Rocketman

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合計収録時間 : 01:12:39
Personnel: Billy Adamson, Dean Tidey, Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Skaila Kanga (harp); Julian Leaper, Laura Melhuish, Deborah Widdup, Richard George, Kate Robinson, Ruth Rogers, Tom Pigott-Smith, Christopher Tombling, Philippe Honore, Jenny Sacha, Nina Foster, Patrick Savage, Peter Hanson , Paul Willey, Tom Gould, Eos Counsell, Thomas Kemp , Miranda Dale, Marianne Haynes, Kathy Shave, Ciaran McCabe, Jeremy Isaac , Daniel Bhattacharya, Steve Morris , Jackie Hartley, Kathy Gowers, Bea Lovejoy, Natalia Bonner, Patrick Kiernan, Everton Nelson, Hannah Dawson (violin); Rachel Robson, Fiona Winning, Robert Smissen, Max Baillie, Lydia Northcott, Reiad Chibah, Rachel Roberts , Andy Parker, Nick Barr, Helen Kamminga, Peter Lale, Kate Musker, Bruce White (viola); Frank Schaefer, Bozidar Vukotic, Jonathan Williams , Vicky Matthews, Steve Moir, Katherine Jenkinson, Tim Gill, Beth Symmons, Rachael Lander, Will Schofield, Andy Marshall, Nick Cooper , Anthony Lewis , Caroline Dale, Paul Kegg, Mary Scully, Lucy Shaw, Allen Walley, Chris Worsey, Richard Pryce (cello); Karen Jones , Eliza Marshall , Helen Keen (flute); Alasdair Malloy (harmonica); David Fuest, Nick Rodwell (clarinet); Chris Cowie, Janey Miller (oboe); Gavin McNaughton, Richard Skinner (bassoon); Martin Williams , Phil Todd, Jamie Talbot, Ben Castle, Howard McGill, Dave Bishop (saxophone); Tom Rees-Roberts, Kate Moore , Tom Walsh , Jason Evans , Pat White (trumpet); John Thurgood, Phillip Eastop, Laurence Davies, Simon Rayner, Katy Woolley, Richard Berry , Nigel Black, Richard Watkins (French horn); Peter North, Ed Tarrant, Mark Nightingale, Barry Clements, Dave Stewart , Andy Wood (trombone); Adrian Miotti, Owen Slade (tuba); Ron Blake , James King (horns); Dave Hartley, Paddy Milner (piano); Mark Pusey (drums, percussion); Aaron Redfield, Gerry Morgan, Ralph Rolle (drums); Joby Burgess (percussion); Dan Clews, Nigel Butler, Toby Pitman, John Tiley, Matthew Racher, Tommy Ashby, Michael L. Roberts, Andy Caine, Elize Kellman, Jamio Lawson, Henrik Irgens Jorgensen (programming); Judith Hill, Lurine Cato, Matthew Allen, Subrina McCalla, Priscilla Jones-Campbell, Jackie Farris, Tarna Johnson, Joy Malcolm, Adeola Shyllon, Phebe Edwards, Xavier Barnett, Lindsey Cleary, Lynn Mabry, James Thompson, Kate O'Sullivan, Tehillah Daniel, Stefan Richards, Racel Sanniez, Cherrice Kirtow, Tim Withnall (background vocals). Recording information: Abbey Road Studios; Air Lyndhurst; Kore Studios; Rak Studios. The subtitle to Rocketman is "Music from the Motion Picture," which is a clear signal that this is indeed a soundtrack to an Elton John biopic, not an Elton John hits collection. While Elton John isn't absent from Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture -- he comes in at the close, singing on a triumphantly dramatic reworking of "I'm Still Standing" and taking the lead on the brand-new "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," a nice evocation of his chipper imperial era -- he cedes the stage to Taron Egerton, who plays the young Elton both on screen and on record. As far as the soundtrack goes, Egerton is an admirable Elton stand-in, possessing a vocal timbre that's reminiscent of John that enables him to evade imitation, which is a bit more than can be said about the lion's share of the arrangements of Elton oldies. By and large, these versions are meant to stir memories of the hits you know by heart, but they're shaped to fit the contours of the film, so they can feel slightly off even when they're hitting their marks precisely. While this can make for a bit of an uncanny valley experience for listeners who've memorized the original recordings, these new versions deliver a snazzy, cinematic punch that distinguishes Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture from Elton John's own work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine