A cursory examine of the manufacturing of 1989’s “Batman” reveals that producer Jon Peters was hellbent on attaching as many gigantic names to the undertaking as he might. For instance, the film options two official soundtrack albums, one by composer Danny Elfman (who was director Tim Burton’s alternative to attain the movie), the opposite by Prince. That Prince collaboration was the eventual results of Peters’ authentic, extra formidable plans for the soundtrack.
According to the liner notes by Jeff Bond for La La Land Records’ launch of Elfman’s full rating, Peters wished to connect a distinct pop star to the movie’s three principal characters: Prince for the Joker, George Michael for Vicki Vale, and Michael Jackson for the Batman. This concept went so far as Prince capturing down the thought of doing a duet with Jackson, and the multiple-personality-themed tune demoed for that duet finally grew to become the soundtrack’s first single, “Batdance.”
Another large identify Peters noticed a chance to connect to the film was Nike, who had surged in recognition upon the introduction of their Air Jordan shoe line in 1984. As assistant costume designer Graham Churchyard defined on one of many movie’s DVD featurettes:
“Jon Peters came to me one day and said, ‘Warners’ have this thing going with Nike. Can you use any of their sportswear [in the Bat Suit]’? And I talked to Bob [Ringwood, costume designer], and he said, ‘Well, ’80s sportswear is not gonna fit in with our 1940s look.’ And then it just came to us, that why don’t they make the Bat-Boots? They made the Bat-Boots from scratch based on one of their cross trainers at the time.”
According to the stuntmen and Keaton himself, the boots had been successful, the Nike design being “a really supportive, comfortable boot.”