2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games Opening Intro

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Chris D'Agostino

Chris D'Agostino

12 жыл бұрын

© 2004 © NBC Universal, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games Opening Scenery. James Earl Jones narrates this.
I take no credibility in this, just showing this video because I love the Olympic Games and Ceremonies.
All rights and accreditation and rights reserved to NBC.

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@tobiaswilliamson00
@tobiaswilliamson00 4 жыл бұрын
The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece is one of the greatest full circle moments ever.
@99jarjarbinks
@99jarjarbinks 8 жыл бұрын
When you have Darth Vader narrating, and one of Maestro John Williams's iconic scores playing(at least in the first half, but I also do love the second score playing), you know you have to stop and listen. Almost 12 years, and this still has the power to make my heart race, the hairs in the back of my head stand, and my emotions rise. Whew...
@ksol1460tv
@ksol1460tv 3 күн бұрын
JEJ: "Tonight, the Games come home." Me: IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
@KNS1996DFS
@KNS1996DFS 12 жыл бұрын
"Tonight in Athens, two hundred and two nations - the world in full..." always gets me.
@Gymnastics-me8hu
@Gymnastics-me8hu 3 жыл бұрын
omg same !!
@jessesmith-garcia5313
@jessesmith-garcia5313 5 ай бұрын
20 years later and this intro still sends a shiver down my spine...Timeless!
@alex28543
@alex28543 12 жыл бұрын
James Earl Jones - this is simply a masterpiece!!!!
@stangcaptain4532
@stangcaptain4532 8 жыл бұрын
Back when NBC actually knew how to cover the Olympics...
@Patricknoddy
@Patricknoddy 12 жыл бұрын
This is the Jurassic Park theme if you're wondering where the music's from.
@GenXGamez
@GenXGamez 9 жыл бұрын
Was blown away when I saw this 11 years ago. Still waiting for another Olympics intro to be half as good.
@1HeavyMetalAngel
@1HeavyMetalAngel 7 жыл бұрын
It's amazing indeed, but Olympic intros are made based on what each country has to offer so they can create a beautiful video and Greece has mainly to offer history and then beauty.
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
@@1HeavyMetalAngel what else could a country offer
@1HeavyMetalAngel
@1HeavyMetalAngel 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicoangel690 ?
@ricotheofficial
@ricotheofficial 2 жыл бұрын
Well for most this is from the NBC broadcast intro of the opening ceremonies and this was the last time they actually told stories in their intros… since 2008 it’s been a sorry display of production value from NBC.
@StsFiveOneLima
@StsFiveOneLima 4 жыл бұрын
2780 Year ago...... Incredible.
@brandonveale5552
@brandonveale5552 8 жыл бұрын
Jones is absolutely perfect for this task - and the Sydney 2000 one he did is equally brilliant. For me the great line is "Midwestern balance of power..."
@yusak93
@yusak93 8 жыл бұрын
The music, video, and commentator are really good match up,,,best summer olympic opening intro ever.
@GenXGamez
@GenXGamez 5 жыл бұрын
OK I just watched this again 15 years later and it remains perfect. Honestly I don’t think another intro will ever come close. “The 19 year old born in Baltimore” chills.
@gymnasticzlife
@gymnasticzlife 12 жыл бұрын
Simply phenomenal! Why can't they make videos like this anymore?
@arbali
@arbali 9 жыл бұрын
NBC sports intros are just classy and elegant. Just checked NBA on NBC intros on youtube... Hail to Dick Ebersol and NBC at the time
@RichardEscobedo94
@RichardEscobedo94 11 жыл бұрын
Around this time, NBC and Universal had just come together to form NBCUniversal, so NBC had full access to Universal film scores.
@joexinopoulos5215
@joexinopoulos5215 2 жыл бұрын
Me being 50% Greek, this gives me chills. They need to return to Greece again soon. James Earl Jones narrating this is even more awesome
@olympicgam
@olympicgam 9 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. The best intro of a sporting event that I have seen!
@RollOnToVictory
@RollOnToVictory 12 жыл бұрын
cause it's EPIC!!!! whats more epic than the Olympics coming home to Athens
@TriumphantPenguin2
@TriumphantPenguin2 11 жыл бұрын
EPIC F*****G WIN!
@joexinopoulos5215
@joexinopoulos5215 3 жыл бұрын
This is something that can never be taken from Greece.
@mrbriscoe2001
@mrbriscoe2001 12 жыл бұрын
..goosebumps..
@jasonb9562
@jasonb9562 4 күн бұрын
Sometimes there are even tears to go along with those chills
@korogaru213
@korogaru213 12 жыл бұрын
My favorite line is the one describing the first modern games -- "...Fourteen nations, Two hundred forty one competitors are CAPTURED BY THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY...."
@LightTower936
@LightTower936 10 жыл бұрын
Immediate Music - Salvation For A Proud Nation
@utuberssuck7024
@utuberssuck7024 5 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only person that had this recorded. Thanks Chris
@benrossi1513
@benrossi1513 Жыл бұрын
NBC should keep doing intros like this
@TriumphantPenguin2
@TriumphantPenguin2 8 жыл бұрын
