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 (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 Adagio in G minor, a piece often attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto.

Parade of the Athletes
Compilation album by
Tiësto
Released7 September 2004 (2004-09-07)
GenreTrance
Length72:25
LabelBlack Hole
ProducerTiësto
Tiësto chronology
Just Be
(2004)		 Parade of the Athletes
(2004)		 In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America
(2005)
Parade of the Athletes: Unmixed
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[3]

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.[4]

Track listing
Parade of the Athletes
No.TitleLength
1."Heroes"8:36
2."Breda 8pm (DJ Montana Edit)"6:43
3."Ancient History"6:06
4."Traffic"4:13
5."Euphoria"6:05
6."Athena"6:17
7."Olympic Flame"5:34
8."Lethal Industry"4:36
9."Coming Home"6:28
10."Adagio for Strings"5:57
11."Victorious"4:38
12."Forever Today"7:06

Credits
  • Mastered by: Barney Broomer for Sonic One[5]
  • 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(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
    • "Adagio for Strings"' Composer(s): Samuel Barber
    • "Victorious" Composer(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart
    • "Forever Today" Composer(s): Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart

Charts and certifications

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Netherlands 2004 Magik Muzik
Magik Muzik CD 04
14 October 2004
Magik Muzik LP 04
Spain 21 October 2004 Vale
  • CD
  • mixed
 VLCD 322-1
Electropolis
  • 4 x vinyl
  • LP
  • Limited Edition
 VLMX 1697-3
United States 2 November 2004 Nettwerk America
  • CD
  • album
  • mixed
 0 6700 30393 2 1
Australia 8 October 2004 Bang On! CD BANGCD037
Mexico and Latin America 2004 Corporacion Discografica Iberoamericana
  • CD
  • mixed
 2552-2
Asia 2004 Avex Asia Ltd.
  • CD
  • mixed
 AVTCD-95786
Germany and Europe 15 October 2004 Edel
  • CD
  • mixed
 0158472 KON
Kontor
  • 4 x vinyl
  • LP
  • Limited Edition
 Kontor409
Russia 2004 Dance Planet Ltd. CD DPCD029-04
United Kingdom October 2004 Nebula
NEBT 9011
NEBTX 9011
 MX335917688d17

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