Highlander (1986)
Fantasy action adventure with immortal Warlords battling through time.
Starred Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart and Sean Connery
Composer, Orchestrator, Arranger, Conducter, Score Producer
Queen’s ‘A Kind Of Magic’ album served as unofficial soundtrack to the film. Michael arranged Brian May’s ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ that also served as love theme for the movie and was integrated by Michael into the score. He also conducted his arrangements for Queen’s music video of the song.
Portions of Michael’s score were released in 1995 on a compilation album in conjunction with the release of ‘Highlander III’.
Film, Davis Panzer / Twentieth Century Fox
Michael and Freddy Mercury during the ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ video shoot.
Composed, Orchestrated, Conducted and Produced by
Michael Kamen
Performed by
The National Philharmonic Orchestra
Pipes
Bob Murphy
Mandora
Ben Murdock
Vocals
Alexandra Thompson
Contractor
Sidney Sax
Recorded by
Eric Tomlinson
Music Engineer
Andy Jackson
Assistent Engineer
Darren Godwin
Music Supervised by
Derek Power for OSS
Assistant Music Supervisor
Darryl Way
Music Editors
Lee Trong Weinreich and Jacky Garston
Assistant to Michael Kamen
Roger Evan
Recorded at
Abbey Road EMI Studios and Video Sonic Studios, London, November and December 1985
Audio Clips
CUE LIST
1M1 & Spooky Noises (+ wind cymbals)
1M1 (Spooky Voices)
1M2
1M2 - Wild French Horns (Horn Solo - The Quickening)
1M4 - Fasil
1M4/5
1m6
1M6 Wild Electronic Sounds for Fluence
1M7
1M7 Cymbal Winds overlay
1M8
1M8 Overlay (Bagpipes & Timpani)
2M2 - Battle Scene
2M2 - Battle Loops
2M2 Overlay
2M3 (New cue for Eyelink)
2M3/4 - Eyelink & Tunnel
2M4
2M5/6
3M1
3M5/3M6
3M6 Wild - The Shards
3M8/4M1 (alternate start)
4M1 - Piano only
4M2
4M4/5
4M4/5 New Version
4M6 - Ramirez
4M7
4M8 - Nash Foto
5M1 - Test
5M4 Pt. 1 - Man Overboard (Part 1)
5M4 Pt. 2 - Man Overboard (Part 2)
5M4 Dying Drones
5M4 Wild
5M4 - Market
5M5/6
5m6/7
5M7 - Training
5M8 - Market Scene
5M8 - Bagpipes for Market
5M9 - Heather Rape
5M9/6M1 - The Rafters
6M3 Pt. 1
6M3 Pt. 2 - Forge Battle
6M3 Pt. 2 - Forge Battle (Kurzweil Sequences)
7M4 - Brenda's Apartment
8M2 - 18th Century Duel
8M3
9M1
9M2 - Old woman
9M3 - Hospital
9M5 - Archivist
10M2 - Kurgan Church Strings
10M3/4/5
11M5
11M6
11M7
12M1
12M2
12M3
12M3 Pick-Up
12M10 - FINAL
Bass Drum
Battle Scene
Cymbal roll
Cymbal roll - soft beaters
Cymbals stroked
Dying Drones
Eye Link
Gong
Gong stroked
Kamen scream
Kurgan Sting
Lament for cues. 2M1, 2M5 & 4M4 (Chisolms Lament)
Laments + wild mouth music / wind and mouth music
Low 'D' Drone (wild)
More Wild Stings
One Year Of Love
Perc FX
Something else
Spooky High Voices (wild)
Spooky Voices with wind cymbals (wild)
Who Wants To Live Forever (Orch overdub)
Wild Cue (Low "D' Drone + Cymbal wind)
Wild Flute takes
Wild Shimmers
Wild Stings