Chariots of Fire
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Chariots of Fire is an instrumental by Vangelis from 1981, which was composed by himself and is part of the soundtrack of the film The Hour of the Winner .
history
The instrumental is characterized by its distinctly slow rhythm .
It was released on March 31, 1981, and the instrumental's CD single was released in 1989. Since its release, the piece has been used in a wide variety of television programs and sporting events.
At the launch of the first Macintosh from Apple , the piece was played. It was also heard at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics , 1988 , 1996 and 2012 .
Vangelis was accused of having used Stavros Logaridis' song City of Violets to compose the piece . This could be refuted in court. Vangelis was able to convince that he had not heard the said title before composing Chariots of Fire . Clear similarities between the two songs could not be heard.
Cover versions
- 1981: Demis Roussos
- 1982: The Shadows
- 1982: Mireille Mathieu (Love for you)
- 1982: Jane Olivor (Race to the End)
- 1982: Melissa Manchester (Race to the End)
- 1983: Ed Starink (Syndrome 1)
- 1984: Frank Chacksfield
- 1985: Tereza Kesovija (Izlaisunce)
- 1985: Kati Kovács
- 1989: Richard Clayderman
- 1990: Floyd Cramer
- 1991: The Ventures
- 1994: The London Symphony Orchestra
- 1995: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1996: Scooter (Our Happy Hardcore)
- 1997: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1997: Frank Mills
- 1998: Ferrante & Teicher
- 2003: Johannes Kalpers
- 2005: The Bad Plus
- 2007: Chie Ayado
- 2012: DJ Falk
- 2012: Leo Rojas
- 2017: 2Cellos
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart placements: chartsurfer.de accessed May 22, 2018.
- ↑ Chariots of Fire at Allmusic (English). Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ Musicians Set to Fanfare the Flame. In: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph . April 3, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Bucholtz: Greece is struggling, but Vangelis is having a good Olympics thanks to "Chariots of Fire" . In: Yahoo! Sports Canada . August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ↑ EMI Music v. Papathanasiou [1993] EMLR 306 . High Court, Chancery Division. February 18, 1987. Retrieved November 27, 2012. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
