Flash Gordon (Soundtrack)
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Free Music Review: Not Much Variety - One or Two Good Songs
Hit: 2 Stars
I'm not really into the dialogue mixed in with the music and the album starts to sound all the same very quickly.
I do enjoy the title track as well as Vultan's Theme (which was used in the awesome arcade game Vanguard).
Free Music Review: Too much synths
Hit: 3 Stars
2 1/2 stars. Unlike companion bands such as Rush who added synthesizers gradually into thier sound, Queen added some synths in thier sound in 1979 and then the following year suddenly added too many synth sounds into their music as if to make up for not having included them on thier pre-The Game albums. It was not a good move and it badly marred thier 1982 album Hot Space but mainly the 1980 Flash Gordon Soundtrack album. No doubt Flash Gordon is a godsend to those seeking instrumentals from Queen (they were always rare but this albums almost completly instrumental) but Queen play too many synths and not as much of their respective instruments especially Brian May. Though Brian really rips it up on The Hero, Battle Theme and a few other tracks 8 songs (Voltans Theme, The Ring, Mings Theme, In The Space Capsule, In The Death Cell, The Kiss, Arboria and Escape from The Swamp) dont feature Brians guitar at all, a major Queen trademark. On Queen studio albums there were only 5 songs May did not play on (Dear Friends, Seaside Rondevous, One Year Of Love, My Melencholy Blues and Forever). Not only is the Synth playing to prevailent over all the songs, its too simple and repetitive. For a band of such great multiinstrumentalists and keyboardists as Queen this is shocking. On the plus side thier is a campy charm much like the movie on this album and the songs have more of a Prog Rock/experamental edge then on the usual Queen album however this is not one of Queens better efforts.Free Music Review: If I Wanted Dialogue Over The Music, I'd Watch The Movie
Hit: 2 Stars
Don't get me wrong, I like when soundtracks/scores include memorable dialogue on them, but it should be separated from the music. I bought this expecting to hear the music from the film, but the dialogue is actually played OVER the music!!!! It is like watching the movie with a blindfold on!!!!
Maybe one day, Queen will release a music-only soundtrack.
Free Music Review: it is so bad you gotta love it...
Hit: 3 Stars
It is Queen album (no matter what) and it's so cheesy you're gonna love it again. Sometimes movies give you that same feeling (i.e Ali G) But listening through the really bad acting parts you can hear some excellent music and also some expirementing with an 80's synth. O why did they ever start with synthesizers, they were so proud to be without them. Anyway, a need to have for a Queen fan.Free Music Review: Interesting...
Hit: 3 Stars
This isn't really the type of album I would put on to listen to attentively -- it's more like something I'd put on while I work or do something else. The album follows the movie and most of the tracks contain dialog from it. If you're a huge Queen fan, get it, but if you're a new fan or a casual fan, I'd skip this one, at least until you've gotten some of their other albums.