Music you have been waiting for to be used for an entirely too long time

[paskatefan]

Re: Mulan instrumental music - didn't Shen & Zhao skate to it circa 1999/2000? I do remember the 1998 Mulan special (on ABC?) which featured Michelle accompanied by several other skaters (Mike Weiss, Philippe Candeloro, etc.). Michelle also skated to "Reflection" for her exhibition @ the 1998 Goodwill Games.

I was hoping Todd E. would skate to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from "Spamalot." I got my wish a few seasons back during the US SOI tour. I was also delighted that Keegan Messing skated to it competitively. When the Beatles' "Rain" Tribute was announced as a Disson show, I was hoping Todd would get to skate to "When I'm 64." I got my wish for that one, too!

Has anyone ever skated to Smetana's "The Moldau?"

 

[Aimless]

For years I've thought that a pair couple should use the Neville Brothers "Fearless": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOAreomo6FY
I can see lifts going up and throw jumps on the chorus. It's spooky and builds slowly. I can see moves being timed to the lyrics. Please, somebody!

 

[bladesofgorey]

Wuthering Heights.Kate Bush.I've absolutely no idea if it could be used in competition but even for an Exhibition would be fab!

LMAO I skated a show solo to this circa 1985 and it will always be my favorite program I ever had. There may have been some "Kate Bush in a field" arm action even.

edited to add: so I'd also really like to see someone skate to my second favorite song from one of my exhibition programs - The Cocteau Twins - "Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5Xgw6d3h0

(yes, I was that rare creature in the 80s- a goth figure skater)

 

[Laney]

I always thought the "Once in a red moon" by Secret Garden would be a great for pairs sakting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKPySw9LSWM
The music builds up and has some power in it. It would have been great for Shen/Zhao.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Wuthering Heights.Kate Bush.I've absolutely no idea if it could be used in competition but even for an Exhibition would be fab!

Does either this or "Babooshka" not cry out for PogoDrama?

ETA - in a medley with "Sat in Your Lap". Think of the voids!

 

[TheGirlCanSkate]

Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, I feel like just about every Queen song has been used in the past 4 years but this one--this would be a fantastic SP with some easy music cuts. CMON!

That is one of my favorites - I tried to convince my daughter but kids these days have their own ideas. Misha Ge could totally exhibition it!

 

[alchemy void]

(yes, I was that rare creature in the 80s- a goth figure skater)

Love it!

 

[Edgecase]

Has anyone ever skated to "My All" (Mariah Carey)?

 

[alchemy void]

Has anyone ever skated to "My All" (Mariah Carey)?

Great song! I know Oksana Baiul used it, complete with cheesy phone prop, but can't think of anyone else off the top of my head.

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

Elene Gedevanishvili skating to Mozart's Minuet In 34D Major

 

[watchthis!!]

Yeah, there's always that song you hear that you feel would work for a skating program. And then there's those programs in your heard where you wonder "When is this ever, ever going to get created?"

For starts, now that you can use vocals in singles skating, which ladies skater is going to finally step up and be "The Queen of the Night" for a short program?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpVV9jShEzU

Oh...so not Whitney Houston then?

 

[Taso]

(yes, I was that rare creature in the 80s- a goth figure skater)

Kira Ivanova could've done it

 

[ninalovesskating]

The Fifty Shades Of Grey Soundtrack is actually incredible. I think it would be very fitting for Ice Dance or Pair Skating. If you don't like the movie, don't think about it. Just the soundtrack.

 

[Aussie Willy]

I want to see someone skate to Sofi Tukker - Awoo. This would make a program

 

[Seerek]

For starts, now that you can use vocals in singles skating, which ladies skater is going to finally step up and be "The Queen of the Night" for a short program?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpVV9jShEzU

A competitive program to Florence Foster Jenkins' version could very well go viral...

But on a more serious note, I'm actually surprised Magic Flute never approached warhorse territory. Satoko had a nice short program from when she entered seniors, but that's about it for this Olympic cycle.

 

[pollyanna]

The waltz from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. I may think of others later, but that one comes to mind first.

