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|trivia = [[Scandalous]] is quoted musically in three [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman Danny Elfman] compositions for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie, also available on the companion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(score) Batman: Original Motion Picture Score] - '''Kitchen, Surgery, Face-Off''', '''Love Theme''' and '''Finale'''. While Danny Elfman must have heard [[Scandalous]] before its release, it is unlikely that [[Prince]] himself was involved in these three tracks (although he is credited with co-composition as a result of [[Scandalous]]’s inclusion), so they are not given full entries here. | |trivia = [[Scandalous]] is quoted musically in three [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman Danny Elfman] compositions for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] movie, also available on the companion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(score) Batman: Original Motion Picture Score] - '''Kitchen, Surgery, Face-Off''', '''Love Theme''' and '''Finale'''. While Danny Elfman must have heard [[Scandalous]] before its release, it is unlikely that [[Prince]] himself was involved in these three tracks (although he is credited with co-composition as a result of [[Scandalous]]’s inclusion), so they are not given full entries here. | ||
* This song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]]. | * This song uses the LinnDrum, the successor of the Linn LM-1 usually utilized by [[Prince]]. | ||
+ | * In an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]’director Gary Hines discusses the recording session of the song : ''"We recorded one song, which wound up being [[Scandalous]]. I say that because he remixed or reformatted what we did to where it was a whole ’nother creation. Originally, we were just going to do one song, but it was going so well. We got there probably at 7, 8 o’clock. By this time, it’s midnight. [[Sheila E.]] is actually conducting, or engineering, I should say, most of the session. Then he pulls me aside and says, "Gary Hines, I’m really happy. This is going so well, Gary Hines." I’m not exaggerating. He would do that all the time."''. In an other [http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html interview], Hines gives other details about that one and only session involving [[Prince]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]: ''"In addition to the lengthy late nights - early morning phone conversations pouring out heart and soul, then some of the projects we were blessed with him on was like the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I’ll never forget he called and said they had this really important project that he wanted us to work with him on. At the time, he couldn’t even tell us what it was, he told us afterwards. He said we probably would stay an hour or two in the studio; of course we were there all night (laugh). We had a great time! In fact, [[Sheila E.]] actually engineered; she was at the console much of the session and [[Prince]] was producing. That was on a Halloween. I will never forget that. Of course there are countless others, but those are among the standouts."''. [[Scandalous]] was recorded in mid-October 1988 (two weeks before Halloween), while he was working on both [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] and the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] albums. Although that track is not known to have been considered for those projects, [[Prince]]’s organisation was contacted by the people behind the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] film only in mid-december 1988, two months after the recording of the song. Since their contribution was discarded from that track, and that no other recording session with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness] took place, it is likely that their vocals sampled on [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack (the [[The Future]] and possibly [[Batdance]]) come from that session. | ||
|see also = [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album | |see also = [[Album: Batman|Batman]] album | ||
* [[Single: Scandalous!|Scandalous!]] single | * [[Single: Scandalous!|Scandalous!]] single | ||
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* [[John L. Nelson]] | * [[John L. Nelson]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
+ | *''[https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance When Prince Did the Batdance by Alan Siegel (4 March 2022 theringer.com)]'' | ||
+ | *''[http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html Gary Hines, music director of Sound of Blackness Remembers Prince by Aaron Robinson (2014 consciousnessmagazine.com)]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1988]] | |categories = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 1988]] | ||
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