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{{Short description|American musical artist (1947–2021)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Jim Steinman
| image            = File:Szerzok steinman.jpg
| caption          = Steinman c. 1989
| landscape        = no
| birth_name       = James Richard Steinman
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1947|11|01|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Hewlett, New York]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2021|4|19|1947|11|1|mf=y}}
| death_place      = [[Danbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[pop music|pop]]
* [[Wagnerian rock]]
* [[musical theatre]]
}}
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
* Composer
* lyricist
* record producer
}}
| years_active     = 1968–2021
| label            = 
| associated_acts  = {{flatlist|
* [[Meat Loaf]]
* [[Bonnie Tyler]]
* [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]]
* [[The Sisters of Mercy]]
* [[Celine Dion]]
* [[Air Supply]]
* [[Barry Manilow]]
* [[Barbra Streisand]]
* [[Cher]]
* [[Todd Rundgren]]
* [[Rory Dodd]]
* [[Billy Squier]]
* Andrew Polec
* [[Christina Bennington]]
* [[Danielle Steers]]
}}
| website          = {{url|jimsteinman.com}}
}}

'''James Richard Steinman''' (November 1, 1947 &ndash; April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer.<ref>{{cite web |title=1997 Grammy Awards |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1996&genre=All |publisher=Grammy.com |access-date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212043922/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1996&genre=All |archive-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres. He wrote albums for [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Meat Loaf]], including ''[[Bat Out of Hell]]'' (one of the best-selling albums in history),<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Best Selling Studio Albums |date=July 2019 |url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/50-best-selling-studio-albums/ |publisher=This Day In Music |access-date=February 7, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303104011/https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/50-best-selling-studio-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and also wrote and produced ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'' and Tyler's ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]''. 

His most successful chart singles include Tyler's "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]", [[Air Supply]]'s "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]", Meat Loaf's "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]", [[the Sisters of Mercy]]'s "[[This Corrosion]]" and "[[More (The Sisters of Mercy song)|More]]", [[Barry Manilow]]'s "[[Read 'Em and Weep]]", [[Take That]]'s "[[Never Forget (Take That song)|Never Forget]]", [[Celine Dion]]'s cover of "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]" (originally released by Steinman's project [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]]) and [[Boyzone]]'s "[[No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What]]". Steinman's only solo album, ''[[Bad for Good]]'', was released in 1981.

Steinman's work also extended to musical theater, where he began his career. He was credited with the book, music, and lyrics for ''[[Bat Out of Hell: The Musical]]'', lyrics for ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'', and music for ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]''.

==Early life==
Steinman was born November 1, 1947, in [[Hewlett Harbor, New York]], the son of Eleanor, a teacher of Latin, and Louis Steinman, who owned a steel distribution warehouse.<ref name= NYTObituary>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/arts/music/jim-steinman-bat-out-of-hell-songwriter-dies-at-73.html|title= Jim Steinman, 'Bat Out of Hell' Songwriter, Dies at 73|work= [[The New York Times]]|date= April 20, 2021|accessdate= April 20, 2021|last= Genzlinger|first= Neil|archive-date= April 20, 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210420225225/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/arts/music/jim-steinman-bat-out-of-hell-songwriter-dies-at-73.html|url-status= live}}</ref> He was of Jewish ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/lontimes.htm |title=Jim'll Fix It (The Sunday Times) |last=Bright |first=Spencer |date=December 8, 1996 |website=jimsteinman.com |access-date=January 31, 2019 |quote=Clearly there is a mutual admiration society going on between the knight of the theatre and the half-Jewish New Yorker. |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426152135/http://www.jimsteinman.com/lontimes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Steinman graduated from [[George W. Hewlett High School]] in 1965.<ref name="obit.pitchfork">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jim-steinman-songwriter-behind-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-dies-at-73/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210421064045/https://pitchfork.com/news/jim-steinman-songwriter-behind-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-dies-at-73/|archive-date=2021-04-21|url-status=dead|title=Jim Steinman, Songwriter Behind Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, Dies at 73|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>  In <!-- February -- source dated in april states announcement of winners of monthly contest was recent, but does not explicitly state in which month they were announced --> 1963, during his [[sophomore]] year at Hewlett High School, Steinman won ''[[Newsday]]''{{'}}s January essay contest on American History for his essay on what he believed were the three greatest American inventions.<ref name="essay">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA1976|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress - United States. Congress - Google Books|date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421064715/https://books.google.com/books?id=xjg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA1976|archive-date=April 21, 2021|last1=Congress|first1=United States}}</ref>  Steinman received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Amherst College]] in 1969.{{r|obit.pitchfork}}

==Career==
===1960s===
In March 1968, Steinman contributed music for an Amherst College adaptation of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Man Equals Man|A Man's a Man]]''. In May 1968, he directed an Amherst production of [[Michael McClure]]'s ''[[Michael McClure#The Beard|The Beard]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Nathan |title=There's a Flood Coming |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/deamherst.htm |access-date=March 16, 2009 |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513214304/http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/deamherst.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Corcoran |first=David |title=McClure's 'The Beard' Produced at Stone |newspaper=Amherst Student |pages=11 |date=June 6, 1968}}</ref> Over the summer of 1968, he contributed music for an adaptation of Brecht's ''[[Baal (play)|Baal]]'' by the Island Theater Workshop on Martha's Vineyard.<ref>{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Letizia |title=Interviews - 2005 Project - Stephen Collins |url=http://www.lordsteinman.webs.com/chats.htm |access-date=November 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105112214/http://www.lordsteinman.webs.com/chats.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref>

As a senior at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Steinman wrote the book, music and lyrics for ''The Dream Engine'' (April 1969), a musical that was used to fulfil the requirements for an independent study course in his senior year.<ref name="tde69">{{cite web |first=Jacqueline |last=Dillon |work=Dream Pollution |title=Let Me Out |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/deintro.htm |access-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-date=September 4, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904033231/http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/deintro.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Steinman himself played Baal while an audition call went out to fellow students for the remaining roles of the production. Barry Keating (serving as the co-creator and director) also played the role of the Historian/Narrator and worked extensively with Steinman to compile the book for the production, often shouting lines from the audience and sourcing heavily from their earlier work with Brechtian form and tropes. The play was presented at the Amherst campus's "Kirby Theater" in April 1969 and transferred to nearby Holyoke for a small handful of performances, infamously drawing the attention of local authorities for its ensemble-wide display of nudity in the finale (an element that was begrudgingly muted for the off-campus performances).{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

''The Dream Engine'', set in a satirical-dystopian 1969, is the story of a young boy named Baal who, along with his rebel fellows, does not accept the restraints and limits of their society. Baal is the leader of a self-assembled 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. Several motifs, lyrics, and monologues from this show appear in songs Steinman later released. For example, the lyrics "turn around bright eyes" from "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" can be heard in the song titled "The Formation of the Tribe". This was originally a reference to the blast flash of nuclear explosions, and the full riff of the original Dream Engine composition that can be heard in the musical break of the Bonnie Tyler recording, including symbolic musical "blasts" to punctuate each phrase.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jim |last=Steinman |work=Dream Pollution |title=The Dream Engine – A Rock Odyssey |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/dream_engine.htm |access-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903072504/http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreamengine/dream_engine.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Multiple esoteric references to "silver" and "gold" also occur first, throughout the book, and appear in numerous later Steinman works, and the full monologue that was later recorded to open "[[You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)]]" is delivered in a love scene between Baal and The Girl.

