Who wrote the opening broadcast music for the NBC Olympic covereage when they show the sites of torino?
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It's called Bugler’s Dream, by Leo Arnaud and was written in 1958 for a larger project called “The Charge Suite.”\n\nABC first used it in their coverage of the 1968 Winter games.\n\nNBC purchased the rights to it in 1992 for their Olympic coverage.
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the most famous opera pieces played at the opening ceremony of the winter olympic games 2006 were:\n\n- Overture from the opera “La gazza ladra” by Gioacchino Rossini\n- Triumphal Aida by Giuseppe Verdi\n- “Nessuno Dorma” from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini interpreted by Luciano Pavarotti\n\nthe whole opening ceremony is documented with a lot of pictures and can be found here:\nhttp://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/bin/page/C_3_page_eng_283_paragraphs_paragrafo_21_attachments_allegato_13_object.pdf
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Hi ..It was .."Hide and Seek".. by ..Imogen Heap..\nSeason  starts.. September, 8 ,2006 ...\nKind regards! ..
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Yes, the opening ceremony is being streamed online at the BBC Winter Olympic website (but it is only able to be seen if your computer has a UK based IP address). And while it doesn't show you the inside of the stadium, you might see some good fireworks here as well
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1936 Berlin games, Leni Riefenstahl filmed a two-part documentary called Olympia. It was the first time the Games were seen with a moving image. 1936 was also the first year that the Summer Olympics were shown on television in some form. Twenty-five large screens were set up in Berlin allowing people to watch the Games for free.\nThe first Winter Games to be televised also took place in 1956 in Cortina. The first telecast of the Olympics in the United States was in 1960.
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The complete list of countries taking part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy will not be known until the parade of the atheletes on February 10th 2006.
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go to www.factmonster.com\nwww.cbc.ca/olympics\nsports.espn.com/oly\nwww.olympic.org*\nwww.torino2006.org*\nwww.nbcolympics.com*\nsports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006*\nsortsillistrated.cnn.com/olympics/2006\n\n*i suggest these ones
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Mammoth lake is a huge spot. All along califronia are places where you can find the training areas for many olympic athletes
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Try "Right Now" by Van Halen or "The Final Countdown" by Europe.  "Right Now" is the introduction theme for the LA Lakers.
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The Closing Ceremony of the XXth Winter Olympics will start at 2000 CET (1900 GMT, 1400 EST) on Sunday February 26th 2006.
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It's by Matt Munro. It was in the original version of The Italian Job
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Limewire or Morpheus would have them, but if you go to a CD store, they do have entrance music under soundtracks. iTunes might also have it, who knows.
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Helen Shapiro. And here's a couple sites.\nhttp://www.mannamusic.co.uk/\nhttp://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirh/helens.htm\nhttp://aearwaker.tripod.com/
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torino, italy \n\nThe Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD. There were 292 Ancient Olympic Games.
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This may suprise you, but it has gone out before. During the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics (also in Italy), the speed skater bringing the Olympic Flame into the stadium tripped over a cable and went crashing to the floor, breaking the torch at the same time.
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Because in Italian the city is called Torino and not Turin.  If you asked and Italian how to get to Turin, they would look at you like you are from Mars.  I applaud NBC for using the actual name of the city and not using the English name.  I wish all references to Torino did this!
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The next Winter Olympics will take place in Turin, Italy, from February 10th - 26th 2006 and one of the names to watch out for will be the British curling women's team who will try and defend their gold medal from Salt Lake City