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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[3]

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).[4] 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 piece 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.

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.[5]

Track listing

Parade of the Athletes
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heroes"Tijs Michiel Verwest8:36
2."Breda 8pm (DJ Montana Edit)"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:43
3."Ancient History"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:06
4."Traffic"Tijs Michiel Verwest4:13
5."Euphoria"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:05
6."Athena"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:17
7."Olympic Flame"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink5:34
8."Lethal Industry"Tijs Michiel Verwest4:36
9."Coming Home"Tijs Michiel Verwest6:28
10."Adagio for Strings"Samuel Barber5:57
11."Victorious"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink4:38
12."Forever Today"Tijs Michiel Verwest, Daniël Stewart, Geert Huinink7:06

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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