Editing Queen (band) (section)

=== Other films ===
The soundtrack for the film ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980) was by Queen. The band also contributed music to ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'' (the original 1986 film),<ref name="Highlander"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r687298|title=Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack): Queen|website=Allmusic|date=27 January 1981}}{{dead link|date=November 2019}}</ref> with "[[A Kind of Magic (song)|A Kind of Magic]]", "[[One Year of Love]]", "[[Who Wants to Live Forever]]", "[[Hammer to Fall]]", and the theme "[[Princes of the Universe]]", which was also used as the theme of the [[Highlander: The Series|''Highlander'' TV series]] (1992–1998).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5mKZT5D3TMC&q=princes+of+the+universe+highlander&pg=PA19 |title=Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film. p.19 |date=10 March 2010|isbn=9780786456505 |last1=Bartkowiak |first1=Mathew J. |publisher=McFarland }}</ref> In choosing music for ''Highlander'', director [[Russell Mulcahy]] stated, "I thought about one band – Queen. They write strong, anthemic songs and this movie needs their energy".{{sfn|Blake|2016}} In the US, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single in 1992 after appearing in the comedy film ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''.<ref name="Billboard1992"/> The single subsequently reached number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (with "[[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]" as the first track on the single) and helped rekindle the band's popularity in North America.<ref name="Billboard1992">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxAEAAAAMBAJ&q=queen+waynes+world&pg=PA8 |title=Billboard 25 July 1992. p.8 |date=25 July 1992}}</ref><ref>Olson, James Stuart (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=YKkF8vQRcp0C&dq=queen+waynes+world&pg=PA292 ''Historical dictionary of the 1970s''] p.292. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Retrieved 30 May 2011</ref>
[[File:Robb Queen.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Robbie Williams]], on stage in 2015 with the Queen image in the background, performed "We Are the Champions" for the 2001 medieval adventure film ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'']]
Several films have featured their songs performed by other artists. A version of "Somebody to Love" by [[Anne Hathaway]] was in the 2004 film ''[[Ella Enchanted (film)|Ella Enchanted]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r685405 |title=Ella Enchanted Original Soundtrack |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=6 April 2004 |access-date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516020039/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r685405 |archive-date=16 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2006, [[Brittany Murphy]] also recorded a cover of the same song for the 2006 film ''[[Happy Feet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Other reviews by Mike Brennan |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=4256 |title=Happy Feet Soundtrack |publisher=Soundtrack.net |date=14 November 2006}}</ref> In 2001, a version of "The Show Must Go On" was performed by [[Jim Broadbent]] and [[Nicole Kidman]] in the film musical ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r573176|title=Moulin Rouge, Music from the Motion Picture|website=Allmusic|date=26 February 2002}}{{dead link|date=November 2019}}</ref> The 2001 film ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' has a version of "We Are the Champions" performed by [[Robbie Williams]] and Queen; the film also features "We Will Rock You" played by the medieval audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-knights-tale-mw0000003340|title=A Knight's Tale OST|website=AllMusic|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712014415/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-knights-tale-mw0000003340|archive-date=12 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>