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 Posted:   Jun 24, 2018 - 9:16 AM   
 By:   FabioS   (Member)

Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe wrote the music for the official FIFA clip that opens every match.
It's called "Living Football".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B_Lu-Im408

Full version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds-r_uN7Le4

Ennio Morricone and Vangelis also wrote World Cup themes, for Argentina 78 and Japan/Korea 2002, respectively.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQdUFhc1P8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcbGxT7nG60

 
 Posted:   Jun 24, 2018 - 3:34 PM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

No one does uplifting, anthemic stuff as good as Zimmer.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 25, 2018 - 2:03 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

It's a decent theme, but not quite on the level of his 90s power anthems, IMO. I don't think he's able or willing to do that anymore, but the mind boggles at how a mid 90s Zimmer would have scored this.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 25, 2018 - 3:27 AM   
 By:   leagolfer   (Member)

Good theme by the duo definitely a better sound than some previous ones, I remember the J-M-Jarre theme 98, why France accepted that its hard to believe, listening too it was awful a repetitive synth that went on an on... even the remix version..

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 25, 2018 - 3:51 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Good theme by the duo definitely a better sound than some previous ones, I remember the J-M-Jarre theme 98, why France accepted that its hard to believe, listening too it was awful a repetitive synth that went on an on... even the remix version..

Jarre is one of my alltime favourite artists, but I agree that the "Rendez-Vous IV" remix with Apollo 440 for the '98 World Cup was a low in his career. Dated and cheesy, but then again so was the "Rendez-Vouz IV" track to begin with, even in its original version. Wish he had done something new instead.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 25, 2018 - 4:21 AM   
 By:   leagolfer   (Member)

Good theme by the duo definitely a better sound than some previous ones, I remember the J-M-Jarre theme 98, why France accepted that its hard to believe, listening too it was awful a repetitive synth that went on an on... even the remix version..

Jarre is one of my alltime favourite artists, but I agree that the "Rendez-Vous IV" remix with Apollo 440 for the '98 World Cup was a low in his career. Dated and cheesy, but then again so was the "Rendez-Vouz IV" track to begin with, even in its original version. Wish he had done something new instead.


Yeah.. Couldn't believe that was Jarre when I first heard it, obviously France hosting the world cup the nostalgia they didn't care, a long way off from Equinoxe, Oxygene themes, love the Revolutions, Zoolook albums, although today I've lost touch with Jean's work.

 
 Posted:   Jun 25, 2018 - 7:05 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

You have no idea as a teenager in 78 who bought the ennio single 3 weeks before the world cup started how gutted i was to discover it was argentina 78 ...for italian tv, not english tv and we had right old tosh in its place!! smile

The bbc one was more like a carousel for horses on poles and the itv one was an embarrassingly bad fit even in 1978!!

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 26, 2018 - 3:41 PM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

Just got round to giving this a listen and I really like it.
Catchy anthem-like theme. I love the bubbling synths.
I haven't heard it once while tuning into the games, but I will play it a lot now that I've discovered it.
Best thing I've heard by Zimmer in ages (probably 95% Balfe) wink

 
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