Queen - Hammer To Fall [Highlander 1986 Soundtrack] @MadMike626
Queen - Hammer To Fall [Highlander 1986 Soundtrack]  @MadMike626
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Highlander is a 1986 British-American adventure action fantasy film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. It stars Christopher Lambert Sean Connery Clancy Brown Roxanne Hart. The film narrates the climax of an ages-old battle between immortal warriors depicted through interwoven past and present-day storylines
In 1985 Connor MacLeod also known as the Highlander is confronted by fellow immortal Iman Fasil in a New York City arena parking garage MacLeod decapitates him upon which an energy surge from Fasil enters Connor and destroys several cars around him. Connor hides his sword just as police officers swarm the garage and arrest him.
Connor's history is revealed through a series of flashbacks throughout the film. In the Scottish Highlands The Kurgan assists Clan Fraser against the Clan MacLeod in exchange for the right to slay Connor. In battle the Kurgan stabs Connor but is driven off by the MacLeod clansmen before he can cut off his head. When Connor makes a complete recovery his family and friends are convinced it is the work of the devil. They attempt to have Connor burned but he is instead exiled by the clan's Chief as an act of mercy and he wanders about eventually becoming a blacksmith.
The flamboyant Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez appears and tutors Connor in sword-fighting and the history of the immortals. Ramirez explains that they belong to a group of immortals who can be killed only by decapitation. When one immortal decapitates another the winner receives a transfer of power from the deceased called "The Quickening". Eventually all the immortals must meet in "The Gathering" and do battle until there is only one left alive; the survivor will receive "The Prize" Ramirez tells Connor that the Kurgan
the strongest of the immortals must not win the Prize or mankind will enter an eternal dark age One night while Connor is away the Kurgan attacks decapitating Ramirez Some years later Connor's wife Heather dies of old age in his arms Ramirez had explained earlier that immortals cannot have children but Connor and Heather chose to be wed regardless
In 1985 the police release Connor after he denies knowing Fasil One of the detectives who is named Brenda Wyatt is an expert in metallurgy and recognises Fasil's sword as an extremely rare Toledo Salamanca broadsword Later Connor returns to the garage to retrieve his own sword but sees Brenda looking at the crime scene She finds metal shards embedded in a concrete column
Connor lives under the alias Russell Nash and is a wealthy antiquities dealer Brenda tails Connor but the Kurgan attacks them The fight is interrupted by a police helicopter and everybody flees Brenda analyzes the metal shards and discovers them to be from a Japanese katana dated about 600 B.C. but made with medieval-era technology She makes a date with Connor in an attempt to entrap him Connor recognizes the ruse tells her to stop digging and leaves
Connor who demonstrates his immortality After this revelation Brenda and Connor become lovers However he breaks up with her shortly after citing Ramirez's warnings about immortals forming attachments to mortals
The Kurgan finds Kastagir and kills him On Heather's birthday Connor lights a candle for her in a Roman Catholic Church as he has done every year since her death The Kurgan arrives and informs him that only they remain
The Kurgan finds out about Connor's relationship with Brenda and kidnaps her to draw Connor to Silvercup Studios in Queens After a long battle Connor defeats and beheads the Kurgan He receives the Prize which manifests itself as a massive Quickening Now mortal and capable of having children Connor returns to Scotland with Brenda
Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod
Sean Connery as Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez
The Highlander original score was composed by Michael Kamen rock band Marillion turned down the chance to record the soundtrack because they were on a world tour a missed opportunity which guitarist Steve Rothery later said he regretted The band's Scottish lead singer Fish had also accepted a part in the film but pulled out because of the scheduling conflict The eventual soundtrack includes several songs by Queen A Kind of Magic and Princes of the Universe Brian May was inspired to write Who Wants to Live Forever after watching the love scenes between Connor and his wife Heather which the song ultimately accompanied on the film Queen's 1986 album A Kind of Magic features several songs from the film Princes of the Universe Gimme the Prize Kurgan's Theme One Year of Love Don't Lose Your Head Who Wants to Live Forever and A Kind of Magic" The album does not include Queen's recording of "Theme from New York which features briefly in Highlander Hammer to Fall The Works
Highlander: The Original Scores includes five cues from Kamen's Highlander score Stewart Copeland's Highlander II score J. Peter Robinson's Highlander III score
Full movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray
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