thx99 1,740 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 There is an in-house(?) CD featuring music used during NBC's broadcast of the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, which includes four Williams compositions, all related to "Olympic Fanfare & Theme":"Prime Time Tease" (beginning with Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" and then transitioning into a variation of "OF&T", anyone who's watched the NBC Olympic broadcasts will recognize this track instantly)"Contemporary Tease" (a humdinger of a piece and one of my Williams grails, sort of "Hoe Down" meets "OF&T"; I first encountered this piece in an NBC promotional video for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics)"Dramatic Tease" (a subdued and beautiful variation of "OF&T")"Olympic Fanfare & Theme" (what I believe is a new recording of the entire piece for NBC's use though I haven't compared any of the pre-1992 recordings to confirm this)The rest of the CD is filled out with two versions of Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream", six John Tesh tracks, "Torch Theme" by Angelo Badalementi, and Yanni's "In Celebration of Man", as follows:Prime Time Tease (Arnaud/Williams)Contemporary Tease (Williams)Dramatic Tease (Williams)Late Night Tease (Tesh)Late Night Animation (Tesh)Prime Time Reset (Tesh)Voices Of God (Tesh)Late Night Reset (Tesh)Morning Reset (Tesh)Bugler's Dream (a la Hendrix) (Arnaud, arr. by ??)Bugler's Dream (Arnaud)Olympic Fanfare & Theme (Williams)Torch Theme (Badalamenti)In Celebration Of Man (Yanni)Feel free to PM me for more information. zoltan_902 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Thanks for this. I wonder if the arrangements of the OF&T are Williams' or someone else's?Edit: Strike that. They are clearly Williams' own arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Prime Time Tease and Contemporary Tease are super fun! I really like Dramatic Tease a lot - it's quite lovely The straight-up performance of Bugler's Dream is nice, I can't remember the last time I actually heard the whole thing - I usually only hear the beginning of it before it segues to Olympic Fanfare and Theme ala the 1996 Summon The Heroes CD. Interesting to hear he had already been experimenting with that pairing in 1992 (in Prime Time Tease) The Bugler's Dream ala Hendrix - I like Hendrix and all, but this didn't work Finally the new performance of Olympic Fanfare and Theme - it's good, but I think my favorite version will always be Erich Kunzel's (also the first version I ever heard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Prime Time Tease and Contemporary Tease are super fun! I really like Dramatic Tease a lot - it's quite lovely These three tracks are truly the highlights of the CD, IMO!! The Bugler's Dream ala Hendrix - I like Hendrix and all, but this didn't work Absolutely agree!! A definite skip. Finally the new performance of Olympic Fanfare and Theme - it's good, but I think my favorite version will always be Erich Kunzel's (also the first version I ever heard) I'm still partial to the true original recording made by Williams for the 1984 Olympic album. But that was the first version that I ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 I like the 1992 performance of Olympic Fanfare and theme the bestI wish we had the "bells" version of Bugler's Dream arranged by Williams as heard in the Athens Olympic preview video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 I wish we had the "bells" version of Bugler's Dream arranged by Williams as heard in the Athens Olympic preview videoYes!!!! Still a grail, along with all of the other missing NBC Olympic bumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 The bumpers based on "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" are the missing ones. There's about 10 of them and probably recorded at the same time thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Know 326 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Just remembering how exciting it was when this surfaced back in 2013. Those original Williams tracks are amongst my all time favorites of his TV work. That ending of "Dramatic Tease" is just sublime. thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Couldn't agree more, @Dr. Know!!! As you well know, "Contemporary Tease" is my favorite of the bunch, based on its appearance in that Athens Olympics promo video posted by NBC back in the day. Dr. Know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Is there a photo of this CD and it's artwork (if any)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 14 hours ago, JTWfan77 said: Is there a photo of this CD and it's artwork (if any)? I have never seen an image of this CD or its artwork. Just digital audio files being bandied about in various places. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Yes, unlike the NBC news music radio promo disc, I haven't seen any artwork for this either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Know 326 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Prime Time Tease is really getting a workout in NBC’s coverage this year. thx99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lukenews 3 Posted March 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2022 Hi @thx99 and others, I noticed some of the tracks have been posted on YouTube at thx99, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and artguy360 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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