honour of watching "Bohemian Rhapsody" I thought I'd do a top ten of my favourite uses of Queen's music in other films:
1) In the Space Capsule - in "Flash Gordon" (1980) - seriously the
whole soundtrack to this is amazing, the title song, the Football Fight,
the Attack of the Hawk Men... but limiting myself to one song, I'll
pick the theme that plays when Flash, Dale and Zharkov fly to Mongo
2) We Are the Champions in "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984) - like so many
80s sex comedies there are problematic aspects to this film - but it
does have a great soundtrack! in particular the finale with the nerds
embracing allies to the strains of Queen's greatest anthem
3)One
Vision in "Iron Eagle" (1986) - remember the days when studios made
films about young men who flew missions into Libya in order to rescue
their dad? this was one such movie - and the man played a mix tape while
blowing up Arabs, including "One Vision" - which actually is the
perfect tune to do such things
4) Who Wants to Live Forever? in
"Highlander" (1986) - another great soundtrack by Queen, with It's a
Kind of Magic being a superb single... but... for effectiveness on
screen I don't think you can go past the montage of Chris Lambert losing
his mortal lady love to this song (used well in Bohemian Rhapsody)
5) Bohemian Rhapsody in "Wayne's World" (1992) - I'm still recovering
from the shocking badness of Mike Myer's turn in Bohemian Rhapsody but
his use of that song in Wayne's world was very funny and definitely
captured a time and a place
6) You're My Best Friend in "Peter's
friends" (1992) - remember this film? great cast, good moments, dodgy
direction, fantastic soundtrack
7) Don't Stop Me Now in "Shaun of
the Dead" (2004) - I actually don't like this song that much but love
how it was used in the film
8) Under Pressure in "Studio 60 on
Sunset" pilot (2006) - ah this flawed flawed show - the pilot is pretty
great though and "Under Pressure" (which pops up a LOT in films) is used
very well at the end
9) Flash's Theme in "Blades of Glory" (2007) -
I found a way to use more Flash Gordon songs! This brilliant track is
used superbly in one of the best sports comedies
10)Radio Ga Ga in
"Metropolis" (1927) - okay i'm cheating here but stay with me... in the
early 80s Giorgio Moroder released his own version of Metropolis with a
new soundtrack including a Freddy Mercury track... in return Queen could
use clips from the film in their video for this song which is one of my
favourite Queen songs... and was my introduction to silent cinema. True
story!
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