Those log-ining to iTunes on Fri good afternoon to preorder the Olympics opening ceremony soundtrack record album were not bade a good deal assist: barely 8 cartroads, nah championships, nah creative person*. Mike Oldfield played Tubular Bells to attach to – bafflingly – the babies and faculty of avid Ormond Street infirmary. The soundtrack album, which advanced sale as a download minutes after Friday's ceremony ended, has topped the iTunes album chart in Britain, France, Belgium and Spain, and has reached No. 5 in the U.S.. Director Danny Boyle's spectacular opening ceremony was a rollicking celebration of British music. The record album includes tracks from – among others – David Bowie, The Pet Shop Boys, Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, Emeli Sande, Arctic Monkeys and Underworld. Universal Music will also release an album of the London Olympics' August. Twelve close ceremonial, which will boast British acts as admitting The Who.