The Tokyo Olympics opening kicked off early this morning, and the parade of nations, where athletes walk through Japan’s Olympic stadium, had a Japanese twist. A medley of videogame music, orchestrated, formed the soundtrack for the parade.
It all kicked off with the main theme from Dragon Quest — which sounds pretty Olympian outright — followed by hits from Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, Nier, Sonic, Chrono Trigger and, er, eFootball. (That’s the new name for Pro Evolution Soccer, in case you missed it.)
There are some notable omissions — no Nintendo songs (Pokemon? Mario? Zelda?) being the biggest one — but some Street Fighter II songs might have fitted well into the competitive theme. Maybe the latter was too violent?
The march hasn’t quite finished, but we’ll try to embed a video here when we can. The USA will be the third-to-last country to march, as it’s hosting the Olympics soon in LA. You might be able to catch the final parts of the march on the NBC live stream.
Nikkan Sports offers a full tracklist here. Hopefully, a kind soul will make a Spotify playlist for us. Please?
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