4 September 2025

Various Artists - The Official Music Of The 1984 Games (1984)

Various - The Official Music Of The 1984 Games is a 1984 compilation album featuring music created for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, with tracks by artists including John Williams, Giorgio Moroder, and Toto, covering instrumental themes and songs for various sports and events. 
The album features instrumental pieces and themed songs, with composers and musicians contributing specific pieces for different sports and aspects of the games. 
The Review... The sound on this album is mind blowing, full frequency from low to high, right from the opening of the first track, Bugler's Theme from Charge Suite.
The 'Bongs' of the drums will test any good sound system without a doubt.
Two instrumental tracks stand out for me, TOTO's fast moving "Moodido", and Foreigner's thumping "Street Thunder".
Loverboys' "Nothing's Gonna Stop You Now", this rocks!
Christopher Cross and Quincy Jones have some beautiful cuts on this album.
Giorgio Moroder ƒ Paul Engelman, this track feels like it could have been on the Flashdance film soundtrack.
Bill Conti and Philip Glass are top in their class here.
There are a few tracks that can be found on some of the artist's album releases, as with Bob James and Herbie Hancock. 
However, one track that most of the fans of film soundtrack forums have threaded that can not be found elsewhere is John Williams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme".
This album has a bit to offer in all genres of music, which makes for a good compilation of mainstream music from 1984.
It was produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, with Jack Elliott serving as producer for John Williams' piece.
 

Track listing

1.  Leo Arnaud & Felix Slatkin – Bugler’s Dream (From Charge Suite) - 0:55
     Composed By – Leo Arnaud
     Conductor – Felix Slatkin
2.  Loverboy – Nothing’s Gonna Stop You Now (Team Sports Theme) - 4:03
     Engineer – Dave Slagter
     Engineer [Second] – Pat Glover
     Producer – Bill Wray, Paul Dean
     Written-By – Bill Wray, Mike Reno, Paul Dean
3.  Giorgio Moroder & Paul Engemann – Reach Out (Track Theme) - 3:44
     Composed By, Producer – Giorgio Moroder
     Lyrics By – Giorgio Moroder, Paul Engemann, Richie Zito
     Vocals – Paul Engemann
4.  Bob James – Courtship (Basketball Theme) - 4:01
     Engineer, Mixed By – Joe Jorgensen
     Written-By, Producer – Bob James
5.  Christopher Cross – A Chance For Heaven (Swimming Theme) - 3:44
     Engineer – John Guess
     Engineer, Mixed By – Chet Himes
     Producer – Michael Omartian
6.  Toto – Moodido (The Match) (Boxing Theme) - 4:41
     Arranged By [Horn Arrangement] – David Paich, Jerry Hey, Marty Paich
     Producer – Toto    
7.  John Williams – Olympic Fanfare And Theme - 4:06
     Composed By, Conductor – John Williams
     Engineer – Dan Wallin
     Producer – Jack Elliott
8.  Quincy Jones – Grace (Gymnastics Theme) - 4:30
     Composed By, Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock, Quincy Jones
     Engineer [Second] – Greg Laney
     Engineer, Mixed By – Tommy Vicari
9.  Bill Conti – Power (Power Sports Theme) - 3:44
     Composed By, Conductor, Producer – Bill Conti
     Engineer [Assistant] – Clyde Kaplan
     Engineer, Mixed By – Lee DeCarlo
10.  Foreigner – Street Thunder (Marathon Theme) - 4:01
       Co-producer – Alex Sadkin
       Engineer – Frank Fillipetti
       Engineer [Assistant] – Bobby Cohen
       Written-By, Producer – Mick Jones 
11.  Herbie Hancock – Junku (Field Theme) - 3:59
       Engineer – Rob Stevens
       Engineer [Additional Recording] – Howard Seigel
       Engineer [Second, Additional Recording] – Tim Dennen
       Engineer [Second] – Lothar Segerler
       Mixed By – Dave Jerden
       Producer – Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock
12.  Philip Glass – The Olympian – Lighting Of The Torch - 3:17   
       Composed By – Philip Glass
       Conductor – Michael Riesman
       Engineer – Dan Dryden, Robert Fernandez
       Producer – Kurt Munkacsi


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Credits
  • Other [Musical Supervision]Michael Dilbeck
  • Other [Production Assistant]Missy Alpern
  • Art Direction – Nick Lane, Nancy Donald
  • Photography – Long Photography Inc
  • Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
  • Copyright CBS Inc

Notes
Released: 1984
Genre:  Pop, Rock, Modern Classical, Synth-pop
Total Time:  45:12
Label:  CBS 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCPI1sb02cs

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