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James Richard "Jim" Steinman (born November 1, 1947 in New York City, New York) is an American record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, responsible for several hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work has included songs in the adult contemporary, rock and roll, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres.

His work includes such album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s as Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
's Bat out of Hell
Bat out of Hell

Bat out of Hell is a 1977 album by singer Meat Loaf, songwriter Jim Steinman, and producer Todd Rundgren that became one of the List of best-selling albums worldwide, continuing to sell approximately 200,000 per year....
 and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a 1993 in music by Meat Loaf, and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after the Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat out of Hell....
, and producing albums for Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
.






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“I have travelled across the universe through the years to find her. Sometimes going all the way is just a start...” — 1993

“I've been called over the top, how silly; if you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side.” — 1989 Steinman, Jim






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James Richard "Jim" Steinman (born November 1, 1947 in New York City, New York) is an American record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, responsible for several hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work has included songs in the adult contemporary, rock and roll, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres.

His work includes such album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s as Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
's Bat out of Hell
Bat out of Hell

Bat out of Hell is a 1977 album by singer Meat Loaf, songwriter Jim Steinman, and producer Todd Rundgren that became one of the List of best-selling albums worldwide, continuing to sell approximately 200,000 per year....
 and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a 1993 in music by Meat Loaf, and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after the Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat out of Hell....
, and producing albums for Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
. His most successful chart singles include Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was originally released on an album by Wales singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983, produced by Steinman....
", Air Supply
Air Supply

Air Supply are a soft rock duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s. It consists of British guitarist and Singing Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock ....
's "Making Love out of Nothing at All
Making Love out of Nothing at All

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. There have also been numerous other versions that have not been as commercially successful....
", Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)
I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)

"I Would Do Anything for Love " is a Grammy Award winning song composed and written by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in 1993 in music as the first single from the album Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell....
", Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
's "Read 'Em and Weep" and Celine Dion
Celine Dion

C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
's version of "It's All Coming Back to Me Now
It's All Coming Back to Me Now

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create....
" (originally written for and performed by Steinman's band Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box (band)

Pandora's Box was a female pop music group assembled by James Richard Steinman in the 1980s. Some of its members had previously worked with Steinman, in the ensemble Fire Inc., on the album Bat Out of Hell, on live shows and on other studio recordings....
). The album Bad for Good
Bad for Good

Bad For Good is an 1981 in music by United States songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks....
 was released in his own name in 1981.

Beginning his career in musical theater, Steinman's most notable work in the area includes lyrics for Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind (musical)

Whistle Down the Wind is a Musical theater by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind . The lyrics are by Jim Steinman, known for his work with Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler and others....
 and music for Tanz der Vampire.

Personal life

Steinman graduated from Hewlett High School
George W. Hewlett High School

George W. Hewlett High School is a four-year public high school in Hewlett, New York, New York, which is a part of the Five Towns area of the South Shore of Long Island....
 in 1965 and then attended Amherst College
Amherst College

Amherst College is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Amherst, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821, it is the third oldest college in List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, and has been coeducational since 1975....
. A 1996 article from The Sunday Times of London referred to Steinman as "half-Jewish".

Steinman's political views are Libertarian. In an interview on September 28, 2007, he said that in the 2008 US presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008

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 he would "support a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

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, probably Hillary or Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
. I'd like it to be Obama, although Hillary is better than Bush
George W. Bush

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."

According to longtime manager David Sonenberg
David Sonenberg

David Sonenberg, Harvard Law School graduate, began the music management label DAS Communications. He has managed Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman, The Fugees, the Spin Doctors, Keke Palmer, Joan Osborne, John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Fergie and many other successful acts....
 and other sources, Steinman had health problems around 2004, but has been in good health since. Various reports indicate a stroke, a heart attack, multiple strokes, or a combination of multiple strokes and a heart attack.

Responding to an interviewer's asserting that his songs are tragic, Steinman says that he has "never been stomped on literally. Figuratively. I am stomped on every day... anyway, that is the way I feel sometimes. I've never had my heart broken the way you are talking about. I've never been dumped... but probably because I don't allow myself to be dumped."

1960s

As a senior at Amherst College
Amherst College

Amherst College is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Amherst, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821, it is the third oldest college in List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, and has been coeducational since 1975....
 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
, Jim wrote the book, music, and lyrics for The Dream Engine (1969), a musical that was used to fulfill the requirements for an independent study course.

The story, set in the distant future, is about a young boy named Baal who, along with his rebel fellows, doesn't accept the restraints and limits of their society. Baal is the leader of a group of wild boys called The Tribe, whose mortal enemies are Max and Emily, the parents of the Girl, a young woman with whom Baal has fallen in love. Steinman himself played Baal in the original production, which was staged in the Spring of 1969. Fellow Amherst College
Amherst College

Amherst College is a private university Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Amherst, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821, it is the third oldest college in List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, and has been coeducational since 1975....
 student Barry Keating was director.

Several parts of songs from this show resemble parts of songs Steinman later released. For example, the words "turn around bright eyes" from "Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was originally released on an album by Wales singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983, produced by Steinman....
" can be heard in the song called "The Formation of the Tribe" in Steinman's manuscript for the show.

Steinman said in an interview that Joseph Papp
Joseph Papp

Joseph Papp was an United States theatrical producer and theatre director. He was a high school student of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence....
, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival
New York Shakespeare Festival

New York Shakespeare Festival is the traditional name of a sequence of shows organized by the Public Theater in New York City, most often being held at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park....
, saw the play and was so impressed he signed it up during intermission. He wanted to bring it to New York (either Broadway or Central Park), but balked when leading citizens objected to its sexually explicit scenes. Steinman worked under Papp after his years at Amherst College.

