Jim Steinman, the composer, lyricist and record producer who has worked with artists such as Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, Bonnie Tyler and more, passed away Monday, the Connecticut state medical examiner confirmed Variety. He was 73.
Steinman’s work appears in a multitude of genres, such as adult contemporary, rock, dance, and pop, in addition to musical theater and film scores.
He composed singer Meat Loaf’s debut album ‘Bat Out of Hell’ in 1977, which is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with more than 50 million copies worldwide. Steinman collaborated with Meat Loaf on the singer’s album “Dead Ringer” from 1981, and served as composer / producer on his album “Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell” from 1993 and composed his album “Braver Than We Are” in 2016.
In 1996, Steinman wrote the lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘Whistle Down the Wind’. The show was held at the National Theater in Washington, DC and opened in 1998 in London’s West End. It has been revived several times and toured the world.
“Bat Out of Hell” received the musical treatment in 2017. Steinman wrote all the songs, most of which appeared in Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” trilogy. He has also worked on the soundtracks for ‘Shrek 2’, the musical ‘Tanz der Vampire’, the comedy ‘Rude Awakening’, the musical ‘More Than You Deserve’ and more.
Some of the popular songs that Steinman composed include Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Barry Manilow’s “Read ‘Em and Weep”, Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All”, Celine Dion ‘s version of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”