Marilyn Manson's eponymous vocalist told the "Phoenix New Times" that he wrote "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" "while on the road." He said that the song "changes someone's singing and writing at the same time, the rhythm of your vocal." Though it was not written for the film, the song was released on the soundtrack album for "Spawn" (1997), a film based on the comic book character of the same name; the soundtrack was curated by Happy Walters. Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn, told "Billboard": "If any artist epitomizes my anti-hero Spawn, it's Marilyn Manson."