July 28th, 2012 
Jacob Tender 
So how fantastic were those Opening Ceremonies last night?
I’m still replaying some of the performances in my head after watching both the live stream and the primetime cut. There were some fantastic musical pieces, all orchestrated and assembled by Danny Boyle and his team of 15,000 volunteers.
One of my favorite songs was the one played whilst the final flame-bearers made their way to the incredible cool Olympic Torch. The song is called “Caliban’s Dream” and we discussed it a bit last night. For those still unaware, the vocalist featured is Alex Trimble, frontman of Two Door Cinema Club. He was asked by director Boyle himself to perform the song with the assistance of Only Men Aloud, Dockhead Choir, Elizabeth Roberts and percussion by Dame Evelyn Glennie.
You can listen to the song here and download it on iTunes along with the rest of the Opening Ceremony soundtrack.
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Loved it too…looking for a piece for my daughter’s ice skating routine. Trying to see if we can cut this to use. Must be 1:30…hope we can do it while keeping it beautiful….
I’m sure there is a nice excerpt in there somewhere!
Me and my fiance are getting married on the 11th of August and we could find something for our first dance and it was getting close. Now we have a song.
Beautiful score, what a fantastic thing to be part of.
Excellent. Beautiful tune and sung with such emotion.
do we have lyrics for this beautiful song?
i wanna too :(
Beautiful song! Alex has a lovely voice, I have already bought this song!
Apart from Alex, does anyone know the lyrics?
every now an then a tune comes along that blows your mind … this is one of them :-)
Not sure about these but just had a few listens and here’s what I heard:
### = unsure
[ Instrumental: la-la ]
And the rain ###turns the ###balance
In the garden of the world
But a flame arrives to guide us
Past the ###wall between the arrows of the stars
Watching over all the children in the rain
And the streets where I remember
Where the fire lights a candle’s souls again
A burning flame
Hear me call
Through the darkness here
A call to your soul
And start again
This beating heart
Run to ###care
[ Instrumental: bells ]
[ Instrumental: whistling ]
When the light dries all the fields
And the joy drives out our pain
And the nations come to greet us
Waving molten loaves and waves of golden corn
Can you hear us,
Oh, the spirit of the world
May your light be ever near us
Always heal us from the dark that we may fall
We’re a ###flame
And ###reflect
###We’re the corn
[ Instrumental: scale down, chimes ]
From YouTube comments:
And the rain tossed above us; In the garden of the worldBut a flame arrives to guide us; Past the gold between the angles of the starsWatch you over all the children in the rain; And the streets where I rememberWhere the fire that lights a candle soars again; A flaring flameHear it call; Through the darkness, hear it call to us allAnd start again; Its beating heart comes again
canyone tell me who the lovely girl in the dress was who is singing during this song
what a superbly perfect song, brilliant balance between music and vocals – well performed, the musical highlight
As the rain tossed above us;
In the garden of the world
But a flame arrives to guide us;
Past the gold between the angles of the stars
Watch you over all the children in the rain;
And the streets where I remember
Where the fire that lights a candle soars again;
A flaring flame Hear it call;
Through the darkness, hear it call to us all
And start again;
Its beating heart comes again
When the light dries all the fields
And the joy drives out our pain
And the nations come to greet us
Waving molten loaves and waves of golden cornCan you hear us,
Oh, the spirit of the world
May your light be ever near us
Always heal us from the dark that we may fallWe’re a flame
And reflect
We’re the corn
Thats Esme Smith, the daughter of Underworld’s Rick Smith, who wrote much of this song.