Did Rami Malek sing in the Queen movie?
However, what's not so clear is whether we're hearing Rami or Freddie's vocals in the film. Rami himself has revealed that he is lip-syncing, but it's not just Freddie's voice that we hear. "It is an amalgamation of a few voices," he told the Metro US.
Rami Malek's vocals are in the film, but they're part of an assortment of different voices. The voice we hear as Freddie Mercury's in "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a mix of Malek and Mercury's vocals alongside those of Marc Martel, a singer famed for his impressive covers of Queen songs (via Metro).
Marc Martel, a Canadian singer and musician does a lot of the heavy lifting sounding like Freddie Mercury, and the singer recently stated on SiriusXM (via Ultimate Guitar) that he was confident early on that the movie would be hit. According to Martel... I was paid well, yeah.
The New York Times also reported that Rami's voice is mixed in with Marc Matel, a Canadian singer who is known as one of the best Freddie soundalikes around. However, the soundtrack for the film is 100% Queen.
While at a truck stop, Mercury speaks on a payphone with his fiancée, Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton), and catches her up on his tour. At this moment, he makes eye contact with a truck driver who crosses his path. It's a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo, but the shaggy-haired stranger is none other than Lambert.
As Malek himself has revealed, he's lip syncing – but it's not actually his voice. Instead, the vocals we hear in Bohemian Rhapsody are those of Malek mixed together with Marc Matel, who has previously won huge plaudits for his inimitable takes of Queen on YouTube.
MALEK: No. I'd never played a piano, never touched a piano. I had to learn the guitar, as well, for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which didn't make it into the film.
The rock band, Queen, were formed in London in 1970 and comprised of four original band members: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
MALEK: No. I'd never played a piano, never touched a piano. I had to learn the guitar, as well, for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which didn't make it into the film.
The rock band, Queen, were formed in London in 1970 and comprised of four original band members: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Did Bohemian Rhapsody use real audio?
According to Rolling Stone, when not taken from the actual album tracks, most of the singing in Bohemian Rhapsody relies on isolated master tracks of Mercury's voice from his studio recordings, mashed together with Canadian Christian rock singer Marc Martel, whose ability to copy Mercury's voice is so uncanny you ...
Since the band actually helped contribute to the film, it seems that they've always been pro-Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May, the Queen guitarist who was involved in the production, raved about the cast and crew, particularly Rami.
