IMAGINE
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To mark the one-year anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the live performance of Imagine by Juliette Armanet and Sofiane Pamart has been officially released.
Performed on a floating stage on the River Seine, Armanet and Pamart’s rendition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s iconic song was one of the most memorable moments of the ceremony, with Pamart’s grand piano set alight in flames, adding to the spectacle.
Since its release in 1971, Imagine has become closely associated with the Olympic Games, with the song reflecting shared values of peace, hope and solidarity. Its inclusion in the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony continues a longstanding Olympic tradition, with past performances including those by Stevie Wonder at Atlanta 1996 and Peter Gabriel at Turin 2006. The song was also performed at the Closing Ceremony of London 2012, where a remastered video of Lennon was accompanied by the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir and the Liverpool Signing Choir.
At the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Korean artists Ha Hyun-woo of Guckkasten, Ahn Ji-young of Bolbbalgan4, Jeon In-kwon of Deulgukhwa and soloist Lee Eun-mi each sang verses of the song; while global artists Angélique Kidjo, Alejandro Sanz, John Legend, Keith Urban and the Suginami Children’s Choir collaborated on a version for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony.
Speaking just days before his death in 1980, Lennon himself made a reference to the song’s link to the values of Olympism, noting: “We’re not the first to say ‘Imagine No Countries’ or ‘Give Peace a Chance’, but we’re carrying that torch, like the Olympic torch, passing it hand to hand, to each other, to each country, to each generation. And that’s our job.”
Speaking ahead of the song’s release, Patrick Stalder, Chief Ceremony Officer at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said: “Juliette Armanet and Sofiane Pamart’s powerful rendition on the River Seine for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was a breathtaking continuation of this tradition – poetic, emotional and visually iconic. As we prepare for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, we look forward to seeing how this timeless anthem will once again unite audiences and celebrate the shared values of peace, hope and solidarity at the heart of the Olympic Games.”
Both artists emphasised the shared vision for their version of “Imagine”.
“We wanted a stripped-down version, close to the emotion of the moment, guided by the song’s meaning and melody,” Armanet explained. Pamart added: “It was this shared emotion that inspired us during the performance.”
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WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - Making Of - SOUND
We hope you enjoy this behind the scenes SOUND featurette from ElectroLeague, the studio behind "WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”. warisover.com/
Join Director/Writer Dave Mullins, supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Jack Whittaker (Formosa Group), and Re-Recording Mixer Duncan McRae (Formosa Group) as they discuss the style and approach for the sound and music.
Annie Award winner for Best Short Subject and Nominated for Best Animated Short at the 96th Academy® Awards.
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WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - Making of - THE LOOK
We hope you enjoy the second behind the scenes featurette from ElectroLeague, the studio behind "WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko". warisover.com/
Join Director/Writer Dave Mullins, Production Designer Zac Retz, Character Designer Max Narciso, Visual Effects Supervisor (Wētā FX) Keith Miller and Supervising and Lead Colorist David Cole, as they discuss the look and visual style of the film.
Annie Award winner for Best Short Subject and Nominated for Best Animated Short at the 96th Academy® Awards.
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Watch the full-length film in theatres in USA & Canada: shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/tickets/
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We hope you enjoy the first behind the scenes featurette from ElectroLeague, the studio behind "WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko". warisover.com/
Join Director/Writer Dave Mullins, Producer Brad Booker and Executive Producer Sean Ono Lennon as they delve into the inception of their creative process.
Watch the full-length film in theatres in USA & Canada: shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/tickets/
Annie Award winner for Best Short Subject and Nominated for Best Animated Short at the 96th Academy® Awards.
#WARISOVER! #Animation #ShortFilm #FYC #Oscars2024
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We hope you enjoy this behind the scenes MUSIC featurette from ElectroLeague, the studio behind "WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko". In this in depth discussion about bringing the film to life with music, join Director/Writer Dave Mullins, Producer Brad Booker, Executive Producers Sean Ono Lennon and Karen Dufilho, Composer Thomas Newman and Music Supervisor Vicki Hiatt as they discuss their collaboration and inspiration for the music.
Annie Award winner for Best Short Subject and Nominated for Best Animated Short at the 96th Academy® Awards.
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I LOVE YOU EARTH. 💚🌏
You are a meeting point of infinity
You are turning point in eternity.
Happy #EarthDay2022
love, anohni & yoko
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Listen, the snow is falling all the time
Listen, the snow is falling ev'rywhere
Between Empire State Building
And between Trafalgar Square
Listen, the snow is falling all the time
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Written by Yoko Ono, Anohni and Yoko’s duet 'I Love You Earth' is both an Instruction Piece and a powerful affirmation. It is a protest song of imagination, peace and love.
With shimmering vocals and perfect acceptance, Anohni loves everything about the Earth and the way the Earth is. Yoko loves the sky, the wind, rivers, mountains, all species and the forests that give us oxygen to breathe. The Earth is a world of amazing biodiversity. As we lose more and more of nature, the climate grows more unstable, putting all species at risk. Yoko wants to scream. Instead, she sings with love and a voice like the hush of home.
'I Love You Earth' is a lullaby, a love song for planet Earth, our beautiful and much-loved home. Anohni and Yoko pay homage to the Earth at this turning point in the climate crisis. A point at which we must act now to repay our love for the planet that has done so much to nurture us. Yoko’s song and film, made in collaboration and support for The Rainforest Trust, reminds us that ‘together we can love the Earth and save the world’.
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I Love You Earth
Vocals: Anohni & Yoko Ono
Piano: Thomas Bartlett
Recorded by Chris Allen at Sear Sound
Mixed by Yuka Honda
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Written by Yoko Ono
© Ono Music c/o Downtown DMP Songs (BMI)
Film Producer: Yoko Ono
Film Editor: Simon Hilton
© 2021 Yoko Ono
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About Variations:
During lockdown Sage Gateshead commissioned four stellar international artists, Anohni and Yoko Ono, John Grant, Moor Mother and Tune-Yards, to each create a new music film reflecting their experience of the climate crisis and pandemic. Release of the new music films coincides with COP26, the annual United Nations global summit to tackle climate change. This year's climate summit, held in Glasgow, is being described as the last chance for governments to commit to the change needed to prevent climate catastrophe.
Variations is a quartet of musical variations on themes of covid variants, that sent the world into lockdown, and climate variations that could tip the Earth's systems into an uninhabitable state. Four songs with accompanying films by four artists that express love for the Earth, all species and the air we breathe. The songs are an expression of grief and loss for the world we had that has changed, a testimony of injustice and a plea to work together, to imagine change and act now.
Find out more at sagegateshead.com/variations
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I think it's better to dance than to march through life.
love, yoko