Quote Originally Posted by onthewall2983 View Post
It has been a long time since I've seen it but I seem to remember that nearly none of those songs are in the movie, or if they are it's just very briefly in the background. The Seal song is prominent at one point and the U2 track is over the end credits, but otherwise those songs were just filler for the actual film or the soundtrack itself.

The 90's had probably more big movies with either similar or greater impact on the charts as it did the box office. The synergy of studios and record companies being housed within the same corporation helped greatly too, as did MTV, where videos suddenly could become 4-5 minute TV spots. The trend wore off pretty much by the mid-2000's.
Batman & Robin had an excellent soundtrack as well; the two Smashing Pumpkins tracks as well as the full version of "Moaner" by Underworld. It also had "Foolish Games" by Jewel (which was huge) and "Lazy Eye" by Goo Goo Dolls (which was a moderate success and only available on this soundtrack for years).