Steinman said in an interview that [[Joseph Papp]], founder of the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]], 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 his Amherst faculty advisor explained to Papp that, contrary to Papp's published claim, Steinman was never threatened with "near-expulsion" from the college.  Nonetheless, Steinman worked under Papp after his years at Amherst College.<ref name="classicrock">{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Hotten |title=Bat Out of Hell – The Story Behind the Album |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm |format=Reprint on website |work=Classic Rock magazine |date=September 2000 |access-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902205109/http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1970s===
In 1971, Steinman provided music for a puppet show titled ''Ubu''. The show, put on by puppeteer and filmmaker Demian, was an adaptation of ''Ubu on the Hill'', an 1888 play by [[Alfred Jarry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweet Corn Productions – Ubu |url=http://www.buddybuddy.com/s-ubu-s.html |access-date=March 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011022512/http://www.buddybuddy.com/s-ubu-s.html |archive-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref> In 1972, Steinman worked with college friend Barry Keating on a musical titled ''Rhinegold'' at the [[Mercer Arts Center]], based on [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera ''Das Rheingold''. Steinman wrote the music and Keating wrote the lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/rhinegold.htm |title=Rhinegold |access-date=January 17, 2009 |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110175305/http://www.jimsteinman.com/rhinegold.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1972, [[Bette Midler]] sang a demo of the Steinman song "Heaven Can Wait". Midler's career was at an early stage at the time; she went on to far greater fame, making that demo a collector's item.

In 1973, Steinman's song "Happy Ending" appeared on the album ''[[Food of Love (album)|Food of Love]]'', sung by [[Yvonne Elliman]]. This was the first commercially released recording of a song written by Steinman.<ref>{{cite web |work=allmusic |title=credits for Food of Love |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r36587 |access-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125043025/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r36587 |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, Steinman wrote music and lyrics for a musical titled ''[[More Than You Deserve]]'' (1973). One of the actors cast in this show was Marvin Lee Aday, who went by the nickname [[Meat Loaf]], with whom Steinman later collaborated. In 1973, a single of the song "More Than You Deserve", from the musical sharing that name, was released. [[Reid Whitelaw]] was the producer and [[Norman Bergen]] was the arranger, with Meat Loaf was the lead singer. A cover of this single also appears on the 1981 album ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]''.

[[File:Meatloaf 1971 (cropped).JPG|thumb|right|210px|Steinman achieved commercial success during the 1970s, particularly in part due to his partnership with [[Meat Loaf]] (pictured)]] 

In 1975, while working for Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Steinman contributed music and lyrics to [[Thomas Babe]]'s ''Kid Champion'', which starred [[Christopher Walken]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lortel Archives – The Internet Off-Broadway Database |url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3095 |access-date=March 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026080548/http://www.lortel.org//lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=3095 |archive-date=October 26, 2007}}</ref> In 1976, there was a minor one-month run of a musical titled ''The Confidence Man''. It was based loosely on the novel by the same title by [[Herman Melville]]. The book and lyrics were written by [[Ray Errol Fox]], the music by Steinman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=3901 |title=The Confidence Man (Studio Cast) |website=Castalbumdb.com |access-date=January 17, 2009 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606153022/http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=3901 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://steinman.realmofdreams.com/cm.html |title=The Confidence Ma|website=Jimsteinman.com n |access-date=January 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226231052/http://steinman.realmofdreams.com/cm.html |archive-date=February 26, 2008}}</ref> 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, but never released. The melody of that song later appeared in ''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'' as the melody of "Für Sarah" (for Sarah). Some music from this show later appeared in the hit song "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]", and in the score of the film ''[[A Small Circle of Friends]]''. A cast album of the songs from ''The Confidence Man'', produced by Jeff Olmstead, was released in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/2907 |title=The Confidence Man |website=Castalbums.org |access-date=January 17, 2009 |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202011336/http://www.castalbums.org/recordings/2907 |url-status=live }}</ref> A cabaret show featuring songs from ''The Confidence Man'' was presented in 1977 at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], where Steinman had previously written music for another cabaret show titled ''Bloodshot Wine''.

Since 1974, Steinman had been working on a musical entitled ''Neverland'' (its only performances were during a 1977 workshop at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.)  Adapted largely from the Steinman/Keating source material developed for the Dream Engine, it also loosely sourced material from ''[[Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up|Peter Pan]]'' by [[J.M. Barrie]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Neverland |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/neverlnd.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=August 22, 2007 |archive-date=August 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815110939/http://www.jimsteinman.com/neverlnd.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gallery">{{cite web |title=The Power of Rock 'n Roll |work=Gallery magazine |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/gallery1.htm |date=May 1978 |access-date=November 17, 2006 |archive-date=November 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103065035/http://www.jimsteinman.com/gallery1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Steinman and Meat Loaf, who were touring with ''[[The National Lampoon 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.<ref name="cr2">{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Hotten |title=Bat Out of Hell – The Story Behind the Album (page 2) |work=Classic Rock |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr2.htm |access-date=August 15, 2007 |archive-date=August 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816193821/http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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's work. Steinman originally wanted [[Kim Milford]] to sing the album ''Bat Out of Hell'', but later changed his mind.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

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]]'' and being rejected.<ref name=autobiog118-9>{{cite book |last=Loaf |first=Meat |author-link=Meat Loaf |author2=David Dalton |title=[[Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back|To Hell and Back: An Autobiography]] |year=2000 |publisher= Virgin Publishing |location= London |isbn=0-7535-0443-X |pages=118–119}}</ref> [[CBS]] executive [[Clive Davis]] even claimed that Steinman knew nothing about writing, or rock music in general.<ref>Meat Loaf/Dalton, p. 117</ref> Recording started in 1976 in [[Bearsville, New York|Bearsville]], near [[Woodstock (town), New York|Woodstock]].<ref>Meat Loaf/Dalton, p. 118–9</ref> After numerous further rejections, the album was released by [[Cleveland International Records]] in October 1977.<ref name="cr3">{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Hotten |title=Bat Out of Hell – The Story Behind The Album (page 3) |work=Classic Rock |date=July 2000 |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr3.htm |access-date=August 15, 2007 |archive-date=June 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602220849/http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr3.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]] said that it was around 40 million copies.<ref name="Bat Out Of Hell 40 million copies">{{cite web |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/newsnotes.htm |title=Label Blew Meat Loaf's biggest |date=February 28, 2007 |publisher=Jim Steinman |access-date=July 6, 2009 |archive-date=June 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622111640/http://www.jimsteinman.com/newsnotes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The highest-charting song from the album was "[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]", which reached No. 11 on the [[Billboard Charts]].

In 1979, the Freeway Records label made a double compilation album titled ''L.A. Radio''. It was not commercially released, but promo copies were distributed. It included a spoken word segment titled "Shadows on the Freeway", written and recited by Steinman. It later appeared on the 1981 album ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]'' with a new title, "Nocturnal Pleasure". Parts of it can also be heard at the beginning of the 1989 music video, directed by [[Ken Russell]], for the first release of the song "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]". Steinman wrote the theme music for the 1979 National Lampoon sitcom ''[[Delta House]]''. Sean Kelly and Tony Hendra wrote the lyrics. Michael Simmons sang the lead vocal. The music from this later appeared on the song "Dead Ringer for Love".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/sounds.html |title=Smeghead's Jim Steinman Page |access-date=January 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163707/http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/sounds.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref>