1970s

In 1973, Steinman's song "Happy Ending" appeared on the album Food of Love, sung by Yvonne Elliman
Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an United States singer and actress. Her father was of Irish-American descent, and her mother shared Japanese-American and Chinese-American ancestries....
. This was the first commercially released recording of a song written by Steinman.

In 1974, Steinman worked with college friend Barry Keating on a musical called Rhinegold, based on Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
's opera Das Rheingold. Steinman wrote music and lyrics for a musical called More Than You Deserve
More Than You Deserve

More Than You Deserve is a musical theater written by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller, produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Kim Friedman....
 (1973). One of the actors cast in this show was Marvin Lee Aday, who went by the name Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
, with whom Steinman later collaborated. A song from this show, called "More Than You Deserve" would later be recorded by Meat Loaf for the Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer (album)

Dead Ringer is a 1981 album by Meat Loaf and is the second of three Meat Loaf albums written entirely by Jim Steinman.Songwriter Jim Steinman started to work on Bad for Good, the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to 1977's Bat out of Hell, in 1978....
 album.

In 1976, there was a minor one-month run of a musical called "The Confidence Man." It was based loosely on the novel by the same title by Herman Melville
Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His first three books gained much attention, the first becoming a bestseller, but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime....
. The book and lyrics were written by Ray Errol Fox
Ray Errol Fox

Ray Errol Fox's novel career in journalism and the arts has resulted in a wide range of distinguished achievements. His film, "Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future," which he wrote and produced, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subjects Documentary in 1990....
, the music by Steinman. Ray Fox described the 1976 production as "a capsule version of the show." In 1986, a more elaborate production of the show with added songs was held at Queens College
Queens College, City University of New York

Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York....
 in New York City. It was directed by Susan Einhorn and performed by Queen's College students. Orchestrations were by Steven Margoshes, a frequent Steinman collaborator. One song from The Confidence Man, "Milady," was recorded by Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
, but never released. The melody of that song later appeared in Tanz der Vampire as the melody of "Für Sarah" (for Sarah). An album of the songs from The Confidence Man, produced by Jeff Olmstead, was released in 2003.

In 1977, a brief workshop was held for a work-in-progress musical called Neverland. It was based loosely on Peter Pan
Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
 by J.M. Barrie. While preparing the show, Steinman and Meat Loaf, who were touring with the National Lampoon
National Lampoon Inc

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 show, felt that three songs were "exceptional" and Steinman began to develop them as part of a seven-song set they wanted to record as an album. The three songs were "Bat out of Hell", "Heaven Can Wait" and "The Formation of the Pack", which was retitled "All Revved Up With No Place to Go." The show also contained Steinman's "Bolero" (a.k.a. "Great Bolero's of Fire") which was later used at many live shows featuring Steinman work.

Steinman and Meat Loaf had immense difficulty finding a record company willing to sign them. According to Meat Loaf's autobiography, the band spent most of 1975, and two and a half years, auditioning Bat out of Hell
Bat out of Hell

Bat out of Hell is a 1977 album by singer Meat Loaf, songwriter Jim Steinman, and producer Todd Rundgren that became one of the List of best-selling albums worldwide, continuing to sell approximately 200,000 per year....
 and being rejected. CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 executive Clive Davis
Clive Davis

Clive Jay Davis is an American record producer, executive and a leading music executive. He has won multiple Grammy awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
 even claimed that Steinman knew nothing about writing, or rock music in general. Recording started in 1976 in Bearsville
Bearsville, New York

Bearsville is a community in Ulster County, New York, United States. Centerville is located along New York State Route 212, within Catskill State Park and just to the west of Woodstock, New York....
, near Woodstock
Woodstock (town), New York

Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 6,241 at the 2000 census.The Town of Woodstock is in the northern part of the county....
. After numerous further rejections, the album was released by Cleveland International Records
Cleveland International Records

Cleveland International Records is an independent record label formed in 1977 in music by Steve Popovich. One of the first albums the label released was 1977's Bat out of Hell by Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf which has sold over 43 million copies worldwide....
 in October 1977. The album was an immediate success in Australia and the United Kingdom, and later in the United States. Reports vary as to how many copies of the album have been sold, but in 2007, Cleveland International Records founder Steve Popovich
Steve Popovich

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 said that it was around 43 million copies. The highest-charting song from the album was "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Two out of Three Ain't Bad

"Two out of Three Ain't Bad" is the second hit single by the United States musician Meat Loaf in his solo career, preceded by "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and followed by "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"....
", which reached #11 on the Billboard Charts
Billboard charts

The Billboard charts are music sales, airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine. Billboard is considered the foremost authority worldwide in these song sales, airplay, digital reports, or Record chart....
.

Steinman wrote the theme music for the 1979 TV show Delta House. The music from this later appeared on the song "Dead Ringer for Love" .

1980s

In 1980, the film A Small Circle of Friends
A Small Circle of Friends

A Small Circle of Friends is a film released in 1980 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Brad Davis , Karen Allen, Jameson Parker, Shelly Long, and an uncredited Craig Richard Nelson, who played Bell in The Paper Chase, another film set at Harvard....
 was released. It had an orchestral score composed by Steinman. The motifs of this orchestral score match the melodies of numerous songs Steinman later released, including "Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was originally released on an album by Wales singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983, produced by Steinman....
", "Making Love out of Nothing at All
Making Love out of Nothing at All

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. There have also been numerous other versions that have not been as commercially successful....
" and "Für Sarah" from Tanz der Vampire.

