. I know I'm not alone in this

[illgetdrivethrough]

Everything about BF is fun including the music. I love Nolan's take but I really miss the fun factor.


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[Bobthegoon89]

Your telling me, a simply superb song that was everywhere back in 95...until Kiss from a Rose came along that is!  My dad (who recently passed away) was as much a Batman fan as myself. Sadly the new Batman is the first he never got to see. He played guitar and I remember he very cooly learned to play this excellent track when I was a kid. The song has a fantastic intro.

Always remember seeing the video on Top of the Pops. It was the first time I saw footage from the (then upcoming) new Batman movie I'd waited 3 years for and it certainly built up the excitement in bucket loads. A underrated one if you ask me. The animation came close to being cooler than Bruce Timm's stuff.

Kinda miss the Batman films having a theme song soundtrack. Nolan's end credits get a lil dull without one lol Having said that though we would possible get a godawful "X Factor" pop group of today than the cooler and offbeat artists of Prince, U2 and Siouxsie and the Banshees contributing. Remember what the X-Men fans got on "First Class"? It was....shudder....Take That!!!!

[The Dark Knight]

Everything about BF is fun including the music. I love Nolan's take but I really miss the fun factor.

Mhmm. I like watching movies because I like to enjoy myself. Switch off from reality for two and a bit hours. I like to have fun, but things can compromise that bubble, and that happens too often for my liking in the Schumacherverse. For me, adventurous camp done right belongs to Adam West and the 60s show.

[thecolorsblend]

Mhmm. I like watching movies because I like to enjoy myself. Switch off from reality for two and a bit hours. I like to have fun, but things can compromise that bubble, and that happens too often for my liking in the Schumacherverse. For me, adventurous camp done right belongs to Adam West and the 60s show.

Agreed. Still, one thing Schumacher brought to the proceedings were those kinetic action sequences. Batman getting dragged around by Two Face's helicopter, leaping off buildings, crashing through Mr. Freeze's windshield, all that stuff. Things like that are just another day at the office for Batman but, much as I love his movies, Burton didn't really bring that to life for me. And it's not like it was Schumacher's trademark either but he at least threw a few of those bits into his films.

I have fond memories of BF. The fact that the Seal video was in constant rotation on MTV, Val Kilmer was on Jay Leno, and other stuff make it really feel like Batman was everywhere... and the mainstream was taking notice. Of course, maybe that's nostalgia talking because, hey, that was a cool summer in general. So there you go.

[Azrael]

Of course, maybe that's nostalgia talking because, hey, that was a cool summer in general. So there you go.

Still haven't decided if the old films are indeed more fun, or it's simply that the world was a much simpler place when they came out (without adult responsibilities etc). At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how BF is as a film, it's the memories it carries with it.

[greggbray]

Graduate high school in 1995.  The BF soundtrack was...well, the *soundtrack* of my post-graduation summer.  I brought a beautiful date (a friend, but a gorgeous woman none the less) to see BF, and I was hooked on the music.  You guys have already made the list.  Hold Me, Thrill Me...Bad Days...Smash It Up...There is a Light That Shines...Kiss From a Rose.

I may put it on tonight. 

[Paul (ral)]

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - I remember hearing the track for the first time on the radio. I knew BBC Radio 1 would have the first airplay (this was before the internet kids) so I faked a sickie from college to tape it on the radio!

I bought the CD, cassette and limited red vinyl. I even have the promo poster rolled up here somewhere in this room!

[thecolorsblend]

Still haven't decided if the old films are indeed more fun, or it's simply that the world was a much simpler place when they came out (without adult responsibilities etc). At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how BF is as a film, it's the memories it carries with it.

Clarity is possible. At least when it comes to this, I have no hesitation in saying the older movies are more fun because there's nothing really fun about the Nolan trilogy. He sucked all the fun from all things Batman. Let's face it, there's a certain fun factor about Batman. The costume, the playboy thing, the cool cars, the house, the gadgets, the superhero escapades. Love or hate what Schumacher did, he at least understood what he was up to in making Batman films.

The more I think about it, the more I think I'll take the flaws and weaknesses of Schumacher's movies over the flaws and weaknesses of Nolan's.