Has Jim Steiman wrote music for anybody other than Meatloaf.?

Question

I just bought the new Bat of of hell 3 cd.I like Jim Steinmans style of writing and was curious if he had writen for any other artists.Please dont say "Its all comming back to me now" by Celine Dion. That song was meant for Meatloaf to sing and I am glad he added it on the new album.

Answer 1

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He wrote the Billboard number one single "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" (1983), sung by Bonnie Tyler, he had written and produced a song for Air Supply, titled "Making Love out of Nothing at All".

In 1984, Steinman created Fire Inc., which was a "fake band" with the sole purpose of singing his songs for the soundtrack of the film Streets of Fire.
The band featured Rory Dodd, Holly Sherwood and Laurie Sargent as lead vocals. Despite a minor chart entry with "Tonight is What It Means to Be Young", the Fire Inc.
have since been covered by several artists.
In the following years, Steinman continued to write songs for artists like The Sisters of Mercy.

Others, like Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow and Celine Dion, sang covers of earlier Steinman works.
For example, Streisand featured a cover of "Left in the Dark" from Bad for Good on her 1984 release Emotion (and also filmed her first-ever video to promote the song).
Manilow's version of "Read 'Em and Weep" topped the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks earlier in 1984.
Dion's take on "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" was a U.S. #2 Pop and #1 AC hit in 1996.

In 1989, Steinman gathered a group of female singers and formed the one-album band Pandora's Box.
Band members were Ellen Foley (who had already played Wendy in 1977's Neverland workshop production and sung with Meat Loaf on Bat Out of Hell), Holly Sherwood (formerly of Fire Inc.), Elaine Caswell, Gina Taylor and Steinman.
The album was released along with a video, directed by Ken Russell, for "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", but a planned tour was scrapped. The album was not released to the United States originally. Sales for the album were modest, though Steinman continues to be very proud of it.
The track "Original Sin" was recycled several times: it is featured prominently in the musical show Tanz der Vampire.

In 1994, singer Taylor Dayne covered a slightly reworked version of "Original Sin" on the soundtrack of the movie version of The Shadow
The album's final track "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" was re-recorded for the MTV movie of Wuthering Heights starring Erika Christensen.

He wrote lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Whistle Down the Wind that went on stage in the US in 1996, and then revamped for a more successful London production in 1998. Many of the songs from Whistle Down the Wind were recorded by performers popular in Great Britain and released on a theme album in the U.K., produced by Jim Steinman.
The title track, performed by Tina Arena became a minor hit, but another number,
"No Matter What," was recorded by pop group Boyzone, and became a huge international hit, later appearing on the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill.

He also wrote an German musical Tanz der Vampire (1998).


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Answer 2

Meatloaf Famous Songs

Answer 3

Jim Steinman's music fits perfectly with Meat Loaf's voice. In 1981 when Meat Loaf was having problems with his voice. Jim Steinman released an album called "Bad for Good". The songs were originally intended for Meat Loaf... but, to answer your question; Yes, for himself. If you haven't heard the album, the music and lyrics are great but, he sounds like a unpolished version of Meat Loaf.

Answer 4

The most famous of the songs he's written for anyone, Meatloaf or otherwise, is Total Eclipse of the Heart for Bonnie Tyler. You can check out the wikipedia page for a full bio: apparently he's also written a German musical.

Answer 5

I don't know if he wrote for anyone else but the thought of Celine Dion singing one of his songs makes me cringe. Could you imagine her singing Paradise by the Dashboard Light? Ugh!

Answer 6

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