Early in the production of a follow-up album to Bat out of Hell, Meat Loaf developed vocal problems and was unable to continue on the project. Steinman proceeded with the album, released as Bad for Good
Bad for Good

Bad For Good is an 1981 in music by United States songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks....
 in 1981. Most songs are sung by Steinman himself. Three of the songs are sung by Rory Dodd
Rory Dodd

Rory Dodd is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."...
, who did not receive a clear indication for his work in the album's credits. Karla DeVito
Karla DeVito

Karla Jayne DeVito is an United States singer, actress and voice artist.DeVito moved to Mokena, Illinois as a child after her father's death....
 sings a duet part on one song. Steinman was this time credited as co-producer with Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren , is an United States musician, singer-songwriter and record producer....
 for all but one track. Steinman was credited as co-producer with Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine

James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine , is a music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.He has worked with bands including U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Wallflowers, Three Dog Night, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen....
 for the song "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through

"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman. It first featured on the 1981 album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by Rory Dodd....
".

Meat Loaf again recorded songs by Steinman on the 1981 album Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer (album)

Dead Ringer is a 1981 album by Meat Loaf and is the second of three Meat Loaf albums written entirely by Jim Steinman.Songwriter Jim Steinman started to work on Bad for Good, the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to 1977's Bat out of Hell, in 1978....
. All of the songs on the album were written by Steinman. The highest charting song on this album was "Dead Ringer for Love", a duet with the uncredited Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
, and the album reached #1 on the album charts in the United Kingdom.

Steinman is credited as producer of every track on Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
's 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night
Faster Than the Speed of Night

Faster Than the Speed of Night is an album by Bonnie Tyler released in 1983. Her fifth album, and her most successful, it includes her UK and US no.1 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart"....
. Steinman also wrote two of the songs on the album: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Faster Than the Speed of Night". For a period in 1983, Steinman held the top two positions on the Billboard singles chart, with "Total Eclipse" at number one, and "Making Love out of Nothing at All
Making Love out of Nothing at All

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. There have also been numerous other versions that have not been as commercially successful....
", performed by Air Supply
Air Supply

Air Supply are a soft rock duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s. It consists of British guitarist and Singing Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock ....
, at number two. Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
's 1983 compilation album Greatest Hits Volume II included "Read 'Em and Weep", written and produced by Steinman. It had appeared on Meat Loaf's Dead Ringer album in 1981, but with a slightly different lyric. The song stayed at #1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for eight consecutive weeks.

In 1984, the film Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire is a 1984 in film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It was described in previews, trailers, and posters as "A Rock & Roll Fable." It is an unusual mix of musical film, action film, drama film, and comedy film with elements both of retro-1950s and 1980s....
 was released. The soundtrack included two songs written and produced by Steinman. They are "Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young
Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young

"Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young" was first performed by Fire Inc. in 1984 for a rock film called Streets of Fire. Cover versions of this song have also been recorded by Japanese singer Megumi Shiina, and for the musical Dance of the Vampires....
" and "Nowhere Fast
Nowhere Fast

"Nowhere Fast" is a song, first performed by Fire Inc. in 1984 for the rock movie Streets of Fire. A cover of the song was later recorded by Meat Loaf....
". The performance of these two songs is credited to "Fire Inc.
Fire Inc.

Fire Inc. was a Wagnerian rock band that released two songs for the rock and roll film Streets of Fire in 1984. The two songs never had any real commercial success....
", which was a reference to an assembly of studio musicians and singers hired for these two songs. The voices heard on these songs include those of Rory Dodd
Rory Dodd

Rory Dodd is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."...
, Holly Sherwood
Holly Sherwood

Holly Sherwood is an United States rock vocalist best known for her work with producer/rock composer Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals....
, and Laurie Sargent.

Steinman is credited for producing all of the tracks on Billy Squier
Billy Squier

William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American Rock music musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No....
's 1984 album Signs of Life
Signs of Life

Signs of Life may refer to:...
, and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
's album of the same year, Emotion
Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)

Emotion is the twenty-third studio album released by Barbra Streisand. It was released in October 1984 and went platinum in the United States on December 18 the same year....
, featured "Left in the Dark", which Steinman wrote and produced. The song had previously appeared on Bad for Good
Bad for Good

Bad For Good is an 1981 in music by United States songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks....
.

The soundtrack for the 1984 film Footloose
Footloose

Footloose is a film that tells the story of Ren McCormack , a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormack moves to a small town where the town government has banned dance and rock music....
 included the song "Holding Out for a Hero
Holding Out for a Hero

"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song by Bonnie Tyler that was originally released in 1984 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Footloose....
", performed by Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
. Steinman produced the track and is credited with writing the music, and Dean Pitchford
Dean Pitchford

Dean Pitchford is a songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, six Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards....
 for writing the lyric. The song was a hit single, the soundtrack album was successful, and the film was successful. Some of the music from this song was adapted from the music used for the song "Stark Raving Love", from the album Bad for Good
Bad for Good

Bad For Good is an 1981 in music by United States songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks....
.

In 1984, Steinman was hired by and worked briefly with the rock band Def Leppard
Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
 on some tracks that were intended for a Def Leppard album. However, Steinman was fired, and the recording work he made with the band was not released. The next album Def Leppard
Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
 released after this, Hysteria, was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.

