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Re Bohemian Rhapsody: Have you heard Marc Martel?

LoriLori — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:38:22 GMT

You should hear Marc Martel. It's uncanny.

If you saw the movie you have already heard Marc Martel, since he is the one singing in the film along with Freddie, any scene except studio takes which are Freddie. There's only just enough Rami so he could lip sync:

Solo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCxE2Lh458

and with a band and backup singers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGcDpnxtqsc

I'm completely blown away by this man. Maybe I'm the last to know? I checked IMDB and he's only credited with "additional vocals." Seriously? Are they trying to hide it?

Suddenly there's a ton of articles "meet the mystery man behind the vocals."

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Lilysmom — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:39:51 GMT

A real gem!

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OKPrincess — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:57:24 GMT

I haven’t heard of him either but oh goodness what a voice. Thanks for posting about him. @LoriLori

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country gal — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:18:37 GMT

I heard it said that he is the lead singer in a Canadian Christian band.

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LoriLori — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:41:15 GMT

@country gal wrote:
I heard it said that he is the lead singer in a Canadian Christian band.

You didn't say where you heard that...He lives in Nashville now and since 2013 has toured with Queen Extravaganza which was put together by Roger Taylor and then another Queen tribute band. He writes Christmas music, he seems very versatile and he sang Freddie in the movie.

This is his audition for Queen Extravaganza -- all auditions were on line. He sang "Somebody to Love." He got the job but also hiis audition went viral and has 18 million views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I

I see he had a heartfelt post to all for the wins last night. He's a class act considering they've been keeping him under wraps.

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bootsanne — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:51:43 GMT

@LoriLori Just read about him the other day as I had no clue that he did a lot of the singing in the movie. He got credit for additional singing. After seeing Adam Lambert's opening at the Oscars, which left me underwhelmed, I thought of this man again. But he doesn't have the name recognition as Adam.

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Greeneyedlady21 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:21:36 GMT

He has a beautiful voice. I bet he hardly made any money for doing the vocals in the movie.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:54:02 GMT

@country gal wrote:
I heard it said that he is the lead singer in a Canadian Christian band.

@country gal @LoriLori Yes-the band Downhere but they have been on hiatus since 2012(?) or so. It was a Christian rock band. They released several albums and have won awards for some of them.

He is from Canada originally.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:57:49 GMT

It was known that Rami Malek would not be the singer in this movie although there was a blend of some of his singing with recordings of Freddie mixed with Marc Martel.

It isn't unusual to just mention the singer in passing; he was recognized but wasn't the sole singer in this movie.

It was the same for Marnie Nixon and others who sang while the star would lip-sync.

Marc is a great singer and himself didn't realize how much he sounded like Freddie.

He does a Queen tour; not sure if it is current but with this movie I would take a guess the tour will resume.

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haddon9 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 01:08:49 GMT

I never heard of him before this thread. I checked out the youtube videos and he's AMAZING!!!

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SilleeMee — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 01:19:59 GMT

WOW he's incredible!

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fortune — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:19:03 GMT

He's great!!!! Look out, Adam!

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LoriLori — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:55:42 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
It was known that Rami Malek would not be the singer in this movie although there was a blend of some of his singing with recordings of Freddie mixed with Marc Martel.

It isn't unusual to just mention the singer in passing; he was recognized but wasn't the sole singer in this movie.

It was the same for Marnie Nixon and others who sang while the star would lip-sync.

Marc is a great singer and himself didn't realize how much he sounded like Freddie.

He does a Queen tour; not sure if it is current but with this movie I would take a guess the tour will resume.

I asked someone because I thought i remembered a lot of controversy over an Audrey Hepburn role I think it was -- anyway I just did a Google search and even in her New York Times obit Marni Nixon is referred to as "the ghost singer." That was her nickname in Hollywood. Sad.

She did not get proper credit, she did not get any credit, and that was deliberate on the part of the studios. And I believe it is the same situation here. I never heard Rami didn't sing. I never heard of Marc Martel and he sure doesn't get the credit he should get, he's way down under "sound" and it's a major understatement of his role.

Marni Nixon had a happily ever after as a screenwriter. I hope Marc Martel has a bright future whatever he wants to do. His contribution to Bohemian Rhapsody, like Marni's, will remain a footnote rather than the marquee he deserves.

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Cakers3 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:00:32 GMT

@LoriLori wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
It was known that Rami Malek would not be the singer in this movie although there was a blend of some of his singing with recordings of Freddie mixed with Marc Martel.

It isn't unusual to just mention the singer in passing; he was recognized but wasn't the sole singer in this movie.

It was the same for Marnie Nixon and others who sang while the star would lip-sync.

Marc is a great singer and himself didn't realize how much he sounded like Freddie.

He does a Queen tour; not sure if it is current but with this movie I would take a guess the tour will resume.

I asked someone because I thought i remembered a lot of controversy over an Audrey Hepburn role I think it was -- anyway I just did a Google search and even in her New York Times obit Marni Nixon is referred to as "the ghost singer." That was her nickname in Hollywood. Sad.

She did not get proper credit, she did not get any credit, and that was deliberate on the part of the studios. And I believe it is the same situation here. I never heard Rami didn't sing. I never heard of Marc Martel and he sure doesn't get the credit he should get, he's way down under "sound" and it's a major understatement of his role.

Marni Nixon had a happily ever after as a screenwriter. I hope Marc Martel has a bright future whatever he wants to do. His contribution to Bohemian Rhapsody, like Marni's, will remain a footnote rather than the marquee he deserves.

@LoriLori Hi Lori-I think the issue with Audrey had to do with the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's". She wanted to sing "Moon River" and the producers wanted a ghost singer. I believe in the end Audrey did end up singing that song.

Since Marc has done Queen tours I wonder if he will start them up again. HIs other band is on hold right now.

Rami sang in BR but mixed with Freddie and Marc. I don't think it was very much.

I know Rami was not the first choice to play the part but they took the chance on him and boy did it pay off!!

One more season of Mr. Robot with Rami and then a James Bond project is in the works to feature Rami.

We are looking forward to seeing BR but we don't go to theaters anymore.

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LoriLori — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:07:35 GMT

@Cakers3

Ironically I just read a book about the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's. "Moon River" was written for her.

Google Marni Nixon. It all comes up right at the top. "Ghost singer." Given no credit. Hepburn, who was not happy. Natalie Wood went ballistic so they led her to believe it was her voice when it wasn't. At least per this article Deborah Kerr was fine with it.

I encourage you to google since her NY Times obit comes up first and it's interesting (and I'm no movie buff). I can't link to the NY Times, I suggest you read it, but here's an article from Variety:

https://variety.com/2016/film/columns/marni-nixon-dead-collaborator-natalie-wood-1201822636/

Rami only sang enough that he could comfortably lip sync. He is no singer. Marc Martel had a substantial role in this movie and got no credit for it. He is the ghost singer in Bohemian Rhapsody and the story didn't break in a big way until this week.

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Hooty — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:26:29 GMT

Just watched Marc Martel on Youtube, his singing is not bad at all, but nobody will ever be as good as Freddie Mercury, he had a wonderful voice and amazing talent! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie!

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Ibby114 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:02:13 GMT

@fortune wrote:
He's great!!!! Look out, Adam!

@fortune Adam Lambert doesn't have anything to worry about- Queen wanted someone to honor Freddie, not replace him. Adam is stellar in that role! (I've seen their show 3x!)