Hi,
There was a lovely piece of music that Russia's Yelena Sokolova skated
to tonight(2/23) in the woman's free skate final and I would like to
know if anyone knows what it was :)
Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 23 Feb 2006 23:34 PST

Since I didn't watch the finals, I'm not certain this is the music you
are referring to:

"Sokolova's short program music for the 2005-06 season is Puccini's
"Turandot." Her free program is set to the music for the French stage
version of "Romeo and Juliet," written by Gerard Presgurvic. "When I
skated to 'Notre Dame' [her former free skate], I feel myself like
Esmeralda. Now I?m Juliet, like Juliet in our times. I really
understand she?s fighting, fighting for her love. I?m fighting for my
love -- my love for figure skating," says Sokolova. Sasha Cohen and
the Russian pairs team of Tatyana Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin also
have "Romeo and Juliet" for their free skate, but Cohen's and
Totmiyanina/Marinin's versions are from Nino Rota's soundtrack for the
1968 film version."
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5085545/detail.html

Please let me know if that answers your question.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by joyenz-ga on 24 Feb 2006 00:44 PST

Hi,
Thanks for trying, unfortunately that isn't the piece of music,
(though lovely) that I was looking for.  Probably will never know :( 
I really wish NBColympics posted such things on their site because the
commentators don't always give us the name of the tune!  Drive's me
bonkers :(

The piece of music was somewhat upbeat, fast specially towards the
end.  No other way to describe it.  Wish I could find the video of the
skate somewhere to listen to it more closely :(

Thanks again,

Joy

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Clarification of Question by joyenz-ga on 24 Feb 2006 11:28 PST

Thanks for your hard work Rainbow :)

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 24 Feb 2006 11:33 PST

Hi Joy,

Would you like me to post the information I provided as an answer to your question?

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by joyenz-ga on 24 Feb 2006 12:17 PST

Sure, I think that might be it :)

Thanks again!

Joy

Hi Joy,

Thank you for accepting my findings as the answer to your question.
And thanks to my colleague juggler for verifying the music.

I am reposting it here for your convenience.

"Sokolova's short program music for the 2005-06 season is Puccini's
"Turandot." Her free program is set to the music for the French stage
version of "Romeo and Juliet," written by Gerard Presgurvic. "When I
skated to 'Notre Dame' [her former free skate], I feel myself like
Esmeralda. Now I?m Juliet, like Juliet in our times. I really
understand she?s fighting, fighting for her love. I?m fighting for my
love -- my love for figure skating," says Sokolova. Sasha Cohen and
the Russian pairs team of Tatyana Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin also
have "Romeo and Juliet" for their free skate, but Cohen's and
Totmiyanina/Marinin's versions are from Nino Rota's soundtrack for the
1968 film version."

NBC Olympics
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5085545/detail.html


Search criteria:
"Yelena Sokolova " music free skate final 
"Yelena Sokolova " music torino

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Rainbow

This was a great answer to my question and came fast :) Thanks!

I think Rainbow's suggestion may be correct.  I watched Sokolova's
performance several hours ago, and the music DID sound similar to some
of the tracks on Presgurvic's "Romeo et Juliette." Specifically, I
seem to remember the music sounding similar to Track #4.
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U88D/

Joyenz, I suggest that you listen to the samples at Amazon.de and
reconsider Rainbow's answer.

That might be it.  Thanks!

Thank you very much for the rating and tip.
Best regards,
Rainbow