Parade of the Athletes
Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by Dutch DJ Tiësto of his live set performed during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on 13 August 2004. 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, and "Athena", which is also a remix of Adagio in G minor, a piece often attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto.
The album contains 8 new tracks composed exclusively for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, and 4 other well-known tracks. An unmixed version was also released.Credits
- Mastered by: Barney Broomer for Sonic One
- Written by, composed by, producer, mixed by: Tiësto
- Additional producer: D.J. Waakop Reijers
- * "Breda 8pm" DJ Montana's edit of "Dallas 4PM" from Tiësto's debut album In My Memory.
- * "Ancient History" Tiësto's interpretation of "Zilevo Tou Stavraetou" by Rizitiko.
- * "Traffic" samples "Psykofuk" by Sean Deason.
- * "Athena" Tiësto's interpretation of "Adagio in G Minor" by Giazotto.
- * "Olympic Flame" Composer: Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
- * "Adagio for Strings"' Composer: Samuel Barber
- * "Victorious" Composer: Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
- * "Forever Today"'' Composer: Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
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