Don’t Let The Sun Go Down - Interlude 19. Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) 4. His decline began with his Rock of the Westies album in the fall of 1975, which was terrible, and so was the single (Island Girl).
He was a cultural influence and part of the air people breathed in the first half of the 1970s. Track listing: ‘Rocketman: Music From The Motion Picture’ is released on 24th May, 2019 on EMI Music Australia. The point is, Elton John was more than a guy who wrote great songs. Getting the music right was the most important thing, as the songs in the film are integral to the story.' A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult. John appeared as a very tall Pinball Wizard rigged on stilted giant boots. With Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Elton John. I left Taron in the hands of Giles Martin, who I trusted implicitly because he's brilliant. Among other memorable Elton John imagery from the mid-1970s was his appearance as the pinball wizard of the famous Who song and rock opera album, Tommy in the 1975 rock opera film of that name. I wanted his interpretation of me, through Bernie’s lyrics & my music - not just acting. Producer and composer Giles Martin has re-imaged the songs for the film, working closely with the film team to ensure the fantasy and vibe of the film is capture in the soundtrack.Įgerton performs on all the tracks, with this being a massive part of the role in Elton's eyes, saying: ' It was so important that the music I composed and recorded had to be sung by Taron.