Victor Le Masne - Higher (Radio Mix) (Paris 2024 Olympic Opening / Closing Ceremony)

In a beautiful retrospect of Olympic moments, Victor Le Masne's "Higher" provided a stunning soundtrack to a collection of memories, fusing French touch and four-to-the-floor drums with anthemic strings reminiscent of 70s film scores. It is also grounded in the nostalgic sound of retro sports TV – a genre unto itself.

The composition is not available yet; the first appearance of the essense of this track was a teaser when Le Masne’s keystone Olympic composition "Parade" was revealed in May as the Olympic torch arrived in Marseille aboard a vast ship.

I along with many others searched for the opening ceremony version (look up Reddit and Twitter). The original version appears online in a few places and there is one on Youtube made from an audio rip that has commentary and announcers voices filtered out.

The version I created is from Australia's Stan Sport broadcast that was in 4K and on 5.1 surround sound. I downloaded the video and extractd the audio. Since announcements and commenattors were on separate tracks, I was able to extract the audio cleanly. The audio does have a very slight crowd noise mixed in, hardly noticeable in the club and radio mixes. It is slightly more present in the original, espcially in quieter moments of the track; that said, it is barely worth mentioning and does not distract from the main music itself. I did amplify the track a bit but added no filters to the original or the radio version. I used Adobe Audition 2023.

I left the original version that accompanies the telecast where the galloping horsewoman launches up the Seine, symbolizing the entire route of the world's delegations, and embodying all the values of Olympism.

I created a short "radio" version of the main horns and the 4 on the floor drume beat as a separate track.

I created another "video" version with the radio mix with the original retrsopect portion of the video. All the jump cuts and edits are from the original video; the only change I made was creating an intro from the years countdown and the Eiffel Tower. I did this as the retrospect highlights did not span the entire length of the song by about 20 seconds so I filled in the small gap. I think it worked. Unfortunately, Youtube made a copyright claim on it and no matter how many video edits to evade the copyright claim the strike was persistant. Fortunately, you can view it on Tik tok with the link below but it is not listed publicly. Consider it our secret.

Lasty, I created a "club" version that extends the radio version by a few minutes. I didn't go all crazy and try to make a remix, I just wanted a longer version of it but I did add a few filter effects just to give it a little more dynamism towards the end.

Edit: After much discussion and fanfare, it appears the corret title to the track is "Higher". As with many themes, "Parade" forms as the basis for this track but is not considered a remix but a separate track unto itself. I have changed the name as needed. Thanks to everyone who helped!

I hope y'all enjoy!

Photo credit: Adnan Abidi of Reuters.

Links to all three versions below:

Radio Mix:

Club Mix:

Original:

Retrospect Video Radio Mix:

If you want an mp3, wav, or flac version please send me a DM via Instagram or Twitter. Thanks.

Twitter: @mrbravo365
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[etpandanslacomete]

Thank you bro!! I'll keep my video online for search purposes but I added a link to your channel in the description so that people can find these HQ versions :D

[matsgoossens]

My dad passed away 1 month ago, and this song was the last one he liked, and listened to, we played it on drum and guitar with a backing track at his funeral, he went like the horse on the water😢
Beautiful song, thanks Victor ❤

[laey]

100 ans apres 1924, ces jeux🥇🥈🥉 de 2024 en France sont une réussite, avoir fait les épreuves au milieu des monuments historiques🗼, a été tres malin, on ne peux pas faire meilleur publicité pour le pays, soyons fier 🇫🇷

[CitronCassis]

« Higher » song was used last Saturday for the « Parade of champions » in Paris, when the Patrouile de France planes flew over the Champs Élysées with the 🔵⚪️🔴 colors.
Goosebumps ! 😍

[nono]

This song is now in my DNA and it makes me proud to be a Parisian by birth cause for long time I wasn't allowed. Beautiful, host the world, bienveillance !

[NR-dytd]

MASTERCLASS ! Il faut absolument commercialiser l'album

[LisaContesse]

Victor Le Masne, un génie ❤
Cette musique envoûtante et le thème de Paris 2024 sont extraordinaires 😍😍

[cyrilbideau]

Top du top Victor Le Masne !!!!
Tout simplement incroyable cette musique, la France n'est pas morte et bien vivante.
Elle l'a démontré esthétiquement et musicalement durand cette cérémonie !
Merci beaucoup 👌👍👏

[zisssssou]

An heroic twist between M83 and Justice

[JohnnyLREACTS]

Fantastic music in the Paris Opening Ceremonies. I have stuck in my head for many days.

[clem]

Congrats to Victor Le Masne who did this amazing opening ceremony soundtrack 👏

[alainjosserand]

Avec les drapeaux des délégations, et les chevaux, c'était simplement sublime. Following the horses, one flag right, the other left, it was simply sublime.

[jvanaken]

Have been searching for this song since the moment I heard it during the opening ceremony. Thank you!!

[lamiaguellati]

On remerciera jamais autant l’artiste pour cette chanson 😢❤

[imvdigz]

It'll be wild if Victor le Masne decides to use this magnificent track during the Parade of Athletes in Closing Ceremony

EDIT: He used it. It was wild!

[caherineponsard]

Thank you for this music 🎶.
Thanks to the company "l'Atelier de Blam" founded in 2015 which combines architecture and design. Designer and producer of the iron horse🐎 as well as the hot air balloon which welcomed the Olympic flame, a team which brings together engineers and mechanics artists from France🇫🇷🗼!
Merci pour cette musique 🎶.
Merci a l'entreprise "l'Atelier de Blam " fonde en 2015 qui mêle architecture et desing . Concepteur et réalisateur du🐎 cheval de fer ''Déesse de la Seine SEQUANA déesse gauloise des sources de la Seine, ainsi que la montgolfière qui a accueilli la flamme olympique, une équipe qui rassemblent ingénieurs et mécaniciens des artistes de France🗼🇫🇷 !

[thabanishezi]

Dude.. what track..i get tears in my eyes everytime i hear this tune.. it is AWESOME 👌 👏 👍

[NickOleksiakMusic]

THIS is how compose and curate music for a ceremony! It should make you feel deeply. I feel like I won a gold medal myself! Or that I'm a Pokémon Champion lol
Controversial take, but I like this as much as the John Williams piece - just for different reasons.

[tancredeadnot]

Everything I was going into the Arena for Basketball, that was pretty much the first thing you heard. That would pump you up, to a point your were a rocket ready to shake the ground and take off.

[pottertaker]

this song with the old winners was the best and the horse in the water...magical🥹