Flash Gordon (Soundtrack)
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Free Music Review: Flashing Synthesizers Throughout the Mix
Hit: 3 Stars
With two numbers geared to FM radio play - Flash's Theme and its reprise, The Hero - the remaining 16 numbers on this February 1981 release were synthesizer-laden instrumentals with snippets of movie dialogue in the mix.
The single - Flash, which is titled Flash's Theme on the album - stalled at #42 on the Billboard single's chart, with the soundtrack achieving a tepid gold sales status while peaking at #23 on the album chart.
A platform for a superstar band that could afford to step outside the realm of heavy rotation on the radio and the familiar terrain of its classic sound, the soundtrack is interesting, but hardly an essential piece of Queen's amazing discography.
Free Music Review: Find it all pretty satisfactory...
Hit: 2 Stars
This is probably a mistake reviewing this record, but I am something of a completist so here it goes. `Flash Gordon' is a movie soundtrack, nothing more and nothing less and not particularly memorable. "Flash's Theme" is great for this record and "The Hero" is the best song and surprisingly heavy as compared with the rest of the album which is heavily syth laden. The movie can be enjoyable is watched in the right frame of mind, which is to enjoy it as a live action comic book with all the cheesiness that this implies. Only for fans of the film or for Queen fans who have to have it all (like me) but others stay away. Free Music Review: Flash Gordon Soundtrack Review
Hit: 5 Stars
Flash Gordon was a great album. It was a great instrumental that just screamed Queen and where they were singing, it was Queen all the way. I would reccomend this album to any Queen fan looking for instrumental pieces and genuine Queen eccentricity.Free Music Review: Flash + Queen = Unforgettable
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a masterpiece. Flash Gordon is one of my favorite movies. I bought the LP record, the CD, the VHS movie, the LD movie, the DVD. I watched it one hundred times and listened to Queen's soudtrack as well. This is just unforgettable.Free Music Review: Queen's first film score 27 years on is years ahead of its time
Hit: 5 Stars
Queen's tenth album was the soundtrack to Flash Gordon released in December of 1980 in the UK and January of 1981 in the US.
The band were approached by producer Dino De Laurentis before going off to tour the US to provide the score to his film Flash Gordon based on the comic book hero. Also, the band decided to try what was called "a heavy metal film score" which then would be copied by AC/DC years later in Maximum Overdrive from 1986 and a few other lesser known bands.
The album was produced by guitarist Brian May and Mack and recorded in England in early 1980. Was this album good or bad, read ahead!
We kick things off with the #41 hit "Flash's Theme" (or Flash as listed on single released) and is only one of two songs that have vocals on it and composed by Brian. The only other track with vocals is the closing rocker "The Hero" which rocks and was too composed by Brian.
Brian also composed the instrumentals "Flash to the Rescue", the killer "Battle Theme", "The Wedding March" (all done on guitar), "Crash Dive on Mingo City" and "Flash's Theme Reprise".
Brian also wrote "Marriage of Dale and Ming" with drummer Roger Taylor.
Speaking of Roger, he contributed the instrumentals "In the Space Capsule", "In the Death Cell" and "Escape from the Swamp".
Lead singer Freddie Mercury contributed the instrumentals "Ming's Theme" (which is superb, all done on synthesizer), "The Ring", the rocking "Football Fight", the haunting wordless vocal on "The Kiss" and "Vultan's Theme".
Bass player John Deacon contributed the instrumentals "Execution of Flash" (with Deaky on guitar) and "Arboria".
Flash Gordon stalled at #24 but went Gold in the US. Notwithstanding sales, this soundtrack is a great film score for Queen and their best soundtrack ever!
Recommended!