Queen - Flash Gordon (Dolby Headphone) [FLAC]

Queen - Flash Gordon (Dolby Headphone) [FLAC]



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Dolby Headphone, sometimes referred to as Mobile Surround, is a technology which allows you to listen to music, watch movies, or play video games with surround effects using any set of two channel stereo headphones. The sources of this release are surround versions of the tracks ripped from the SACD.

Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Styles: Soundtrack, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Release Date: Feb 22, 2012
Original Release: Dec 08, 1980
Label: Island Records - UIGY-9518
Source: SACD 44.1/24 2.0 DSD
Resampler: Adobe Audition
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Codec: FLAC

Flash Gordon is the ninth studio album, and first soundtrack album by British rock band Queen, and is one of the two film soundtracks they produced, along with Highlander. It is the album to the science fiction film Flash Gordon, and features lyrics on only two tracks. "Flash's Theme" was the only single to be released from the album, under the title "Flash". The album reached #10 on the UK charts and #23 in the US.

There are two versions of the opening track. The album version ("Flash's Theme") is the start to the film, with part of the dialogue from the first scene. The single version ("Flash") features parts of the dialogue taken from various parts of the film, including Brian Blessed's (playing the character Prince Vultan) signature cry "Gordon's Alive!". This version was also included on the Greatest Hits compilation from 1981. The single reached #1 in Austria. The track is noted for its pounding, repetitive bassline and the camp humour of the snippets of dialogue from the film that it contains.

All but two of the tracks on the album ("Flash's Theme" and "The Hero") are instrumentals, although most feature dialogue sampled from the film. The album makes extensive use of synthesisers, which Queen had employed for the first time on their previous album, The Game, although to a much lesser extent. The album contains mostly the score performed by Queen, and only two short, uncredited fragments of Howard Blake's orchestral score (appearing in "The Kiss" and "The Hero").

"Flash's Theme", "Football Fight", "Battle Theme" and "The Hero" are played in the 2012 comedy film Ted, which uses the Flash Gordon film as a key subplot. "Flash's Theme" was also used in the film Blades of Glory, during one of Will Ferrell and Jon Heder's skating performances. Japanese pro wrestler Mitsuhiro Matsunaga used "Flash's Theme" as his theme music, while British pro wrestler Mark Rocco used "Football Fight" as his theme, while under the masked persona of Black Tiger.

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Tracklist:

01. Flash's Theme (3:29)
02. In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme) (2:43)
03. Ming's Theme (In Court of Ming the Merciless) (2:41)
04. The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale) (0:57)
05. Football Fight (1:29)
06. In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise) (2:25)
07. Execution of Flash (1:06)
08. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) (1:45)
09. Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men) (1:41)
10. Escape from the Swamp (1:43)
11. Flash to the Rescue (2:43)
12. Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men) (1:13)
13. Battle Theme (2:18)
14. The Wedding March (0:56)
15. Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching) (2:04)
16. Crash Dive on Mingo City (1:01)
17. Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) (1:24)
18. The Hero (3:32)


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ADHDerby