===1980s===
In 1980, the film ''[[A Small Circle of Friends]]'' was released. It had an orchestral score composed by Steinman, and orchestrated by his frequent collaborator Steve Margoshes. The motifs of this orchestral score match the melodies of numerous songs Steinman later released, including "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]", "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]" and "Für Sarah" from ''Tanz der Vampire''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smeghead's Jim Steinman Page |url=http://realmofdreams.com/steinman/ascof.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512004018/http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/ascof.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref> 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]]'' in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf Sings Like Me |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/loafsings.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |date=September 1981 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=December 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226120850/http://www.jimsteinman.com/loafsings.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Most songs are sung by Steinman himself. Three of the songs are sung by [[Rory Dodd]], who did not receive a clear indication for his work in the album's credits, and [[Karla DeVito]] sings a duet part on one song.<ref>{{cite web |title=God Hit the World |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/cashbox.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |date=June 20, 1981 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=November 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101121039/http://jimsteinman.com/cashbox.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Steinman was this time credited as co-producer with [[Todd Rundgren]] for all but one track. Steinman was credited as co-producer with [[Jimmy Iovine]] for the song "[[Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through]]". Meat Loaf again recorded songs by Steinman on the album ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]'' (1981). All of the songs on the album were written by Steinman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dead Ringer |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/blood.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927050701/http://jimsteinman.com/blood.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the songs, "More Than You Deserve", was previously released. [[Stephan Galfas]] was the primary producer for this album. Steinman's role in this album was less than his role in ''[[Bad for Good]]''. The highest-charting song on this album was "[[Dead Ringer for Love]]", a duet with [[Cher]], which peaked in the [[UK Singles Chart]] at No. 5, while the album reached No. 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Meat Loaf | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/ | access-date=August 13, 2025 | archive-date=April 14, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414022824/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Steinman is credited as music producer of every track on [[Bonnie Tyler]]'s album ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web |title=Allmusic – Faster Than the Speed of Night – Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r51709 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428044554/https://mb.moatads.com/yi/v2?ol=0&qn=%604%7BZEYwoqI%24%5BK%2BdLLU)%2CMm~tQSZ.%5BMhS%3A15.snxNz3%2B1bmlLntoDUj%7B!%3CFeid%5BOV%7C%2B2x%3D(%3Ce7%25%7DSlx%3Am4%2C..8WLdA1%3BxTiWio8bYLaXBjA%3AmQ)%3CF!tAbjrzJ%3BgoVYGVxc%40lQQV%23tc3%2Fh%7C%3FVKV%3BaBgS%3F%2BWx%3Ba5%2F%5BGI%3F4YNmD%3Dn%3Cy)%23*R%23tw98YCC2J.bq!CASw%5EXm0okt%24b_o%3FtVD%5D%5BpN%7CQF%40Sy7%7B%2CNr1U*%26ujMUU8fvb%26%22B&tf=1_nMzjG---CSa7H-1SJH-bW7qhB-LRwqH-nMzjG-&vi=111111&rc=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0%2C0%2Cprobably%2Cprobably&rb=1-qZ6yRld6%2F1WF%2F5FrfLrFaMq%2Ft8HSHTVSHnC%2FvEJM65hND7VV6fApcFS3&rs=1-FyQrX%2FU2oUtvHw%3D%3D&sc=1&os=1-Zg%3D%3D&qp=00000&is=BBBBB2BBEYBvGl2BBCBBtUTE1RmsqbKW8BsrBu0rCFE48CRBeeBS2hWTMBBQeQBBn2soYggyUig0CBlWZ0uBBCCCCCCOgRBBiOfnE6Bkg7OxCb8MxOtJYHCBdm5kBhBBC9Y8oBXckXBR76iUUsJBCBBBBBBBBBWBBBj3BBBZeGV2BBBCMciUBBBjgEBBBBBB94UMgTdJMtEcpMBBBQBBBniOccBBBBBB47kNBBBBBBBBBBBBBhcjG6BBJM2L4Bk8BwCBQmIoRBBCzBz1BBCTClBBrbGBC4ehueB57NG9aJeRzBqEKiuwBBBB&iv=8&qt=0&gz=0&hh=0&hn=0&tw=&qc=0&qd=0&qf=1400&qe=900&qh=1400&qg=900&qm=0&qa=1400&qb=900&qi=1400&qj=900&to=000&vy=ot%24b%5Bh%40%22oDgO%3DLlE6%3AYnIBMwqCf%5D)4%5Dz%2C%5B%26u9L%2F%2F%24b4%5DIAIbzbld%7Dt00%7Ca_BB%3FVxyEO%22zf4%5D%24cr16Zh5YigBghs%7ClTr1W*d%5B4kf%2FLyUoRdByZ%3C99Ks(I%7DY(T0c%7BDQ3MY.NjDby7p%26C&qr=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Ffaster-than-the-speed-of-night-mw0000196124&pcode=playwireprebidheader597261727146&rx=684592496751&callback=MoatNadoAllJsonpRequest_77865320 |url-status=live }}</ref> Steinman also wrote and composed two of the songs on the album: "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" and "Faster Than the Speed of Night", the album's title track. On the inner cover of the album, Steinman is also credited with being the "seductive female voice" speaking the words "I'd do anything for love, but I won't do that", on the song "Getting So Excited", the same words that would later become the [[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)|title of a hit single]] Steinman wrote for Meat Loaf which was released ten years later. For a period in 1983, two songs written and produced by Steinman held the top two positions on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, with "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" at number one, and "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]", performed by [[Air Supply]], at number two.<ref>{{cite web |title=Number One Songs – Total Eclipse of the Heart |url=http://www.events-in-music.com/number-one-songs-total-eclipse-of-the-heart.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110072111/http://www.events-in-music.com/number-one-songs-total-eclipse-of-the-heart.html |archive-date=January 10, 2010}}</ref> "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" appeared on Air Supply's 1983 compilation albums ''[[Greatest Hits (Air Supply album)|Greatest Hits]]'' and ''[[Making Love... The Very Best of Air Supply]]''.

[[Barry Manilow]]'s compilation album ''[[Greatest Hits Vol. II (Barry Manilow album)|Greatest Hits Vol. II]]'' (1983) included the song "[[Read 'Em and Weep]]", written, composed, and produced by Steinman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barry Manilow Greatest Hits Vol 2 CD |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7987146 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610230805/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7987146 |url-status=live }}</ref> It had appeared on Meat Loaf's ''Dead Ringer'' album in 1981, but with a slightly different lyric.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dead Ringer Lyrics |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/deadringer.htm |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927063341/http://jimsteinman.com/deadringer.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The song stayed at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart for eight consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits |last=Hyatt |first=Wesley |year=1999 |publisher=Billboard Publications |isbn=0-8230-7693-8}}</ref> In 1983, [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]] released his album ''[[All of the Good Ones Are Taken]]''. On the title selection, "All of the Good Ones Are Taken", Steinman is credited with "assistance". [[Rory Dodd]] and [[Eric Troyer]], two singers who often sang on Steinman's studio work, were credited with "additional background vocals".<ref>{{cite web |title=Allmusic – All of the Good Ones Are Taken – Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r41069 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428044541/https://ow.pubmatic.com/setuid?bidder=amx&uid=d0787626-9418-4aa9-a644-11393083b3d0&do=www.allmusic.com |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1984, the film ''[[Streets of Fire]]'' was released. The soundtrack included two songs written, composed, and produced by Steinman. They were "Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young" and "[[Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)|Nowhere Fast]]". The performance of these two songs is credited to "Fire Incorporated", which was a reference to an assembly of studio musicians and singers hired for these two songs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allmusic – Streets of Fire – Overview |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r84616 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428044506/https://mb.moatads.com/yi/v2?ol=0&qn=%604%7BZEYwoqI%24%5BK%2BdLLU)%2CMm~t7RZ.%5BMhS%3A15.snxNz3%2B1bmlLntoDUj%7B!%3CFeid%5BOV%7C%2B2x%3D(%3Ce7%25%7DSlx%3Am4%2C..8WLdA1%3BxTiWio8bYLaXBjA%3AmQ)%3CF!tAbjrzJ%3BgoVYGVxc%40lQQV%23tc3%2Fh%7C%3FVKV%3BaBgS%3F%2BWx%3Ba5%2F%5BGI%3F4YNmD%3Dn%3Cy)%23*R%23tw98YCC2J.bq!CASw%5EXm0okt%24b_o%3FtVD%5D%5BpN%7CQF%40Sy7%7B%2CNr1U*%26ujMUU8fvb%26%22B&tf=1_nMzjG---CSa7H-1SJH-bW7qhB-LRwqH-nMzjG-&vi=111111&rc=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0%2C0%2Cprobably%2Cprobably&rb=1-eWpqtqfKKwioQuFGWaR9AipFMAPoke3hNTBJf6raYEJYmkCpSqbr2V04&rs=1-IUrPtvYVxBSdPA%3D%3D&sc=1&os=1-aA%3D%3D&qp=00000&is=BBBBB2BBEYBvGl2BBCBBtUTE1RmsqbKW8BsrBu0rCFE48CRBeeBS2hWTMBBQeQBBn2soYggyUig0CBlWZ0uBBCCCCCCOgRBBiOfnE6Bkg7OxCb8MxOtJYHCBdm5kBhBBC9Y8oBXckXBR76iUUsJBCBBBBBBBBBWBBBj3BBBZeGV2BBBCMciUBBBjgEBBBBBB94UMgTdJMtEcpMBBBQBBBniOccBBBBBB47kNBBBBBBBBBBBBBhcjG6BBJM2L4Bk8BwCBQmIoRBBCzBz1BBCTClBBrbGBC4ehueB57NG9aJeRzBqEKiuwBBBB&iv=8&qt=0&gz=0&hh=0&hn=0&tw=&qc=0&qd=0&qf=1400&qe=900&qh=1400&qg=900&qm=0&qa=1400&qb=900&qi=1400&qj=900&to=000&vy=ot%24b%5Bh%40%22oDgO%3DLlE6%3AYnIBMwqCf%5D)4%5Dz%2C%5B%26u9L%2F%2F%24b4%5DIAIbzbld%7Dt00%7Ca_BB%3FVxyEO%22zf4%5D%24cr16Zh5YigBghs%7ClTr1W*d%5B4kf%2FLyUoRdByZ%3C99Ks(I%7DY(T0c%7BDQ3MY.NjDby7p%26C&qr=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Fstreets-of-fire-music-from-the-original-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0000192015&pcode=playwireprebidheader597261727146&rx=39026289481&callback=MoatNadoAllJsonpRequest_32700107 |url-status=live }}</ref> The voices heard on these songs include those of [[Rory Dodd]], [[Holly Sherwood]], and [[Laurie Sargent]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Singing Is Fire |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/sfire.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=November 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130182945/http://www.jimsteinman.com/sfire.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Bonnie Tyler (1977).png|thumb|left|180px|Steinman formed a successful partnership with [[Bonnie Tyler]] (pictured) during the 1980s, writing her signature song "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]"]]

