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Every two years, the worlds finest athletes gather at the olympic games. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content. Various artists a symphony of british music music for the closing ceremony of the london 2012 olympic games free download. The olympic rings are assembled above the stadium in a scene depicting the industrial revolution during the opening ceremony of the london 2012 olympic games on july 27, 2012. The ceremonies were designed and coordinated by danny boyle, director of the movies trainspotting and slumdog millionaire. Up to 180,000 spectators a day entered the park to enjoy the games, making it the principal focus of olympic activity. The soundtrack is mostly prerecorded and does not include live elements of the performance such as the drumming from evelyn glennie, but the two arctic monkeys songs. London bids farewell to the 2012 olympics with a symphony of british music.
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