The highly awaited movie about Elton John’s life is in theaters now, and it’s not another Bohemian Rhapsody. Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as the legendary artist, is a true musical, meaning that the people in it spontaneously break out into…
The highly awaited movie about Elton John’s life is in theaters now, and it’s not another Bohemian Rhapsody. Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as the legendary artist, is a true musical, meaning that the people in it spontaneously break out into song and dance, as if using the British rockstar’s music to narrate the story itself. As you can imagine, the Rocketman soundtrack serve as something of a greatest hits cover album, since John himself only sings on one of the tracks. The tracks in the film include some of John’s biggest smashes, of course, but also a few lesser-known songs that help to tell the story.
In so many music biopics, the songs play only during times when it’s being performed for crowds or recorded in the studio. That happens sometimes in Rocketman, and the movie providesfleeting glimpses into what the process of writing hits like „Your Song“ was like, but the movie also has big choreographed dance numbers. In addition to Egerton’s singing, the soundtrack includes vocals by costars Gemma Jones, Bryce Dallas Howard, Steven Mackintosh, Richard Madden, Jamie Bell, and more.
