As Fred Flintstone might say, “Let’s rock!” The Flintstones in Viva Rock
Vegas is an over-the-top family comedy but its soundtrack is a rock ‘n’
roll archeologist’s Olduvai Gorge.
The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas will be released April 25th.
The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas features traditional and current
rockers.
Included are selections performed by score composer David Newman (1998
Academy Award nominee for Anastasia) and one of the film’s stars, Alan
Cumming (Tony Award winner for “Cabaret”). Yet the kitsch highlight may
be Ann-Margret’s “Viva Las Vegas (Viva Rock Vegas).” Originally sung by
Elvis Presley for the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas, the song has been
reworked for this film for Ann-Margret, the voice and inspiration for
the character of Ann-Margrock in the original “Flintstones” animated TV
series of the ’60s.
The track also spotlights a special performance by James Burton, Elvis’
greatest guitar player.
As for the film, everyone’s favourite stone age family returns in
Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s The Flintstones In Viva
Rock Vegas, directed by Brian Levant (who helmed 1994’s The
Flintstones). Released April 28, the live action film takes a step back
in time when Fred, the boy from
the wrong side of the rocks, courts beautiful young heiress Wilma
Slaghoople. Along with best friend Barney Rubble and his future fiancée,
Betty O’Shale, Fred and Wilma head off for a romantic weekend in Rock
Vegas, the hottest rock resort on the continent.
