King Mark 3,626 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Who will be watching NBC opening ceremonies to catch perhaps new Williams music?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 If there was going to be new Williams music wouldn't we have heard about it by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted August 13, 2004 Author Share Posted August 13, 2004 Well,a while back it seemed he recorded a new piece,maybe we'll hear it tomorow.And maybe new commertial bumper music.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 I thougth it was going to be DJ Tiësto for 3 whole hours. No Williams. DJ Tiësto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,177 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 DJ what?I doubt there'll be any Williams involvement (it's Greece this time, after all), but has there been any word on an official orchestral olympic work yet?Marian - who just listened to Summon the Heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetePan 163 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Do you think that DJ Tiesto has made some remixes of Williams´ Olympics music? To be honest I hope so, because that would be really cool, to hear Williams in the mix. On the Dutch news DJ Tiesto already aanounced that classical music will be in his 2 hour mix. Also he will perform a few of his hits, including a remix of Barbers Adagio for Strings, just when the Ducth equipe enters the Olympic Stadium.PetePan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetePan 163 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 DJ what?DJ Tiesto (Dutchman Thijs Verwest) was voted as the best DJ in the world, this year and last year. With his appearance at the Olypmics he hopes to breakthrough in the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 DJ what?The best DJ in the world!You would like him, he's very minimalistic in his style.Traffic is one of the best dance tracks ever and Love Comes Again is good also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Yes, he's Holland's pride. And that's just sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 They should send him to Eurovision next year.A 6 hour show with light and video effects + maybe a little XTC for the jury and it might be L'hollande, 12 points, si vous plaît Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Agreed, that would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaft 2,132 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 I really liked that little promotional mp3 that was circulating a couple months back, the one that was a new take on the 1984 Olympic Fanfare. If anyone feels like removing Bob Costas' voice from it, I would be quite grateful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,177 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 You would like him, he's very minimalistic in his style.Minimalism is about quality, not quantity.I've got the Olympics running in the background, and if that's the best music the Netherlands have to offer at the moment, I pity you. Marian - not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Yes, like I said, sad, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,177 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Well, there was some (previously composed) Theodorakis, after all....and I liked that Shostakovich thing at the end, what was that?Marian - wondering. Call of the Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 All you guys in time zones the same or close to Athens are lucky. Thanks to NBC's insistence that it must be in "prime time" it won't even be shown over here for another 3 or 4 hours. But unless one of you guys say that there's new Williams music (highly unlikely) I probably won't even bother watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekUYoda 0 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 All you guys in time zones the same or close to Athens are lucky. Thanks to NBC's insistence that it must be in "prime time" it won't even be shown over here for another 3 or 4 hours. But unless one of you guys say that there's new Williams music (highly unlikely) I probably won't even bother watching.Well, we were lucky in 1984, 1996, and 2002.... we can't have all the luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Oh, I have no problem with the Games being on the other side of the pond. Far from it. I just wish that the TV networks here would be willing to show some stuff live even if it is a weekday afternoon here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 You guys won't watch it unless there is new Williams music?????? That is so wrong. Who cares about that right now!!!! These are the Olympic games guys. I'm gonna be glued to the TV to watch the worlds best athletes compete, to watch years of training and hard work. Man this is so important to me. And this year with the truce and all these Nations coming together no matter what else is happening out there just to compete? With Afghanistan sending in women for the first time? And tons of others... WOW, this is huge. Let the games begin!!!!!Oh and I love DJ whatzits.. I'm like half sitting down bouncing away and half dancing Oh, and I LOVED the whole thing they did at the begining with them going through Grecian History. The cradle of civilization right there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Fuckin' Aye! Those athletic women are the hottest, or in Ocelots case, the hunky men. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 i haven't seen any yet - but i was busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 I don't watch the Olympics, even with new Williams music. Neil - who watched the Eagles lose last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Cowboys play tonite.I watched some of the opening ceremonies to see what kind of reception the USA would receive. I thought Afghanistan and Iraq received a very warm welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 what about the other reception? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Of course Greece got the biggest reception, as did Cyprus, and then I think Afghanistan and Iraq. America, Australia, Palestine, Lebanon and Turkey (the latter three being Greece's Oldest neigbours) got very big receptions too. It was interesting the Turkey did as they are HUGE rivals in other areas not allowed to be talked about here especially over Cyprus, but of course it is Europe and at least there they do distinguish between games and other things so it was great to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 LOL cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 The one thing that I laughed about was yet again Bjorks dress. She of course had to outdo her swan dress by wearing something that had a train in front of it that went and covered the whole of the thousands of competitors with the map of the world on it. The comentator was saying that he hopes no one pulls on it because she'll go flying head first into the athletes! