<P> Bat Out of Hell is the second studio album and the major - label debut by American rock singer Meat Loaf , as well as being his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren , released in September 1977 on Cleveland International / Epic Records . It is one of the best - selling albums of all time , having sold over 43 million copies worldwide . Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003 . </P>
who wrote the music for bat out of hell
composer Jim Steinman