In 1985 Steinman wrote and produced a theme song for WWF performer Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American actor, and semi-retired professional wrestling. He starred in the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best and is the co-host of American Gladiators on NBC....
. It was released in 1985 on an album called The Wrestling Album
The Wrestling Album

The Wrestling Album is the first album released by the World Wrestling Entertainment in 1985. It features mostly theme music of wrestlers on the roster at the time....
. The track was made during the recording sessions for Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire

Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire is the sixth studio album by Bonnie Tyler. Released in 1986, the album failed to reach the same level of success of Tyler's 1983 hit album Faster Than The Speed Of Night, and peaked at no.24 on the UK album chart and no.106 in the US, thought the album gained some success in continental Europe....
. The track has no lead vocals, and it matches much of the non-vocal parts of the track of "Ravishing" that appeared on Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire

Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire is the sixth studio album by Bonnie Tyler. Released in 1986, the album failed to reach the same level of success of Tyler's 1983 hit album Faster Than The Speed Of Night, and peaked at no.24 on the UK album chart and no.106 in the US, thought the album gained some success in continental Europe....
. The track was also heard as the theme music on the animated television show Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.

Steinman produced the track "Love Can Make You Cry", written by Michael Kehr, Don Kehr and Ian Hunter, for the soundtrack album for the 1986 film Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle

Iron Eagle is a 1986 in film action film. The films stars Jason Gedrick and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr. as Col. Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair and features the hit songs "One Vision" and "We're Not Gonna Take It " as part of its soundtrack....
. This was a modified version of the original recording of the same song, which had appeared on Urgent
Urgent (American Band)

Urgent were an American rock band from New York City that formed in the early 80's...
's 1985 album Cast the First Stone. The original recording had been produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson.

According to Steinman in an interview, Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an England composer of musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber and also the brother of the renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber....
 approached him to write lyrics for The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a Musical theatre by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux....
 because Lloyd Webber felt that his "dark obsessive side" fit in with the project. However, Steinman declined in order to fulfill his commitments on a Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
 album. In 1986 the album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire

Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire is the sixth studio album by Bonnie Tyler. Released in 1986, the album failed to reach the same level of success of Tyler's 1983 hit album Faster Than The Speed Of Night, and peaked at no.24 on the UK album chart and no.106 in the US, thought the album gained some success in continental Europe....
 was released. Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
 sang lead vocals. Steinman produced every track on the album. Four of the songs on the album were written by Steinman. One, "Holding Out for a Hero", was the same track from the Footloose
Footloose

Footloose is a film that tells the story of Ren McCormack , a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormack moves to a small town where the town government has banned dance and rock music....
 soundtrack. The others being, "Ravishing", "Rebel Without a Clue" and "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It
Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It

"Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" is a pop song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released in 1986 by Bonnie Tyler in duet with Todd Rundgren....
", a duet with Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren , is an United States musician, singer-songwriter and record producer....
. This album was the first time Steinman worked with Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
, who was a recording engineer on this album. Since this album, the two have been co-producers and regular professional partners on Steinman's work.

Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy

The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Roman Catholic Church women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831....
 released their second album, Floodland
Floodland

Floodland is the second album by The Sisters of Mercy, released in 1987. Composed and produced by Andrew Eldritch, it marked a change of direction from guitar-oriented rock towards synthesizer-based productions....
, in 1987. The track "This Corrosion" was produced by Steinman, and the track "Dominion/Mother Russia" was co-produced by Steinman, along with Larry Alexander and Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch

Andrew Eldritch is the frontman, singer, songwriter and the only remaining original member of The Sisters of Mercy, a musical band that emerged from the British post punk scene, reoriented gothic rock and, in later years, also flirted with pop music and hard rock....
. The soundtrack album for the 1989 film Rude Awakening included two tracks produced by Steinman. One was the song "Rude Awakening", with lead vocals by Bill Medley
Bill Medley

William Thomas "Bill" Medley is an United States singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers singing duet ....
 and was written by Rick Rose and Paul Rothchild. The other was called "Darling Be Home Soon", which featured lead vocals by Phoebe Snow and was written by John Sebastian
John Sebastian

John Sebastian is an United States songwriter and harmonica player. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
.

In 1989 the album Original Sin
Original Sin (album)

Original Sin is a concept album performed by Pandora's Box and produced by Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote the majority of this album, although there are a couple of cover versions....
 was released. The album artist name is Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box (band)

Pandora's Box was a female pop music group assembled by James Richard Steinman in the 1980s. Some of its members had previously worked with Steinman, in the ensemble Fire Inc., on the album Bat Out of Hell, on live shows and on other studio recordings....
. Pandora's Box referred to a group assembled by Steinman, including, officially, four female singers and Steinman himself. The official four female singers were Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley is an United Statesn singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway theatre and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court....
, Elaine Caswell
Elaine Caswell

Elaine Caswell is a female singer, heard on many recordings, and live appearances....
, Gina Taylor, and Deliria Wilde (with Holly Sherwood
Holly Sherwood

Holly Sherwood is an United States rock vocalist best known for her work with producer/rock composer Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals....
 doing lead vocals on "Good Girls Go to Heaven"). Sales in Europe were low. The album was successful and reached #1 on the album charts in South Africa. It was not released at all in North America. Years later, it was re-issued and became available all over the world on compact disc. Original Sin included the original recording of "It's All Coming Back To Me Now
It's All Coming Back to Me Now

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create....
", sung by Elaine Caswell
Elaine Caswell

Elaine Caswell is a female singer, heard on many recordings, and live appearances....
. Two songs from this album "It Just Won't Quit" and "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)

"Good Girls Go to Heaven " is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was first performed by Pandora's Box on their 1989 album Original Sin . Group member Holly Sherwood performed lead vocals....
" were re-recorded and released on Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a 1993 in music by Meat Loaf, and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after the Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat out of Hell....
.

1990s

With Andrew Eldritch, Steinman co-wrote and co-produced the track "More" for the 1990 album Vision Thing
Vision Thing

Vision Thing, the third and last album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released in 1990, on band's own label Merciful Release .The album was designed by songwriter and singer Andrew Eldritch as an attack on United States policies ....
 by the group Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy

The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Roman Catholic Church women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland in 1831....
.

