If you were an Olympic figure skater... what would your music be

[sidwich]

SP: Roger Miller's "King of the Road" or Stephen Foster medley ("Camptown Races," "My Old Kentucky Home," and "O, Susanna")

LP: "Sunday in the Park with George" by Stephen Sondheim

 

[Ren]

Oh, Buttercup, I can't believe I forgot Hisaishi! Princess Mononoke is indeed beautiful, but then again Studio Ghibli music is exceptional. I like the opening music for Castle in the Sky, and the track playing as Sen rides the train in Spirited Away always gives me goosebumps. Chen Lu's long had the jump on us, though, with Nausicaa.

 

[UM84]

SP = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQTTFUtMSvQ

FS = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGESRc3XfY&feature=fvw

I also thought about Fur elise for my short

 

[UM84]

My EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpfLDRULi0k

 

[SerpentineSteps]

SP: Selections from Howl's Moving Castle by Joe Hisaishi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdugFCr1mp0)
FS: 4'33" by John Cage

I'm really looking forward to my choreography and costume for the FS. It will be SUPER appropriate for the dramatic music.

 

[Cadiva]

SP: The March of the Montagues and Capulets from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, my absolute favourite piece of music of all time.
LP: Anything from John Williams' soundtrack from Memoirs of a Geisha, specially the bits with Yo-Yo Ma or Itzhak Perlman. I think Sayuri's Theme is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

Ex: Probably a Runrig/Capercaillie medley or possibly some Elvis like A Little Less Conversation.

 

[sleepyjl]

SP: Bjork's Hunter

LP: Bjork's Bachelorette (I know Daisuke used it for his gala program).

 

[taikwan]

"Across the Stars" - love theme for Anakin and Padmé, Star Wars - by John Williams

 

[Spun Silver]

I have to say "To Dream the Impossible Dream" is looking good after Pang & Tong. If Del-Schoe had been in shape, they could have medaled with it too.

 

[figuristka]

What a fun thread Only freeskating program i ever had was variations on a theme of paganini , and memories from cats lol

Short program: Elegy in E Flat Minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPen...941C1427&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27

Free: Amelie valse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOGE...2B084A4C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=49

 

[Justafan]

I would have to figure out a way to use "Hallelujah"...I really liked k.d.lang's version but also loved Jeff Buckley's. Maybe just an instrumental version. And possibly Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond".

 

[TCAngel18]

FS: 4'33" by John Cage

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OMG, that would be awesome....but they may get a time deduction for going over, haha!!!...you couldnt use it for ice dance, though, unless someone in the audience was tapping their foot!!!!

 

[SerpentineSteps]

OMG, that would be awesome....but they may get a time deduction for going over, haha!!!...you couldnt use it for ice dance, though, unless someone in the audience was tapping their foot!!!!

Nope, it's 4:30 plus or minus 10 seconds for men, so it's perfect. No editing, nothing. 4'33" of absolute synchrony of music and skating/costume!

 

[Moxie]

I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off, but Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat Major.

 

[Olderbear]

SP: selections from "Billy the Kid" or "Rodeo" (Are they butch enough?, LOL)

LP: selections from Beethoven's "Pastoral" (why does nobody ever skate to this beautiful music?), or Dvorak's New World Symphony

 

[TCAngel18]

thats right....now what will the costume be??

 

[TCAngel18]

another choice: i would have to be a reallllyyyyy fast and bravura skater for this SP, but hey, why not?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9CYBdltAJk...btw this is Beethoven's Sonata in F minor, opus 57, also known as the Appassionata Sonata, mvt. 3.


and perhaps maybe the year right in between the two olympics, to skate both SP and FS to Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnole, cuts from the whole piece http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0jovaxJ4is, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STAJb5FoVBc&feature=related, and start the FS right where the SP ended, almost like Chen Lu did with Butterfly Lovers

 

[jenaj]

Based on crowd-pleasing potential:

SP: Saint-Saens' Swan

LP: Vanessa Mae's Turandot

 

[MissCleo]

sp: Bach passacaglia and fugue
lp: Elgar cello concerto (just the first mvt, and ending with the end of the last mvt)

Love the thread. Here is what others said when the question was posed http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123649854

 

[SerpentineSteps]

thats right....now what will the costume be??

Obvieeeee. John Cage's 4'33" is characterized by the lack of notes. Ergo, my costume will be characterized by the lack of fabric. 4 minutes 33 seconds of pure skating; no costume, no nothing. It'll be amazing