Parade of the Athletes

Infobox Album |
Name = Parade of the Athletes
Type = compilation
Artist = Tiësto
Type = compilation


Released = Flagicon|Netherlands 7 September 2004
Flagicon|USA 2 November, 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Trance
Length = 72:25
Label = Black Hole Recordings
Producer = Tiësto
Reviews = About.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/TiestoParade.htm?terms=tiesto+parade%20of%20the%20athletes link]
Entertainment Weekly (C) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,767684,00.html link]
Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h9frxqesldte link] |
Last album = "Just Be"
(2004)
This album = "Parade of the Athletes"
(2004)
Next album = ""
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Parade of the Athletes: Unmixed
Type = compilation


Lower caption = No higher resolution currently available.

"Parade of the Athletes" is a retrospective mix by trance DJ/producer Tiësto of his live set performed during the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on August 13, 2004 (see 2004 in music). This was the first time that a DJ was asked to perform for a ceremony at the Olympics. Recognizing one of their own, the Dutch team came up to the booth while Tiësto was performing this set. All of the songs on this track are original songs composed by Tiësto except for "Adagio for Strings", which is his own remix of Samuel Barber's piece by the same name(the remix was also influenced by William Orbit's original electronic remix of the song in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Albinoni's Adagio in G minor.

The album contains 8 new tracks composed exclusively for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, and 4 other well known tracks (Traffic, Lethal Industry, Adagio for Strings and Forever Today). An unmixed version was also released. [cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Tiësto|title=Parade of the Athletes: Unmixed]

Track listing

tracklist
headline = Parade of the Athletes
all_writing =
title1 = Heroes
length1 = 8:36
title2 = Breda 8 p.m. (DJ Montana Edit)
length2 = 6:43
title3 = Ancient History
length3 = 6:06
title4 = Traffic
length4 = 4:13
title5 = Euphoria
length5 = 6:05
title6 = Athena
length6 = 6:17
title7 = Olympic Flame
length7 = 5:34
title8 = Lethal Industry
length8 = 4:36
title9 = Coming Home
length9 = 6:28
title10 = Adagio for Strings
length10 = 5:57
title11 = Victorious
length11 = 4:38
title12 = Forever Today
length12 = 7:06

Credits

* Mastered By: Barney Broomer for Sonic One [cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/339736|title=Credits, samples and interpretations]
* Written By, Composed By, Producer, Mixed By: Tiësto
* Additional Producer: D.J. Waakop Reyers
** "Breda 8pm" DJ Montana's edit of "Dallas 4PM" from Tiësto's debut album "In My Memory".
** "Ancient History" Tiësto's interpretation of "Zanaradikos" by Thrace.
** "Traffic" samples "Psykofuk" by Sean Deason.
** "Athena" Tiësto's interpretation of "Adagio in G Minor" by Albinoni.
** "Olympic Flame" Composer(s): Geert Huinink & Daniël Stewart
** "Adagio for Strings" Composer(s): Samuel Barber
** "Victorious" Composer(s): Geert Huinink & Daniël Stewart
** "Forever Today" Composer(s): Geert Huinink & Daniël Stewart

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