Medal Ceremony Music

[guru]

I would assume that jaunty tune is burned forever more into the brains of gh, B. Hersh, et al.

[DrJay]

I would assume that jaunty tune is burned forever more into the brains of gh, B. Hersh, et al.

Hell, who cares about gh, B. Hersh, et al........I just hope I can get it out of my head.

[gh]

aiyeeeeeee!!!!!!

Actually, not as bad as Osaka and most recent meets. For this one, it was just part of the ambient sound from tthe bowl that was piped into our cans. At the others, it has been wired directly into headphones. That can be dangerous to mental health indeed!

[guru]

The other thing I got a chuckle out of was the flag raisings - did they have a tornado fan blowing to make all three flutter without fail?

[croflash]

The other thing I got a chuckle out of was the flag raisings - did they have a tornado fan blowing to make all three flutter without fail?

Yep, they had one inside of each pole.

[lonewolf]

What ceremony music? I thought they just played the national anthem of the winner. No monopoly there.

[Davidokun]

What ceremony music? I thought they just played the national anthem of the winner. No monopoly there.

They are referring to the processional played at the beginning of each medal ceremony.

[croflash]

What ceremony music? I thought they just played the national anthem of the winner. No monopoly there.

Look for "Beijing medal ceremony music" on youtube, it's the one when the medallists were being presented. The ceremony music was played until the national anthem.

[nevetsllim]

I liked the medal ceremony music from Osaka, but in truth, it doesn't really sound hugely different!

What was awful was that horn in Osaka

[Bob H]

I would assume that jaunty tune is burned forever more into the brains of gh, B. Hersh, et al.

Hell, who cares about gh, B. Hersh, et al

Well, for starters, gh and B. Hersh care, and probably al.

The "januty tune" was written by Tan Dun, a Chinese composer of some note. His last opera, The First Emperor was produced at the Metropolitan Opera two years ago, and I thought it was terrific.

I must admit, though, that I found the medal ceremony music to be inoffensive, but not very memorable. I don't think it burned in my brain for ten minutes, and I certainly couldn't hum it now. The ceremony music that I couldn't get out of my head for a long time was the fanfare and processional music by John Williams that was used in Los Angeles in 1984.

[roundthebend]

As soon as I started reading this thread, the ceremony music from Sydney came flooding back.
How strange after all this time.

[gh]

The other thing I got a chuckle out of was the flag raisings - did they have a tornado fan blowing to make all three flutter without fail?

Yep, they had one inside of each pole.

And this wasn't the first place to do that (althuogh I can't say what was).

[dj]

BTW, big discussions in the music world about the "appropriation" of the anthem scores from 2004:

(http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/com ... ays-b.html)

[Kevin Richardson]

What chucklehead dug up the version of the USA national anthem? It sounds like a high school band version, before they have had an adequate warmup.

[bambam]

I would assume that jaunty tune is burned forever more into the brains of gh, B. Hersh, et al.

Hell, who cares about gh, B. Hersh, et al

Well, for starters, gh and B. Hersh care, and probably al.

The "januty tune" was written by Tan Dun, a Chinese composer of some note. His last opera, The First Emperor was produced at the Metropolitan Opera two years ago, and I thought it was terrific.

I must admit, though, that I found the medal ceremony music to be inoffensive, but not very memorable. I don't think it burned in my brain for ten minutes, and I certainly couldn't hum it now. The ceremony music that I couldn't get out of my head for a long time was the fanfare and processional music by John Williams that was used in Los Angeles in 1984.

As I recall from spotting for him in the booth at some meets in Durham years ago, Bob Hersh is also quite the opera buff. As you can tell from the above.

[observer2]

What stroke me at this Games was how old fashioned and boring anthems are. Very few anthems communicate the sprit the nation. I think Jamaica and Kenya have unbelievable strange anthems. Other examples?
What do you think? Are there anthems that reflects what they are supposed to do?

[tandfman]

I'm not sure what anthems are supposed to do, but I've always liked the anthems of Russia, France, and Canada.

Edited to fix typo.

[observer2]

I like the Italian

[hammer forever]

I remember hearing Brazil's national anthem for Cruz (M 800m) in 1984. My saddest realization that I missed something because I didn't attend this years games came when a Brazil woman won the long jump.....

[guru]

Shockingly, London went with Chariots of Fire lol

[Master Po]

As guru notes, not a shocker of a choice for processional music, but I thought it was kind of sweet -- I've always liked that melody (after a much-needed long absence from hearing it way too much).

Appreciate Bob H's comments on Tan Dun -- one of my favorites among contemporary composers.

As for hearing national anthems that one otherwise would never hear -- I really liked Poland's. Majewski also seemed to like it, and I wouldn't want to be on the wrong side of that guy.

Also very much like GBR's anthem, but it wasn't unfamiliar.

[marknhj]

My knee was so sore from being squished into the seat, one of the most satisfying elements of spectating was standing up for the medal ceremonies! I'm fairly sure I actually said thank god out loud each time and kept my fingers crossed that the upcoming anthem was one of those ridiculously long, dirge-like ones, you hate hearing on TV

[donley2]

Shockingly, London went with Chariots of Fire lol

While I don't mind that tune, my daughter and I both got a bit tired of it by the last few days.

[gh]

I was ready to track down Vangelis and throttle him after our first 4-hour rehearsal session, with the bloody thing playing nonstop!

[HopStepJump]

I really dislike bringing everything to a screeching halt to have a medal ceremony during the middle of the session. Especially if the event happened the day before. I suppose that won't ever change, though.

[lonewolf]

I must be whatever the opposite is of a music savant.. the only group and song I recognized in the entire two hours + was the Posh Girls.

[guru]

I must be whatever the opposite is of a music savant.. the only group and song I recognized in the entire two hours + was the Posh Girls.

If the Spice Girls had done the medal ceremony music THAT would have been worth hearing