It’s highly anticipated: when will you be able to listen to “Parade”, the anthem of the Paris 2024 Games, on streaming platforms ?

Une parade d’athlètes sur la Seine et désormais musicale. MAXPPP – LP/Fred Dugit

L’œuvre de Victor Le Masne, qui a accompagné cérémonies et épreuves, sera disponible en fin de semaine.

The tune is on the minds of the (very) many nostalgic people for the Olympic Games. “Parade”, initially conceived to accompany the boats presenting the athletes on the Seine during the opening ceremony, quickly became the anthem of these Olympic Games. Played before each event, it was the rhythm of each medal ceremony, including the Paralympic Games.

Pop, symphonic and electro at the same time

Revealed during the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille, at the beginning of May, the song composed by Victor Le Masne opens with a light, rather pop tune, with violins, before benefiting from the power of a symphony orchestra, then choirs, to finish with an electro loop typical of the French Touch, with a festive coloring. A representation, in eleven minutes, of the diversity of French musical culture. A hit.

Since the success of the Games, many have sought to obtain Le Masne's work to stay in the game ;atmosphere. Good news, it will soon be available on all streaming platforms (Deezer, Spotify, etc.) as revealed by the director of ceremonies for Paris 2024, Thierry Reboul, to Ouest-France. "It will be released on September 13th. We will have its official launch on Saturday during the Athletes' Day", he confirmed. The next day, all the medalists and beyond all the athletes who made the French spectators dream will be celebrated on the Champs-Élysées.

The complex issue of rights

Why such a wait ? "The world of the legal status of music n&amp “It's not always easy, and neither is that of the IOC and the Olympic world,” he told L'Equipe before the Paralympic Games. More good news nbsp;: an album would even be in preparation. A beautiful musical parade in perspective.