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Coffee Break: Joel Schumacher projects

Director Joel Schumacher (center) along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alicia Silverstone, Chris O'Donnell and George Clooney (left to right) at the premier for Batman & Robin. The director died Monday at age 80.
Director Joel Schumacher (center) along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alicia Silverstone, Chris O'Donnell and George Clooney (left to right) at the premier for Batman & Robin. The director died Monday at age 80.Hector Mata/AFP via Getty Images / NPR

by Anna Weggel

June 23, 2020

Director Joel Schumacher has died at the age of 80.

Let's take this morning's Coffee Break to wade through some of the music that has surrounded his projects throughout the years - movies like "St. Elmo's Fire", "The Lost Boys" and "Falling Down", as well as two "Batman" films.

He also directed some high-profile music videos including Seal's "Kiss from a Rose", INXS' "Devil Inside" and the Smashing Pumpkins' "The End Is the Beginning Is the End".

What songs would you like to hear for the 9:30 Coffee Break that have been a part of a Joel Schumacher project?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

INXS - Devil Inside
Echo and the Bunnymen - People Are Strange
U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning
John Parr - St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion)