'The road less
travelled, the road of good intentions and the road home..
sooner or later Highlander and the mythology that surrounds
the cult franchise brings all fans back to the famous High
Road, to Scotland, to the music that beat at its celtic
heart and rocks its world.
As the fifth film in
the franchise, The Source, is readied for release in Spring
2007 by Lionsgate, a special Highlander album is in pre-production
to co-incide with the new movie.
The
CD will reflect all aspects of the franchise, recreating
some of the most famous tracks originally performed by Queen,
bringing together songs that reflect the spirit of the saga
and some totally new songs created especially for the album
itself. Some of the tracks are already in place and fans
now have the chance to input their suggestions too. Truly...
there can be only one song...'
Cast your mind back
to the original Highlander movie. One of the outstanding
memories is the soundtrack featuring the vocal talents
of Freddie Mercury and Queen. "The Source" soundtrack
will feature re-recordings of the classic Queen hits “Who
Wants To Live Forever?” and “Princes of the
Universe”. Here is YOUR chance to vote
on the final 'Queen' track to be included in the
special Highlander album. There are four
possible tracks from which to choose – all of which
featured in the original Highlander movie.
Listed below are the
four tracks – all you have to do is vote on the track
of your choice.
Please note A cookie is stored on your system after you vote. The Web Poll will
then check to see if that cookie is stored on your system and if it is,
the Web Poll will not allow you to vote again.
Need a reminder?
To help you choose,
we've popped together a few seconds of each track for you. Just click on the track
to play, and then you can use the controls to play, pause
and move between tracks.
The closing date for the poll is 3rd November and the results will be announced shortly afterwards.
A little more about the proposed
Highlander album
“Who Wants to Live Forever?” and “Princes
of the Universe” have been re-recorded for "The Source" by
John Sloman on vocals, Chris Cawte, arranger and guitars, and producer
Graham Walker.
We've persuaded them to let us have a small snippet of each track
just for you!
Who are JOHN SLOMAN, CHRIS CAWTE
and GRAHAM WALKER we hear you ask?
These three musicians bring together a wealth of experience garnered
throughout the entertainment industry to produce a new take on classic
Highlander tracks. Some brief biographical details provided
by the trio ……
GRAHAM WALKER
Graham Walker
is the producer of the album. He
is also the Music Producer of the recently recorded score for “The
Source”.
Graham
has produced the music or supervised the music recording for
over 80 feature films and hundreds of television programmes. A
short and diverse selection of the features films Graham has
worked on are “The Talented Mr. Ripley” “Sid
and Nancy”(the Sex Pistols story), “The Long Good
Friday” “Beavis and Butthead do America” “Rugrats” “Rugrats
in Paris” “Harriet the Spy” “What’s
Eating Gilbert Grape” “Rules of Engagement” "The
Great Muppet Caper” “Sleepy Hollow” …………………
John was born in Cardiff and started
singing and playing piano while still at primary school, forming
his first band with a couple of classmates at the age of thirteen.
After gigging with various bands on the Welsh music scene,
at nineteen hejoined Lone Star as vocalist, recording the album Firing
on all Six with Queen’s engineer Gary Lyons in
the producer’s chair.
He went on to tour and record with various artists such as
Uriah Heep and Gary Moore, before going into the studio with
producer Todd Rundgren to record tracks for the album
later to be released under the title: Disappearances
can be deceptive… Other solo recordings include: 2003’s Dark Matter and
2006’s 13 Storeys.
He is currently working on a new album set for release in the
new year, details of which will be available at www.johnsloman.com
CHRIS CAWTE
Chris has been playing
guitar for over 35 years, recording and performing at home
and abroad. Most notably, between
1988 and 1994, with the Gutter Brothers , releasing 4 albums
on various labels, and performing all over UK, Europe and USA.
Since 1994, he has worked
as a session guitarist and TV/Film composer, played guitar
on several feature film scores and performed live in theatre
shows and rock gigs around the UK and Europe.
He has composed soundtrack, advert and ident music for all
the terrestrial, plus some satellite TV channels, as well as
independent production companies and arranges and records music
for feature film use, specialising in the re-creation of period
tracks.
