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Don't be caught empty-headed when talk turns to the music of the London Games. A Know-It-All's Guide To Olympic Music In case you've been hiding under a rock, a friendly little assortment of ...

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.

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. GERMANY TODAY, SO LOTS GOING ON AND ...

It's not "Reputation (Taylor's Version)," but Taylor Swift is allowing the Olympics to use a song from her sixth album in an Olympic ad teasing Saturday's prime-time show. In the trailer, Swift riffs ...

Each ceremony, there is — or is something close to — an official theme of the Olympics, and most songs picked are original works (though there are some exceptions). The good artists are aware of the ...

"Yeah! That's a start. That's a start to a song," Thompson says after hearing Black's tune. Jack Black is going for the gold in Olympic Television Songwriting. "In honor of you and the incredible job ...

Olympic Friday. Opening ceremonies are today; cue the theme music. Speaking of which… Few, if any of us have ever heard the name Leo Arnaud. Unless you’re working on a Ph.D in musical composition, ...

Jack Black is going for the gold in Olympic Television Songwriting. In an exclusive clip from Olympic Highlights With Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson that will air today at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on ...