Description: Bax Olympic Theme, Action Music, Action Impending Rock and Metal, cheap production music, stock music downloads and independent music
Keywords: Bax Olympic Theme, cheap production music, stock music downloads, independent music, music for tv, instrumental music, music library, royalty free music downloads, download stock music, music loops, royalty free music library, royalty-free songs, buyout music, music for video, stock music loops, production music, tv music, download music clips, websites music, corporate music, royalty free sounds, royalty-free production music, website music, commercial stock music, music for videos, television music, stock music clips, stock music library, film music, stock music sound effects, download mp3s, background music sounds, music tv com, hymn of praise acclamation, anthem, hymn, laud, laudation, ode, pean, praise, psalm, song musical tune aria, descant, lay, melody, song, worldwide rock The Olympic Hymn, also known informally as the Olympic Anthem, is played when the Olympic Flag is raised It is a musical piece composed by Spyridon Samaras with words written from a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas Both the poet and the composer were the choice of Demetrius Vikelas, a Greek Pro-European and the first President of the IOC The anthem was performed for the first time for the ceremony of opening of the 1896 Athens Olympic Games but wasn't declared the official hymn by the IOC until 1957 In the following years every hosting nation commissioned the composition of a specific Olympic hymn for their own edition of the Games This happened up until the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
In US, Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" is often considered to be the "Olympic theme" Written in 1958 for Arnaud's Charge Suite, it is this piece, more than any of the fanfares or Olympic themes, that Americans recognize as the Olympic theme
|