After a series of financial and legal disputes during the 1980s, Steinman and Meat Loaf met at the singer's house in Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
 at Christmas 1989 or 1990 and sang Bat out of Hell on piano. Steinman says that "working together again seemed like the cool thing to do."

In 1993, the album Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a 1993 in music by Meat Loaf, and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after the Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat out of Hell....
 was released. Steinman wrote all the songs, and was credited as producer and arranger. Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
 was, as usual, credited as co-producer, and others received co-producer credits. The album was very successful, reaching the peak position on album charts in many countries. The album had three top 40 singles, with "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)
I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)

"I Would Do Anything for Love " is a Grammy Award winning song composed and written by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in 1993 in music as the first single from the album Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell....
" reaching the peak position on pop singles charts in 28 countries. The other top 40 singles were "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" and "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are".

"Original Sin", the eponymous song on the 1989 Pandora's Box album, featured on the soundtrack album for the 1994 film The Shadow
The Shadow (1994 film)

The Shadow is a 1994 in film action film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, and based on the The Shadow created by Walter B. Gibson in 1931. Alec Baldwin starred in the title role....
. Steinman also produced this version, with lead vocals by Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne is an United States Popular music vocalist, song-writer, dance music artist, and actress. Dayne's first seven singles hit the U.S....
.

In 1995, the band Watershed
Watershed (Columbus Ohio band)

Watershed is an United States Rock music band based in Columbus, Ohio, conisting of Colin Gawel , Joe Oestreich , Mark Borror , Dave Masica . Watershed was once hailed as "Rock & Roll's Last Hope."...
 released the album Twister
Twister (album)

Twister is the third album by the Rock music band Watershed ....
. Steinman was Executive Producer for the album, and Steinman's partner Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
 was producer for all but one track of it. The album consisted of songs written by the band members.

In 1995, Bonnie Tyler released the album Free Spirit
Free Spirit (album)

Free Spirit is the eleventh album recorded by Bonnie Tyler and released in 1995....
, featuring two tracks produced and written by Steinman. They were dance versions of the past hits "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Two out of Three Ain't Bad

"Two out of Three Ain't Bad" is the second hit single by the United States musician Meat Loaf in his solo career, preceded by "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" and followed by "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"....
" and "Making Love Out of Nothing At All
Making Love out of Nothing at All

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" is a song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released by Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler. There have also been numerous other versions that have not been as commercially successful....
". Steinman produced the song "Never Forget
Never Forget

"Never Forget" is a 1995 song recorded by Take That, from the album Nobody Else. It was released on July 24, 1995, and achieved success in many countries, including UK and Ireland where it topped the singles chart....
", written by Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and Record producer. He is a member of the pop group Take That and was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1990s, penning no fewer than 16 hit singles during the decade....
, for the U.K. group Take That
Take That

Take That are an England pop music musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and, formerly, Robbie Williams....
. It was released on the 1995 album Nobody Else
Nobody Else

Nobody Else is the third album for British boyband Take That....
 and reached the #1 position on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
.

Celine Dion
Celine Dion

C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
's 1996 album Falling Into You
Falling into You

Falling into You is Celine Dion's fourth English album and twenty-first in total, released on March 11, 1996. The album was well received by critics and fans, winning two Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997, and becoming one of only three albums to remain in the top 10 of...
 included the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now
It's All Coming Back to Me Now

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create....
", written and produced by Steinman. He also produced, but not authored, two other songs on the album: "River Deep, Mountain High" and "Call the Man". "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" reached #2 on the Billboard charts and won Steinman the award for BMI song of the year. That award is given for the song, out of all those represented in the BMI catalog, that receives the most radio airplay in a particular year. This album as a whole won two 1997 Grammy Awards, for Best Pop Album and for Album Of The Year. Steinman also produced the track "Us", written by Billy Pace, for Dion's 1997 album Let's Talk About Love
Let's Talk About Love

Let's Talk About Love is an album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on November 18, 1997. Produced by Vito Luprano and with background vocals by Claytoven Richardson, Eddie Stockley, Eric Troyer and Skyler Jett....
. Steinman's production team prepared a recording of the Steinman/Black song "Is Nothing Sacred" for that album, but it was removed shortly before the album's release. A recording of Dion singing the song was leaked and has been shared on fan websites ever since.

Steinman produced two tracks for films in the late 1990s. He produced "In The Dark of the Night", written by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, for the soundtrack album of the 1997 film Anastasia
Anastasia (1997 film)

Anastasia is an Academy Award nominated Cinema of the United States animation musical film Film producer and Film director by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman at Fox Animation Studios, and was released on November 14, 1997 by 20th Century Fox....
. He also produced "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" (music by James Horner
James Horner

James Roy Horner is an United States composer of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic music....
, lyric by Will Jennings
Will Jennings

Wilbur "Will" Jennings is an United States songwriter. He attended school just outside Tyler, TX, in the nearby Chapel Hill Independent School District ....
) for the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 in film swashbuckler film directed by Martin Campbell, and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stuart Wilson ....
. Lead vocals were a duet between Tina Arena
Tina Arena

Tina Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. Over her long career in the entertainment industry she has won numerous awards, most notably 5 ARIA Music Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Awards for the world's best selling Australian artist....
 and Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American Grammy award-winning, Latin Grammy award-winning, and Premio Lo Nuestro award winning singer/songwriter/actor. He is best known for his salsa music and ballads and for his wide-ranging tenor vocals....
, and the track also appeared on Tina Arena
Tina Arena

Tina Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. Over her long career in the entertainment industry she has won numerous awards, most notably 5 ARIA Music Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Awards for the world's best selling Australian artist....
's 1997 album In Deep
In Deep

In Deep is the third album by Australian singer Tina Arena released by Columbia Records in Australia on August 25, 1997 . Arena states that this album is "international in spirit" and she did not want to make a record that sounded like her previous album, she wanted to make a record that reflected her "growth as a singer, writer, performe...
.