No dislikes- and it should stay this way!
@brandynhenry7107
@brandynhenry7107 5 жыл бұрын
american exceptionalism stands the test of modern times and the medal tables proves this
@maxhayashi4078
@maxhayashi4078 Ай бұрын
Talking about the 2004 Athens Games marathon...the men's event was the most unfair of all time, as Brazilian Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who was leading the race, was grabbed by a crazy spectator, and then, he wasted lots of time, and instead of the Gold medal, he finished in 3rd place...most outrageous marathon race in the Olympic Games.
@RollOnToVictory
@RollOnToVictory 11 жыл бұрын
Jurassica Park FTW!!! John Williams is the the Olympics!
@mikek74
@mikek74 12 жыл бұрын
beautiful video!!!!
@joexinopoulos1578
@joexinopoulos1578 8 ай бұрын
They need to return home again
@continentalrcinglg
@continentalrcinglg 12 жыл бұрын
James Earl Jones was perfect for this role, and Andre Braugher was a perfect successor when Jones' health started going downhill, but bringing in Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor to do London's intro was a mistake. Blunt and McGregor are fine actors, like Jones and Braugher, but unlike Jones and Braugher, Blunt and McGregor don't have great voices for big events.
@maxhayashi4078
@maxhayashi4078 Ай бұрын
Olympic Games are exciting, but there are many events that I consider unfair, because some athletes take much more advantage than others, just because they are much taller than his(her) opponents.
@acusticsunri4255
@acusticsunri4255 7 жыл бұрын
Is there an HD version?
@joexinopoulos5215
@joexinopoulos5215 3 жыл бұрын
Olympics +Greece = Home
@raggedsail
@raggedsail 11 жыл бұрын
NBC and Audiomachine (their song Epica is used in the video) wont allow it. Tried to upload it once or twice. KZfaq won't allow it. :(
@TriumphantPenguin2
@TriumphantPenguin2 11 жыл бұрын
NO FLAGGING PLEASE
@jimbo6059
@jimbo6059 4 ай бұрын
The late games as I call it as Athens applied for the 1996 Olympics which was the centennial but it was bought by coca cola.
@RollOnToVictory
@RollOnToVictory 11 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but I always assumed they would get Stephen Fry narrate something like this for London.
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
James Earl Jones....The Voice of ELLAS for all times......ENCORE ! Ξαμεσ Εαρλ Ξονεσ...Τηε Ωοιψε οφ ΕΛΛΑΣ...φορ αλλ τιμεσ.......ΕΝΨΟΡΕ !
@KNS1996DFS
@KNS1996DFS 12 жыл бұрын
What's the second piece?
@akawhippy
@akawhippy 9 жыл бұрын
Oprah would make a great voice for this too!
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
What ,,use your head, my God
@Princez1289
@Princez1289 7 жыл бұрын
Do you or anyone know if the ending Ode to Joy montage can be watched anywhere?
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
.....
@FrankSomerville69
@FrankSomerville69 12 жыл бұрын
Why are they using Jerassic Park movies theme?
@courtneyadams7081
@courtneyadams7081 8 күн бұрын
Because it’s EPIC.
@stephenrichey8487
@stephenrichey8487 7 жыл бұрын
Anyone please, if the music in the first part is "Jurassic Park," what is the music in the second part? Thanks!
@wildethang93
@wildethang93 7 жыл бұрын
Salvation for a Proud Nation by Immediate Music
@stephenrichey8487
@stephenrichey8487 7 жыл бұрын
Hello wildethang93, thanks enormously!
@joexinopoulos1578
@joexinopoulos1578 Ай бұрын
The Olympics are always a part of Greece
@julius923
@julius923 11 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where the McGregor-Blunt 2012 Opening is?
@RaymondHng
@RaymondHng 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they narrated it. Here it is. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brmfqJx0v9qyn4E.html
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
Οι Αρχαίοι Θεοί μας αψηφούν τις ΗΠΑ με μεγάλη υπερηφάνεια. Μεγάλος Θεός ..."ζεθσ" . ΓΙΑ ΣΕΝΑ !
@maxhayashi4078
@maxhayashi4078 Ай бұрын
Who is the author of this amazing theme?
@vincenthamilton09
@vincenthamilton09 7 күн бұрын
You don’t know John Williams? The music is from Jurassic Park
@johndee759
@johndee759 3 жыл бұрын
Jurassic Park.
@greenhornet8262
@greenhornet8262 4 жыл бұрын
Why the Jurassic Park music though?
@JamesBarcus
@JamesBarcus 2 жыл бұрын
NBC had just joined with Universal to become NBCUniversal, so naturally, with John Williams as composer, and Universal now with NBC, They chose this as the first part. Plus, you couple the music with James Earl Jones as narrator, and you have this masterpiece. I sure miss those days.
@RollOnToVictory
@RollOnToVictory 9 жыл бұрын
Tonight... the games come home.... and Greece will be paying it off until 2104.
@gelisgeo1309
@gelisgeo1309 7 жыл бұрын
RollOnToVictory this is not true...
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
@@gelisgeo1309 It was worth it to US....something only a HELLENE can understand.
@CP91230
@CP91230 11 жыл бұрын
Morgan Freeman should have narrated this
@nicoangel690
@nicoangel690 2 жыл бұрын
Οι Αρχαίοι Θεοί μας αψηφούν τις ΗΠΑ με μεγάλη υπερηφάνεια. Μεγάλος Θεός ..."ζεθσ" . ΓΙΑ ΣΕΝΑ !
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