- Composer and producer Jim Steinman has died at age 73.
- The hall-of-famer wrote hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell."
- He also wrote for Celine Dion, and penned a song for the 1997 animated movie "Anastasia."
Longtime record producer Jim Steinman - who helped pen hit songs for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, and Celine Dion - has died at age 73, according to TMZ and Variety.
The Connecticut state medical examiner confirmed that Steinman died Monday, the outlets reported. His cause of death has not been publicly disclosed.
Jim Steinman's earlier career highlights include Broadway musicals, '80s hits, and one of Celine Dion's first singles.
Music fans will know his work as a composer, lyricist, producer, and playwright from the late '60s through into the 2000s. Steinman worked on Meat Loaf's 1977 "Bat Out of Hell" album and produced numerous hit singles, including writing and producing Bonnie Tyler's chart-topper "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983.
Steinman also wrote and produced Celine Dion's 1996 hit "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," which was the hit single on her Grammy-winning album "Falling Into You." The single was inspired by Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights."
Millennials will also know his work from the 1997 animated movie "Anastasia." Steinman produced musical number "In the Dark of the Night," sung by the movie's villain Rasputin. He also worked on the soundtrack for "Shrek 2."
Steinman continued producing and composing music for Broadway shows and other artists into the 2000s. Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album series (along with other recordings) was turned into a musical by Steinman, and opened in 2017 at the Manchester Opera House. The show ran in New York City in 2019.
Steinman was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 2012, which noted that he had sold over 190,000,000 records in a career spanning from the 1960s to 2016.