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"Bring me my Chariot of fire" inspired the title of the film Chariots of Fire. [60] The hymn has featured in many other films and television programmes including Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Saint Jack, Calendar Girls, Season 3: Episode 22 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ...
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 musical score by Greek electronic composer Vangelis (credited as Vangelis Papathanassiou) for the British film Chariots of Fire, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Original Music Score. The album topped the Billboard 200 for 4 weeks. It reached #2 in Canada, #5 in the UK, #5 in Australia, and #6 ...
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam.It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.
Vangelis was accused of plagiarising "Chariots of Fire" from a piece by fellow Greek composer Stavros Logaridis called "City of Violets". Vangelis won in court by persuading the judge that he had had no opportunity to hear Logaridis' piece before he composed "Chariots of Fire" and by demonstrating to the judge's satisfaction that the key musical sequence described as "the turn" (which ...
The hymn was a last minute addition to the first church hymnal, Collection of Sacred Hymns published in Kirtland, Ohio, 1835 or 1836. [9] It appears as the last song (hymn 90) and in a different typeset than the rest of the hymnal. This original version had six stanzas. [10]
IN FOCUS: It is 100 years since Eric Liddell won gold in the Paris 1924 games, but it was the athlete’s little-known life after the historic win that really intrigued biographer Duncan Hamilton.
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It is written in 2/4 time in the key of C major, consisting of two verses and a choral reprise. The three soloists alternate trio harmonies with solo lines; the female chorus of schoolgirls joins the three soloists at the end of the 2nd verse. The rhyme scheme of the song's lyrics is as follows: verse 1. AAAB, CCCB, DDDB; verse 2.