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

[TheBang]

So, interesting discovery I just made. "Caliban's Dream" is based on "Dawn of Eden" from Frankenstein, as its foundation. If you listen carefully to the choral part in the background (for example, from 2:10 to 2:40), and to the soprano part (Esme's singing, starting at 4:18 and again at 6:34), it matches "Dawn of Eden".

Elizabeth Roberts, Esme, and Rick


Esme and Elizabeth

[Milking Your Plastic]

@Troy McClure Have you found a solution to your problem. If you have I'd be interested to know what the cause was. I've never got anything off itunes but I thought all the files were AAC. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that because they have been purchased from Itunes they are protected to play with only apple products i.e itunes, ipod, iphone etc.
@negative1 Yes it is odd but that was the problem. Can you provide a reliable online source regarding the music conversion thing. This is news to me.

[Troy McClure]

Originally Posted by Milking Your Plastic

@Troy McClure Have you found a solution to your problem. If you have I'd be interested to know what the cause was. I've never got anything off itunes but I thought all the files were AAC. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that because they have been purchased from Itunes they are protected to play with only apple products i.e itunes, ipod, iphone etc.
\.

No I haven't yet. I have a 120GB Zune player. All of the files minus 'Rez' transferred just fine to it. The odd part was that 'Rez' plays perfectly fine on the laptop through all the different audio players I have. I'll keep searching though for a solution.

---Jason

[jetpig]

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/ric...ustion_1378004
Another article about Rick being ill. The image intrigues me, though. Was the whole thing done live, like their gigs, or is that just old photography?

[potatobroth]

I really really enjoyed the transformation of the opening ceremonies. the montage was a bit on the cheesy side, but thats okay. the music was wonderful and watching the stage transform was very impressive.

so glad Rick/UW were a huge part of this.

[Troy McClure]

Found an article here regarding 'Caliban's Dream' with quotes from Alex Trimble, the male vocal singing lead. Alex in particular has some positive comments for Rick:

"I'm really proud of the performance. I have so much respect for the team that put it all together. Danny always made time to sit with me one on one and go through things and see how everything was going and with Rick we worked one on one too. In the studio, on the phone, it just felt so personal. Not like something that's gone out worldwide! I'm sure it'll take a few months for the reality to fully sink in", said Alex Trimble.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.a...&nItemID=54792


-Jason

[TheBang]

Old photography:

http://www.contactmusic.com/photo/tr...rworld_5173280

[ThingInABook]

aw, poor rick. i hope he's feeling better now... and hope he gets well soon! someone (a volunteer) posted this drawing on twitter:

https://twitter.com/mikedolbear/stat...984705/photo/1

also, underworld/pricey/high contrast need to release full versions of the remixes. fantastic tracks cannot be wasted!

[testudo]

Can someone give a detailed explanation of contents included on the digital booklet (with iTunes purchase).

I am debating which version to buy, iTunes or Amazon (I can't wait for the CD release!).

[Andrea]

Originally Posted by testudo

Can someone give a detailed explanation of contents included on the digital booklet (with iTunes purchase).

I am debating which version to buy, iTunes or Amazon (I can't wait for the CD release!).

Isles of Wonder
Music Director, Rick Smith for Underworld
Associate Music Directors, Pete Cobbin, Allan Jenkins and Kirsty Whalley
Mixed by Pete Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley at Abbey Road
Music Supervisor, Mike Gillespie for Underworld.

I Still Believe - Frank Turner
Jerusalem / Flower of Scotland / Danny Boy / Bread of Heaven - Four Nations Choirs
Nimrod - LSO On Track
And I Will Kiss - Underworld feat. Dame Evelyn Glennie and the Pandemonium Drummers
Tubular Bells / In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield
Chariots of Fire - London Symphony Orchestra
Sundowner - Blanck Mass & London Symphony Orchestra
Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden
Nimma Nimma (feat. Jaspreet Jasz) - A.R. Rahman
Heaven - Emeli Sandé
Abide With Me - Emeli Sandé
I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys
Come Together - Arctic Monkeys
Caliban's Dream (feat. Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Only Men Aloud, Elizabeth Roberts, Alex Trimble) - Underworld


Welcome – The Parade of Athletes
Produced by Lincoln Barrett and Rick Smith
Assisted by Darren Price for Underworld
Mixed by Simon Gogerly and Lincoln Barrett Mastered by Miles Showell at Metropolis Studios
Underworld are: Kris Burton, Malcolm Corbett, Steven Hall, Karl Hyde, Geoff Jukes, Anis Marks, Darren Price, Danielle Short, Rick Smith, Robin Turner.

Galvanize (Beginning) - The Chemical Brothers
Moon Watcher - High Contrast
Always Loved a Film (Instrumental) - Underworld
Dark and Long (Dark Train) - Underworld
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Minneapolis (High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
Reach - High Contrast
Ghost Dance - High Contrast
Confusion the Waitress (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
Traktor (feat. L) [Radio Edit] - Wretch 32
Olympians (High Contrast Remix) - F Buttons
Can't Stop This Fire - High Contrast
Moon In Water (Instrumental) - Underworld
Crocodile (High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
Where the Streets Have No Name (High Contrast Remix) - U2
For Years - High Contrast
Dirty Epic (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
The Long Way Home - High Contrast
Dark and Long (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
Rez (High Contrast Remix) - Underworld
Heroes - David Bowie
Galvanize (Ending) - The Chemical Brothers

Worth every penny!