This Chiptune Version of "Chariots of Fire" Deserves a Gold Medal in Awesome


Ladies and gentlemen, to honor the athletes and fans of the 2012 London Olympics, no matter if they are real or pixel sprites, please rise, for this nerdtastic Chiptune cover of Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire".



Musician and game composer Andrew Lemon of the UK should receive a gold medal for Awesome and Outstanding performance in the discipline of making bleepy bloopy music for putting this together. Now if there were only an 8-bit version of Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" to go with it.

8-bit Olympics image via Flikli.




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