Pixel Playlist: “Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony Video Game Music”

“I believe humanity’s solidarity will lead us to the end of this long dark tunnel, to a moment of pure joy when athletes from all over the world gather on the Games’ stage.”

-Tokyo 2020 President Mori Yoshiro

Before we get to the 2020 Olympics video game music… if you’re an old-school lurker, you’ll remember thewellredmage.com, our former brand, now The Pixels, of course. Well, are you a big enough fan to remember TWRM Radio, the collection of video game music mixes themed around key ideas and concepts? That was a lot of fun, right?

Though all things must come to an end, equally so all things must too begin if they are to be things at all.

Introducing Pixel Playlist, the latest alternative to satisfy your video game music mix fix. Pixel Playlist celebrates the music of video games. We do not own any of the music in this mix, obviously.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are here and the opening ceremony featured a collection of triumphant video game music! How cool was it to see the likes of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, and even Chrono Trigger and more?

All the music has been collected here in various forms: these may not be the exact tracks used during the ceremony.

TRACKLIST

00:00 Dragon Quest I Symphony Suite – “Overture”
03:50 Final Fantasy VII Remake – “Victory Fanfare”
05:00 Tales of Zestiria – “Sorey’s theme – The Shepherd”
08:42 Monster Hunter Rise – “Proof of a Hero”
12:10 Kingdom Hearts – “Olympus Coliseum”
14:16 Chrono Trigger Orchestral Arrangement – “Frog’s theme”
17:10 Ace Combat 5 – “First Flight”
19:53 Tales of Graces f – “Pomp and Majesty”
22:42 Monster Hunter – “Wind of Departure”
26:02 Chrono Trigger Orchestral Arrangement – “Robo’s theme”
27:55 Sonic the Hedgehog – “Starlight zone Re-imagined”
31:10 Pro Evolution Soccer – “Intro theme”
32:24 Final Fantasy – “Main theme (Orchestral)”
34:58 Phantasy Star Universe – “Guardians”
37:18 Kingdom Hearts III – “Hero’s Fanfare”
40:20 Gradius in Classic II – Nemesis III – “Act I-1”
44:28 NieR – “Song of the Ancients – Fate”
49:25 The Orchestral SaGa Legend of Music
51:48 SoulCalibur 6 – “The Brave New Stage of History”

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Keep your ears peeled for more Pixel Playlist mixes coming in the near future! Like the Olympics themselves, we can join together in solidarity in the celebration of the joys of video game music.

Red formerly ran The Well-Red Mage and now serves The Pixels as founder, writer, editor, and podcaster. He has undertaken a seemingly endless crusade to talk about the games themselves in the midst of a culture obsessed with the latest controversy, scandal, and news cycle about harassment, toxicity, and negativity. Pick out his feathered cap on Twitter @thewellredmage or Mage Cast.