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Or maybe it's the production and the vocal has been pushed back in the mix or altered somehow to give the new sound effects prominence?

The theme is sung by Storm (not the gladiator ) and the guy in the music video and who is singing that version is Phil Bates.

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I was also involved in singing the THEME from THE GLADIATORS , a successful TV series, in this period. Of course, things are never simple with Bates. The song was written supposedly especially for me by Muff Murfin and one of his American cohorts, but when I came to record the track, it didn't exactly sound wonderful. The demo vocal, done by a small, bald, fat American session singer, sounded bloody great, but they couldn't use him in the video because he didn't look the part. So basically, they used his version on most of the broadcasts in the UK , although I occasionally heard my version being used and always cringed at my vocal performance. The album went Gold, though. Of course, this had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it contained about 10 rock classics from the likes of Queen, Free and many more ………