Isles of Wonder - Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games
 

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Just saw this article and thought I would share.

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Isles of Wonder: Music For the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is available for purchase NOW on iTunes, with a physical double-CD release coming next week.

Digital download: iTunes UK, iTunes US, Amazon MP3 UK, Amazon MP3 US
CD pre-order: Amazon UK, Amazon US

There was plenty of Underworld music to be heard during the ceremonies. Two new brand new Underworld pieces were composed: ”And I Will Kiss” and “Caliban’s Dream” totaling over 24 minutes!

Additionally, there were a lot of new remixes of classic Underworld songs by High Contrast and Darren Price featured during the Parade of Athletes. The full tracklisting of Underworld songs on the album is:

• And I Will Kiss – 17:15
• Caliban’s Dream – 7:15
• Always Loved a Film (Instrumental) – 3:04
• Dark and Long (Dark Train) – 3:46
• Minneapolis (High Contrast Remix) – 6:12
• Confusion the Waitress (Darren Price and High Contrast Remix) – 1:22
• Moon in Water (Instrumental) – 2:42
• Crocodile (High Contrast Remix) – 2:39
• Dirty Epic (Darren Price and High Contrast Remix) – 2:56
• Dark and Long (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix) – 3:27
• Rez (High Contrast Remix) – 6:23

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Thanks for the share. I still don't know much about what they are doing apart from that it will have some sort of connection with Shakesphere's Tempest. Does anyone know if they're actually performing live in person or will we just here the music, and is the music going to be electronic/dance music or orchestral type stuff?

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Great news! Countdown to download commences....now!

I'd guess that given the size and spectacle of the ceremonies, there will be some huge, epic electronic moments, but probably a lot of orchestral, world music, generally more ambient segments that are sure to sound lovely, but not scare away an audience that's not up for dance music.

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The album is up for preorder on the UK iTunes but with no previews and a deliberately vague tracklist. What's interesting is that the description also mentions "performances by top artists", so it's possible that the UW material will be interspersed with other stuff.

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Associated Press is reporting that 10,000 people will be involved and the ceremony is entitled "Isles of Wonder" by Danny Boyle. His show is inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the opening sequence is going to feature a British countryside with dozens of animals taking part.
As far as big-name performers go, the only one who has been confirmed is former Beatles star Paul McCartney. While McCartney is beloved across the world, he is among the most influential people in Great Britain, so having him round out the opening ceremony is a no-brainer and obviously a great idea on Boyle's part.


It is hard to say who else might be involved, but there are countless legendary musicians and performers with British roots, so the possibilities are endless.



So Underworld aren't "big name"?;)

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"lots of drums" according to a workmate who's taking part in the ceremony...

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Yummy

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Released on CD on august 6th.

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Amazon.co.uk link

Seems weird no mention of Underworld anywhere on the packaging.

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A 2-disc set!

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I'm hoping some unreleased stuff is played. Like Bamboo.

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Well it would certainly fit the "lots of drums" description.

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Got told from a friend who was at a practice that the music was ace and got slightly serial.

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Original version of Scribble, You Do Scribble?

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If there's a Glastonbury montage as per what has been said, they could pull stuff from the Experimental Sound Field gig thing

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In my dreams!

Won't be watching this live as away for the weekend, but got the telly box on "record".

It is going to be fab!

Well, it better be... I need something to take away the taste of traffic chaos in London! :)

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I find myself reminding msyelf that Underworld were named "Music Directors" for the opening Ceremony. They've surely worked with their own productions, but it's not unlikely that they've selected or mixed other people's work, even big British pop stars.

That said, i'm hoping for 2 discs of UW solo!

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With Darren Emerson lighting the flame!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Surprised at the lack of interviews about the music creative process. Even UWlive is quite. Would love go hear something from R or K about everything since its all nearly upon us.

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my bet...

seeing as UW are the 'music directors' - and we have already seen Danny Boyle's playlist for what's going to be played during the ceremony

so...

my guess, there MIGHT be a few UW tracks, but I wouldn't expect anything close to an 'album'

unless the 8 track thing is UW's music, then the x2 cd thing is the 'Olympic Playlist'

and what about the Chemical Brothers' song???

