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Sun Nan, Coco Lee film "Forever Friends" music video

http://2008.sina.com.cn  November 30, 2007 19:14  Xinhua

  BEIJING, Nov. 30 -- Coco Lee andSun Nan were in Beijing Thursday to film the final scenes for the music video ofthe Beijing Olympic song "Forever Friends."

  "This is a multinational family arts group. we comefrom different cultural backgrounds and have become a close-knit family becauseof the Olympics. We are a true reflection of "Forever Friends," said producerKong Xiangdong.

  Two-time Grammy Award-winning composer GiorgioMoroder headed the song's music composition. Moroder has experience in producingOlympic hits -- he composed the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic theme song "Reach Out"and the Seoul 1988 Olympic theme song "Hand in Hand."

  German lyricist Michael Kunze, whose achievementsinclude successfully translating the hit musicals "Cats" and "Phantom of theOpera" into German, penned the English lyrics to "Forever Friends."

  The three members of the creative team for the songrepresent a multi-ethnic, boundary-free world. They truly represent the theme of"Forever Friends."

  Following the debut performance of "Forever Friends"during the one-year countdown celebration for the Beijing Olympic Games lastAugust, Moroder and Kong decided to do a new recording of the song.

  That's when singers Sun Nan and Coco Lee gotinvolved. In addition, CCTV host, Yang Dongsheng, was invited to join theproduction team. Coco Lee and Sun Nan are both honored to perform "ForeverFriends" and hope to pass the song's message along to the rest of the world.

  The "Forever Friends" music video is scheduled forrelease before the year is over. In addition, a Chinese version of the song isin the works now and will be ready for release early next year.

  (Source: BOCOG)