El video del tema oficial de Los Juegos Olímpicos, sí eriza la piel

Hace menos de una semana se dio a conocer por primera vez el tema oficial de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2012. "Survival" ("Supervivencia"), de Muse, se difundió en Internet y la canción generó una cantidad discreta de visitas en YouTube. En ese momento, siendo honesta, me pareció raro que fuera esta agrupación británica la encargada de componer tan importante emblema de contienda a celebrarse en Londres.

Aunque me declaro fan del trío y de sus cantos de guerra, ni los versos ni el sonido de esta canción me cimbraron. Hoy, aunque sigo pensando que no se trata de una de sus mejores composiciones, puedo decir que al escucharla ya se mueve algo en mí. Y es que como amante del deporte, al ver el video oficial de la canción, se me erizó la piel.

La fórmula la conocemos de memoria. El video es un montaje de múltiples escenas con atletas de todas las disciplinas olímpicas. A la mayoría los vemos realizando fantásticas proezas, victoriosos, derramando lágrimas de felicidad, gritando eufóricos su triunfo. Y claro, el himno que reza "estoy preparado para mantenerme vivo", simplemente hace click con este fabuloso collage de imágenes.

Presiona aquí para ver el video oficial en YouTube.com.

Algunos de los atletas que figuran en el video, difundido en YouTube por el Comité Olímpico Internacional, son estrellas tan reconocidas como Michael Phelps o Novak Djokovic, otros son gimnastas o clavadistas que siempre nos dejan con la boca abierta con sus espectaculares saltos, pero también hay campeones de remo, esgrima, ping pong y muchas otras disciplinas que, aunque no siempre son tan pomposas, emocionan por igual a los espectadores de todo el mundo.

Los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 están cada vez más cerca y estoy segura de que "Survival" se nos irá colando poco a poco en el gusto musical. Sé que muchos mirarán este video y sentirán cómo su corazón se acelera al tiempo que recuerdan los gloriosos momentos que aquí se retratan, e imagino también, empezarán a relamerse los bigotes porque el delicioso aroma de los Olímpicos ya flota en el aire.

Hacer un himno y su respectivo video para una contienda deportiva puede parecer cuestión de seguir una fórmula, pero la verdad es que hay que saber ejecutarla con talento y brillantez. Esta canción podrá no volverse de dominio popular, pero sin duda tiene mayor potencia y mucha más elegancia que el "Waka Waka" de Shakira para Sudáfrica 2010. Me alegra saber que este tema no terminará sonando eternamente en los pasillos de un mall o en las distorsionadas bocinas de un gym.

Loading Slideshow

• After 68 Days Travelling Around The UK The Olympic Torch Reaches Central London Ahead Of The Opening Ceremony

  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: The Olympic Torch is seen in front of a London Bus as a torch bearer carrries the Olympic Torch through Central London on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images)

• After 68 Days Travelling Around The UK The Olympic Torch Reaches Central London Ahead Of The Opening Ceremony

  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: The Olympic Torch is seen in detail as a torch bearer carrries the Olympic Torch through Central London on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images)

• After 68 Days Travelling Around The UK The Olympic Torch Reaches Central London Ahead Of The Opening Ceremony

  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: A torch bearer carrries the Olympic Torch on a London Bus through Central London on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Shaw/Getty Images)

• The LOCOG handout photo shows torchbearer Fabrice Muamba lightning the cauldron on the Torch Relay leg between the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney Saturday, July 21, 2012. The Flame arrives at the Olympic stadium for the Opening Ceremony on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Joe Giddens)

• Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high pri

  Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess holds the torch carrying the Olympic Flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• The photo provided by LOCOG shows torchbearers Nadia Comaneci, right, and John Amaechi posing with the Olympic Torch on the viewing platform of the North Greenwich Arena, London, Saturday, July 21, 2012. (AP Photo/LOCOG, Gareth Fuller)

• Robin Knox Johnson

  Sir Robin Knox Johnson, 73, right, runs with the Olympic torch past the Cutty Sark ship, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Greenwich, London. The Olympic Torch arrived in London after it was carried around England in a relay of torchbearers to make its way to the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

• The Olympic Torch Arrives In London

  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Dame Kelly Holmes lights her torch as Marine Martyn Williams holds the flame during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 20, 2012 in London, England. The Olympic Flame is now on day 63 of a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

• Robin Knox Johnson

  Sir Robin Knox Johnson, 73, runs with the Olympic torch past the Cutty Sark ship, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in Greenwich, London. The Olympic Torch arrived in London after it was carried around England in a relay of torchbearers to make its way to the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

• British Royal Marine Commando Martyn Wil

  British Royal Marine Commando Martyn Williams abseils with the Olympic Flame from a helicopter down to the Tower of London, on July 20, 2012. The Olympic flame made a dramatic arrival in London on Friday to tour the capital before it plays a starring role in the opening ceremony in one week's time. AFP PHOTO / Andrew Cowie (Photo credit should read Andrew Cowie/AFP/GettyImages)

• Britain's former athlete Dame Kelly Holm

  Britain's former athlete Dame Kelly Holmes poses for pictures after receiving the Olympic Flame at the Tower of London, on July 20, 2012. The Olympic flame made a dramatic arrival in London on Friday to tour the capital before it plays a starring role in the opening ceremony in one week's time. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high pri

  Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess holds the torch carrying the Olympic Flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high pri

  Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess holds an urn carrying the Olympic Flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• The first torch barrier swimmer Spyros G

  The first torch barrier swimmer Spyros Gianniotis runs with the Olympic flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The ceremony marks the start of a week-long torch relay, which will take it to five major Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis, before it arrives at the old Olympic stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896. AFP PHOTO/ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actresses perform during the lighting ce

  Actresses perform during the lighting ceremony on May 10, 2012 in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece today, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actresses, acting as priestesses perform

  Actresses, acting as priestesses perform on May 10, 2012 during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The ceremony marks the start of a week-long torch relay, which will take it to five major Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis, before it arrives at the old Olympic stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high pri

  Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess, holds the torch carrying the Olympic Flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / Aris Messinis (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• The first torch barrier swimmer Spyros G

  The first torch barrier swimmer Spyros Gianniotis runs with the Olympic flame on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The ceremony marks the start of a week-long torch relay, which will take it to five major Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis, before it arrives at the old Olympic stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896. AFP PHOTO / Angelos Tzortzinis (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high pri

  Actress Ino Menegaki, acting as high priestess, passes the Olympic flame to the first torch bearer, swimmer Spyros Gianniotis on May 10, 2012 during the lighting ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The ceremony marks the start of a week-long torch relay, which will take it to five major Greek archaeological sites, including the Acropolis, before it arrives at the old Olympic stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896. AFP PHOTO / Angelos Tzortzinis (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

• Actresses perform a Greek ancient dance

  Actresses perform a Greek ancient dance during the lighting ceremony on May 10, 2012 in ancient Olympia the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C. The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final countdown to the start of this year's summer Games in London. AFP PHOTO / Angelos Tzortzinis (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

 

Seguir a Sonia Ramirez en Twitter: www.twitter.com/@soniararara