London 2012 is a huge success. We welcome the world and open the Olympic and Paralympic Games with the Opening Ceremonies, Music, a huge impact during the Opening Ceremonies. Clare Hazeldine is Music Department Coordinator for the London 2012. Sebastian Coe that’s Seb to his pals, Lord Coe to you had this to say about the architect of Friday night’s opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics: Well, the world got a full three hours’ worth Friday, and a little more, when the Academy Award-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire shone his offbeat, occasionally whimsical light on the touchstones of Britain’s cultural heritage, from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling, the Beatles to Arctic Monkeys, sheep to socialized medical care, the Industrial Revolution to the World Wide Web. And Coe, the legendary middle distance runner, now chairman of the Games organizing committee, was right: Boyle’s £27 million extravaganza, entitled Isles of Wonder, was a trip. A $40 million production budget bought the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony one heck of a spectacle, but when it came to the soundtrack, the event’s musical choices left some watching at home and commenting online a little miffed.
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