From: brians.soapbox@***********
Subject: Re: Flash Gordon OST article at The Quietus
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:11:35 +0100
To: verysmallmonkeys@hotmail.com
“That’s very nice … and very welcome. That’s the kind of review you always hope someone will write someday when you do stuff like this … someone who really does ‘get it’. Thanks … it’s very complimentary, and you seem [...]
Operatic Parallels
Of course, these thematic devices are, in their heritage, the preserve of Classical and Romantic-period opera. Though many OSTs borrow as liberally as Flash Gordon does, few can claim the narrative frameworks to justify it. Honest. Flash is a story ripe for an operatic interpretation. Mongo and its surrounding moons are presided over by [...]
This is a recent article PM wrote for The Quietus. It’s great. Part 2 tomorrow, and then BRIAN MAY’S RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE on Monday. I know.
Just a note, the DVD timings refer to the standard DVD release of the film, which you can get here if you want to follow along.
When, in 1980, Queen [...]
PM is currently working on an article about the OST for Flash Gordon, performed and written by Queen. We were put on to Jimmy who, with his band Teeth Of The Sea, has covered the entire soundtrack. Seeing as we’ll only be able to get the odd quote into the main article, it seemed silly to let [...]
