Beijing 2008 Victory Ceremony Music
www.chinadaily.com.cn The classic Chinese tune of Molihua, (Jasmine Flower), played on ancient metal bells and modern jade chimes, has been chosen as the theme score for the Olympic medal ceremonies, composer Tan Dun, who adapted the piece for the Games, said Tuesday. “Molihua is such an iconic piece it is almost a cultural symbol of China, so everybody thought it was a great choice,” the 50-year-old Oscar and Grammy award winner, said at a press conference in Beijing to announce the chosen music. A four-part composition, co-written by Tan and Wang Hesheng, a composer with the Army orchestra, will be played before, during and after each of the 302 medal ceremonies. The main melody, which Tan described as “glorious, heartwarming and full of respect”, was recorded using the digital recording of a 2450-year-old bell set excavated from a site in Hubei. Zhao Dongming, head of BOCOG’s culture and ceremonies department, said: “This piece of music reminds you of the gold medals for the Beijing Olympics, which are made of gold and jade.” Tan, whose opera Tea recently made its Chinese debut in Beijing, said he is looking forward to his music being a key for the world to understand Chinese philosophy. “The resonance of the 2400-year-old metal bells and modern jade chimes reflects the aspiration of balance and harmony of our Chinese ancestors,” Tan, who also wrote the original score for Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said. “I hope people remember that China is still the …
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LOVE this piece of music. Does anyone know where I can download/purchase it?
I love this song! I miss the 2008 Beijing olympics:(
You can download the program called “YouTube downloader” and download the video and convert it to MP3 or any sound file.
Yeah but quality = bad
It’s almost like they want nobody to have high quality copies of the original track, you can’t purchase it anywhere and you can’t download it anywhere. After hours of searching the internet for a high quality version I’m unable to find anything other than this same video posted everywhere.
This song brings tears to my eyes. It brought back the memories of the Beijing Olympics.
that is cool! you were at the Beijing Olympics?
Unfortunately no. But I spent 3 weeks glued to my TV!
Thank you, Squido75 for posting this wonderful video.
sounds VERY VERY similar to the youtube symphony…. afterall, it is the same composer.. but still….
love this music very much..really gv people a lot of touchful memories
Very nice theme song =)
its the same song…
it actually is the same song by the same composer. they didn’t copy it, tan dun allowed it so it isn’t considered copying
Hey where can I download this beautiful song?
Beautiful music, Beautiful games.
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nice melody!
Well even if he didnt steal the music his new symphony sure isnt original
What is wrong with combining and re-arranging? People do that all the time. Especially he wants to have some Chinese flavour to it and some tone that people familiar with.
Well the point is he tried to pass it off like his own original music and that just wasnt the right thing to do even if it does sound lovely
They played better here than the Youtube Symphony Orchestra did.
What concert key is this in?
I love this song:X The 2008 Olympics was the best Olympic Games in the last 10 years:X
the later motives are from internet symphony
wow this gave me the chills! didn’t actually know it was chinese music either
love it!