United States athletes at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Wikimedia Commons. To most Americans, the sonic signature of the Olympic Games can be summed up in seven notes in E-flat ...

12. Survival, Muse. At the time of its release in 2012, BBC radio host Jon Holmes memorably compared this London Olympics theme to "an orchestra falling down some stairs" and the "noise of a rhino ...

The Olympic theme song was first broadcasted by NBC at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta -- the first games to be hosted in the United States since 1984. In 1963, ...

How many theme songs does it take to make a successful Olympics? For Beijing 2008, it seems the more the merrier. Jackie Chan performing one of the many Olympic songs (AP photo) First there was ...

French composer Leo Arnaud is most remembered for the Olympic theme song "Bugler’s Dream." After a career in Hollywood, he retired and was buried in Yadkin County.

The composer of the official theme of the Paris Olympics 2024, Victor le Masne, talks about the song's creative spark, how he got the job and more.

The Olympic theme song has been a staple of the Summer and Winter Games, but where did the tune come from? Here's a look at the origins of the iconic song By Julia Elbaba • Published February 12 ...