Talk:Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack
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Group picture 4 reference
The 4th group picture seems like an obvious reference to Bohemian Rhapsody, specifically this famous album cover:
- The Pyro, Sniper, Heavy, and Soldier are in the same position.
- They're in a dark room with no background.
- Pyro's hand pose is similar to that of Freddy Mercury in the picture, but with matches to feel more Pyro-like.
- The Sniper, Heavy, and Pyro have their heads held high, like in the original cover.
To me this seems like an obvious reference to the album cover, at least the poses of the Pyro, Sniper, Heavy, and Soldier is.
| s | GrampaSwood
(talk) (contribs) 19:16, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Yes I agree.
Liverfull
Talk | Contributions 19:18, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Agree. - BrazilianNut (talk) 19:20, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
No I don't see the reference. The classes are all sorta smiling and looking away from the camera while the Bohemian Rhapsody cover they are neutral faced looking directly towards the camera. Chins are up while the cover they are looking straight forward (besides Freddy). Lighting is totally different. Out of the four class in the center (Pyro Sniper Heavy and Soldier) only two of them have their heads positioned like the cover (Pyro and Soldier) and none of the facial expressions match up. I'm seemingly in the minority on this but there's just enough differences that outweigh the similarities for me to not feel confident saying it's a reference. Mediarch
♥ Talk ♥ My Edits 19:35, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
No. Same reasons as Mediarch pointed out.
Plutonium | (talk) | (contributions) |
19:38, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
No Pyro's hands are all wrong, the background isn't completely black with the character's heads, they're all smiling whereas the original poster they don't smile at all. I know that references don't need to be 1:1 with what they're referencing, but I have to agree that I don't see it here.--ShadowMan44 (talk) 20:53, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
Very similar. The reference and this picture certainly have differences (at least the presence of 9 people, not 4). The purpose of the reference is to provide material/idea/inspiration for creating your own work. DrotEroNoxt (talk) 23:33, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
I think the Pyro doing the weird hands is the biggest giveaway that this was supposed to be that reference, even if their posing doesn't exactly match up. If you want a real confirmation on this, you can try searching for the person who actually made this photo and try to email them. I made a loose attempt at this without my success but if you were willing to dedicate more time to it I am sure it can be found out.

23:34, 16 July 2025 (UTC)