Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack
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19th October 2018 |
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Download, CD, cassette, vinyl |
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21st |
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79:44 |
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The soundtrack to the movie Bohemian Rhapsody by Bryan Singer was on 19 October 2018 CD , cassette published and available for download. The album was also released on vinyl on February 8, 2019 . The soundtrack contains several hits of the group Queen , but also some unreleased recordings, including several tracks from the performance of the group at Live Aid in 1985. The film itself is celebrating on 23 October 2018 the London Wembley Arena premiered, was born on 31 October 2018 in German, Swiss and Austrian cinemas and on November 2, 2018 in US cinemas.
Emergence
The music on the soundtrack was compiled for the film Bohemian Rhapsody by Bryan Singer . The Queen singer Freddie Mercury is played by Rami Malek , who doesn't actually sing in the film. This is Queen's second full original soundtrack album after the 1980 album for Flash Gordon . The album includes re-recordings of Queen classics and a selection of the band's best studio recordings. Among them are some of Queen's greatest hits, including all eleven songs that have reached number one worldwide. The soundtrack was produced by Brian May and Roger Taylor , who were assisted in their work by longtime Queen Studio staff Justin Shirley-Smith , Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J. Macrae . The recordings were mastered by Adam Ayan and Bob Ludwig . The main task of the team behind the soundtrack was to find the most suitable versions of the band's songs, especially live performances, to match the moving story of the script. The result was not a greatest hits playlist, but also a soundtrack album that is independent and emphasizes important moments in the script. Based on these recordings, main actor Rami Malek was able to rehearse not only the singing, but also facial expressions and posture. While Malek had sung himself during the filming, the soundalike was used in post-production .
So that the audience had no doubt that they were hearing a soundtrack album, May came up with the idea of recording a version of the famous "Fox Fanfare" by 20th Century Fox , which was specially arranged for it . This version, created with May's guitar playing and Roger Taylor's distinctive percussion, can be heard as the opening track in the film and is the first track on the album. While the songs can only be heard in part in the film, the soundtrack contains the complete versions. The five tracks of a 21-minute performance by Queen on Live Aid on July 13, 1985 have never been released in audio form before. The recording of Fat Bottomed Girls is from the Paris shows in 1979, part of the Jazz World Tour, and has never been released before. Now I'm Here was recorded on the band's Christmas show at Hammersmith Odeon, London in 1975. The duet by Freddie Mercury and May in Love of My Life comes from the Rock in Rio festival in January 1985. In the film, a studio version of We Will Rock You fades seamlessly into a live performance. The rehearsal version of Bohemian Rhapsody , the eponymous song written by Freddie Mercury for the album A Night at the Opera , is in the studio in a mix of live vocal recordings and the original voice of the Queen frontman, Malek's own recorded voice and that of the Canadian singer and Freddie Mercury impersonator Marc Martel. The latter has been the lead singer of a Queen tribute band called The Queen Extravaganza since 2013 and is known for his vocal resemblance to the rock icon. Doing All Right was originally recorded by Smile , Queen's predecessor band, in which May and Taylor worked with singer Tim Staffell. To recreate the original Smile version of Doing All Right , May and Taylor met with Staffell at Abbey Road Studios for a recording, almost 50 years after the original Smile recording.
publication
The soundtrack to the film was released by Virgin Records on October 19, 2018 on CD, cassette and download. The album will also appear on vinyl at a later date.
The film itself celebrated its premiere on October 23, 2018 in London's Wembley Arena , which is right across from Wembley Stadium, where Queen played a legendary show at the Live Aid concert in 1985. It was shown in German, Swiss and Austrian cinemas on October 31, 2018 and in US cinemas on November 2, 2018.
