Line #3 AwesomeMusic/OlympicGames


1	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqUESCoB1w medley]] of Leo Arnaud's "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Arnaud#Bugler%27s_Dream Bugler's Dream]]" and Music/JohnWilliams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", which commonly features in Creator/{{ABC}}, and later Creator/{{NBC}}'s coverage of the Games. They're also very fond of music from ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
2	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmSNpd-7GU Olympic Hymn]], which plays during the Olympic flag-raising for bonus AwesomeMomentOfCrowning-ness.
3	%%* The grand [[https://youtu.be/ZP1VErqbsYE 1936 hymn]] by Richard Strauss.
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5	* The Centennial Games in Atlanta featured a gospel-choir and marching-bands performing a song with lyrics inviting the world to the host city's doorstep with traditional Southern hospitality and warmth, reflected in the lyrics, as can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8X12MhcJVI here]].
6	* In 2002, Salt Lake City's opening ceremony had [[https://youtu.be/3zFmSUiBTy0?t=58 Utah's five Indian nations prominently featured]] with traditional music and dance. That's Robbie Robertson (Mohawk) with the three-woman Tsalagi choral group Walela, playing "Coyote Dance" as the people enter and Tiger, Auburn University's Golden Eagle mascot, flies overhead; and then "Unity Stomp Dance" and "Making A Noise In This World" after the blessing of the tribal leaders. If you're Native, or even if you're not, this was a uniquely thrilling moment.
7	* Music/{{Bjork}} wrote and sang "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Canm7glYFgg Oceania]]"--which was later released on ''Music/{{Medulla}}''--for the 2004 Athens Olympics, while her dress got spread through the ground, undulating.
8	* "Ode to Joy" from Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Ninth Symphony is played in every opening ceremony. It was downright inspirational--or [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion a bit odd]]--to see the ''Japanese singing along'' in the 1998 Nagano Games.
9	* Your national anthem, when your nation wins gold. You know it's true.
10	* From the 2012 London Games:
11	** The official song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhVjm9iGFc Survival]]", by Music/{{Muse}}. Who else could make such an epic rock theme for the Games?
12	** The absolutely epic "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka4MZzdScRI And I Will Kiss]]", written and arranged by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_I_Will_Kiss Rick Smith and Underworld]] and featuring hundreds of amateur drummers led by deaf musician [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie Dame Evelyn Glennie]], which played during the "Industrial Revolution" part of the opening ceremony. The title also comes from ''The Tempest''.
13	** The original composition "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mec8GZkEpD4 Caliban's Dream]]", based on a passage from ''Theatre/TheTempest'' that was read at the beginning of the ceremony and played as young athletes carry the torch. Both a TearJerker and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment\|s}}. [[https://youtu.be/Ei54TO1VBlM?t=188 That's Dame Evelyn again on the aluphone bells]].
14	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCjZDoObGTU Theme For Velodrome]] by Music/TheChemicalBrothers, a frenetic, throbbing track with definite undertones of Music/{{Kraftwerk}} and their ''Tour de France Soundtracks'' album.
15	** The National Health Service and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital did their entire presentation to the distinctive guitar sound of quintessentially English folklore-rocker Mike Oldfield. He did selections from ''Tubular Bells'', "Far Above the Clouds" and "In Dulci Jubilo".
16	* As we know from his other works, Music/JohnWilliams is made of awesome, as are all of his Olympic themes for television: His original "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdOFgDQIn0 Olympic Fanfare and Theme]]", for the 1984 Los Angeles Games; "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4QQ2SvQcE8 The Olympic Spirit]]", for the 1988 Seoul Games; "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3kNRyh_rj8 Summon the Heroes]]", for the 1996 Atlanta Games; and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67vvJOom1T4 Call of the Champions]]", for the 2002 Salt Lake Games... which, being held in Salt Lake City, featured the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
17	* "Hand in Hand" from the 1988 Seoul Games, whether in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2hWJ2EjQs English]] or in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgwGV-0k6JI Korean]].
18	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pkYGdwnSVA 2014 Sochi Games theme]]. So far, it's still unreleased, so this is the longest and cleanest version available, not to mention the closest we'll get to an official one.
19	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edTVaIXmaqk Garota de Ipanema]]" playing for Gisele Bündchen's[[note]]also known to [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] fans as the now-former Mrs. Creator/TomBrady[[/note]] final catwalk at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. As she is seen as one of the more successful Brazilians abroad, this was an excellent way to end a world-class career as an ambassador for her country.
20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCzRoWd9NY The stripped-down version of the national anthem by Paulinho da Viola]] with a string quartet backing him as a way of showcasing one of Brazil's many musical styles...all while the Brazilian national flag is raised up to great cheers.
21	* From the Sydney Olympics, Ian Cooper's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkaD999uM4 "Tin Symphony."]] An utterly amazing Irish-jig inspired piece that managed to showcase the colonial spirit being portrayed in the section it was being used in.
22	* From the Athens 2004 opening ceremony, we have Music/{{Tiesto}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTvrgd3_R4c&t=2937s Parade of the Athletes album]] ''performed live in its entirety.'' Even the politicians couldn't hold back from clapping to its beat.
23	* From the 2020 Tokyo Games:
24	** [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/07/23/video-game-music-olympics/ tracks from various Japanese video games in its parade of athletes]]. It looks like the best of Japanese video game music has been piped to the world; the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Star Light Zone]] portion was played TWICE. The medley was used mainly because Keigo Oyamada (Music/{{Cornelius}}) retired from the Ceremonies' committee due to his troubled past, but they couldn't find a replacement in time for the Games.
25	** In the opening ceremony, R&B singer MISIA nailed the notoriously difficult to sing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgseD9nY4Ow&ab_channel=%E6%84%9B%E7%88%BE%E9%81%94%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8FELTASports National Anthem of Japan]].

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