“My ol’ Red Special is all over it!”: Brian May has added some epic guitar solos on the new Masters Of The Universe soundtrack – and he’s not holding back
By the power of Greyskull, Brian May has the power! Thanks to the Queen legend, the soundtrack for the new He-Man movie, Masters Of The Universe, is ridiculously epic – and it features one of May’s coolest Red Special guitar solos in years.
Working with composer Daniel Pemberton, May serves up riffs for the track Eternia, named after He-Man’s home planet. Talking to The Wrap, Pemberton promised that this project had his most “maximalist score” to date, notably being even more ambitious than his work on this year’s box-office hit Project Hail Mary. And we can safely say that Eternia is a grand, triumphant track that perfectly embodies the machismo and might of the titular hero.
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And it seems like May is absolutely chuffed to be working on the project. He first announced the collaboration in March, sharing the news alongside a photo of him posing with director Travis Knight, sound designer Sam Okell, Pemberton and a plethora of vintage He-Man memorabilia. “I have the POWER!!!!” he wrote. “Great joy to work tonight on the scrumptious, brand new He-Man movie.”
This isn’t the first time May has helped soundtrack a movie, having famously worked on 1980 sci-fi flick Flash Gordon. However, posing with his son Jimmy May’s collection of action figures spanning back to as early as 1968, you could argue this is the most excited he’s been about film project yet. “What fun! “ he adds. “This movie will make a lot of people smile a lot!!!”
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Most notably, the collaboration sees May whipping out his iconic self-designed Red Special. “Yes – my ol’ Red Special is all over [Eternia]!!! Watch out!!!”
May’s iconic Red Special was a DIY project, pieced together between 1963 and 1965. Speaking to Premier Guitars in 2014, he noted that the project came about because he simply couldn’t afford a pricy axe from Fender or Gibson – and this homemade effort has served him very well. It boasts 27 basic tones, and features on essentially all of Queen’s discography.
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When the guitarist first teased Eternia last week, he joked on Instagram, saying “Just a bit of guitar in here…” We’d certainly argue it features more than ‘a bit’ of riffage!
The film itself has been in the works since 2009, with plenty of setbacks until this year’s release, spanning from numerous script edits to directors stepping down. However, it’s finally set to hit cinemas this June, and will see the likes of Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto taking on the role of villain Skeletor, beloved actor Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms, and Nicholas Galitzine, an actor typically known for his roles in rom-coms, starring as He-Man himself.
Masters Of The Universe is set to have an exclusive premiere today in Hollywood, before hitting cinemas 5 June across the US.
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