Vampire Music – Queen of the Damned (Soundtrack)
The Queen of the Damned is the third novel of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series. The story follows the first two books, Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. The film adaptation entitled, Queen of the Damned, was released by Warner Bros. in 2002. It starred Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Paul McGann, with Vincent Perez, and Lena Olin. The soundtrack for the movie was created as the songs that were played by Lestat’s heavy metal band. Here is the track listing for the soundtrack:
1. Not Meant for Me – Wayne Static of Static-X
2. Forsaken – David Draiman of Disturbed
3. System – Chester Bennington of Linkin Park
4. Redeemer – Marilyn Manson
5. Slept So Long – Jay Gordon of Orgy
6. Dead Cell – Papa Roach
7. Change (In The House of Files) – Deftones
8. Down with the Sickness – Disturbed
9. Cold – Static-X
10. Headstrong – Earshot
11. Penetrate – Godhead
12. Before I’m Dead – Kidneythieves
13. Excess – Tricky
14. Body Crumbles – Dry Cell
The significance of this soundtrack was that the songs played a vital role in the movie’s storyline. The vampire Lestat was awakened after decades of slumber by the sound of a rock band. He then proceeded to take over the rock band and perform as the lead singer. Eventually, Lestat was approached by Marius and warned that other vampires would not tolerate his flamboyant public profile.
This was first musical output for Jonathan Davis outside of his band, Korn. He is created for creating the music for the movie, along with Richard Gibbs. The soundtrack was released in March 1, 2002 and is primarily alternative metal. Jonathan Davis was unable to provide vocals for any of the songs due to his contractual commitments with Song BMG.