Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Sights and Sounds: Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' soundtrack; 7Horse to release new album; Dead Can Dance announces new album and tour

Lots of music-related news to share today!


First up, Queen has announced plans to release the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack on October 19, 2018, leading up to the release of the film itself world-wide on Nov. 2, 2018.

The 22-song album will feature previously unavailable Queen performances at Live Aid plus new versions of Queen classic cuts too.

This will mark the first time that audio tracks from Queen's riveting performance at Live Aid are being released. Recorded in 1985, the performance is rightly considered one of the most memorable and powerful rock concerts of all time.

Alongside the show-stopping Live Aid performances of "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Radio Ga Ga," "Hammer To Fall" and "We Are The Champions," the album features other rare live tracks spanning Queen's entire career, new versions of old favorites and a choice selection of the band's finest studio recordings. Among them are some of Queen's biggest hits, including 11 all-time greatest anthems that reached No. 1 around the world. The track listing was announced today, Sept. 5, 2018, which would have been Freddie Mercury's 72nd birthday.



Full track listing for Bohemian Rhapsody the original soundtrack is:
1. 20th Century Fox Theme 0:25
2. Somebody To Love 4:56
3. Doing All Right... revisited (Performed by Smile) 3:17
4. Keep Yourself Alive (Live At The Rainbow) 3:56
5. Killer Queen 2:59
6. Fat Bottomed Girls (Live In Paris) 4:38
7. Bohemian Rhapsody 5:55
8. Now I'm Here (Live At Hammersmith Odeon) 4:26
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:43
10. Love Of My Life (Rock In Rio) 4:29
11. We Will Rock You (Movie Mix) 2:09
12. Another One Bites The Dust 3:35
13. I Want To Break Free 3:43
14. Under Pressure (Performed by Queen & David Bowie) 4:04
15. Who Wants To Live Forever 5:15
16. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Aid) 2:28
17. Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid) 4:06
18. Ay-Oh (Live Aid) 0:41
19. Hammer To Fall (Live Aid) 4:04
20. We Are The Champions (Live Aid) 3:57
21. Don't Stop Me Now… revisited 3:38
22. The Show Must Go On 4:32
About Bohemian Rhapsody The Film:
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound. 

Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises present a GK Films production “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers. Executive Music Producers Brian May, Roger Taylor. Music Supervisor Becky Bentham. Co-Producer Richard Hewitt. Edited by John Ottman, ACE. Production Designer Aaron Haye. Director of Photography Newton Thomas Sigel, ASC. Executive Producers Arnon Milchan, Denis O’Sullivan, Justin Haythe, Dexter Fletcher, Jane Rosenthal. Produced by Graham King, Jim Beach. Story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Directed by Bryan Singer.

Official Movie Online Channels


 YouTube: www.youtube.com/queen



7Horse / Photo creditMark Maryanovich
7Horse has announced plans to release their forthcoming studio album titled Superfecta on December 7. The 11 track set is the band's fourth studio album and the follow up to 2016's Livin in a Bitch of a World.  

7Horse, formed in 2011, is comprised of longtime friends and musical partners Phil Leavitt and Joie Calio, who first played together in the platinum alternative rock band dadaLeavitt explains: “We made some great music in dada and it took us all over the world (notching a hit song like Dizz Knee Land will do that for you). But we knew it was time for something new. A new approach, more raw, more primal. It can be hard to start over and leave the past behind. But there's something deeply satisfying about breaking free from expectations and really testing yourself. It makes you feel alive.”

Superfecta marks the first time the band has collaborated with an outside producer in lieu of self producing, enter Grammy-winning mixer/producer Dave Way (Ben Folds, Jakob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, Pink). On working with Way, Calio says: "Dave Way is like a quiet storm in that he possesses a multitude of production and engineering talent, but never gives you the feeling he is taking over or running roughshod over your ideas. He’s like a really nice leather jacket that fits just right and makes you feel perfect. Extremely talented individual, and super friendly to boot.” Leavitt adds: "We trust Dave implicitly. From the very first mix he ever did for us ("Meth Lab Zoso Sticker"), he just got us. He's got great ears, great taste, great ideas and makes a mean espresso. He keeps his four Grammy's out of your sight lines so you're not intimidated when you walk in the studio. That says a lot about him.”  Brian Whelan, whose impressive resume includes playing guitar in Dwight Yoakam’s band, joined 7Horse in the studio on backing vocals and keyboard. Brian will join Joie and Phil on stage this fall (tour dates to be announced soon), taking their live performances to a new level with the addition of bass and vocals. The band has found great success touring with rather unexpected musical pairings, including country/Southern rockers The Cadillac Three and blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Across their four full length LP's, the band has amassed over 13.5+ million streams on Spotify and has been featured across TV shows (Amazon’s The Grand Tour, the NFL Playoffs on Fox), video games including Far Cry 5 and most notably, Martin Scorcese's Oscar winning film, The Wolf of Wall Street, which showcases the band’s left-of-center hit “Meth Lab Zoso Sticker which has garnered nearly 1.7 million YouTube plays. 


Website: http://www.7horsemusic.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3P5NW1wQjcWpR0VsT1m0xr
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/7Horse
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/7Horse_
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/7horse_/





DEAD CAN DANCE has announced the release of a new album titled Dionysus on Nov. 2, 2018, and a European tour in May and June of 2019. Get all the details on the groundbreaking duo's official website here.

From their inception in 1981, Australian duo DEAD CAN DANCE have long been intrigued by European folk traditions, not solely in musical terms but also by secular, religious and spiritual practices. Taking its inspiration from this backdrop DIONYSUS was shaped as Brendan Perry explored the long and established spring and harvest festivals that originated from religious practices, a journey that brings to the fore, the rites and rituals that are still practiced to the present day.
 
Two years in the making, Perry has amassed an array of folk instrumentation and as often heard on previous albums takes inspiration from across the world, tracks evolve less like songs but more akin to fragments of the cohesive whole. Dionysus follows a familiar path, witness to field recordings, that includes chanting, beehives from New Zealand, bird calls from Latin America and a Swiss goatherd. The aim in Perry’s mind is to not just invoke the atmosphere and symbolic reference points but to highlight that music can be found everywhere in some form or other.
 
The album consists of two acts across seven movements that represent the different facets of the Dionysus myth and his cult and takes the musical form of an oratorio, which has informed both spiritual and secular pieces of music as far back in history as the early 16th century. Retaining a prevalent hold on contemporary paganism in Europe, the voices used on these movements are imagined as communities celebrating, in communion with each other at times, chanting and call and response – the various voices are present to convey emotion beyond the boundaries of language itself.
 
Although taking its main inspiration from the Dionysus story, the album’s artwork resonates with links to rituals depicting a mask made by the Huichol of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico – famed for their beadwork and yarn paintings, whilst also partaking in  peyote as a sacred rite and ritual for the purposes of healing and mind expansion – this is at the heart of Dionysus, a celebration of not just humanity but humanity working hand in hand with nature with respect and appreciation.
 
Dead Can Dance will embark on an extensive European tour throughout May and June 2019, celebrating their life and works from 1980 to present day.
 
Tickets go on general sale on September 7, 2018 at 10 a.m. local times here: http://smarturl.it/DCDDionysus













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