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The Chemical Brothers song is the official song for cycling events. It's part of the "Rock the Games" initiative, that is putting music in all aspects of the Olympics.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8HR4OY20120627

As for Underworld music, I heard that as the Olympic torch enters the stadium, Two Months Off will play. ;)

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Anyone know if this will be a UK itunes only release? So far no ability to preorder in US itunes....

I will go for physical copy anyway but would like access a.s.a.p. -

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I wouldn't worry. I"m pretty sure it'll be available worldwide at the same time. They also mentioned it being available on as many download and streaming providers as possible, so I'm sure it'll be on other places too like AmazonMP3, 7Digital, Rhapsody, Google Play, etc.

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It's up on iTunes US now too.

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As cool as getting the soundtrack is... I feel that this work will be best viewed with video/visuals. Having said that anyone trying capture video? (sorry if this is a bit too RTSR)

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BBC Newsnight just used Glam Bucket as music on a games report

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On the NBC Nightly News, they showed a small video clip of the final rehearsal from today. The music was The Beatles 'Come Together' though.

And there was a pretty extensive interview with Danny Boyle on NBC tonight regarding his films and any hints about the Ceremonies. He was very tight lipped, and nothing new was given away that we hadn't already seen. No mention of Underworld. But hopefully that will change during the broadcast Friday night.

-Jason

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If you go down to point 7 in this article it seems to indicate that Underworld's music will be used during the athletes parade.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18994490

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Mr Ian already posted that his mate on site said it sounded beaty. Good sign

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I have a friend who is working on the release and he sent me a track listing today. It's not just a bit of underworld, it's underworld heavy. He swore me to secrecy about the tracks themselves but I'll share information that I think won't get anyone in trouble.

There are two tracks where UW are listed first, followed by other artists. Given the other artist names these tracks will probably be somewhat filmic, rather than their solo work. [run time removed]

There are [several] UW tracks also appearing on the release. Run times vary, [run times removed]. There are sequential numbers in the listing that indicate some of these tracks will run back to back, but some missing track numbers indicate other pieces not owned by UW will be interspersed.

The tracks span their career. The tracks appearing are drawn from the following albums: Barking, OWB, STITI, DNB, and one non-album release.

[edited to remove more specifics like run time and number of tracks. sorry, i felt guilty for sharing so much]

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So today's the big day. Good luck to the guys!

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This tweet sounds positive:

https://twitter.com/stu_fraser/statu...58092434108417

So is there new material to be found?

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yes, two new pieces, quite long in total (i'm reluctant to include actual track times so think thing in a book length).

i've done a bit of youtubing on the artists listed with them and i think we can expect some phenomenal live percussion as well as choral support.

and then after that it's all existing stuff. as a fan, the set list gave me butterflies. it's not just a collection of radio singles. it's a good selection.

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From UW via Facebook:

With only hours to go until the London Olympic Ceremony starts its hard to believe tonight is finally here. Underworld have been working hard with Danny Boyle to make this an amazing event, composing two original pieces of music as well as producing all the music elements in the three-hour extravaganza.
Hold on to your seats and cheer on the #TechnoOlympiad

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any mention of how we can get a hold of these in the US? i don't see it in our iTunes.

edit: nevermind, there it is :)

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Feel free to PM it 5 mins before it starts.

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haha i had that thought, like i'm being so vague why would anyone believe me? i had a ton of specifics in my original post but i started worrying that it would leak. what else can i share without betraying my friend? hmm...

well, according to the track list i have now, they are not the first track on either disc. on disc 1 they're not the first, second or third. you figure out the rest. oh yeah, then their next piece isn't until after the thirteenth track. subtle enough for you?

they dominate disc 2: 4 tracks from DNB, 1 from STITI, 1 from OWB, 2 from Barking, 1 non-album track.

i've also been told that they're still tweaking the final playlist. like up until the last minute they're going to be changing cues.

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also i just want to note that i haven't visited this site in over a year, but as soon as this information came my way i thought of my fellow dirts first and logged in immediately. :)

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Seems like they took down the iTunes US link

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yup, they did. Looks like I'm gonna have to beg via Dirty for a listen.

I'm recording the show since I won't be home but would LOVE to have the mp3s.