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Conquest of Paradise (song)

"Conquest of Paradise" is a 1992 song recorded by Greek composer
"Conquest of Paradise"
Vangelis. It was the soundtrack from Ridley Scott's 1992 film 1492:
Conquest of Paradise[1] and the lead single from the album of the same
name. The song achieved huge success in many countries, including
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland where it topped the
singles chart, but was a relative failure in UK where it only peaked at #60.
The song's popularity had been boosted in Germany by boxer Henry Maske
using it as his theme song.[2]

Its chord progression is based on the old European theme La Follia.

Contents Single by Vangelis

Track listings from the album 1492: Conquest of
Lyrics Paradise
Credits B-side "Moxica and the
Charts and sales Horse"
Peak positions Released 1992
Year-end charts
Format CD single and CD
Certifications
maxi
In popular culture
Covers Recorded 1992
Other uses Genre Electronic, modern
At sport events
classical, ambient
In TV shows and cinema
Length 4:47
See also
Label East West
References
Songwriter(s) Vangelis
Producer(s) Vangelis
Track listings
CD single

1. "Conquest Of Paradise" – 4:47

2. "Moxica And The Horse" – 7:12

CD maxi-single

1. "Conquest Of Paradise" – 4:47

2. "Moxica And The Horse" – 7:12
3. "Line Open" – 4:43

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4. "Landscape" – 1:37

Includes two songs ("Line Open" and "Landscape"), which were not included in the album.

Lyrics
Throughout the whole song, the following lyrics in pseudo-Latin were repeated several times:[3]

In nòreni per ìpe,

in noreni coràh;
tirà mine per ìto,
ne dominà.

One time this refrain is:

In ròmine tirmèno,
ne ròmine to fa,
imàgine pro mèno,
per imentirà.

Credits
Choir: The English Chamber Choir
Composed and arranged by Vangelis
Choir conductor: Guy Protheroe
Produced by Frederick Rousseau
Recorded and mixed by Philippe Colonna, at Epsilon Laboratory, Paris

Charts and sales

Peak positions Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position

Austrian Singles Chart[8] 4

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[9] 2

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 24

Dutch Top 40[7] 2

Swiss Singles Chart[11] 2

Certifications

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Peak
Chart (1992/93) Certified
position Region Certification
units/Sales
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 12
Austria (IFPI
Gold 25,000*
UK Singles Chart[5] 60 Austria)[12]

Peak Germany
Chart (1994) 3× Platinum 1,500,000^
position (BVMI)[13]

German Singles Chart[6] 1 Netherlands

Platinum 75,000^
(NVPI)[14]
Peak
Chart (1995)
position ^shipments figures based on certification alone

Austrian Singles Chart[4] 2

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 1

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 5

Dutch Top 40[7] 1

Swiss Singles Chart[4] 1

In popular culture

Covers
The song has been covered by many artists, including Blake, Klaus Schulze, Free the Spirit, the Vienna Symphonic
Orchestra Project, John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra (1996), Daylight (1997), Dana Winner (2002), The
Ten Tenors (2004), Rhydian (2009) and Gregorian (2012).

Other uses

At sport events
"Conquest of Paradise" is played at home games for the New Zealand Super Rugby team Crusaders and Super League
teams Widnes Vikings and Wigan Warriors. These days it is the unofficial theme tune for the city of Christchurch
where the Crusaders rugby team is based. English football club Sheffield Wednesday also play Conquest of Paradise
prior to their theme tune before kick off. "Conquest of Paradise" was also played at the Cricket World Cup (2011) and
(2015) just before the national anthems of the two contesting national teams were played at the start of every match. It
was also played during the 2010 and 2014 cricket World Twenty20 championships to uphold International Cricket
Council's "spirit-of-cricket" concept just before the national anthems of the two playing teams. The Ultra-Trail du
Mont-Blanc series uses "Conquest of Paradise" at the start, finish and prize ceremonies of its various ultramarathon
races.[15] It is also used by the Engadin Skimarathon to introduce the start of the competitors waves. At least in the
years 2010-2013. Usually every minute it is interrupted to announce the time until "go!". German boxer Henry Maske
used it as his theme song.[16]

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In TV shows and cinema

It was used for many years in the Jeux Sans Frontières, using it during the credits. The single "Conquest of Paradise"
has also been inserted in the 2007 Chinese television drama series Soldiers Sortie, and is used as the theme song in the
Hindi film, Koyla (1997), Kaalapani (1996) and a Tamil film, Sundara Purushan (1996). Part of the soundtrack to
"The man from U.N.C.L.E (2015), Guy Richie.

See also
Con te partirò, another song that became a hit single through Henry Maske's popularity in Germany

References
1. King, Alex P. (2004). Hit-parade — 20 ans de tubes (in French). Paris: Pascal. p. 341. ISBN 2-35019-009-9.
2. swisscharts.com (http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vangelis&titel=Conquest+Of+Paradise&cat=s)
(in German) (Retrieved 21 September 2010)
3. Vangelis lyrics: 1492, Conquest of Paradise (http://www.vangelislyrics.com/vangelis-1492-conquest-of-paradise-
lyrics.htm#CONQUEST)
4. "Conquest of Paradise", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2938&
cat=s) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20090501185420/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2938&
cat=s) 1 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 26 December 2008)
5. UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (https://archive.is/20120728142420/http://www.chartstats.com
/albuminfo.php?id=12104) (Retrieved 26 December 2008)
6. "Vangelis singles, German Singles Chart" (http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Vangelis
/single) (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
7. "Single top 100 over 1995" (http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201995.pdf) (pdf) (in Dutch).
Top40. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
8. 1995 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (http://www.austriancharts.at/1995_single.asp) Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/20100924013357/http://www.austriancharts.at/1995_single.asp) 24 September 2010
at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 26 December 2008)
9. 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995) Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/20140330022958/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995) 30 March 2014 at
the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 26 December 2008)
10. 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995) Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/20140414112334/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995) 14 April 2014 at
the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 26 December 2008)
11. 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1995) Archived (https://web.archive.org
/web/20120323145710/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1995) 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
(Retrieved 26 December 2008)
12. "Austrian single certifications – Vangelis – Conquest of Paradise" (http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin) (in
German). IFPI Austria. Enter Vangelis in the field Interpret. Enter Conquest of Paradise in the field Titel. Select
single in the field Format. Click Suchen.
13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vangelis; 'Conquest of Paradise')" (http://www.musikindustrie.de/nc/datenbank
/?action=suche&strTitel=Conquest+of+Paradise&strInterpret=Vangelis&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked) (in
German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

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14. "Dutch single certifications – Vangelis – Conquest of Paradise" (https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-

platina/) (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter
Conquest of Paradise in the "Artiest of titel" box.
15. http://alanlucker.blogspot.com/2011/08/26th-28th-august-utmb-2011.html
16. swisscharts.com (http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vangelis&titel=Conquest+Of+Paradise&cat=s)
(in German) (Retrieved 21 September 2010)

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