Steinman is credited for producing all the selections on [[Billy Squier]]'s album ''[[Signs of Life (Billy Squier album)|Signs of Life]]'' (1984),<ref>{{cite web |title=I'm Just Licking Them |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/lick.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716054031/http://www.jimsteinman.com/lick.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Barbra Streisand]]'s album of the same year, ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]'', featured "[[Left in the Dark]]", which Steinman wrote, composed and produced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carpe Jugulum – Jim Steinman |url=http://www.carpe-jugulum.com/steinman/steinman.html |website=Carpe-jugulum.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=January 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042842/http://www.carpe-jugulum.com/steinman/steinman.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song had previously appeared on ''[[Bad for Good]]''. The soundtrack for the 1984 film ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'' included the song "[[Holding Out for a Hero]]", performed by Bonnie Tyler. Steinman produced the selection and is credited with composing the music, and [[Dean Pitchford]], who had written the film itself directly for the screen, for writing the lyrics. The song was a hit single, and both the soundtrack album and film were 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]]''. In 1984, Steinman was hired by, and worked briefly with, rock band [[Def Leppard]] on some tracks that were intended for a Def Leppard album.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dark Knight Returns |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/darknite.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925020909/http://jimsteinman.com/darknite.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Steinman was fired, and the recording work he made with the band was not released. The next album Def Leppard released after this, ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'', was produced by [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]].

Steinman wrote a song titled "Vaults of Heaven" which has the same melody as "Milady" from ''The Confidence Man'' and "Für Sarah" from ''Tanz der Vampire''. Rory Dodd sang a demo of "Vaults of Heaven" in 1984. In 1985, Steinman wrote, composed, and produced a theme song for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] performer [[Hulk Hogan]]. It was released in 1985 on the album titled ''[[The Wrestling Album]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim Steinman's Songs – Hulk Hogan's Theme |url=http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/song.php?no=81 |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130231/http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/song.php?no=81 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> The selection was recorded during the recording sessions for ''[[Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire]]'', an album that Bonnie Tyler was then recording, and which Steinman also produced. The selection has no lead vocals, and it matches much of the non-vocal parts of the track "Ravishing" that appeared on ''Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire''. 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]].''<ref>{{cite web |title=OST Iron Eagle – The Almost Complete Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman Lyric Archive |url=http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/produced/urgent-lovecanmakeyoucry.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726042820/http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/produced/urgent-lovecanmakeyoucry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This was a modified version of the original recording of the same song, which had appeared on [[Urgent (American band)|Urgent]]'s 1985 album ''[[Cast the First Stone (Urgent album)|Cast the First Stone]]''. The original recording had been produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Cast the First Stone |type=liner notes |others=Urgent |publisher=Manhattan Records |year=1985 |id=ST-53004}}</ref>

According to Steinman in an interview, [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] approached him to write lyrics for ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' because Lloyd Webber felt that his "dark obsessive side" fit in with the project. However, Steinman declined in order to fulfill his commitments to a Bonnie Tyler album.<ref>{{cite news |first=Spencer |last=Bright |title=Jim'll Fix It |work=Sunday Times |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/lontimes.htm |date=December 8, 1996 |access-date=July 9, 2007 |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426152135/http://www.jimsteinman.com/lontimes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1986, the album ''[[Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |title=Secret Dreams |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/btyler1.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927015106/http://jimsteinman.com/btyler1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Bonnie Tyler sang lead vocals, and Steinman produced all the selections on the album. Four of the songs on the album were written and/or composed by Steinman. One, "Holding Out for a Hero", was the same track from the ''[[Footloose (1984 soundtrack)|Footloose]]'' soundtrack. The other three were "Ravishing", "Rebel Without a Clue" and "[[Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It]]", a duet with [[Todd Rundgren]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Songs Sung By Bonnie Tyler |url= https://www.jimsteinman.com/bonnielyrics.htm |website= Jimsteinman.com |access-date= December 6, 2009 |archive-date= September 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100927045327/http://jimsteinman.com/bonnielyrics.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> This album was the first time Steinman worked with [[Steven Rinkoff]], who was a recording engineer on this album. The Jim Steinman directed video for "[[If You Were A Woman And I Was A Man]]" was nominated for six Billboard Video Awards.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Billboard Video Music Conference|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-01.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=76|date=1 November 1986|access-date=11 November 2023|via=worldradiohistory.com|archive-date=May 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519173406/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1987, [[the Sisters of Mercy]] released their second album ''[[Floodland (album)|Floodland]]''. The track "This Corrosion" was produced by Steinman as was "Dominion/Mother Russia". the latter actually co-produced by Steinman, along with Larry Alexander and [[Andrew Eldritch]].<ref name="jimsteinman.com">{{cite web |title= Everything Louder Than Everything Else |url= https://www.jimsteinman.com/biop4.htm |website= Jimsteinman.com |access-date= December 6, 2009 |archive-date= November 25, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091125153224/http://jimsteinman.com/biop4.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> The soundtrack album for the 1989 film ''[[Rude Awakening (1989 film)|Rude Awakening]]'' included two tracks produced by Steinman. One was the song "Rude Awakening", with lead vocals by [[Bill Medley]] and was written by Rick Rose and Paul Rothchild. The other, "Darling Be Home Soon", which featured lead vocals by [[Phoebe Snow (musician)|Phoebe Snow]], had been written, composed and originated by [[John Sebastian]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Dale |title='RUDE' MOVIE SONG BOOSTS ONTARIO SINGER RICK ROSE HOPES FILM MUSIC WILL LEAD TO A BIG BREAK FOR HIS CAREER |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/rude-movie-song-boosts-ontario-singer-rick-rose-hopes-film-music-will-lead-to-a/article_69759c84-9845-55e5-a5b6-ac8ff8e04112.html |website=The Buffalo News |access-date=23 March 2022 |language=en |date=17 September 1989 |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613220735/https://buffalonews.com/news/rude-movie-song-boosts-ontario-singer-rick-rose-hopes-film-music-will-lead-to-a/article_69759c84-9845-55e5-a5b6-ac8ff8e04112.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

