John Williams - Summon The Heroes (2LP Coloured)

Format: 2 x LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: MOVATM419C
Barcode: 8719262035799
Release Date: 13 Sep 2024 
Genre: Pop

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
INCLUDES INSERT WITH LINER NOTES BY MUSIC JOURNALIST JACKSON
BRAIDER
FEATURING A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC THEMES CONDUCTED BY JOHN
WILLIAMS AND PERFORMED BY THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
INCLUDES WILLIAMS’ OFFICIAL CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC THEME “SUMMON
THE HEROES” AND OTHER THEMES BY MIKIS THEODORAKIS, LEONARD
BERNSTEIN, AND VANGELIS.
FIRST TIME AVAILABLE ON VINYL
LIMITED EDITION OF 800 COPIES ON TRANSLUCENT YELLOW COLOURED VINYL

Summon The Heroes is an album by legendary composer John Williams, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra.
This album, featuring works by Williams, Leo Arnaud, Carl Orff, Leonard Bernstein, Dmitri Shostakovich, and others, certainly counts among the Baron, founder of the modern Olympic Games, his “opportunities for beauty.” Some of the works come from the Games themselves - Josef Suk’s “Toward a New Life,” indeed, won a silver medal in the 1932 Olympics for musical composition!
Summon The Heroes is available for the first time on vinyl as a limited edition of 800 copies on translucent yellow coloured vinyl and includes an insert with liner notes by music journal- ist Jackson Braider.

SIDE A
1.    Summon The Heroes - by John Williams
2.    O Fortuna from “Carmina Burana” - by Carl Orff
3.    Bugler’s Dream and Olympic Fanfare Medley - by Leo Arnaud and
John Williams

SIDE B
1.    Ode to Zeus from “Canto Olympico” - by Mikis Theodorakis
2.    Javelin - by Michael Torke
3.    Olympic Hymn - by Leonard Bernstein

SIDE C
1.    Festive Overture, Op.96 - by Dmitri Shostakovich
2.    Conquest of Paradise (Theme) - by Vangelis
3.    Parade of Charioteers from “Ben Hur” - by Miklós Rózsa

SIDE D
1.    Toward a New Life - by Josef Suk
2.    Chariots of Fire (Theme) - by Vangelis
3.    The Olympic Spirit - by John Williams