Michael Kamen With Songs By Queen – Highlander (Complete Original Motion Picture Score)

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Label:	RDAF CD – none
Format:	2 x CDr, Album, Unofficial Release
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Released:
Genre:	Rock, Non-Music, Classical, Stage & Screen
Style:	Soundtrack, Score, Pop Rock, Hard Rock, Modern, Spoken Word

Tracklist

1-1	Sean Connery–	Prologue	0:24
1-2	Queen–	Princes Of The Universe	3:32
1-3	Michael Kamen–	Memories Past	2:09
1-4	Michael Kamen–	Garage Fight	3:32
1-5	Michael Kamen–	The First Quickening	1:40
1-6	Michael Kamen–	Scotland 1536 / The Clan MacLeod	2:39
1-7	Michael Kamen–	The Boy Is Mine	2:47
1-8	Michael Kamen–	Arrested (Unused Version)	3:13
1-9	Michael Kamen–	Highlander's Death (Unused Version)	2:25
1-10	Queen–	Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)	4:34
1-11	Michael Kamen–	Victor Kruger	1:42
1-12	Michael Kamen–	One Year Of Love	4:28
1-13	Michael Kamen–	Nash And The Kurgan	1:38
1-14	Michael Kamen–	Banished From The Clan	1:08
1-15	Michael Kamen–	Heather / Enter Ramirez	2:27
1-16	Michael Kamen–	Water Test	0:41
1-17	Michael Kamen–	Under Water	1:28
1-18	Michael Kamen–	The Perfect Way To Start	1:37
1-19	Michael Kamen–	Training MacLeod	4:14
1-20	Michael Kamen–	You Must Leave Her, Brother	1:48
1-21	Michael Kamen–	Telling MacLeod Of The Kurgan	0:34
1-22	Michael Kamen–	The Kurgan And Ramirez	2:28
1-23	Michael Kamen–	Ramirez's Last Stand	3:24
1-24	Michael Kamen–	Dinner Piano (Unused Version)	3:22
1-25	Queen–	Who Wants To Live Forever	5:16
1-26	Michael Kamen–	Duel On Boston Common	2:11
1-27	Michael Kamen–	Kurgan And Kastagir	1:20
1-28	Michael Kamen–	Mutanis And The Quickening	2:07
1-29	Queen–	Don't Lose Your Head	4:38
1-30	Michael Kamen–	Mutanis Eyewitness	0:41
1-31	Michael Kamen–	Russell Edwin Nash	1:09
2-1	Michael Kamen–	Love Theme	4:12
2-2	Queen–	New York, New York (Demo)	0:46
2-3	Michael Kamen–	Goodbye, Sweet Rachel	0:33
2-4	Michael Kamen–	Silvercup Rooftop	0:27
2-5	Michael Kamen–	Fight On Top Of The Factory	4:18
2-6	Michael Kamen–	Final Battle	1:51
2-7	Michael Kamen–	There Can Be Only One	2:12
2-8	Michael Kamen–	The Prize	4:14
2-9	Queen–	It's A Kind Of Magic	4:24
2-10	Michael Kamen–	First Quickening (Alternate)	1:35
2-11	Michael Kamen–	The Kurgan (Alternate)	1:16
2-12	Michael Kamen–	Banished From The Clan (Alternate)	1:49
2-13	Michael Kamen–	Church Bells (Unused)	0:54
2-14	Michael Kamen–	Concerto (Unused)	0:53
2-15	Michael Kamen–	Quickenings (Unused)	3:09
2-16	Michael Kamen–	The Kurgan #2 (Unused)	1:14
2-17	Michael Kamen–	The Kurgan (Piano Version)	1:34
2-18	Michael Kamen–	Duel On Boston Common (Alternate)	2:09
2-19	Michael Kamen–	Church Bells #2	1:03
2-20	Queen–	Who Wants To Live Forever (Instrumental)	1:57
2-21	Michael Kamen–	Untitled Cue	4:39
2-22	Michael Kamen–	Eyewitness Account	0:35
2-23	Michael Kamen–	Nash And Brenda	1:13
2-24	Michael Kamen–	The Kurgan #3	0:40
2-25	Michael Kamen–	You Must Leave Her, Brother (Alternate)	1:38
2-26	Michael Kamen–	Fight (String Version)	5:15
2-27	Michael Kamen–	Silvercup Rooftop (Alternate)	0:58
2-28	Queen–	Who Wants To Live Forever (Acoustic)	1:03
2-29	Michael Kamen–	Clan MacLeod	11:56