In 1989, the album ''[[Original Sin (Pandora's Box album)|Original Sin]]'' was released, by the artist [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxing Clever |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/kerrang.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925001115/http://jimsteinman.com/kerrang.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]], Elaine Caswell, Gina Taylor and Deliria Wilde,<ref>{{cite web |title= Jim in a Box |url= https://www.jimsteinman.com/jimbox.htm |website= Jimsteinman.com |access-date= December 6, 2009 |archive-date= September 25, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100925023156/http://jimsteinman.com/jimbox.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> (with [[Holly Sherwood]] doing lead vocals on "Good Girls Go to Heaven"). Gina Taylor, who is now better known as Gina Taylor-Pickens, was previously in the group [[Musique (disco band)|Musique]], who had a hit single in 1978 with "In the Bush". In an interview, Elaine Caswell said Pandora's Box was "four women; three that existed and [...] Deliria Wilde who was somewhat mythical, someone [Steinman] kind of created".<ref>{{Cite web|title=E34 - Elaine Caswell - Songstress - Rockonomics Podcast|url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/rockonomics-podcast/e34-elaine-caswell-songstress-_TFxD9c2JB-/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Listen Notes|date=August 20, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

Sales of ''Original Sin'' in Europe were low, but the album was successful in South Africa and reached No. 1 on the album charts there. It was not released at all in North America. Years later, it was reissued and became available internationally on compact disc. ''Original Sin'' included the original recording of "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]", sung by Elaine Caswell.<ref>{{cite web |title= Mon-u-Mental Words |url= http://www.jimsteinman.com/boxpress.htm |access-date= December 6, 2009 |archive-date= March 20, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090320001944/http://www.jimsteinman.com/boxpress.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> Two songs from this album, "It Just Won't Quit" and "[[Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)]]" were re-recorded and released on ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bat Out of Hell Lyrics |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/bat2lyric.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726113929/http://www.jimsteinman.com/bat2lyric.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the late 1980s, Steinman worked on an adaptation of the 1974 film ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]'' by writer and director [[Brian De Palma]]. Steinman made demos for this project. His demos included Rory Dodd singing "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]", with an extra verse not heard in the [[Air Supply]] recording, and a 1980s recording of "Who Needs the Young?".{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Also in the late 1980s, Steinman was preparing to produce an album for [[ELO Part II]], a spin-off of the group [[Electric Light Orchestra]]. Steinman made a demo of Rory Dodd singing the song "[[Kiss Me Red]]" by [[Billy Steinberg]] and [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]]. ELO Part II released their album ''[[Electric Light Orchestra Part Two (album)|Electric Light Orchestra Part Two]]'' in 1990, without Steinman producing. [[Eric Troyer]], a frequent background vocalist on Steinman's productions, sang the lead vocal on ELO Part II's released recording of "Kiss Me Red".{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

===1990s===
With Andrew Eldritch, Steinman co-wrote and co-produced the track "[[More (The Sisters of Mercy song)|More]]" for the album ''[[Vision Thing (album)|Vision Thing]]'' (1990) by the Sisters of Mercy.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sisters of Mercy – More |url=http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/songs/thesistersofmercy-more.html |website=Mljs.evilnickname.org |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221082313/http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/songs/thesistersofmercy-more.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Around 1992, Steinman worked with the punk band Iron Prostate, which featured guitarist and writer [[George Tabb]]. The group reportedly dissolved while working with Steinman on what was to be their second album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iron Prostate |url=https://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=iron_prostate |website=Trouserpress.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104083437/http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=iron_prostate |url-status=live }}</ref> Tabb's website has shared a recording of the song "Bring Me The Head of Jerry Garcia", with Steinman credited as executive producer.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Songs |url=http://www.georgetabb.com/George%20Songs.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421024530/http://www.georgetabb.com/George%20Songs.html |archive-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref> The song's lyric says of [[Jerry Garcia]], "he plays guitar like diarrhea".{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

After a series of financial and legal disputes during the 1980s, Steinman and Meat Loaf met at the singer's house in Connecticut at Christmas 1989<ref name="q">{{cite news |first=John |last=Aizlewood |title=A Marriage Made in Hell |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/marry.htm |format=Reprint on website |publisher=EMAP |year=1993 |access-date=August 24, 2007 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104209/http://www.jimsteinman.com/marry.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> or 1990<ref>Meat Loaf/Dalton, p. 200</ref> and sang "Bat out of Hell" with Steinman playing the piano. Steinman says that "working together again seemed like the cool thing to do."<ref name="q"/> In 1993, the album ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'' was released. Steinman wrote all the songs, and was credited as producer and arranger. Steven Rinkoff was, as usual, credited as co-producer, and others received co-producer credits.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell |year=1993 |others=Meat Loaf |type=booklet |publisher=Virgin |id=CDV2710 – 7243 8 39067 27}}</ref> The album was successful, reaching the peak position on albums charts in many countries. The album had three top 40 singles, with "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]" reaching the peak position on pop singles charts in 28 countries.<ref name="msodvd">{{cite video |title=Meat Loaf Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |date=2004 |medium=DVD |publisher=Warner Music Vision |location=Melbourne |access-date= |people=Meat Loaf (commentary)}}</ref> The other top 40 singles from this album 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 film ''[[The Shadow (1994 film)|The Shadow]]'' (1994). The lyric on this release was slightly different from that heard on the original release of this song. Steinman also produced this version, with lead vocals by [[Taylor Dayne]].<ref name="jimsteinman.com"/> In 1995, the band [[Watershed (Columbus Ohio band)|Watershed]] released the album ''[[Twister (Watershed album)|Twister]]''. Steinman was executive producer for the album, and Steinman's partner Steven Rinkoff was producer for all but one track of it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Watershed Central – Discography – Twister |url=http://www.watershedcentral.com/html/permanent_record/discography/twister.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216005549/http://www.watershedcentral.com/html/permanent_record/discography/twister.html |archive-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> The album consisted of songs written by the band members. In 1995, Bonnie Tyler released the album ''[[Free Spirit (Bonnie Tyler album)|Free Spirit]]'', featuring two tracks produced and written by Steinman. They were dance versions of the past hits "[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]" and "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]".<ref name="jimsteinman.com"/> Steinman, along with [[Brothers in Rhythm]] and David James, with Steven Rinkoff as associate producer and engineer, co-produced the song "[[Never Forget (Take That song)|Never Forget]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Take That – Never Forget |url=http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/produced/takethat-neverforget.html |website=Mljs.evilnickname.org |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017001803/http://mljs.evilnickname.org/jimsteinman/produced/takethat-neverforget.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was written by [[Gary Barlow]], for the British group [[Take That]]. It was released on the album ''[[Nobody Else]]'' (1995) and reached the No. 1 position on the UK singles chart. Like many Steinman/Rinkoff productions, it featured programming and keyboard work by [[Jeff Bova]].

[[File:Celine Dion by Linda Bisset.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Steinman's collaboration with [[Celine Dion]] (pictured) on her ''[[Falling into You]]'' album in 1996 earned him a [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]]]

[[Celine Dion]]'s album ''[[Falling into You]]'' (1996) included the song "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]", 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".<ref>{{cite web |title=Pressing for Greatness |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/dion.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927073036/http://jimsteinman.com/dion.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart,<ref>{{cite web |title=Is Nothing Sacred |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/sacred.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927072525/http://jimsteinman.com/sacred.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and won Steinman the award for [[BMI Awards|BMI song of the year]].<ref name="Awards – Celine Dion">{{cite web |title=Awards – Celine Dion |url=http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/journey_awards.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208035625/http://www.celinedion.com/celinedion/english/journey_awards.html |archive-date=December 8, 2009 }}</ref> That award is given for the song, out of all those represented in the [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] catalog, that received 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.<ref name="Awards – Celine Dion"/> Steinman also produced the track "Us", written by Billy Pace, for Dion's album ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Steinman Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jim+Steinman|website=Discogs.com|access-date=March 30, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031134738/http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jim+Steinman|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.

