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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3      General Discussion: Highlander Soundtrack & Score     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 4:58 PM     By:   T.J. Turner   (Member) Ummm...is this for real http://amzn.com/B00NLGD778    Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 5:02 PM     By:   johnjohnson   (Member) Ummm...is this for real http://amzn.com/B00NLGD778 It is an "on demand" item and available for a limited time. Yeah, right.    Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 7:03 PM     By:   Octoberman   (Member) You know, I really can't think of any other film score that has had such a multitude of pirate permutations. It must be one for the record books. Considering the intrepidity of people like Lukas Kendall (and his colleagues in other reissue companies), the rights that would have to be negotiated in order to issue this title must be truly nightmarish in scope to account for its continuing absence. I still remain optimistic that someone will eventually succeed.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2015 - 9:02 AM     By:   LeHah   (Member) I still remain optimistic that someone will eventually succeed. I have it from the horse's mouth: it's being worked on. However, like it's been said, it is an enormously complicated task. (That's all I know, so don't ask about the sound quality or whatever). That said, the Amazon link seems to be a boot of the Edel disc and various sources of Queen songs    Posted:   Mar 22, 2015 - 10:02 AM     By:   johnbijl   (Member) Ummm...is this for real http://amzn.com/B00NLGD778 It is an "on demand" item and available for a limited time. Yeah, right. And in a digipack, no less. :-/    Posted:   Mar 29, 2023 - 7:17 PM     By:   johnonymous86   (Member) Just discovering this score and WOW. I'm guessing a decent release of this is still a pipe dream. But from what I've heard, this is so, so good. Classic Kamen!    Posted:   Mar 29, 2023 - 8:34 PM     By:   rdj252   (Member) Out of curiosity I tried the link and….it’s gone. Yes this is an awesome score and to hear that it’s being worked on, even though it’s probably years away, is fantastic news.    Posted:   Mar 29, 2023 - 9:52 PM     By:   WillemAfo   (Member) Just discovering this score and WOW. I'm guessing a decent release of this is still a pipe dream. But from what I've heard, this is so, so good. Classic Kamen! It's definitely a gem waiting to be unleashed on the world! The main theme is a classic, and the whole score features Kamen's trademark synth guitar:    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 12:50 AM     By:   panavision   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 3:26 AM     By:   spook   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there. Obviously that opinion is subjective to the listener so from this listener in reply..no and no.!    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 5:10 AM     By:   Ny   (Member) I'd even like the Queen rendition of New York, New York.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 6:01 AM     By:   Scott McOldsmith   (Member) Much like Flash Gordon and Ghostbusters, the songs and score worked perfectly in tandem in the film and would make a smashing combined release. Highlander was a perfect storm for me when I first saw it. I was in my melancholy phase when I rented the VHS and it hit me just right. Especially the scene where Connor says goodbye to the dying Heather as "Who Wants to Live Forever" is cranking. But Kamen's score is beautifully uplifting in parts, especially the training scenes with Connery. The series totally unable to recapture the spirit and feeling of the original and it really should have been a "one and done" film. Disclaimer: I never saw the TV series.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 6:04 AM     By:   Prince Damian   (Member) Disclaimer: I never saw the TV series. Not missing much.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 6:10 AM     By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member) Yeah...I saw the sequels and tried the TV series, but... "There Can Be Only One" Much like you, my memory of seeing the film will always be unforgettable. I was in Paris, for my 21st birthday, with a girlfriend, and we saw AFTER HOURS and HIGHLANDER in cinemas on the Champs Elysees. I thoroughly enjoyed both films and HIGHLANDER was a real one-off movie. Bonkers...but Brilliant. Score AND Songs are tied to the fabric of the film. There CAN'T Be Only One    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 6:26 AM     By:   panavision   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there. Obviously that opinion is subjective to the listener so from this listener in reply..no and no.! Indeed it's my opinion. The suites are a great listening experience, encapsulating the best of the score. Love to hear the extended and film versions of the Queen material, though.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 11:16 AM     By:   WillemAfo   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there. Obviously that opinion is subjective to the listener so from this listener in reply..no and no.! Indeed it's my opinion. The suites are a great listening experience, encapsulating the best of the score. Love to hear the extended and film versions of the Queen material, though. I'm the complete opposite. I'd love to hear the full Kamen music and none of the Queen music. I personally found Queen to be a bit ill-fitting and overrated in the film, and most of the songs have already been released on their albums anyway.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 1:12 PM     By:   panavision   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there. Obviously that opinion is subjective to the listener so from this listener in reply..no and no.! Indeed it's my opinion. The suites are a great listening experience, encapsulating the best of the score. Love to hear the extended and film versions of the Queen material, though. I'm the complete opposite. I'd love to hear the full Kamen music and none of the Queen music. I personally found Queen to be a bit ill-fitting and overrated in the film, and most of the songs have already been released on their albums anyway. Interesting. The Queen music is a huge part of the film's appeal. The film itself isn't great, it doesn't make sense, but I do enjoy watching it because it's larger than life.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 2:32 PM     By:   WillemAfo   (Member) Kamen's score probably works best as a suite, all the good stuff is there. Obviously that opinion is subjective to the listener so from this listener in reply..no and no.! Indeed it's my opinion. The suites are a great listening experience, encapsulating the best of the score. Love to hear the extended and film versions of the Queen material, though. I'm the complete opposite. I'd love to hear the full Kamen music and none of the Queen music. I personally found Queen to be a bit ill-fitting and overrated in the film, and most of the songs have already been released on their albums anyway. Interesting. The Queen music is a huge part of the film's appeal. The film itself isn't great, it doesn't make sense, but I do enjoy watching it because it's larger than life. It's a pretty ridiculous film. I always loved how Sean Connery is Scottish and DOESN'T play the Scottish character, who is instead played by a French dude. The whole Terminator-esque out-of-time-traveller-in-a-trench-coat-on-the-mean-streets is just wonderful New Wave bliss, and who doesn't like seeing helicopter shots swooping around guys swinging swords on remote mountaintops? Also, does anyone notice the parallels between Highlander and Outlander? Sweeping romance, Scottish Highlands, time traveling...    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 3:52 PM     By:   spook   (Member) It sure is a weird film and on paper just shouldn’t work but…it does. The sometimes ropey acting, the Queen songs, the great visuals and Michael sensational score, it all comes together for a hugely enjoyable watch. I think thats why the others just don’t work. Lightning only struck once in this series. Michael’s HIGHLANDER score is great in the suites we all know with all the noticeable moments there as the previous poster rightly said, but the full thing is a great listen with all the little Kamen touches on display and the usually overlooked battle with the Kurgan music at the end. Its a crying shame that this just cant seem to get a release. If the original reason was they didnt want to impact sales of the Queen album, surely this isnt a thing after all these years. The score deserves a properly legit mastered release that does the sound justice. It would be nice if one of the labels could chime in and say what the real problem is.    Posted:   Mar 30, 2023 - 4:28 PM     By:   WillemAfo   (Member) I'm assuming it has to do with the complexity of rights related to Queen's album and how that was a completely separate entity from the film. Queen and Kamen did collaborate closely so there might be some rights issues associated with his music. Just a guess. Here's a couple videos that talk a little bit about the music and Queen's perspective on a soundtrack of the complete score vs. their music: And this "making of" has a section starting at 1:49:40 that goes into the music a bit:     General Discussion: Highlander Soundtrack & Score    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3

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