The At The Movies project – launched by Pretty Maids guitarist Chris Laney due to the COVID-19 pandemic – caught fire over the course of 2020, resulting in two albums’ worth of ’80s and ’90s movie soundtrack cover songs.
The core At The Movies players are:
Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork, The Night Flight Orchestra) – lead / backing vocals
Linnéa Vikström Egg (Therion, Thundermother) – lead / backing vocals
Chris Laney (Pretty Maids) – guitars
Allan Sørensen (Royal Hunt, Pretty Maids) – drums
Morten Sandager (Pretty Maids) – keyboards
Pontus Norgren (HammerFall) – guitars
Pontus Egberg (King Diamond) – bass.
Speaking with BraveWords about The Night Flight Orchestra’s new album, Give Us The Moon, Strid looked back on his At The Movies experience.
Strid: “It was Chris Laney’s idea, and he was telling me ‘I’m so bored, I want to do something.’ He had the idea of making hard rock and metal versions of ’80s soundtrack songs. I asked him if he was sure: ‘Hasn’t that been done already?’ We decided to try it out, and we started with the Rocky song, ‘No Easy Way Out’. We released it, and people went absolutely bananas over it. I didn’t think it would be that exciting for people, but then we started talking about doing another one. It became a thing where we would release a new song every Thursday, and people were sitting there waiting for it. People were genuinely happy about it, so it felt like we were on a mission. As a singer it was a big challenge to take on; ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ by John Parr is some tough singing. And everything was in the original key.”
“There were plans at first to maybe do festivals,” Strid reveals, “but things opened up and Pretty Maids started touring again, Linnea joined Thundermother, I have Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra going again. Maybe some day in the future, I don’t know. It would be cool.”
Read the complete interview with Strid here.
In 2021, Atomic Fire signed At The Movies and released The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 1 & 2, compiling the songs and YouTube video for a CD / DVD relese
– Vol. 1 (reissue)
– Vol. 2
The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 1 tracklist:
“Intro”
“No Easy Way Out”
“Maniac”
“St. Elmo’s Fire”
“A View To A Kill”
“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”
“Wouldn’t It Be Good”
“We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”
“The Power Of Love”
“The Heat Is On”
“The Neverending Story”
“Far From Over”
“Last Christmas” (Bonus Track)
“No Easy Way Out”
“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”
The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 2 tracklist:
“Waiting For A Star To Fall”
“King Of Wishful Thinking”
“The One And Only”
“When You Say Nothing At All”
“(I Just) Died In Your Arms”
“(You Drive Me) Crazy”
“Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
“Crush”
“I’ve Been Thinking About You”
“Venus”
“I Want It That Way”
“When You Say Nothing At All”
“I Want It That Way”
Band artwork by Christel Mentges
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The core At The Movies players are:
Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork, The Night Flight Orchestra) – lead / backing vocals
Linnéa Vikström Egg (Therion, Thundermother) – lead / backing vocals
Chris Laney (Pretty Maids) – guitars
Allan Sørensen (Royal Hunt, Pretty Maids) – drums
Morten Sandager (Pretty Maids) – keyboards
Pontus Norgren (HammerFall) – guitars
Pontus Egberg (King Diamond) – bass.
Speaking with BraveWords about The Night Flight Orchestra’s new album, Give Us The Moon, Strid looked back on his At The Movies experience.
Strid: “It was Chris Laney’s idea, and he was telling me ‘I’m so bored, I want to do something.’ He had the idea of making hard rock and metal versions of ’80s soundtrack songs. I asked him if he was sure: ‘Hasn’t that been done already?’ We decided to try it out, and we started with the Rocky song, ‘No Easy Way Out’. We released it, and people went absolutely bananas over it. I didn’t think it would be that exciting for people, but then we started talking about doing another one. It became a thing where we would release a new song every Thursday, and people were sitting there waiting for it. People were genuinely happy about it, so it felt like we were on a mission. As a singer it was a big challenge to take on; ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ by John Parr is some tough singing. And everything was in the original key.”
“There were plans at first to maybe do festivals,” Strid reveals, “but things opened up and Pretty Maids started touring again, Linnea joined Thundermother, I have Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra going again. Maybe some day in the future, I don’t know. It would be cool.”
Read the complete interview with Strid here.
In 2021, Atomic Fire signed At The Movies and released The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 1 & 2, compiling the songs and YouTube video for a CD / DVD relese
– Vol. 1 (reissue)
– Vol. 2
The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 1 tracklist:
“Intro”
“No Easy Way Out”
“Maniac”
“St. Elmo’s Fire”
“A View To A Kill”
“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”
“Wouldn’t It Be Good”
“We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”
“The Power Of Love”
“The Heat Is On”
“The Neverending Story”
“Far From Over”
“Last Christmas” (Bonus Track)
“No Easy Way Out”
“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”
The Soundtrack Of Your Life – Vol. 2 tracklist:
“Waiting For A Star To Fall”
“King Of Wishful Thinking”
“The One And Only”
“When You Say Nothing At All”
“(I Just) Died In Your Arms”
“(You Drive Me) Crazy”
“Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
“Crush”
“I’ve Been Thinking About You”
“Venus”
“I Want It That Way”
“When You Say Nothing At All”
“I Want It That Way”
Band artwork by Christel Mentges
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