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 film ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web |title=Everything Louder Than Everything Else |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/biop4.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125153224/http://jimsteinman.com/biop4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He also produced "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" (music by [[James Horner]], lyric by [[Will Jennings]]) for the film ''[[The Mask of Zorro]]'' (1998). Lead vocals were a duet between [[Tina Arena]] and [[Marc Anthony]], and the track also appeared on [[Tina Arena]]'s album ''[[In Deep (Tina Arena album)|In Deep]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tina Arena in Deep CD |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1856121/a/In+Deep.htm |website=Cduniverse.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908081638/http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1856121/a/In+Deep.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

No later than 1996, Steinman worked on a movie musical titled ''Bat Out of Hell 2100''. This was a predecessor to ''[[Bat Out of Hell: The Musical]]'', and it built upon the storyline of Steinman's ''Neverland'' musical from the 1970s. This movie was not made. Steinman also made demos for ''Bat Out of Hell 2100''. Those include Kyle Gordon a.k.a. Scarpia singing "All Revved Up With No Place To Go" with an alternate lyric, [[Ellen Foley]] singing "City Night", and Marcus Lovett singing "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]". "City Night" incorporates material from "Come With Me" from ''Tanz der Vampire'' and ''Dance of the Vampires'', which uses the melody from "New Orleans is Comin' To Me" from ''The Confidence Man'' and "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be".

Steinman provided lyrics for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s musical ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'', which opened in Washington, D.C. in December 1996. However, it received poor reviews and the Broadway run, scheduled for the following April, was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |title=Whistle Down the Wind |date=March 29, 2006 |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article697655.ece |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=May 22, 2007 |location=London |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517035446/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article697655.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> A reworked and more successful [[West End theatre|West End]] production opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] on July 1, 1998.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Whistle sounds better second time around |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/124797.stm |date=July 2, 1998 |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127035028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/124797.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's Whistle Down the Wind CD |website=Amazon UK |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000241XU |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428044604/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000241XU |url-status=live }}</ref> This album was produced by Steinman with Rinkoff. Those performers included [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Tina Arena]], [[Boyzone]], [[Elaine Paige]], [[Donny Osmond]], [[The Everly Brothers]], Meat Loaf, [[Boy George]], [[Sounds of Blackness]], Bonnie Tyler, [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]], and Lottie Mayor. One track, "[[No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What]]" performed by [[Boyzone]], reached the peak position on the pop charts in many countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Times Ad |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/98wdtw13.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923232247/http://jimsteinman.com/98wdtw13.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The same track appeared on a Boyzone album<ref>{{cite web |title=Where We Belong – Boyzone |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000DLWW |website=Amazon.com |year=1998 |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428044950/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000DLWW |url-status=live }}</ref> and their greatest hits album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Back Again, No Matter What |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G9F9PU |website=Amazon.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428045136/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G9F9PU |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2019, Boyzone's 1998 recording of "[[No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What]]" is the most recent new song or project written at least in part by Steinman, or to contain any new work of his at all, to achieve major, chart-topping success. The track "Whistle Down the Wind", performed by [[Tina Arena]], from the same album, also had some chart success. There was also a single released in the UK for charity, of children from Red Hill Primary School and Sylvia Young Theatre School performing "When Children Rule The World". The singers were named the Red Hill Children, and the single peaked at No. 40 on the UK singles chart.

''Tanz der Vampire'' (''Dance of the Vampires''), opened in Vienna, Austria on October 4, 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Vienna – After Dark with Vampires |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/vpreview.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=December 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202222419/http://www.jimsteinman.com/vpreview.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The show was adapted from [[Roman Polanski]]'s movie ''[[The Fearless Vampire Killers]]'' (1967), and initially directed by Polanski himself. It won six International musical awards, at the International Musical Award Germany (IMAGE 1998), in [[Düsseldorf]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Smeghead's Jim Steinman Page |url=http://realmofdreams.com/steinman/dotv.html |access-date=December 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917173233/http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/dotv.html |archive-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref> There have been translated productions of ''Tanz der Vampire'' in Estonia, Poland, Finland, Hungary 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 double-disc compilation album ''[[The Very Best of Meat Loaf]]'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web |title=Cartoon Wall of Sound |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/cartoon.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927005124/http://jimsteinman.com/cartoon.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The included recording of the song "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" was a new remix made by Steinman's production team.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Magical Touch |url=https://www.jimsteinman.com/consum.htm |website=Jimsteinman.com |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927013223/http://jimsteinman.com/consum.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The compilation also included three new recordings of songs co-written by Steinman, all three of which he produced.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Very Best of Meat Loaf |url=http://mljs.evilnickname.org/meatloaf/theverybestof.html |website=Mljs.evilnickname.org |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726043251/http://mljs.evilnickname.org/meatloaf/theverybestof.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They include the hybrid track "Home By Now/[[No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What]]" and "[[A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste]]" from ''Whistle Down the Wind''. Also included is the song "[[Is Nothing Sacred]]", on which Steinman wrote music for [[Don Black (musician)|Don Black's]] lyrics.

===2000s===
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[[File:JimSecondNight.jpg|thumb|right|Steinman in 2005]] 
In 2000, South African singer Jennifer Jones sang at the World Aids Day concert. Jones performed "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be". The World Aids Day concert was broadcast worldwide. In 2001, the box set ''Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now & Forever'' was released. It included a recording, produced by Steinman, Webber, and Rinkoff and [[Nigel Wright (record producer)|Nigel Wright]], of the Steinman/Webber song "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste", from ''Whistle Down the Wind''. It was credited to The Metal Philharmonic Orchestra, which was an unrealized performance project idea. Kyle Gordon, a.k.a. "Scarpia", a singer on many demo recordings for Steinman, sang the lead vocal. Around 2001, Steinman was working with singer Karine Hannah. Plans to make an album with her were eventually abandoned. The songs on these demos are "Safe Sex", "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", "Is Nothing Sacred" and "Braver Than We Are".<ref name="realm-sounds">{{cite web |title=Sounds |website=Realmofdreams.com |url=http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/sounds.html |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928204630/http://www.realmofdreams.com/steinman/sounds.html<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> Steinman also recorded her voice on a demo of "Catwoman's Song", which recycled parts of the Steinman/Eldritch song "More". This demo was part of Steinman's preparations for the unrealized ''Batman: The Musical''. In 2002, [[Russell Watson]] released the album ''[[Encore (Russell Watson)|Encore]]''. 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 (composer)|Michael Reed]] and Steinman, with a script by [[Warner Brown]], ''Garbo – the Musical'', about the life of the screen idol [[Greta Garbo]], opened in Sweden to poor reviews in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |title=Garbo musical bores critics |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2270399.stm |date=September 20, 2002 |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-date=June 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630111303/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2270399.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Preparation for a stage musical based on the [[Batman]] comic book series began early in the decade, with Steinman working on the music and lyrics.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Melissa Rose |last=Bernardo |title='Pow!' Batman May Fly on Broadway as a Musical |date=May 25, 2001 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#9dec |format=Reprint on unofficial website |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-date=October 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027084326/http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#9dec |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2002, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that [[Warner Bros.]] had signed [[Tim Burton]] to direct. According to an unnamed source Burton was attracted to the project because it was as dark as his 1989 film ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' rather than "the goofy, campy turn the franchise took with ''[[Batman Forever]]'' and ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'', both of which were directed by [[Joel Schumacher]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=Bat-Song |date=August 30, 2002 |work=The New York Post |url=http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#30aug1 |format=Reprint on unofficial website |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-date=October 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027084326/http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#30aug1 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |title=Steinman, Ives and Director Tim Burton in Pre-Production on Batman |date=September 19, 2002 |work=Playbill.com |url=http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#19sep |format=Reprint on unofficial website |access-date=August 5, 2007 |archive-date=October 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027084326/http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/articles.htm#19sep |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Warner Bros. cancelled its plans to cast and stage the show. Steinman later shared some of the song demos from the show via the Dream Pollution website. [[The Dream Engine]] has, according to its website and MySpace page, also worked on recordings of some of the songs that were in the show. That includes the songs "We're Still The Children We Were Then" and "Not Allowed To Love".