Steinman provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an England composer of musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber and also the brother of the renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber....
's musical Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind (musical)

Whistle Down the Wind is a Musical theater by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind . The lyrics are by Jim Steinman, known for his work with Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler and others....
, which opened in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 in December 1996. However, it received poor reviews and the Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 run, scheduled for the following April, was cancelled. A reworked and more successful West End
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
 production opened at the Aldwych Theatre
Aldwych Theatre

The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Aldwych in the City of Westminster. The theatre was listed building on 20 July 1971 Its seating capacity is 1,200....
 on July 1, 1998. In addition to a full-length cast album for the London production, an album was released of well-known performers singing pop versions of the songs from the show. This album was produced by Steinman, as usual with Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
. One track, "No Matter What
No Matter What (Boyzone song)

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman.The song was recorded by the pop group Boyzone....
" performed by Boyzone
Boyzone

Boyzone are an Irish people boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s. They were most successful in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom and they also had differing levels of success in parts of Central Europe....
, reached the peak position on the pop charts in many countries. The same track appeared on a Boyzone album and their greatest hits album. The track "Whistle Down the Wind", performed by Tina Arena
Tina Arena

Tina Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. Over her long career in the entertainment industry she has won numerous awards, most notably 5 ARIA Music Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Awards for the world's best selling Australian artist....
, also had some chart success.

Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires), opened in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
, Austria on October 4, 1997. The show was adapted from Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski

Roman Raymond Polanski is an Academy Award-winning and four-time nominated Poland-France film director, writer, actor and film producer.Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a celebrated director of both art house and commercial films, making such films as Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown ....
's 1967 movie The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers is a 1967 film directed by Roman Polanski and written by G?rard Brach. It has been produced as a musical, named Dance of the Vampires....
, and initially directed by Polanski himself. It won six International musical awards, at the International Musical Award Germany (IMAGE 1998), in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
. There have also been translated productions of Tanz der Vampire in Poland, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 and Japan. Many of the various productions of Tanz der Vampire have had cast recordings released, some of them produced by Steinman, along with other co-producers. Like much of Steinman's work, the show includes adaptation (or, recycling) of material Steinman had released before. This includes the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the melody of "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are", and many other parts of earlier works.

Ten previously released Steinman songs were included on the 1998 2-disc compilation album The Very Best of Meat Loaf
The Very Best of Meat Loaf

The Very Best of Meat Loaf is a 1998 album spanning the first 21 years of Meat Loaf's recording career. Although not reaching the top ten in the UK, it recently went platinum, and was already platinum around the rest of the world just after its release....
. The included recording of the song "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back" was a new re-mix made by Steinman's production team. The compilation also included three new recordings of songs co-written by Steinman, all three of which he produced. They include the hybrid track "Home By Now/No Matter What
No Matter What (Boyzone song)

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman.The song was recorded by the pop group Boyzone....
" and "A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste" from Whistle Down the Wind. Also included is the song "Is Nothing Sacred
Is Nothing Sacred

"Is Nothing Sacred" is a song written by Jim Steinman and Don Black. It has been recorded by Meat Loaf twice. Jim Steinman composed the music while Don Black wrote the lyrics to this ballad....
", on which Steinman wrote music for Don Black
Don Black (musician)

Don Black Order of the British Empire is an English people lyricist. His works have included numerous musical theatre, film theme music and hit record songs....
's lyrics.

2000s

Around 2001, Steinman was working with singer Karine Hannah. Plans to make an album with her were eventually abandoned. Demo recordings of Hannah singing four songs by Steinman were leaked to fans and have since been available on numerous fan sites. The songs on these demos are "Safe Sex", "Making Love Out of Nothing At All", "Is Nothing Sacred", and "Braver Than We Are". In 2002 Russell Watson
Russell Watson

Russell Watson is an English tenor who has released single s and albums of both Opera-style and popular music songs. The self-styled "People's Tenor" had been singing since he was a child, and became known after performing at a working men's club....
 released the album Encore
Encore (Russell Watson)

Encore is the second album by British people tenor Russell Watson released in 2002....
. It included the Steinman/Black song "Is Nothing Sacred". Steinman had originally worked on his production of this song with Watson on lead vocals.

Composed by Michael Reed and Steinman, with a script by Warner Brown, Garbo - the Musical, about the life of the late screen idol Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actor during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age of Hollywood.Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1954 Academy Honorary Award "for her unforgettable screen performances...
, opened in Sweden to poor reviews in 2002. Preparation for a stage musical based on the Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
 comic book series began early in the decade, with Steinman working on the music and lyrics. In August 2002 the New York Post
New York Post

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
 reported that Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world's largest film producer of film and television.It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City....
 signed Tim Burton
Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an award-winning Film Director and Film Producer. Burton was born in Burbank, California, the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson....
 to direct. According to an un-named source Burton was attracted to the project because it was as dark as his 1989 film Batman
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Michael Keaton as Batman, with Jack Nicholson as the Joker, Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox....
 rather than "the goofy, campy turn the franchise took with Batman Forever
Batman Forever

Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Joel Schumacher directed the film, which stars Val Kilmer as Batman, as well as Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell....
 and Batman and Robin, both of which were directed by Joel Schumacher
Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher , is an United States film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for directing St. Elmo's Fire , The Lost Boys, Falling Down, Flatliners, The Client , Batman Forever, A Time to Kill , The Phantom of the Opera , Phone Booth , The Number 23 and Batman & Robin ....
.". Steinman said about Burton and the project, "It's more like his first two movies than any of the other movies. It's very dark and gothic, but really wildly funny. It was my dream that he do this." However, Warner Bros. cancelled its plans to cast and stage the show. Steinman has since shared some of the song demos from the show via the Dream Pollution website. The Dream Engine
The Dream Engine

The Dream Engine is the name of a music performance group created by Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff, first publicly presented in 2006. They only performed songs written or co-written by Steinman....
 has, according to its website and MySpace page, also worked on recordings of some of the songs that were in the show.

