Brian May Discusses Studio Work, Masters of the Universe and Live Shows

Brian May has been spending a lot of time in his studio, including work on the score to Masters of the Universe and a collaboration with William Shatner. May said he worked on a track with William Shatner, a heavy metal album based on Dylan Thomas. The Darkness were already involved in the Masters of the Universe project because they had performed the end-title theme.

May said he is not ruling out playing shows again, though he is currently enjoying time at home and is not anxious to play shows right now. May said he recently played with Andrea Bocelli at the Starmus Festival. May said he played with Benson Boone and enjoyed it.

Justin Darkness recorded vocals for the Eternia rock track in his hotel room on an iPhone while on tour and sent them to May. Rufus Taylor played drums on the Eternia rock track, recorded in Roger Taylor's studio. May said Queen tried recording new music with Adam Lambert in Nashville once, but did not continue.

Brian May said Dino De Laurentiis rejected his title theme for Flash Gordon, saying it was not for his film.

May said Michael Kamen did the orchestration for Who Wants to Live Forever and May played on his scoring for Highlander. The Highlander score has never been released; the songs were released on the Queen album A Kind of Magic instead.