Published on August 27, 2004 By averjoe In Entertainment
I am listening to Vangelis excellent song Chariots of Fire. The song is from the movie Chariots of Fire (A grade {1981}- art house feel movie).

It is a good film about the 1924 Olympics and two English runners with one who is a Catholic (from predominately Protestant England) who runs for the glory of god.

Every time I see a runner I think of the score to Chariots of Fire. This is a big achievement by a score writer. It shows he created a feel pace, and picture with his music. I feel that he successfully portrays the motion of the track running athlete slowed down or real pace. It is a remarkable achievement.

Music of course can be easily applied to other themes and thereby develop a different meaning or interpretation.

Of course the chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, one hears in the song reminds me of the sound applied to the bionic man whenever he used his bionics in an old American television series called the One Hundred Million Dollar Man (I think that was the name) or (more like) the sound in the movie Friday the 13th (B grade, 1980) before someone was killed.

Comments
on Aug 27, 2004
This movie has a lot of slow moments but overall it is excellent.

You neglected to mention that Harold Abrahams was jewish as well as Eric Liddle being catholic and probably the most important thing is that they were real people and this is a real story.

Here is a link about Eric Liddle Link

And one about Harold Abrahams Link

The music definitely gives the movie a unique atmosphere...but the movie tells more than one interesting tales. My favorite part of the movie is the rich nobleman preparing for the hurdles with glasses of champagne on each hurdle and a buttler at the end watching to make sure he didn't spill a drop.
on Aug 30, 2004
You're right. Good points all and thanks for the links.
on Aug 30, 2004
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by Ennio Morricone basically just says Western now....