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(Also a post from my music blog, Music Maketh the Movie)
Now keep in mind this is one movie buff’s opinion and I do not pretend to speak for anyone. Now that my ass is covered, Let’s rock this!

Occasionally there comes along a film where the soundtrack is honestly the best part of it. Enter Queen Of the Damned.

Released in 2002, this film embodies the Industrial Goth culture that was rampant in the late 90’s/ early 2000’s. Marilyn Manson, NIN, leather thigh high boots lined with buckles, The Blade series, and the Matrix. With the rise of global internet, these trends were accessible, adaptable, and profitable.

Now this is a classic example of a good soundtrack saving a (technically) bad movie. The film score was composed and conducted by Richard Gibbs, while the soundtrack was written by Jonathon Davis, both of the group Korn. Knowing the way this soundtrack turned out, Even Danny Elfman couldn’t have done it better.

Out of the artists chosen to perform this soundtrack, many of them professed to be huge fans of Anne Rice, Author of the film’s basis. Combine performers that love the project and want it to be done well with some of the most popular alternative artists of the time-Disturbed, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Linkin Park, to name a few- You have a soundtrack that is bound to add to a film’s commercial success.

On to nitpicks. You CANNOT watch this film with Anne Rice in mind, or you WILL be disappointed. This film is definitely better enjoyed as a stand-alone vampire film that doesn’t take itself seriously, rather than a serious adaptation. When it boils down to it, this is a fan film.

Bitching aside, I will acknowledge one thing this movie got right- Vampires. Clearly not the vampire Anne Rice had created, but the Lore of vampires. This film represented vampires as they were- Predators, Creatures of beauty, lust, and violence.