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Cowboys play tonite.I know what I'm watching then. In response to the other posts, I too love wathing the competitions, at least the ones I care about. In the summer that's pretty much swimming and track & field, I like the winter games much more. But I can't sit through those opening ceremonies. I like to see the parade of nations and the torch lighting, but unless there's going to be new Williams music the rest is boring beyond words. I was watching the Braves last night instead, a rare game actually on TBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted August 14, 2004 Share Posted August 14, 2004 Heard Olympics last night in the other room, they were playing Williams going in and out of commercials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 A question for our members outside the US:Do the channels that cover the Olympics in your countries use Williams' music as much as NBC does here? As ?Man pointed out, here they nearly always use either one of JW's pieces or the Bugler's Dream as pre and post commercial music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,177 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 No Williams here.Marian - who once heard them play Hook for some (non-olympic) skiing event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 No Williams music used here either. I watched the replay of the Opening Ceremony yesterday and it was absolutely fantastic. That whole "cultural presentation" was just amazing especially what they did with that floating, disassembling statue!!! Whatever happened to those rumours of Vangelis composing an original piece for these Games? Because I sure as hell didn't hear anything like that... And I'm not entirely sure why DJ T used excerpts from "Adagio for Strings." That one's actually a bit of a downer, don't you know? CYPHER - looking for his first glimpse of a medal tally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 I told my friends that John Williams is the official Olympics composer for NBC. I'm surprised none of the American people here mentioned that the opening feature before the opening ceremonies featured the voice of James Earl Jones, while the main theme from JURASSIC PARK was playing underneath! Extraordinary!!! I got goosebumps.I too wondered if Greece's best composer, Vangelis, was going to appear and conduct a new Olympics theme. Apparently not. Of course it would have been just him at the keyboard!!Anyway, here's a question I've always wanted answered:Does John Williams get royalties when NBC plays his Olympic themes? In the course of three days I've heard so many permutations of his theme from 1984 as well as "Summon the Heroes." Or are the themes the property of NBC/International Olympic Committee, and therefore Williams has no ownership anymore?Does anyone know? If he ets any money, I bet it's a fortune! I mean, his music is played every day for 17 dgays!!!!!Jeff -- whose eyes have turned into dollar signs, and is about to watch the rest of the swimming coverage today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Does John Williams get royalties when NBC plays his Olympic themes?Yes, he would. Every single time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I'm once again struck by how boring the Olympics really are I find the news covering the security infinately more interesting than the games themselves. Even the interesting ones get boring after 5 minutes, I enjoy listening to them on the BBC so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The Olympics are not boring! Think about how much training and discipline these people have gone through to get there. Being an athlete at that level requires much more than just physical ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The Olympics are not boring! Think about how much training and discipline these people have gone through to get there. Being an athlete at that level requires much more than just physical ability.None of that makes it entertaining.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Typical American attitude.It's because a lot of Olympic sports don't score points every 3 minutes, making it hard for them to keep focusing on what is going on.Let's face it, American Football is the Michael Bay of sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,626 Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 I seem to hear pre/post commercial music i haven't heard before.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Typical American attitude.It's because a lot of Olympic sports don't score points every 3 minutes, making it hard for them to keep focusing on what is going on.Let's face it, American Football is the Michael Bay of sports.Yeah, that must be it. :roll: Neil - who has watched plenty of low scoring football (American) and baseball games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Typical American attitude.It's because a lot of Olympic sports don't score points every 3 minutes, making it hard for them to keep focusing on what is going on.Let's face it, American Football is the Michael Bay of sports.Yeah, that must be it. :roll: Neil - who has watched plenty of low scoring football (American) and baseball gamesI'll second that :roll: . Not everyone here has been MTV-ized. In fact some of us quite hate it.John- who's also watched many low scoring football games, almost worships baseball, and also loves NASCAR and golf. Quite a range there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I don't really care for watching sports, though it can be entertaining depending on the situation. As far as the Olympics go, I enjoy watching them here and there for a couple minutes, then I get bored.I seem to hear pre/post commercial music i haven't heard before. Me too. I heard a short little arrangement of a secondary theme from Summon the Heroes, as well as a brief, differently orchestrated rendition of Olympic Fanfare and Theme. Are these new or have there always been different variations? Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I actually agree with Stefan. It is the Michael Bay of sports!!!!! LOL I love the Olympics. I'm glued to the TV every day right now. As for football????? Shoot me before I have to watch a game, PLEASE!!!!!!!How can you not appreciate the power of the men and women in gymnastics, the amzing speed of the swimmers. It's amazing. Football doesn't even come close, it's kind of crap actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 You pro-Olympic folks sound just like classical elitists.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Yes, they do. We wouldn't be caught dead with the likes of them. Now go save the whales, you bleeding hearts, just get out of our country club. Morlock- who is a fan of sports and sporting events, but thinks the Olympics suck the fun out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,177 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 You pro-Olympic folks sound just like classical elitists.Now you sound just like Stefan. LOLMarian - watching the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Yes there's nothing like Diving, Trampoline jumping, Gymnastics and Synchronized Swimming to get the old blood pumping. WOOHOO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 How surprising... Central Texas..... Go Figure!!!!!!!!!!!!! First of all Gymnastics is absolutely incredible. The strength on those Athletes is astounding. Besides, those aren't the only events in the Olympics. There are sports like football (you call it soccer) and basketball and, oh wait, I just figured it out.. You guys are pissed that American Football isn't in the olympics, oh and that's it.. Your NBA basketball men just got creamed yesterday!!! Now it all makes sense LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 First, not enough countries around the world play football to make it an Olympic sport, I think we all recognize that. Second I, for one, hate basketball and couldn't care less what those NBA primadonnas do, although I do have a sense of national pride wanting them to suceed just because it's the US in an international competition. But I recognize the athleticism required to play basketball, it's a very demanding sport. Just because something requires talent to do doesn't mean it's interesting to watch.John- coming to the defense of his fellow Texan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Yes I'm just a slacked jawed yokel from Central Texas who don't know any better...... :roll: The only events that really interest me are the track and field ones. I'd rather have my testicles nailed to the wall than sit thru a soccer match and I could have told you back in June when the USA Basketball team was announced that they were in trouble because outside of Tim Duncan the team was selected wrong. No one can shoot the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now