Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony

Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony
Live album by
Various artists
Released19 March 2006
Recorded2006
LabelSony BMG Music Entertainment Australia
Various artists chronology
Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony
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Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony, 2006 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony or Melbourne 2006, XVIII Commonwealth Games: Official Music from the Opening Ceremony, features music by Various Artists from the 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.[1] The ceremony took place on 15 March 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the live album was released by Sony BMG Music Entertainment Australia on 19 March 2006. Performers included Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Church, the Cat Empire, Ursula Yovich and Delta Goodrem.[1] The score was written by Christopher Gordon, and was commissioned by the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Committee.[2] The performance was partly funded by the Australian Government's Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.[3]

It peaked at No. 56 on the ARIA Albums Chart, with ARIA's Ian Wallace determining the highlights were, "The Church's collaboration with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the song 'Under the Milky Way', Delta Goodrem singing the track 'Together We Are One' in which she co-wrote with her boyfriend Brian McFadden especially for the Games, and the track 'Cities' by The Cat Empire."[4] In December 2006 it was certified gold by ARIA for shipment of 35000 copies.[5] Adrian Regan of Museums Victoria analysed the opening ceremony, which provided an overarching story of "a young boy's journey. [It] was told through three main 'creative segments'."[6]

Track listing

Catalogue number: 82876820592[1]

  1. "Countdown" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  2. "Journey to the Stadium" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  3. "Welcome to the MCG" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  4. "Raising of the 3 Nation Flags" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  5. "The Arrival of the Head of the Commonwealth" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  6. "The National Anthem" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  7. "Welcome to Melbourne" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  8. "Boy on the Bay" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Young Voices of Melbourne
  9. "My Skin My Life" – David Page, vocals by Ursula Yovich
  10. "Under the Milky Way" – The Church & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  11. "Cities" – The Cat Empire
  12. "Queen's Baton Relay" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  13. "Raising of the CGF Flag" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  14. "Together We Are One" – Delta Goodrem
  15. "Finale" – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Melbourne 2006 XVIII Commonwealth Games: Official Music from the Opening Ceremony, Sony BMG Music Entertainment [distributor], 2006, retrieved 19 March 2021
  2. ^ Gordon, Christopher. "Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006: Opening Ceremony". Australian Music Centre (AMC). Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (30 June 2006). "Outcome 2". Annual Report (331). Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: 83. ISSN 1443-8275.
  4. ^ Wallace, Ian (20 March 2006). "Week Commencing ~ 20th March 2006 ~ Issue #837" (PDF). The ARIA Report (837). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 6, 10, 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ Regan, Adrian (2008). "The Story & Symbolism of the Opening Ceremony, Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006". Museums Victoria. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 December 2021.