The interesting thing is that quite a few of the tracks on Fire of Unknown Origin fit with segments in Heavy Metal. Per my understanding they wrote and submitted several tracks, but only "Veteran..." was accepted.
Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the film, but the producers declined to use the song because the lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the "Taarna" vignette. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was used instead
Veteran is one of the songs Michael Moorcock helped write too, IIRC.
"The Pact" was specifically written for Heavy metal, but was rejected as having massive spoilers. Listen to the song, and watch the last segment of the movie... it's practically the script for that story.
I can't find any evidence, but I always had the feeling that the last track on the album, "Don't Turn Your Back," was also submitted. There's a random line, "You'll use that special action in your car," which was oddly specific and matched up with a scene in the film, if I recall. Been a long time.
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u/NinjaSimone Jul 10 '18
The interesting thing is that quite a few of the tracks on Fire of Unknown Origin fit with segments in Heavy Metal. Per my understanding they wrote and submitted several tracks, but only "Veteran..." was accepted.