Steinman was executive producer
Executive producer

The title of executive producer , or executive in charge of production, typically describes a film producer, television producer, radio producer, record producer, or similar Stakeholder who doesn't participate in the technical operations of the production process, but who is still responsible for the success of a project....
 for the 2003 MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 television film Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (2003 film)

Wuthering Heights was a modern-day adaptation of the Wuthering Heights that aired on MTV in 2003 and was later released on DVD. It stars Erika Christensen, Mike Vogel, Christopher Masterson, Katherine Heigl, John Doe , and Aimee Osbourne....
. He has cited Brontë
Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Bront? ; was a United Kingdom novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature....
's novel, which had inspired "It's All Coming Back to Me Now
It's All Coming Back to Me Now

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad, written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman the song was inspired by Wuthering Heights, and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create....
", as one of his favorites. A limited-release six-track soundtrack CD was sold through MTV, on Steinman and Rinkoff's Ravenous Records
Ravenous Records

Ravenous Records, a division of Ravenous Entertainment, was formed in 1998 in music by Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff. Rinkoff best explained the purpose of the label in a May 2005 interview with BroadwayWorld.com, "Jim and I have a label called Ravenous Records where initially the idea was just to find great singers for Jim's songs, and as...
 label. Jim Steinman is credited as producer for the album and most of its tracks, and Steven Rinkoff is credited with recording, mixing and co-production. That album includes a simple recording of the Steinman/Eldritch song "More" with actors Mike Vogel
Mike Vogel

Michael James Vogel is an United States actor and former fashion model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several notable films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , Grind , Poseidon , and Cloverfield....
 and Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen

Erika Jane Christensen is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic , Swimfan and The Perfect Score , among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC....
 performing lead vocals. It also includes the first-ever release of the song "If It Ain't Broke (Break It)", written by Steinman, with lead vocals by Mike Vogel
Mike Vogel

Michael James Vogel is an United States actor and former fashion model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several notable films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , Grind , Poseidon , and Cloverfield....
. The album also has a version of "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be" by Jim Steinman with lead vocals from Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen

Erika Jane Christensen is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic , Swimfan and The Perfect Score , among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC....
.

In 2002 the Opera Babes
Opera Babes

The Opera Babes are a classical music group consisting of Karen England , Mezzo-soprano, and Rebecca Knight , Soprano. England studied at Leeds University and London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama....
 released the album Beyond Imagination. Steinman produced the track "Vittoria!", adapted from the Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic music composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers in the 19th century....
 opera Aida
Aida

Aida an Arabic female name meaning "visitor" or "returning") is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette ....
. Like many Steinman productions, it includes work by electronic-music arranger and programmer Jeff Bova
Jeff Bova

Jeff Bova is an American Grammy Award winning keyboardist, composer, arranger and record producer. He has been active in music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to dozens of recordings by significant mainstream artists like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Blondie , Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Bill Laswell and Herbie Hancoc...
. In 2004 the film Shrek 2
Shrek 2

Shrek 2, released in the United States on 19 May 2004, is the 2004 in film Academy Award nominated sequel to the 2001 in film computer animation DreamWorks film Shrek in the Shrek ....
 was released, along with a soundtrack album. The album has two dance covers of the Steinman/Pitchford song "Holding Out for a Hero", one with vocals by Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Jane Saunders is a BAFTA Award and Emmy Award-winning England comedienne, screenwriter and actress.She first came into widespread attention in the 1980s and the early 1990s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama....
 and the other credited to Frou Frou.

In 2005 The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers are brothers and top-selling country music-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing....
 released a limited edition album called On the Wings of a Nightingale: The Mercury Studio Recordings. This album included the song "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing To Waste", written and produced by Steinman. The recording on that album was made in 1987, during the recording sessions that ended up being the 1989 album Some Hearts
Some Hearts (album)

Some Hearts is an album by The Everly Brothers, released in 1989....
. However the Steinman song was not released until 2005. This song is different from the song with the same title in Whistle Down The Wind. The two songs with this title share only a few words and no music in common. A demo recording of this song, with Rory Dodd
Rory Dodd

Rory Dodd is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."...
 singing lead vocals, has for many years been in circulation among fan websites.

A separate and very different show from Tanz der Vampire, Dance of the Vampires opened on Broadway on October 16, 2002. After the original director left the show, it was directed by John Rando
John Rando

John Rando is an American Tony Award-winning stage director, winning the award for his direction of the musical Urinetown in 2002....
, who joined very shortly before the opening. The book was written by David Ives
David Ives

David Ives is a contemporary American playwright. A native of South Chicago, Ives attended a minor Catholic seminary and Northwestern University and, after some years' interval, Yale School of Drama, where he received an MFA in playwriting....
 and was notable for the large number of jokes, many of which had a silly or vulgar quality to them. Whereas Tanz had been a "sung-through" musical with no breaks in the music (like an opera), Dance of the Vampires was a humorous spoken play with songs inserted at some parts.