Credits

Bagpipes [Pipes] – Bob Murphy (2)
Composed By, Performer – Queen (tracks: 1-2, 1-10, 1-25, 1-29, 2-2, 2-9, 2-20, 2-28)
Contractor – Sidney Sax
Edited By – Jacky Garston, Lee Trong Weinreich
Engineer [Assistant] – Darren Godwin
Engineer [Music Engineer] – Andrew Jackson*
Engineer [Orchestra Sessions] – Eric Tomlinson
Mandola [Mandora] – Ben Murdock
Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra*
Other [Assistant To Michael Kamen] – Roger Evan
Producer [Score], Composed By [Score], Conductor [Score], Orchestrated By [Score] – Michael Kamen
Supervised By [Assistant] – Darryl Way
Supervised By [Music] – Derek Power (2)
Vocals – Alexandra Thompson

Notes

This CD appears to be a fan-made release. Numerous errors exist throughout the tracklist; for example the tray insert lists 20 songs on each disc when in fact there are 31 and 29 on the first and second, respectively - meaning the running order and track titles are (for the most part) incorrect. The actual tracklist is in fact identical to an earlier unofficial version.

The incorrect tracklisting is given as follows:

CD One:

Prologue (Narrated By Sean Connery)
Princes Of The Universe
Medieval Battle/Parking Lot
Duel With Fasil
The Quickening
Scotland 1536
The First Battle
Fast Car
Lament
Police Station
Gimme The Prize (Kurgan Theme)
Pieces Of The Blade
One Year Of Love
Brenda Follows Conner
The Kurgan Attacks
Banishment
Conner, Heather & Ramirez
Man Overboard
Underwater
Ramirez 1st Lesson

CD Two

Teaching & Training
At The Market
You Must Leave Her
Who's The Kurgan
Ramirez Senses The Kurgan
Ramirez Vs. The Kurgan
Who Wants To Live Forever
Heather Dies
Drunken Duel
Hammer To Fall
Kurgan Vs. Kastagir
Hospital Interview
Brenda's Discovery
Love Theme
Don't Loose Your Head
New York New York
Silvercup Battle
Kurgan Vs. McCleod
The Prize Explained
A Kind Of Magic

Other Versions (5 of 8)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Highlander (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Album, Promo, Unofficial Release)	Immortal Records (5)	MAGIC-CD 19851986	Australia	2002
Recently Edited	Highlander (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Album, Unofficial Release)	Great Movie Scores	GMS 857796	Belgium	2005
New Submission	Highlander (Complete Motion Picture Score) (2×CD, Album, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release)	Cimmerian Records	CRCD006	Argentina	2010
New Submission	Highlander (CD, Album, Unofficial Release)	Immortal Records (5)	Magic-CD 19862006	Australia	2011
Recently Edited	Highlander (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Album, Promo, Special Edition, Unofficial Release)	Immortal Records (5)	Magic-CD 19851986		Unknown

Reviews

We.Have.Explosive Dec 24, 2009
Edited 14 years ago
Given that it featured a number of songs by the then huge stadium rock band Queen it's a bit odd that Highlander was never treated to an official soundtrack/score release, never mind how highly regarded Michael Kamen was/is as a composer of film scores.

This album is a bit of a double-edged sword (pun intended); the track information on the inserts are totally erroneous - 99% of them are incorrect. That said, The Complete Original Motion Picture Score is probably the best place to hear all of the unused and previously unavailable cues used (or not, whichever the case may be) on the film. A number of the tracks are of poor quality, apparently due to the condition of the master tapes from which they were taken, some are incidentally, irretrievable.

Musically though, this set is epic, with sixty tracks and two hours of music to keep you entertained. Michael Kamen's central "Highlander" motif is beautiful and bookended by the pomp of Queen's rockiest numbers ("Princes Of The Universe", "Gimme The Prize") - I'm by no means a fan of Queen's music but their contributions match the film and soundtrack perfectly.