
16-05-2006, 18:14
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Bullshiner
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Re: Anbody got Champions League ringtone ?
I've started so I'll finish...
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THEME
Would you know the title and artist on the Champions League football theme tune? asks John Campbell. I have tried everywhere with no results. I would love to buy a copy.
Why, yes. Guardian Unlimited's very own Notes and Queries has pretty much the definitive answer, John, courtesy of Judith Colman of Edinburgh.
"The music is a bowdlerisation of Handel's coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest," she says, which we presume is a bad thing.
"As a member of the choir singing on the recording, I am ashamed to say I can still remember the words: 'We are the champions; wir sind die Besten; nous sommes les meilleurs'," says Judith.
So, now we can all sing along, albeit only when it's on the telly. As Uefa's Helen Wood explains: "British composer, Tony Britten, was commissioned to write and arrange the music in a Handelian style in 1992. The song was called 'Champions League'."
The anthem was performed by the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus. However, here's the heart breaker, John: the music has not been commercialised and it is therefore not possible to buy it in any shops. Still, if you take Judith's advice, maybe you could go for a take on the original and just add your own vocals
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