The reviews tended to be very negative. It closed on January 25, 2003 after 61 preview and 56 regular performances. Financially, it was very unsuccessful, and lost roughly $17 million. Steinman did not attend the opening night to show his disgust with the show. In his blog, Steinman also said about Dance of the Vampires, "DOTV, which you guys know I hated & was disgusted by, & was FIRED by my manager, acting as producer!" The manager he was referring to was David Sonenberg, who was one of the producers of the show and Steinman's longtime manager.

During the concerts in his Hair Of The Dog tour, Meat Loaf told the audience that he and Steinman would be releasing a new album. Later, Meat Loaf said that "lawyers worked for over a year putting together a contract for Steinman to do Bat out of Hell III. It was one of the best producer's contracts in the history of the record business." According to Meat Loaf, the composer had suffered some health setbacks, including a heart attack. Ultimately, according to the singer, Steinman was not well enough to work on such an intense project. However, Steinman's manager refuted this version, saying that Steinman's "health is excellent" and although he had some "meaningful health problems about four years ago...he's been totally healthy the last couple of years... that's not the reason he didn't participate in [Bat III]". Produced by Desmond Child
Desmond Child

Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame....
, Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose is an album by Meat Loaf; the third and last in the Bat out of Hell series. It was released in October 2006, nearly thirty years after the Bat out of Hell , and thirteen after Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell ....
 was released in October 2006. It has fourteen songs, seven of which were written by Steinman; five of these were covers of songs already released on other albums. The other two were adapted from Steinman's demos of songs that were intended for musical theater projects.

In 2006, the album's title became the subject of a legal battle between Steinman and Meat Loaf. Steinman had registered a trademark on the title "Bat out of Hell" in 1995, and sought to prevent Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
 from using the title. Meat Loaf sought to cancel Steinman's trademark and use the title. Aside from the trademark case, he sued Steinman and longtime manager David Sonenberg for $50 million each, for a total of $100 million. An out-of-court settlement was reached, ending the legal cases, allowing Meat Loaf to use the title for this album, and allowing Meat Loaf to release his recordings of the songs "In the Land of the Pig the Butcher Is King" and "Cry To Heaven". The agreement allowed Steinman to use the title "Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell" for a musical theatre project based on the songs from Bat Out of Hell. Describing it as "like Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil is an entertainment company. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul, Qu?bec in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Lalibert? and Daniel Gauthier....
 on acid," he expected it to open in London in late 2008 or 2009.

In 2006 Westlife
Westlife

Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on July 3, 1998.The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden....
 released The Love Album
The Love Album (Westlife album)

The Love Album is the eighth album and first cover album by boy band Westlife from the Republic of Ireland and it was released on November 20 2006 worldwide....
. It contained a cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was originally released on an album by Wales singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983, produced by Steinman....
, produced by Steve Mac
Steve Mac

File:Rec studio 3.jpgSteven McCutcheon , also known as Steve Mac, is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London....
. In his January 24, 2007 blog entry, Steinman wrote, "I did a brilliant remix of ECLIPSE for WESTLIFE, redoing piano, drums, and adding an epic intro! Steve and Bova worked with me on it. I was thrilled. But Simon Cowell, their record prez, said no--he preferred the original, which is very good but bland. You cant second guess these folks. BTW, I recreated the intro from ACT TWO of TANZ, right before TOTALE FINSTERNIS. It was mind blowing. Ah well...". A remix, with the added intro matching the description on Steinman's blog, presumably done by Steinman, Rinkoff and Bova, has been in circulation through fan websites.

First publicly presented in early 2006, Steinman and Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
 created a music performance group called The Dream Engine
The Dream Engine

The Dream Engine is the name of a music performance group created by Jim Steinman and Steven Rinkoff, first publicly presented in 2006. They only performed songs written or co-written by Steinman....
. The group has worked on studio recordings, and held live shows in 2006 in New York, New York. It also performed at an award show in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
. The people in this project were the first ever to publicly perform the songs "What Part of My Body Hurts the Most", "We're Still The Children We Once Were", "Speaking in Tongues", "Not Allowed to Love", and "(It Hurts) Only When I Feel". The last of those songs is partly adapted from "If It Ain't Broke (Break It)". This project was also the first to perform a revised and politicized lyric to "Braver Than We Are". With the new lyric, the song has alternatively been called "An American Elegy" and "God's Gone A.W.O.L.". According to Steinman's blog, this project was "guided" by Steven Rinkoff
Steven Rinkoff

Steven Rinkoff is a record producer, mixer, and Audio engineering, known for his work with songwriter-producer Jim Steinman. He has worked with Steinman since 1986 on various projects, in all facets of production , and is Steinman's partner in Ravenous Records, a record label....
. This project has not performed or been active in public since 2006, aside from having a website and myspace page.

Bonnie Tyler stated in a September 2007 interview with UK radio station Magic 105.4 that she plans to collaborate with Steinman on a country/rock album. In the interview she said that Steinman intends to provide one or two of his songs for the album. In July 2008, Tyler said regarding this project, "We are trying to finish our recordings before the summer of 2009. So far we have recorded only four songs." A 20 January, 2008 article in icWales.co.uk implied that Steinman was interested in having Rhydian Roberts
Rhydian Roberts

Rhydian Roberts is a Welsh people singer, best known for his appearance on the The X Factor of the British talent show The X Factor in which he came second....
 record some of his work. However, that singer released his debut album Rhydian
Rhydian (album)

Rhydian is the debut album by the 2007 The X Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts. It was released on 24 November 2008.The Album charted at number 7 on the Irish Albums Chart & at number 3 on the UK Album Chart...
 on 24 November, 2008, and it contained none of Steinman's work.

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