Totally agree. I always enjoyed this group number to that waltz....(John Curry, Katherine Healy, JoJo Starbuck, et.al.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHJpQBsY8WQ

 

[wickedwitch]

The Fifty Shades Of Grey Soundtrack is actually incredible. I think it would be very fitting for Ice Dance or Pair Skating. If you don't like the movie, don't think about it. Just the soundtrack.

But its associated with the movie whether or not the skater likes it, which means there's a chance that the judges will be thinking about it.

 

[Aussie Willy]

But its associated with the movie whether or not the skater likes it, which means there's a chance that the judges will be thinking about it.

If the judges had any taste they wouldn't have seen Fifty Shades of Grey so wouldn't know where it came from.

 

[ninalovesskating]

But its associated with the movie whether or not the skater likes it, which means there's a chance that the judges will be thinking about it.

Well, if the skater is able to create their own story using the music and perform it beautifully, why not right?

 

[chapis]

Has anyone skated the main theme of Game of Thrones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XVNPm3tjA
I think it would be ideal for the Olympic season and it is not overused

 

[Aussie Willy]

Has anyone skated the main theme of Game of Thrones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XVNPm3tjA
I think it would be ideal for the Olympic season and it is not overused

I have seen too many lower level programs that have used GOT so for me it is overused.

 

[paskatefan]

^ Hasn't Michal Brezina skated to some of the Game of Thrones music (competitively speaking)?

 

[darya_russian]

I wonder of anyone ever used "Run" by Snow Patrol, I think it would have made a great program.

Also I have a secret wish to see some sort of Irish dance-themed program set to "Last of the Wilds" by Nightwish.

 

[Vagabond]

1. Lesley Gore Songs (suitable for Elena Ilinykh or anyone other woman who has worked with Nikita Katsalapov and/or Nikolai Morozov)

• It's My Party
• You Don't Own Me
• Judy's Turn to Cry

2. Selections from Cabaret (suitable any female skater with an overbearing mother and/or an insufferable boyfriend)

• Don't Tell Mama
• Maybe This Time
• Mein Herr

3. Rehab (suitable for anyone competing when she should be off ice and healing)

4. It's Over (suitable for anyone who used to be competitive at the highest level but isn't any more)

5. Someday, Someway (suitable for a fan favorite who always gets robbed on PCS)

 

[Kecasyl]

The Fifty Shades Of Grey Soundtrack is actually incredible. I think it would be very fitting for Ice Dance or Pair Skating. If you don't like the movie, don't think about it. Just the soundtrack.

It's been used. Several skaters/teams have used it in the past few years:
Hawayek/Baker, James/Cipres, Hubbell/Donohue used "Earned It"
Ashley Wagner used "One Last Night" by the Vaults
Chock/Bates used "Haunted" by Beyonce
Cappellini/Lanotte used "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding
Stolbova/Klimov, Mirai Nagasu, Cain/LeDuc all used "I Put a Spell On You" By Annie Lennox

 

[bladesofgorey]

I know it's dated and kinda cheesy (so really perfect for skating programs is what I'm saying), but I've always thought Deee-lite's "Groove is in the Heart" would be a KILLER pairs program for the right couple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzoEK545j64

 

[Sylvia]

I know it's dated and kinda cheesy (so really perfect for skating programs is what I'm saying), but I've always thought Deee-lite's "Groove is in the Heart" would be a KILLER pairs program for the right couple.

This was Castelli/Tran's exhibition this past season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHXsKNnb_0

@Vagabond, Canada's Larkyn Austman is skating her SP to "Mein Herr" this season.

 

[bladesofgorey]

This was Castelli/Tran's exhibition this past season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHXsKNnb_0

@Vagabond, Canada's Larkyn Austman is skating her SP to "Mein Herr" this season.

Oh, I did not realize that! In retrospect a lot of skaters probably used it as their exhibition music during the decade and a half I didn't follow skating at all.

 

[Vagabond]

@Vagabond, Canada's Larkyn Austman is skating her SP to "Mein Herr" this season.

Now maybe Polina Edmunds will skate hers to "Don't Tell Mama."

 

[JeffClair1979]

Ragtime the Musical- Symphonic Suite (Obviously would need some cuts, but it's so pretty) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTyC5jJVw8

I'd love to see an older pairs team try Still from Titanic: the Musical. Might work for a short program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqTrLnLHgvE

Yeah, I'm a musical theater geek...