Queen of the Damned is a vampire film directed by Michael Rymer, loosely based on the third novel of Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles series, The Queen of the Damned (1988), although the film contains many plot elements from the novel’s predecessor The Vampire Lestat.
A stand alone sequel to Interview with the Vampire (1994), the film stars Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah in her final film role, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Pérez and Lena Olin. Townsend and Matthew Newton replaced Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas in the roles Lestat and Armand respectively.
The film is dedicated to Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash on August 25, 2001, after she had shot all her scenes. Released on February 22, 2002, in North America and on April 4, 2002, in Australia, it received generally negative reviews from critics and did not perform well at the box office.
Despite negative reviews, Queen of the Damned nonetheless topped the box office on its opening weekend. The film grossed $45.5 million on a $35 million budget.
Queen of the Damned: Music from the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack for the 2002 vampire film Queen of the Damned, released on February 19, 2002 via Warner Music Group.
It was produced by Richard Gibbs and Jonathan Davis of nu metal band Korn. Frank Fitzpatrick and Rich Dickerson served as the music supervisors for the album.
The original motion picture soundtrack for the film was Jonathan Davis‘ first musical project outside of his band, Korn.
Originally, he was supposed to perform vocals on the soundtrack, but due to limitations in his record label contract with Sony, prohibiting his voice to appear on disc, he could not.
Jeff Scott Soto was subsequently hired to do the vocal work, but didn’t make the final cut either.
Instead, five of Jon‘s friends from other bands were chosen, including Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Disturbed, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, and Jay Gordon of Orgy.
Head and Munky from Korn, Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit, L. Shankar, Vinnie Colaiuta and Terry Bozzio rounded out the studio musicians.
Tracklist:
- Not Meant for Me (Wayne Static of Static-X)
- Forsaken (David Draiman of Disturbed)
- System (Chester Bennington of Linkin Park)
- Change (In the House of Flies) (Deftones)
- Redeemer (Marilyn Manson)
- Dead Cell (Papa Roach)
- Penetrate (Godhead)
- Slept So Long (Jay Gordon of Orgy)
- Down with the Sickness (Disturbed)
- Cold (Static-X)
- Headstrong (Earshot)
- Body Crumbles (Dry Cell)
- Excess (featuring Alanis Morissette) (Tricky)
- Beføre I’m Dead (Kidneythieves)