Steinman was executive producer for the 2003 MTV television film ''[[Wuthering Heights (2003 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''. He has cited [[Emily Brontë]]'s novel, which had inspired "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]", as one of his favorites.<ref name="artist">{{cite web |work=JimSteinman.com |title=Jim Steinman on "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" |url=http://www.jimsteinman.com/backtome.htm |access-date=September 4, 2006 |archive-date=September 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903072121/http://www.jimsteinman.com/backtome.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> A limited-release six-track soundtrack CD was sold through MTV, on Steinman and Rinkoff's [[Ravenous Records]] label. Steinman is credited as producer for the album and most of its tracks, and Rinkoff is credited with recording, mixing and co-production.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=MTV |title=On Air: Wuthering Heights |url=http://www.mtv.com/onair/wuthering_heights/ |access-date=September 1, 2006 |archive-date=June 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628205150/http://www.mtv.com/onair/wuthering_heights/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> That album included a simple recording of the Steinman/Eldritch song "More" with actors [[Mike Vogel]] and [[Erika Christensen]] performing lead vocals. It also included the first release of the song "If It Ain't Broke (Break It)", written by Steinman, with lead vocals by [[Mike Vogel]]. The album also has a version of "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" by Steinman with lead vocals from [[Erika Christensen]].

In 2002, the [[Opera Babes]] released the album ''[[Beyond Imagination]]''. Steinman produced the track "Vittoria!", adapted from the [[Giuseppe Verdi]] opera ''[[Aida]]''. Rinkoff was credited with co-production, recording and mixing. Like many Steinman productions, it included work by electronic-music arranger and programmer [[Jeff Bova]]. Steinman was also credited as arranger, along with Bova and Jon Cohen. In 2004, the film ''[[Shrek 2]]'' 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]] and the other credited to [[Frou Frou (band)|Frou Frou]]. In 2005, [[The Everly Brothers]] released a limited edition album titled ''[[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 (The Everly Brothers album)|Some Hearts]]''. 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 (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]''. The two songs with this title share only a few words and no music in common, with the Everly Brothers version containing musical motifs recycled from the Steinman song "Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)". Steinman also wrote a later incarnation of "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste", with partly different music and a partly different lyrics. Steinman made a recording of this later incarnation with Gina Taylor, singing the lead vocal. That recording was most likely made when the [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]] album ''[[Original Sin (Pandora's Box album)|Original Sin]]'' was recorded.

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]], who joined shortly before the opening. The book was written by [[David Ives]] and was notable for the large number of jokes, many of which had a silly or vulgar quality to them.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} 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 were negative. It closed on January 25, 2003, after 61 preview and 56 regular performances. Financially, it lost roughly $17 million. Steinman did not attend the opening night, in order to show his disgust with the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |title='Dance of the Vampires,' a $12 Million Broadway Failure, Is Closing |first=Jesse |last=Mckinley |date=January 16, 2003 |via=NYTimes.com |access-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209030954/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In his blog, Steinman also described the show as "DOTV, which you guys know I hated & was disgusted by, & [I] 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.<ref name="graff">{{cite news |first=Gary |last=Graff |title=Meat Loaf unleashes "Bat" for third flight |date=October 28, 2006 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKN2716092720061030 |access-date=August 3, 2007 |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017143837/http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKN2716092720061030 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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'']".<ref name="graff"/>

[[File:Jim Steinman at OTT signing.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Steinman in 2005]] 

Produced by [[Desmond Child]], ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'' 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. Steinman's demo of "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King", with [[Rob Evan]] singing lead vocal, was part of the preparations for the unrealized ''Batman: The Musical'' project. Steinman's demo of "Cry to Heaven", with Kyle Gordon singing lead vocal, was intended for the possibility that Steinman would provide songs for a musical based on the film ''[[Cry-Baby]]''. ''[[Cry-Baby (musical)|Cry-Baby]]'' has since been staged, but without any work from Steinman. 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 from using the title.<ref name="butler">{{cite magazine|first=Susan|last=Butler|magazine=Billboard|title=Meat Loaf Sues Over 'Bat Out of Hell'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58228/meat-loaf-sues-over-bat-out-of-hell|date=June 5, 2006|access-date=September 25, 2006|archive-date=September 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919125954/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58228/meat-loaf-sues-over-bat-out-of-hell|url-status=live}} reprinted at [http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/news/index.php?nr=155 Naked Wire: Jim Steinman News Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426042502/http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/news/index.php?nr=155 |date=April 26, 2008 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf Battles for Bat out of Hell Trademark |date=June 6, 2006 |work=Contactmusic.com |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/meat%20loaf%20battles%20for%20bat%20out%20of%20hell%20trademark_06_06_2006 |access-date=November 14, 2006 |archive-date=January 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114020539/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/meat%20loaf%20battles%20for%20bat%20out%20of%20hell%20trademark_06_06_2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf Reaches Agreement Over Bat Out of Hell |date=August 1, 2006 |work=contactmusic.com |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/meatloaf%20reaches%20agreement%20over%20bat%20out%20of%20hell_1004104 |access-date=November 14, 2006 |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210041841/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/meatloaf%20reaches%20agreement%20over%20bat%20out%20of%20hell_1004104 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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''. This project was announced for opening on February 17, 2017 in Manchester.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bat out of Hell - The Musical|url=http://batoutofhellmusical.com/|website=Batoutofhellmusical.com|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729203121/http://batoutofhellmusical.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, [[Westlife]] released ''[[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]''. It contained a cover of "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]", produced by [[Steve Mac]]. First publicly presented in early 2006, Steinman and Rinkoff created a music performance group named [[The Dream Engine]]. The group has worked on studio recordings and held live shows in New York City. It also performed at an award show in Atlanta, Georgia. The people in this project were the first 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 alternatively has been called "An American Elegy" and "God's Gone A.W.O.L." According to Steinman's blog, this project was "guided" by Rinkoff. This project has not performed or been active in public since 2006.

===2010s===
In January 2012, it was announced that Steinman was working with [[Terry Jones]] of [[Monty Python]] fame on a heavy metal version of ''[[The Nutcracker]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Website featuring Canadian doctor, Monty Python pal blends humour, health advice |date=January 19, 2012 |publisher=Ca.news.yahoo.com |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/website-featuring-canadian-doctor-monty-python-pal-blends-215901908.html |access-date=January 23, 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In February of the same year, it was announced that Steinman would be inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] on June 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meatloaf songwriter Jim Steinman to receive Fame honour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17130540 |access-date=February 22, 2012 |work=BBC News |date=February 22, 2012 |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223043615/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17130540 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 10, 2012, Amherst College announced that Steinman would receive an honorary degree at the college's 191st commencement on May 20.<ref>{{cite press release |title=CNN Host, Hit Songwriter and Narrative Nonfiction Author Among Eight to Be Honored at Amherst College Commencement May 20 |url=https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2012/04/node/389163 |publisher=[[Amherst College]] |date=April 10, 2012 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113000736/https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2012/04/node/389163 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, honorary degrees are awarded only in person, and Steinman "had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances".<ref>{{cite press release |title='Embrace Reality in All of its Wonder and Horror,' Amherst College President Biddy Martin Tells Class of 2012 |date=May 20, 2012 |publisher=Amherst College |url=https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2012/05.2012/node/397908 |access-date=May 24, 2012 |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225092707/https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2012/05.2012/node/397908 |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 17, 2013, the college announced that Steinman would speak at a "conversation" on campus that will be open to the public on May 25, and would receive an honorary degree, a doctorate of humane letters, at the college's 192nd commencement on May 26.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2013/04_2013/node/464620 |title=Veterans' Advocate, Acclaimed Defense Attorney and Hit Songwriter Among Seven to Be Honored at Amherst College Commencement May 26 |publisher=Amherst College |date=April 16, 2013 |access-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509154213/https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2013/04_2013/node/464620 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2013, Meat Loaf said that he and Steinman will collaborate on three new songs to be included on Meat Loaf's album ''[[Braver Than We Are]]'', which was (at the time) to be released in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.reuters.com/video/2013/04/02/meat-loaf-to-work-with-bat-out-of-hell-s?videoId=241967888 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175823/http://in.reuters.com/video/2013/04/02/meat-loaf-to-work-with-bat-out-of-hell-s?videoId=241967888 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |title=Meat Loaf to work with 'Bat out of Hell' songwriter Jim Steinman again |publisher=Reuters |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, Jim Steinman was inducted into the [[Long Island Music Hall of Fame]].

