Interview with Sound Designers who worked on the movie

Thrill Yeti wrote:

I thought Marc was singing in the Live Aid sequence when I was in the cinema, but having listened to it on YouTube (and compared it to the Live Aid audio in Adobe Audition) it is genuinely Freddie's voice throughout. Couple of tweaks, I assume to match the lip syncing, but it is him, and Brian is being truthful.

What I find weird is that the Ay-ohs in the trailer were clearly Marc. Weird, given they used Freddie for them in the film.

They had a lot of Marc recorded and he was in the trailer but they ended up using all Freddie for the Live Aid and very little of Marc in the rest, just the LOML, Happy Birthday and Smile audition. Brian said they found more stuff they could use and someone had the multi tracks which probably explains why they changed from Marc in the trailer to Freddie in the movie.

AngelR wrote:

I was, actually, expecting Marc (as there were so many rumours that he would be Freddie's voice) but it was all Freddie at the Live Aid scene! Pleasant surprise!

Brian had to address this on Instagram as Martel's fans kept commenting about amazing Martel's vocals which were in fact Freddie's. :-) Brian said that music technicians brought Freddie's voice back to life from the Live Aid multitrack recordings. He named the multitrack owner.

Strange that some Queen fans don't believe Brian and Rami and prefer Martel's fans speculations?

Yeah it's strange they can't recognize the difference in their voice's.

It's like the Flat Earthers on this forum.... Rami lied, Brian lies.... Roger lies..... Jim lies.... Jesus, Rami sang everything at Live Aid, then they took bits like the breath sounds etc and dropped in Fred for teh rest, Rami doesn't know what was hom and what wasn't? he's got no idea becuase he wasn't in the editing process... but hey keep the conspiracy theorys alive folks

rockchic65 wrote:


Yeah it's strange they can't recognize the difference in their voice's.

That's because they messed with Freddie's voice to match Marc's one and to some degree to Rami's speaking voice.

Testimony of the irreplacable talent of Freddie Mercury: anything else than his own voice is less good!
I admire Marc Martel for he has a great voice but he simply ain't Freddie. While Marc has a strong voice, FM's voice is simply unique. The range - both in notes sung and colours - is unmatched.
As is Freddie's ability to switch from choirboy-like backing vocals ro soaring lead vocals.
A unique talent...
And if there's 1 thing good about the movie then it is that the music is GREAT!

on my way up wrote:
And if there's 1 thing good about the movie then it is that the music is GREAT!

I don't know, there might be some people here ready to challenge that notion.

Mwwwaaah, i am totaly addicted to His voice.. but musicly the movie didnt touch me like f.e. white queen 74, you take my breath away 76 and 77 or save me 81. And i am still not over Hammer to fall as singalomg. His voice is so much more extraorinairy then shown in the movie. Showing that i missed the most watching it.