Flash Gordon (Soundtrack)
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Composer: Howard BlakeComposer: Queen
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1991-09-03
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
- Flash's Theme
- In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)
- Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)
- The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)
- Football Fight
- In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)
- Execution of Flash
- The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
- Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)
- Escape from the Swamp
- Flash to the Rescue
- Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)
- Battle Theme
- The Wedding March
- Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)
- Crash Dive on Mingo City
- Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)
- The Hero
- Flash's Theme [1991 Remix by Mista Lawnge][*]
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Free Music Review: Seamless union of audio and visuals
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of those special cases where a movie and its soundtrack are perfectly matched. The film was a rainbow-splash of Retro Future and neo-Art Deco. Likewise, the soundtrack has whispers of the 1930's (comparable to "Xanadu"), but also affirms contemporary sensibilities. You get the Queen rock and metal that you expect, but also the subtler ambient-movements form the film, and sampled dialogue.
In reality, this disc is a mixture of soundtrack (one word), sound track (two words), and movie score, which blended diversity gives a better representation of the movie's audio component. To be sure, this is not your typical film tie-in. But considering the film, this oddness not only fits in, but enhances and complements the film.
I think my favorite tracks are the middle pieces--the ambient link-music. Queen is faced with a similar problem that John Williams had in doing "Star Wars": What does space sound like? If we visit another planet, what would we hear? Williams chose to follow Holst and Kubrick, and stuck with the traditional orchestra-pit combo, reinforcing the space opera with Wagnerian blasts. But Queen opted for something far more experimental.
Taking a cue from "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and "Forbidden Planet," they chose to go the electronic-synthesizer rout. Both approaches have their distinctive merits, but, in this case, Queen chose the better rout. Going electronic-synthesizer reinforced the film's setting--Ming's Warlord Palace, the forests of Arborea, the climatic air battle over Mongo, and its distinctive style--Retro Art Deco Future.
Since the union of audio and visuals was so seamless, I guess that is why I keep playing this soundtrack over and over again. Thank goodness for CDs and the repeat button. I would have worn out a vinyl LP years ago!
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