Jim Steinman

Orphan Heath is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cate. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until the death of the patriarch, leaving Cate to start seeing Eddie Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heath, now a rock star who swears revenge on those who have wronged him, vows to win her back. A contemporary musical adaptation of Emily Bronté's classic novel.

Step into the dystopian city of Obsidian, where a rebellious gang called The Lost can never grow old. At the heart of this rock opera is a fiery romance between their leader, Strat, and Raven, the sheltered daughter of the city’s tyrannical ruler, Falco—a love story as defiant as the music itself.

Adapted from Roman Polanski's 1967 film The Fearless Vampire Killers; an eccentric professor and his assistant travel to Transylvania and try to save an innkeeper's daughter from a powerful vampire count.

A take on "Beauty and The Beast" and "Phantom of the Opera" in which Meatloaf pursues a beautiful woman as he's chased by the cops.

In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by romantic feelings both men develop for Jessica.

Never one for understatement, the aptly named singer known as Meat Loaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday) teamed with operatically-minded pianist-composer Jim Steinman to produce a bombastic slab of 1970s classic rock that has become one of the biggest selling albums of all time. Fueled by Steinman's epic compositions, Todd Rundgren's grandiose production, and Meat Loaf's own soaring vocals, the singer's 1977 debut BAT OUT OF HELL elevated the rock-opera genre to appropriately theatrical heights with its extravagant orchestration and a melodramatic narrative celebrating teenage rebellion. This episode of the CLASSIC ALBUMS series recounts the making of this monumental work through interviews, archival footage, and live performances of album tracks such as "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," and, of course, the adolescent opus "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."

This concert from the Stadthalle Offenbach in Germany was filmed on June 11th. 1978 for the German Rockpalast TV series and perfectly captures the raw excitement of the original Bat Out Of Hell tour with Meat Loaf dominating the stage and the album s songwriter Jim Steinman contributing heavily.

The original musical adaption of the Roman Polanski classic "The Fearless Vampire Killers". At the turn of the 20th century, Professor Abronsius and his assistant Alfred arrive in a remote Carpathian village to prove the existence of vampires, and get drawn into Count von Krolock’s eerie castle when the innkeeper’s daughter Sarah vanishes into the night. There, amid a lavish undead ball, Alfred’s love for Sarah and the professor’s scientific zeal collide with the vampires’ insatiable thirst, entangling both men in the Count’s eternal curse.