the music of Victor Le Masne gathered in an album

Eighteen titles composed by Victor Le Masne are available to relive the opening ceremony of the Games.

Victor Le Masne’s compositions for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, including the anthem Parade et SynchroniCity in tribute to the builders of Notre-Dame, are brought together in an album available Wednesday December 17, announced Paris 2024.

“The album brings together 18 emblematic tracks from this memorable event, each track embodying a sound ambiance, a picture of Olympic Paris. said the organizing committee in a press release. This soundtrack of the opening ceremony on July 26, recorded with more than 600 musicians from different orchestras, combines symphonic tunes and electronic sounds.

It notably contains the official theme of the Games, Parade – which was already available –, SynchroniCitya piece dedicated to the builders of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral which reopened its doors on December 7, or even Highermusic which accompanies the ride of the mysterious rider on the Seine, as well as the title composed for the discovery of the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower.

Victor Le Masne “delivers in this album the fruit of two years of creation for the Games”, with compositions that embody “the Olympic values ​​of diversity, innovation and universality”underlined Paris 2024.

Other iconic pieces from the Olympics have already been released on online listening platforms, such as the version of The Hymn to Love by Celine Dion, Nightcall by Kavinsky alongside Angèle and Phoenix, but also My fault (Ah! It’ll be fine) by the French metal group Gojira with Marina Viotti. Which is not the case for other notable songs from this ceremony, such as the interpretation of My feather thing by Lady Gaga or the performance of Aya Nakamura with the Republican Guard.