There were some decent songs along the way, but compared to the olympics, the World Cup just can't seem to do it right.

The Sony albums are pretty lame most of the time. Instead of finding some way to compile the official songs from the various countries, the Sony albums just push Sony artists. They produce so many different versions you need a full time staff to keep track of the various releases.

Even the official themes aren't all that good. France '98 had some acceptable dance tunes as official anthems, but Vangelis' Korea-Japan Anthem was kind of average. This year isn't much better.

If Morricone is so passionate about football, I'd expect him to come up with something a lot more inspired than the insipid anthems of the past years.

Some of the comments he made in that other interview are interesting.
Particularly when he talks about the lead scorers having trouble scoring in a World Cup, it seems to be the same for other teams (Spain: Raul, Germany: Ballack, England: Lampard, etc).

Morricone should write a new concert work: Once Upon a Dive in Germany.
It would musically chronicle every time Cristiano Ronaldo took a dive in World Cup 2006. Should have enough material for a full CD.

Dinko's suggestion reminds me of Michael Nyman, who is also a big football (soccer) fan. He's written several pieces of music about it, three of which are collected on the CD "After Extra Time" and the most recent of which (I think) was a piece he wrote for string quartet and tape, in which the tape is a radio recording of a game (it was a game that was special for some reason, but I'm like Lou when it comes to sports so I don't remember these things).

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Morricone should write a new concert work: Once Upon a Dive in Germany.
It would musically chronicle every time Cristiano Ronaldo took a dive in World Cup 2006. Should have enough material for a full CD.

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England fan I presume?

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Originally posted by Camillu:
England fan I presume?

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Originally posted by James:
Dinko's suggestion reminds me of Michael Nyman, who is also a big football (soccer) fan. He's written several pieces of music about it, three of which are collected on the CD "After Extra Time" and the most recent of which (I think) was a piece he wrote for string quartet and tape, in which the tape is a radio recording of a game (it was a game that was special for some reason, but I'm like Lou when it comes to sports so I don't remember these things).

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But to clarify let me say,that i love most of the US sports,so there's nothing wrong in not liking soccer very much,it's a cultural thingy...

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Not really. But the C. Ronaldo character is in the wrong sport. He chronically confuses the grass for water.[/B]

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Hey back off pal,if he was not tackled every few meters,he wouldn't dive so much...

But he's not my favourite player,so bash all you want.

Nuno Cunha

I belong to a minority, being a HUGE soccer fan, being from America, and I guess, being a woman. It's my favorite sport to watch and play, and I coached for nearly 10 years.

One really good score I have dedicated to soccer is "The Game of Their Lives" by William Ross.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
As you say, there's at least one more Nyman football work nowadays. I'm not sure if it's the same you're referring to, but the one I know of is called Beckham Crosses, Nyman Scores. As far as I know, it's still unreleased.

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AET is indeed a fine album, though. I went and listened to it again after hearing the newer piece.

Maybe they should play 120 minutes, then send in the substitutes. That should change the game's dynamic.