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__**TITLE ** __ UEFA Champions League Anthem __**COMPOSER** __ Tony Britten =__**PERFORMERS/ GROUP NAME** __= Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Academy of St. Martins in the Field __**MUSICAL TIME PERIOD **__ 20th Century/ Modern = = The UEFA Champions League Anthem, officially titled simply as "Champions League", was written by an English composer named Tony Britten. In 1992, UEFA commissioned Tony Britten to come up with an anthem for the UEFA Champions League which started in August of 1992. Britten used Handel's "Zadok the Priest" from the Coronation Anthems, and the piece was performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
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The chorus is in the three official languages used by UEFA: English, French and German. The anthem's chorus is played before each UEFA Champion League game, as well as at the beginning and end of television broadcasts of the matches. The complete anthem is about three minutes long, and has two short verses and the chorus. The anthem has never been released commercially in its original version. However, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chorus can be heard singing the original "Zadok the Priest" on the 2002 album, World Soccer Anthems.



as a music supervisor on many shows including Godspell, The Rocky Horror Show and Oliver. After that he worked at the National Theatre as an arranger/musical director. He then moved into film and television as a conductor on productions such as Robocop. He also worked for director Clive Donner.
 * INFORMATION ON THE COMPOSER: **Tony Britten is an English composer, from England. He is best know for The UEFA Champions League Anthem. Tony Britten graduated from the Royal College of Music in London, England. His first few years of his career was in the field of theatre as a musical director and


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ANALYSIS OF THE PIECE: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The reason why I chose this piece is because I enjoy the high level of intensity that this song has. I enjoy listening to it especially before I watch a soccer UEFA soccer match because it signifies that it is time for soccer.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">One other thing that I like about this piece is the backround sound/ music that you hear. I love the backround sounds/ instruments such as the whistle and the percussion. These sounds add a special effect to the song which makes it even greater.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This song is an excellent representation for the sport of soccer because it has the fast, up-beat pace/rhythm spped exactly like what soccer has. The anthem mixes elements from the three official UEFA languages: English, French and German, etc and because of this, it is known to set the hearts of many of the world's top footballers and fans all around the world.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The UEFA Champions League anthem sends heartbeats of players and fans alike soaring and UEFA.com visited London to find the roots of the most famous piece of music in European football and this was definitely the one.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the commencement of the piece, the song begins with a slow pace and then the choir is added into the piece which increases the pace along with the stringed instruments also playing faster and louder to bring the intensity feel to the piece. Finally I would like to say that what is so unique about this piece is that you do not know what is to come because the piece begins in a soft tone and then get vigorous and faster which makes this piece cool.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**OTHER WORKS:** Tony Britten has not composed a lot of music because of his commitment to music directing in theatre for productions.

-He composed the music for //** Moles Christmas (1994) **// -UEFA Anthem**//(1992)//**

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