She sings mostly in english but sometimes in icelandic. It was written and produced by bjork, with additional writing by sjon and production by mark bell. Bjork oceania olympic games athens 2004 video dailymotion. However, yesterday i found a site that let me download it, and ive been listening to it ever since. Mark bell downloaded the music from the internet, but in that version the chorus sounded tame. Icelands global star bjork performs her song oceania on august, 2004, during the athens 2004 olympic games opening ceremony. Sign up for the all songs considered newsletter and well tell you when new music features are available on the site. Athens olympics, singing an ornate new song called oceania, confirmed her status as the ultimate. She is an icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, actress, record producer and dj. Download this show in the all songs considered podcast. As she sang, her dress slowly unfurled to reveal a 10,000 square foot 900 m 2 map of the world, which she let flow over all of the olympic athletes. Oceania is a song recorded by icelandic singer bjork for her sixth studio album medulla.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. If all links got died, plz comment below and i will reupload soon. Bjork, mark bell, valgeir sigurdsson this song was premiered at the 2004. Watch the video for oceania from bjorks medulla for free, and see the artwork. Bjork, obviously, infuses her own style into her explorations, and that lets her work be much more of her own than just a rehash of monkfor one, monk tends to be a purist and wants voice to be recorded very naturally so that the live performance can very much be the same as the recorded one, while bjork does some electronic play with voice at. Her musical career began when she was eleven with her study of classical piano in elementary school. She sang the song oceania, written specially for that solemn event. The song was written by the singer specially for the 2004 summer olympics. The visual effects were great, her voice deep and clean as usual and the presence of a great and well coordinated choir. Oceania always original mix one of the best trance that i have ever heard. Download bjork mp3 songs and albums music downloads. In 2004, she finally felt that was the right time to do it. Vespertine vinyl, inklusive mp3 downloadcode vinyl lp.
Bjork s refreshing take on the genre is magical from start to finish, as was her opening ceremony performance, when her large dress unraveled to eventually form a map of the world which covered the entire stadium. The following songs are not currently available, but you can activate an alert in order to receive an email when they become available. Larson july 26, 2012 this post is in partnership with consequence of sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Its first promotional single, oceania, was commissioned by the international. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Bjork performed oceania live at the opening ceremony for the olympic games in athens 2004. Albums without the title or the artists name written on. In 2004, bjork released the disc medulla, which was focused on vocals both bjork s and those of the guest artists. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. In august 2004, the artist performed at the summer olympic games in athens, greece.
The song was written by the singer specially for the 2004 summer olympics opening ceremony, after a request by the international olympic committee. Bjork has always been very visual with her music videos and the ones featured for her 2004 release, the experimental medulla, is no exception. Bjork is bjork, she always was and always will be a great and unique artist. If you cant find the song youre looking for, dont hesitate to make a suggestion. It simply takes you to a different world where there is peace, love and harmony. Although oceania has a proper videoclip and was also performed by bjork as the theme song at the 2004 olympic games, this title has never been released as a comercial single, only various promo presses are available through the different countries. To find a sound she wanted, bjork played justin timberlake, then stockhausen. Oceania hei hei clip dal film ora disponibile in digital download, bluray, bluray 3d e disney dvd. Oceania is a watery landscape with jellyfish and face sequins to add that little sparkle and uniqueness that we all adore about bjork. Regardez bjork oceania olympic games athens 2004 philippe. Licensed to youtube by wmg, the orchard music on behalf of elektra. The official history of the olympic games and the ioc 1894 2004.