Came across this on wikipedia. Any truth to this demo recording it or is it a load of rubbish.
Regarding the song It's Christmas (all over the world) from Santa Claus The Movie.
"The soundtrack was composed and conducted by Henry Mancini, composer of the themes from The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn, with veteran lyricist and screenwriter Leslie Bricusse contributing five original songs. The song It's Christmas (All Over The World) was written by Bill House and John Hobbs with Freddie Mercury in mind. While it is known that Mercury recorded a demo for the House/Hobbs song at Pinewood Studios, he was never to make a full commitment to the project, as he and his Queen bandmates had already committed themselves to the Highlander soundtrack. In the end, Mercury turned down the project, stating that he felt that Queen had become overcrowded with requests to work on film soundtracks; as a result, Sheena Easton was ultimately chosen to record the tune. As mentioned on the DVD commentary of the movie by Jeannot Szwarc, Paul McCartney was asked to compose songs for the film. It is unknown why he did not do so in the end, but his song Once Upon A Long Ago had been indeed originally composed with the movie in mind".
Just curious cheers! link
I have that demo. I just don't wish to share it ;)
[Just saying it before the other guy does]
Sounds intriguing. Probably did happen. Isn't there a gospel album out there that Queen performed on in the 70's?
Unless it's been "wiped", I'd always read about that one too.
I always figured had Freddie survived; he'd be up there with Phil and Elton in the ranks of Academy Award winning Animated Film Songs.
Anybody here have studio connections to confirm this?
This is one of several genuinely interesting topics that get little attention. I know the main reasons are because little is known or its just rubbish, I'm just surprised more people don't comment. A potential unreleased demo and a contribution to a gospel album, I would love to know more about both
This is one of several genuinely interesting topics that get little attention. I know the main reasons are because little is known or its just rubbish, I'm just surprised more people don't comment. A potential unreleased demo and a contribution to a gospel album, I would love to know more about both
Interesting to note the name of the lyricist involved is Leslie Bricusse; didn't Brian have someone working in his camp as his PA or similar with the same surname? Could be a connection as that name of Bricusse is not very common...