Editing Batman Forever (section)

==Music==
{{Further|Batman Forever (score)|Batman Forever (soundtrack)}}
[[Elliot Goldenthal]] was hired by Schumacher to compose the film score before the screenplay was written. In discussions with Schumacher, the director wanted Goldenthal to avoid taking inspiration from [[Danny Elfman]], and requested an original composition.<ref>{{cite video | title = Scoring Forever: The Music of Batman Forever | type = DVD |publisher=Warner Bros.|year=2005}}</ref> The film's promotional teaser trailer however used the main title theme from Elfman's score of 1989's ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KllgySsPo |title=Batman Forever (1995) Official Theatrical Teaser on HD!! |author=UltimateBatChannel |date=May 9, 2010 |via=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421201803/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_KllgySsPo |archive-date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

The soundtrack was commercially successful, selling almost as many copies as [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s [[Batman (album)|soundtrack]] to the 1989 ''Batman'' film. Only five of the songs on the soundtrack are actually featured in the movie. Hit singles from the soundtrack include "[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me]]" by [[U2]] and "[[Kiss from a Rose]]" by [[Seal (musician)|Seal]], both of which were nominated for MTV Movie Awards. "Kiss from a Rose" (whose music video was also directed by Joel Schumacher) reached No. 1 in the U.S. charts as well. The soundtrack itself, featuring additional songs by [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (both songs also included in the film), [[Method Man]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Michael Hutchence]] (of [[INXS]]), [[PJ Harvey]] and [[Massive Attack]], was an attempt to (in producer Peter MacGregor-Scott's words) make the film more "pop".