C'est une première dans l'histoire des Jeux olympiques. Les bandes originales des cérémonies d'ouverture (le 27 juillet) et de clôture (le 12 août) sont disponibles sur les plateformes de téléchargement.

Pour ceux qui veulent retrouver tous les artistes et les musiques qui ont marqués la soirée de clôture des 30ème olympiades, les compilations 'Isles of Wonder - Music For The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games' et 'A Symphony of British Music - Music For The Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games' sont désormais disponibles.

Le meilleur de la musique anglaise est présente dans ces compilations : de George Michael à Muse en passant par les Spice Girls, Annie Lennox ou encore la musique d'Oasis.

Découvrez la pochette et la tracklist de la cérémonie d'ouverture :  

CD1 – Isles of Wonder
1) Frank Turner – I Still Believe
2) Four Nations Choirs – Jerusalem, Flower of Scotland, Danny Boy, Bread of Heaven
3) LSO On Track Orchestra & François-Xavier Roth – Nimrod
4)Underworld feat. Dame Evelyn Glennie and the Pandemonium Drummers – And I Will Kiss
5) Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells / In Dulci Jubilo
6) LSO – Chariots of Fire
7) Blanck Mass & LSO – Sundowner
8) Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers – Radio Edit
9) A.R. Rahman feat. Jaspreet Jasz – Nimma Nimma
10) Emeli Sandé – Heaven
11) Emeli Sandé – Abide With Me
12) Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Live)
13) Arctic Monkeys – Come Together (Live)
14) Underworld feat. Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Only Men Aloud, Elizabeth Roberts, Esme Smith and Alex Trimble – Caliban’s Dream

CD2 – Welcome
1) Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
2) High Contrast – Moon Watcher
3) Underworld – Always Loved A Film – Instrumental
4) Underworld – Dark & Long (Dark Train) (Remix)
5) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
6) Underworld – Minneapolis (High Contrast Remix)
7) High Contrast – Reach
8) High Contrast – Ghost Dance
9) Underworld – Confusion – The Waitress (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix)
10) Wretch 32 feat. L – Traktor
11) Fuck Buttons – Olympians (High Contrast Remix)
12) High Contrast – Can’t Stop This Fire
13) Underworld – Moon In Water (Instrumental Remix)
14) Underworld – Crocodile (High Contrast Remix)
15) U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name (High Contrast Remix)
16) High Contrast – For Years
17) Underworld – Dirty Epic (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix)
18) High Contrast – The Long Way Home
19) Underworld – Dark & Long (Darren Price & High Contrast Remix)
20) Underworld – Rez (High Contrast Remix)
21) David Bowie – Heroes
22) Chemical Brothers – Galvanize

Découvrez la pochette et la tracklist de la cérémonie de clôture :  

CD1 :
01. Urban Voices Collective – Because
02. Julian Lloyd Webber, London Symphony Orchestra & Stomp – Salut d’amour (feat. Timothy Spall)
03. Madness – Our House
04. Massed Bands of the Household Division – Parklife
05. Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
06. Ray Davies, London Symphony Orchestra & Urban Voices Collective – Waterloo Sunset
07. Emeli Sandé – Read All About It
08. David Arnold – Parade of the Athletes
09. Elbow, London Symphony Orchestra & Urban Voices Collective – Open Arms
10. Elbow, London Symphony Orchestra & Urban Voices Collective – One Day Like This
11. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God Remix)
12. Urban Voices Collective, Pete Lockett, Rahda Meta, Prabhat Rao, Varun Verma, Toby Pitman, David Arnold, Bilwal Iyer, Eos Chater, Tania Davis, Elspeth Hanson & Gay-Yee Westerhoff – Here Comes the Sun
13. David Arnold – Medal Ceremony
14. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Excerpt)

CD2 :
01. John Lennon & Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir – Imagine
02. George Michael – White Light
03. Kaiser Chiefs – Pinball Wizard
04. David Bowie – Fashion
05. Annie Lennox – Little Bird
06. Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold – Wish You Were Here
07. Russell Brand & London Symphony Orchestra – Pure Imagination
08. Russell Brand & Bond – I Am the Walrus
09. Fatboy Slim – Right Here, Right Now (Excerpt)
10. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank (Excerpt)
11. Jessie J, Tinie Tempah & Taio Cruz – Price Tag / Written in the Stars / Dynamite
12. Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing (feat. Jessie J, Tinie Tempah & Taio Cruz)
13. Spice Girls – Wannabe / Spice Up Your Life
14. Eric Idle – Always Look On the Bright Side of Life
15. Muse – Survival
16. Queen – Queen Medley: Day-O / Brighton Rock
17. Queen – We Will Rock You (feat. Jessie J)
18. The London Welsh Male Voice Choir, The London Welsh Rugby Choir & London Symphony Orchestra – Olympic Anthem
19. London Symphony Orchestra – Extinguishing the Flame
20. Take That – Rule the World
21. David Arnold – Spirit of the Flame
22. The Who – Baba O’Riley (Edited Version)
23. The Who – See Me, Feel Me (Edited Version) 24. The Who – My Generation (Excerpt)

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