Batman: Motion Picture Soundtrack is an album for the 1989 film Batman by musical artist Prince. As a Warner Bros. 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 successful cross-media enterprise by Warner Bros, in the vein of Purple Rain.
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Batman: Motion Picture Soundtrack is an album for the 1989 film Batman by musical artist Prince. As a Warner Bros. 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 successful cross-media enterprise by Warner Bros, in the vein of Purple Rain.
The album was quickly recorded in six weeks—from mid-February to late March 1989—and Prince used three tracks recorded earlier: "Electric Chair" was recorded in June 1988; "Scandalous" in October 1988; and "Vicki Waiting" in December 1988. The album was performed entirely by Prince, with a few exceptions. Sheena Easton duets with Prince on "The Arms of Orion". "Trust" features a sampled horn part by Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss. "The Future" features strings by Clare Fischer sampled from the (then unreleased) 1986 track "Crystal Ball". "The Future" also samples the Sounds...
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