Sunday, July 25th, 2021
	SoulCalibur Music Played During Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony

  

After being postponed last year due to COVID-19, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially kicked off this weekend on Friday, July 23rd. The Olympics opening ceremony included a medley of iconic video game soundtracks to celebrate Japan's rich history of gaming music—including the character select theme from SoulCalibur 6, "A Brave New Stage of History". On Friday, athletes from around the world walked out to an impressively wide variety of tracks from JRPGs, such as: Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, Nier, and Chrono Trigger. It's nice to see at least one fighting game make the tracklist of this unprecedented worldwide appreciation of video game music! Listen to the SC6 theme played at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by clicking the video (below) and scroll down to see the full tracklist played during the ceremony.    •  Soul Calibur - The Brave New Stage of History •  Final Fantasy - Main Theme •  Final Fantasy - Victory Fanfare •  Kingdom Hearts - Olympic Coliseum •  Kingdom Hearts - Hero's Fanfare •  Monster Hunter - Proof of a Hero •  Monster Hunter - Winds of Departure •  Dragon Quest - Theme of Erdrick •  Chrono Trigger - Frog's Theme •  Chrono Trigger - Robo's Theme •  Nier - Song of the Ancients •  Sonic the Hedgehog - Star Light Zone •  Ace Combat - First Flight •  Tales of series - Royal Capital ~ Majestic Grandeur •  Tales of series - Sorey's Theme Purity •  Pro Evolution Soccer - eFootball Walk-On Theme •  Phantasy Star Universe - Guardians •  Gradius (Nemesis) - 01 ACT1-1 •  SaGa series - SaGa Series Medley 2016
Sources:  IGN,  Namco Music Center          Related News  |   July 2021 Bandai Namco Shares SoulCalibur 6 Motion Capture Tech / Design Process In addition to building upon movesets from the prequels, SC6 introduces a plethora of new animations for returning fighters. Earlier this this week, Bandai Namco shared some of their design process, sketches, and video from the motion capture...    (7-1-2021): Fighters Gen Podcast - Episode 5: TEKKEN-OLOGY,    (6-28-2021): Kazuya Mishima in Smash Ultimate Recap, Screens,    (6-25-2021): Virtua Fighter 5 Martial Arts Movie by DESK,    (6-25-2021): TEKKEN Vs. Street Fighter Still on Hiatus, Not Canceled Related News  |   July 2021 SoulCalibur 6 Commemorates 2 Million Sold with New Takuji Kawano Artwork On Twitter, Bandai Namco announced SoulCalibur VI reached 2 million copies sold worldwide and revealed a new celebratory artwork by Takuji Kawano. First released in 2018, SC6 brought the iconic series back into the limelight after a 6-year absence in the genre.   Related TFG Links:  SoulCalibur 6,  Mitsurugi,  Geralt of Rivia | TFG NEWS
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