The New York Times also reported that Rami's voice is mixed in with Marc Matel, a Canadian singer who is known as one of the best Freddie soundalikes around. However, the soundtrack for the film is 100% Queen.
Canadian singer Marc Martel lends his voice to the biopic as Freddie. They use a mix of his voice and Freddie Mercury's together, on top of actor Rami Malek's. In an interview, Malek said his singing was seamlessly mixed with both.
The voice we hear as Freddie Mercury's in "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a mix of Malek and Mercury's vocals alongside those of Marc Martel, a singer famed for his impressive covers of Queen songs (via Metro).
Rami Malek took on one of the most daunting roles in recent cinema history: Freddie Mercury. While no-one will be able to replace the legendary Queen frontman, Rami more than brilliantly captured his magic for the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, winning awards left right and centre.
Rami himself has revealed that he is lip-syncing, but it's not just Freddie's voice that we hear. "It is an amalgamation of a few voices," he told the Metro US. "But predominantly it is my hope and the hope of everyone that we will hear as much Freddie as possible. I think that is the goal for all of us."
Since the band actually helped contribute to the film, it seems that they've always been pro-Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May, the Queen guitarist who was involved in the production, raved about the cast and crew, particularly Rami.
Most singing scenes in the movie rely on either vocal stems from Queen master tapes or new recordings by Marc Martel, a Canadian Christian rock singer whose voice is practically identical to the late frontman's. "Literally, you could close your eyes and it's Freddie," says King.
MALEK: No. I'd never played a piano, never touched a piano. I had to learn the guitar, as well, for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which didn't make it into the film.
It stars Rami Malek as Mercury, with Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, and Mike Myers in supporting roles. Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor also served as consultants.
Freddie Mercury's jaw size had to be larger than normal to begin with to allow his extra teeth to fit into a normal arch form,” he added. It turns out that Freddie's voice didn't arise from extra teeth or a big mouth, but from his use of a body part that's usually not accessed – the so-called “false” vocal cords.
1975: In February of 1975, Freddie was diagnosed with vocal nodules. This would drastically affect his singing for the rest of his career. Freddie could have chosen to get them removed via surgery but opted out in fear of ruining his voice.
Freddie Mercury was the chief songwriter as well as vocalist for Queen. His best-known songs included “Bohemian Rhapsody,” ”Killer Queen,” “Somebody to Love,” “We Are the Champions,” “We Will Rock You,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and “Another One Bites the Dust.”
Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara to British Indian parents on the island of Zanzibar. He was known as 'Fred' rather than Farrokh even before the family came to London, and signed himself as Fred Bulsara on letters until 1970, when he changed his name to Mercury.
Rami Malek needed singing lessons, dance tuition and a dialect coach to transform himself into Freddie Mercury for Bohemian Rhapsody. He tells Screen about the challenging shoot. Rami Malek's usual method for creating a character is to start from the inside out.
But it's Mariah Carey who takes the prize for the largest vocal range of all. She can reach a low F2 and hit an unbelievable G7, a note that dolphins would envy, and that only some dogs can hear.
His ability to blend highs, lows and mid range notes cohesively and with immense precision. This skill was due to the fact that Freddie was able to create faster vibrato and harmonics than any other singer at the time.
The film hints that the band might quit the label — Malek's Mercury tells Foster that he will be forever remembered as the guy who lost Queen — but manager John Reid (Aidan Gillen) says they are still under contract. In reality, the band didn't quit EMI until 2010, nearly two decades after Mercury's death.
With his farewell look straight at the camera as the song ends, Mercury whispers "I still love you", directed to his fans, which are his last words on camera. Director of the video Rudi Dolezal comments, "AIDS was never a topic. We never discussed it. He didn't want to talk about it.
Here Freddie is really delving into biblical concepts and a terrible struggle is occurring between God, the Devil & Freddie. Bismillah is an Arabic phrase which means, “in the name of God”. Freddie is pleading to be let go to live his life and be who he is.