Track list
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare 0:25
- Somebody to Love 4:56
- Doing All Right… revisited (Performed by Smile) 3:17
- Keep Yourself Alive (Live At The Rainbow) 3:56
- Killer Queen 2:59
- Fat Bottomed Girls (Live In Paris) 4:38
- Bohemian Rhapsody 5:55
- Now I'm Here (Live At Hammersmith Odeon) 4:26
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:43
- Love of My Life ( Rock in Rio ) 4:29
- We Will Rock You (Movie Mix) 2:09
- Another One Bites the Dust 3:35
- I Want to Break Free 3:43
- Under Pressure (Performed by Queen & David Bowie) 4:04
- Who Wants to Live Forever 5:15
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Aid) 2:28
- Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid) 4:06
- Ay - Oh (Live Aid) 0:41
- Hammer To Fall (Live Aid) 4:04
- We Are the Champions (Live Aid) 3:57
- Don't Stop Me Now ... Revisited 3:38
- The Show Must Go On (from Innuendo )
Charts
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On October 26, 2018, the album entered the top 100 and number 2 in the UK's soundtrack album charts, and number 2 in the US soundtrack album charts on November 2, 2018. At number 3 on the Billboard 200 , the album had its highest positioning so far.
reception
Tatiana Tenreyro of bustle.com thinks what this film soundtrack so special was doing was that he both studio and live versions of the songs, like those of the Live Aid performance of the band at Wembley, combine, resulting in the film feel realistic. In addition, the soundtrack makes the listener ponder the importance of the legacy of Freddie Mercury .
Thomas Raab of PC Games says that the songs used in the film accentuate the story, which in turn tells the story of how the songs came about: “Plot and music are harmoniously intertwined, the latter basically forming the soundtrack to Freddie Mercury's life and work. The die-hard Queen fan may feel angry that one or the other title has been chronologically in the wrong place. Many of Freddie's life events that were taken up in Bohemian Rhapsody also took place in other years. But dramaturgically these adjustments make sense. In particular, in the end they do not falsify anything in Mercury's life, but rather reinforce what made the Queen frontman so special: on stage an extroverted giant, a musical phenomenon, in private, on the other hand, a shy, shy person who has been on the Search for love and real affection was. "
Manfred Riepe from epd Film explains that in the film the origin of the individual songs is reconstructed in anecdotal form, and that the media-constructed image that already exists of the group and its figurehead is hardly shaken. “ Bohemian Rhapsody is a meticulously staged audiovisual journey through time that revives the emotions when listening to the Queen hits at the time. Like many rock films, Bohemian Rhapsody has a nostalgia for postponement. The sound of the unmistakable beat of We Will Rock You, for example, gives you goose bumps. "
Awards
- Award as Favorite Soundtrack
Web links
- Soundtrack in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marcus James Dixon: Don't stop him now: Rami Malek ('Bohemian Rhapsody') skyrockets in Best Actor Oscar predictions. In: goldderby.com, October 19, 2018.
- ↑ a b Tatiana Tenreyro: The 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Soundtrack Will Remind You Why Freddie Mercury Is A Rock Legend. In: bustle.com, October 23, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Film Sound Editor John Warhurst Discusses Mixing Thousands Of Fans Recordings Together For Performance Scene. In: bravewords.com, October 23, 2018.
- ^ Antje Wessels: Bohemian Rhapsody. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/nachrichten/18521830.html
- ↑ http://www.noise11.com/news/marc-martel-lends-his-voice-as-freddie-for-bohemian-rhapsody-biopic-20180802
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/rami-malek-had-freddie-mercurys-teeth-recreated-for-bohemian-rhapsody-2018-9
- ↑ Torsten Landsberg: Queen film “Bohemian Rhapsody” celebrates its world premiere in London. In: dw.com, October 23, 2018.
- ↑ Peter White: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' To Have Its World Premiere At Wembley - Site Of Queen's Famous Live Aid Show. In: deadline.com, September 10, 2018.
- ↑ Chart sources: Charts DE Charts UK
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/soundtracks
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200
- ↑ Thomas Raab: Bohemian Rhapsody: Review of the biopic about Freddie Mercury. In: PC Games, October 24, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.epd-film.de/filmkritiken/bohemian-rhapsody
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/24/entertainment/amas-2019-winners-list/index.html