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Conquest of Paradise (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Conquest of Paradise'" is a song recorded by Greek composer Vangelis. It was the soundtrack from Ridley Scott's 1992 film '1492: Conquest of Paradise' and the lead single from the album of the same name. The song achieved success in many territories, including Flanders, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland where it topped the singles chart, but was a relative failure in UK where it only peaked at number 60. The song's popularity had been boosted in Germany by boxer Henry Maske using it as his theme song.[http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vangelis&titel=Conquest+Of+Paradise&cat=s swisscharts.com] (Retrieved 21 September 2010)
Its chord progression is based on the old European theme 'La Follia'.
Track listings
'CD single'
#"Conquest Of Paradise" 4:47
#"Moxica And The Horse" 7:12
'CD maxi-single'
#"Conquest Of Paradise" 4:47
#"Moxica And The Horse" 7:12
#"Line Open" 4:43
#"Landscape" 1:37
* Includes two songs ("Line Open" and "Landscape"), which were not included in the album.
Lyrics
Throughout the whole song, the following lyrics in Pseudo-Latin were repeated several times:[http://www.vangelislyrics.com/vangelis-1492-conquest-of-paradise-lyrics.htm#CONQUEST Vangelis lyrics: 1492, Conquest of Paradise]
'In nreni per pe,'
'in noreni corh;'
'tir mine per to,'
'ne domin.'
One time this refrain is:
'In rmine tirmno,'
'ne rmine to fa,'
'imgine pro mno,'
'per imentir. '
Credits
*Choir: The English Chamber Choir
*Composed and arranged by Vangelis
*Choir conductor: Guy Protheroe
*Produced by Frederick Rousseau
*Recorded and mixed by Philippe Colonna, at Epsilon Laboratory, Paris
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
In popular culture
Covers
The song has been covered by many artists, including Blake, Klaus Schulze, Free the Spirit, the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Project, Kati Kovcs, John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra (1996), Daylight (1997), Daniel Hlka (1998), Dana Winner (2002), The Ten Tenors (2004), Rhydian (2009) and Gregorian (2012).At sport events
"Conquest of Paradise" is played at home games for the New Zealand Super Rugby team Crusaders and Super League teams Widnes Vikings and Wigan Warriors. These days it is the unofficial theme tune for the city of Christchurch where the Crusaders rugby team is based. English football club Sheffield Wednesday also play Conquest of Paradise prior to their theme tune before kick off. "Conquest of Paradise" was also played at the Cricket World Cup (2011) and (2015) just before the national anthems of the two contesting national teams were played at the start of every match. It was also played during the 2010 and 2014 cricket World Twenty20 championships to uphold International Cricket Council's "spirit-of-cricket" concept just before the national anthems of the two playing teams. The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc series uses "Conquest of Paradise" at the start, finish and prize ceremonies of its various ultramarathon races. It is also used by the Engadin Skimarathon to introduce the start of the competitors waves. At least in the years 20102013. Usually every minute it is interrupted to announce the time until "go!". German boxer Henry Maske used it as his theme song. At the long-distance sled-dog race Finnmarkslopet in Norway, the song is played every time a dog team crosses the finish line.
In TV shows and cinema
It was used for many years in the Jeux Sans Frontires, using it during the credits. The single "Conquest of Paradise" has also been inserted in the 2007 Chinese television drama series 'Soldiers Sortie', and is used as the theme song in the Hindi film, 'Koyla' (1997), 'Kaalapani' (1996) and a Tamil film, 'Sundara Purushan' (1996). The song was also used in the trailer for 'Mission to Mars' (2000). It's also part of the soundtrack of 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' (2015), by Guy Richie.
References
Category:Songs about Christopher Columbus
Category:Film theme songs
Category:1992 singles
Category:1994 singles
Category:1995 singles
Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Germany
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Switzerland
Category:Vangelis songs
Category:Songs written for films
Category:1992 songs
Category:Songs with music by Vangelis
Category:Song recordings produced by Vangelis
Category:East West Records singles
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