Giorgio Moroder Creates Theme Song for Beijing Olympics
Giorgio Moroder, an Italian composer based in Hollywood, and Chinese pianist Kong Xiangdong took three years to create the song, "In Harmony" (English), "Forever Friends" (Chinese) for their entry into the competition for theme song for the Beijing Olympics.
Moroder is a five time Oscar-winner. He wrote the theme song for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He also wrote the theme song for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.
Kong Xiandong was educated at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Curtis Institute
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He was the youngest prize winner of the 1996 Moscow International Competition and Spain's Santander International Competition.
the lyrics for the song:
Forever Friends (In Harmony)
(Music by: Giorgio Moroder / Lyrics by: Michael Kunze / Produced by: Giorgio Moroder/ Kong Xiangdong/ Thomas Ho )
Verse 1
You've tasted bitter defeat and the sweet success.
You want it all and you settle for nothing less.
You've tried harder than the rest.
You've become one of the best.
This is the time you'll remember for
All your life.
Chorus 1
Forever friends
In harmony
As the whole world joins and sees
Days of unity and peace.
Forever through the years
We'll hear the cheers.
Joy and laughter everywhere!
We're together here to share
Forever friends
Verse 2
You'll meet all races, see faces you've never seen.
People from parts of the world where you've never been.
And you'll feel it in your heart
We spent too much time apart
This is the time when all dreams of man come alive
Chorus 2
Bridge
No matter where we are or go
No matter what we hope for or know
No matter how we word our prayer
There is one dream we share
Chorus 3
Ending
One world One dream
Forever friends
In Harmony!
Forever Friends
One dream we dream
One world we share
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