mattygs Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Surprised we havent had much talk about the music of the opening ceremony so far, by and large, I thought it was good. Unfortunately Athens didnt put out a cd soundtrack to their ceremonies, and I guess it doesnt look like Beijing will either. It's a shame, as it means the music will be pretty much unobtainable to the public unless they are released later on individually. Have managed to find a few titles of some of the pieces... - *Words* by Guo Wenjing - *Edge of Horizon, Corner of Seas* (Silk Road segment) by Wu Jun - *Ritual* by Chen Qigang - *Starry Nights* by Ye Xiaogang (LanLan piece) Any views on the music used, or personal favourites. Gotta say, I really enjoyed the soundtrack to the *Music* segment. Granted, it started off with the *challenging* traditional soundtrack, but i loved how it evolved into a more sweeping orchestral soundscape - as the ladies came out and the pillars were rising into the sky. Was a really beautiful piece of music I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingspread Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Particularly liked the opening drums/chant. The music for the first hour and a half was good. Wasn't as screeching as I expected. Everything after that was just plain rubbish. I'm still recovering from that horrible athletes parade medley and that crappy pre-cauldron lighting dance with the fluttering hands action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I agree with you, Wingspread, on that "fluttering hands/dove" segment and its musical accompaniment. It was cheesy beyond description. I didn't understand anyway why they had to have another dove display after that giant dove during the artistic portion of the opening ceremony. Why do the ceremonial elements always have to appear after the artistic portion and the parade of athletes? But apart from that, I actually liked everything about the ceremonial music. I even liked the music for the parade of athletes. OK, it was a little bit strange that they didn't play only Chinese music throughout China's entrance (that was done much better with Spain's respectively Greece's entrance in Barcelona and Athens, when both teams had their own special piece of music). But I found the whole concept pretty convincing, even though probably nothing will beat the ingenuity of Kurt Edelhagen's orchestration for Munich's parade of nations. What I liked most were the theme song (one of the best in Olympic history IMO) and the piece they when the Olympic Rings were lifted. When were the pieces you listed actually played, Mattygs? I can't relate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe_Golias Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Any views on the music used, or personal favourites.Gotta say, I really enjoyed the soundtrack to the *Music* segment. Granted, it started off with the *challenging* traditional soundtrack, but i loved how it evolved into a more sweeping orchestral soundscape - as the ladies came out and the pillars were rising into the sky. Was a really beautiful piece of music I think. I saw the OC today again and that musical segment is the most beautiful and enthralling. I specifically hold fondly the moment when that music is playing and the camera focus for a long time the face of an "ancient lady" (quite beautiful!) walking steadily towards it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filipe_Golias Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 What I liked most were the theme song (one of the best in Olympic history IMO) and the piece they when the Olympic Rings were lifted. Oh, oh! That was superb as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I really enjoyed the music played for the torch relay and the finale fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) OC was great but the music was a let down, for me. Edited August 13, 2008 by Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huaiwei Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I love the music during the maritime silk route segment...maybe coz I have always loved the sea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 does anyone have an mp3 of you and me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike74ph Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I liked the scroll painting and the printing press music best. If only BOCOG would release a CD, they'd make more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huaiwei Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 does anyone have an mp3 of you and me? Yeap I got it coz someone posted a link to it from the official site. Cant seem to find that link now thou... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanzaiB Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 I loved the music played during the segment with the dragon pillars and the rows of women in Tang-dynasty clothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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