Jack Nicholson was a big Prince fan in the 1980s. And when he signed on to play the Joker in the 1989 movie, 'Batman,' the actor pushed for Prince to do the soundtrack. Prince’s accompanying album, ...

One of Nirvana‘s weirdest, most whispery songs, complete with musings on the emotions of aquatic life, is a streaming smash nearly 31 years after its release — thanks to its use as a bellwether for ...

As many know, the late Prince once recorded an album inspired by Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. But composer Danny Elfman once revealed that the studio played with the idea of having Prince co-write the ...

Our Batman week rolls on with a look back at some of the music video tie-ins from the Caped Crusader's past. Christopher Nolan's recent Dark Knight trilogy may have brought some credibility back to ...

One of the most overlooked aspects of superhero films is that, like many movies, they often feature original songs, and these can often be great, not only as songs themselves, but as representations ...

For the 1995 Batman Forever soundtrack, U2 borrowed from their Zooropa outtakes for the most exciting Batman song since Prince’s “Batdance.” The Irish band had reinvented themselves in the 1990s and ...

The Dark Knight of Gotham City. Batman, the brainchild of the millionaire Bruce Wayne, has worked to keep his hometown safe from the likes of the Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, and many others for decades.

"I've never done anything harder than Batman," reflects Danny Elfman on the 1989 Tim Burton blockbuster he scored. A lot was riding on the film as the first big-budget superhero franchise since ...

Prince's untimely death at the age of 57 brought an end to an incredible and diverse 38-year-long music career that never saw the artist running out of inspiration. With 39 studio albums full of hit ...

Nirvana is not quite to Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” as Prince was to Tim Burton’s 1989 version of “Batman.” But even with only one oldie being used instead of an entire new song score, the new film is ...