Meat Loaf's album ''[[Braver Than We Are]]'' was released in Europe on September 9, 2016, and in North America on September 16, 2016. It contains ten songs composed by Steinman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GVQWS4C/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2LHDGXNSUD8C2&coliid=I6Q5FIX9KUEWD|title=Braver Than We Are|date=September 16, 2016|via=Amazon|access-date=June 15, 2016|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110030/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GVQWS4C/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2LHDGXNSUD8C2&coliid=I6Q5FIX9KUEWD|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul Crook produced the album. Like [[Desmond Child]]'s ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'', this album was made separately from the production team of Steinman and Rinkoff. [[Rob Evan]] was the first singer to perform the songs "Only When I Feel" and "Speaking in Tongues", in 2005 and 2006.

In February 2017, Steinman's ''[[Bat Out of Hell: The Musical]]'' opened for previews at the [[Manchester Opera House]] in Manchester, England, then officially premiered at the same venue, continuing on to the London Coliseum in June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bat-out-of-hell-musical/|title='Bat Out of Hell the Musical' Opens in England|date=March 15, 2017|access-date=March 21, 2017|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|archive-date=April 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428045137/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bat-out-of-hell-musical/|url-status=live}}</ref> This musical was based on multiple projects, including Steinman's ''Neverland'' musical from the 1970s, the hit albums ''[[Bat Out of Hell]]'', ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'', and on assorted other recordings from Steinman's career. This musical did not contain any songs that had not been previously performed in public by mid 2006, though two songs - "Not Allowed to Love" and "What Part of My Body Hurts the Most" had never been released on any albums or as singles at that point. The musical performed at Toronto's [[Ed Mirvish Theatre]], then finished in January 2018 to make a return to London in 2018, this time the [[Dominion Theatre]]. A German version of the show was produced by [[Stage Entertainment]], and ran at Oberhausen's [[Metronom Theater|Metronom Theatre]] from November 2018 to September 2019. The Oberhausen production featured [[Willemijn Verkaik]] in the role of Sloane on launch, but she left the show at the end of March 2019. Steinman had also set an American tour of the musical to take place starting in late 2018 through 2019, but it was cancelled after its three-week run in the first city Toronto was completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.313presents.com/events/detail/jim-steinmans-bat-out-of-hell|title=Postponed: Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell|website=313presents.com|access-date=March 30, 2019|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330155832/https://www.313presents.com/events/detail/jim-steinmans-bat-out-of-hell|url-status=live}}</ref> The musical began a limited six week run in New York City's [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theatre]] from August 1 to September 8, 2019.

A cast recording album for ''Bat Out of Hell: The Musical'' co-produced by Steinman, Rinkoff, and Reed was released in October 2017 on the BOOH Label, which was created specifically for this album. The album was first distributed in Canada to coincide with the show's run in Toronto,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jim-Steinmans-Bat-Out-Of-Hell-The-Musical-Original-Cast-Recording/release/11642033|title=Various - Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical (Original Cast Recording)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227084349/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jim-Steinmans-Bat-Out-Of-Hell-The-Musical-Original-Cast-Recording/release/11642033|url-status=live}}</ref> then later was released again via [[Sh-K-Boom Records|Ghostlight Records]] in July 2018, both as a worldwide digital release and on CD for sale in the UK to coincide with the show's run at the Dominion Theatre, London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jim-Steinmans-Bat-Out-Of-Hell-The-Musical-Original-Cast-Recording/release/12878863|title=Various - Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical (Original Cast Recording)|website=Discogs|date=July 6, 2018|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228052541/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Jim-Steinmans-Bat-Out-Of-Hell-The-Musical-Original-Cast-Recording/release/12878863|url-status=live}}</ref> The cast album featured the vocals of the show's cast in Manchester, with Andrew Polec and [[Christina Bennington]] leading in their roles as Strat and Raven, Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton as Falco and Sloane, and [[Danielle Steers]] and Dom Hartley-Harris as Zahara and Jagwire. Of this original cast, only Andrew Polec, Christina Bennington and Danielle Steers remained with the show from opening in Manchester in 2017 through to complete the New York run in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Soloski|first=Alexis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/theater/bat-out-of-hell-the-musical-review.html|title=Review: In 'Bat Out of Hell,' Paradise by the LED Light|date=August 8, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 19, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613220737/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/theater/bat-out-of-hell-the-musical-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2017, Velvet Valve Records digitally released a recording of Hannah singing "Braver Than We Are". This recording is different from the recording of her singing the same song from the early 2000s.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==Personal life==
Responding to an interviewer's assertion that his songs are tragic, Steinman said 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".<ref name="cour">[http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-nujavaspilling0928.artsep28,0,6539032.story] {{dead link|date=April 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

At the time of his death, Steinman lived in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]].<ref name= USAToday>{{cite news |last1=Brisco |first1=Elise |title='Bat Out of Hell' songwriter and producer Jim Steinman dies at 73 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/ |access-date=April 21, 2021 |work=USA Today |date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121141936/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Steinman lived alone in his 6,000 square-foot house described as a "majestic museum of the self, attached to a quaint cottage in the woods of Ridgefield. He spent years expanding and reimagining the house, transforming it into an embodiment of his own eccentric, complicated personality".<ref>{{cite news |last =Cohen |first =Joyce |title =A Gothic Rock Cottage Fit for a Bat Out of Hell: Jim Steinman spent years transforming his Connecticut house into a kind of rock 'n' roll museum. Now his friends are trying to sell it — with his belongings intact. |newspaper =[[The New York Times]] |date =August 5, 2022 |url =https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/realestate/jim-steinman-meat-loaf-connecticut-house-sale.html |access-date =August 5, 2022 |archive-date =April 28, 2024 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20240428045139/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/realestate/jim-steinman-meat-loaf-connecticut-house-sale.html |url-status =live }}</ref>

===Health and death===
Steinman had a stroke in 2004 and temporarily lost the ability to speak.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QgDGpIFiio |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/5QgDGpIFiio| archive-date=2021-11-18 |url-status=live|title=Jim Steinman - Amherst College - May 25th 2013 - Full Speech |date=May 25, 2013 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=August 24, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He had another stroke four years prior to his death.<ref name= NYTObituary/>

Per the death certificate from the Connecticut Department of Health, Steinman died from kidney failure at a hospital in [[Danbury, Connecticut]], on April 19, 2021, at the age of 73.<ref name= NYTObituary/><ref name= USAToday/> Upon Steinman's death, rock writer [[Paul Stenning]] said he left a "tremendous legacy", referring to him as "the greatest ever composer of symphonic rock" and citing him as an influence on a variety of bands across many genres.<ref>''Cyprus Mail'', April 21, 2021</ref>

His frequent collaborator Meat Loaf (who died nine months after Steinman) reacted to Steinman's death by saying, "We didn't ''know'' each other, we ''were'' each other."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=2021-04-23|title=Meat Loaf Remembers Jim Steinman: 'He Was the Centerpiece of My Life'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-remembers-jim-steinman-1160041/|access-date=2022-01-21|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528163249/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-remembers-jim-steinman-1160041/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Jim Steinman discography}}
==Awards and nominations==
===[[Grammy Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Year
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Category
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Nominated work
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Result
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Ref.
|-
| [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|1985]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media]]
| ''[[Footloose (1984 soundtrack)|Footloose]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/jim-steinman/6511|title=Grammy|access-date=19 January 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119234326/https://www.grammy.com/artists/jim-steinman/6511|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[36th Annual Grammy Awards|1994]]
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| rowspan=2|"[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[39th Grammy Awards|1997]]
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| ''[[Falling into You|Falling Into You]]''
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://jimsteinman.blogspot.com Jim Steinman's blog]
*{{IMDb name|826153|Jim Steinman}}
*[https://steinmania.com/ Steinmania] – Features the 1969 Recording of the Dream Engine

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