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The music in this movie is very underrated

posted 7 years ago by rgncajun18
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Anyone else enjoy the soundtrack?

[–] quaddo 7 years ago

I enjoy both the songs by Queen, and the score by Michael Kamen.

As a film and Queen fan, this is essential viewing.

RIP Ian Richardson (1934-2007) http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0007183

[–] generationofswine 7 years ago

It's Queen, everyone loves them. How can the music be underrated?

"Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop."

[–] matthew-58 7 years ago

It's Queen, everyone loves them. How can the music be underrated?

To be fair, they might mean it's underrated in America, which it probably is. The "Kind of Magic" album was a relative flop in America, peaking at just 46, compared to the UK, where it went straight in at number one and spent over a year on the chart. So underrated in the UK? No. Underrated in the US? Probably.

The band who could have done the soundtrack but turned it down, Marillion, now they are underrated in both countries IMHO. Despite being quite big for a while in the UK, they've been almost completely forgotten even there.

[–] novastar_6 7 years ago

I love the soundtrack. I bought it for myself for my 16th birthday, unbeknownst to me that day I also got the DVD and a Connor MacLeod Claymore sword. The soundtrack was still one of the biggest highlights of the day.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

Freddy Mercury sings New York, New York—a song made famous by his (and not for nothing, his Under Pressure duet buddy, David Bowie’s) idol, Francis Albert Sinatra—sings his gifted HEART out, and you have to ask if I enjoyed the soundtrack?!

Okay, forgive the mock indignation. I know that you loved it. So did/do I. The New York song was a perfect accompaniment to the comic/frightening carjacking scene; and, as I’ve said elsewhere, you’ve not really heard the full potential of A Kind of Magic until you’ve heard one of their live recordings of it. The movie version is great, but the tune is a sleeping dragon just waiting to be roused. Brain May takes his axe into different solar systems in the live cuts. Try Queen Live at Wembley Stadium.

[–] HAL9000 (935) 4 years ago

in what world queen is underrated? are you 20yrs old?