"Finished Symphony" is a song by the British
electronic music
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group
Hybrid
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. It is the first single from their debut album ''
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* ''Wide Angle'', 1999 album by Hybrid
* ''Wide Angles'', 2003 album by Michael Brecker
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''. The track's popularity has increased since its release, and it has been used in various chillout collections, including the Ibiza series. The song has also been used in BBC's TV series ''
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'', most notably during Season 7 Episode 5 which featured the
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. There are two versions of the single, the UK version and Australia & Hong Kong version.
All orchestral parts of the song are performed by the Russian Federal Orchestra.
Track listing
UK
# "Finished Symphony" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:29
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid's Echoplex Mix Radio Edit) - 3:23
# "Finished Symphony" - 9:34
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid's Soundtrack Edit) - 3:21
Australia & Hong Kong
# "Finished Symphony" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:26
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Echoplex Mix Radio Edit) - 3:21
# "Finished Symphony" - 9:31
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Soundtrack Edit) - 3:19
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Echoplex Remix) - 9:06
# "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Soundtrack Mix) - 6:13
Official Versions
* "Finished Symphony" (Original Radio Edit) - 3:26
* "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Echoplex Mix Radio Edit) - 3:21
* "Finished Symphony" - 9:31
* "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Echoplex Remix) - 9:06
* "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Soundtrack Edit) - 3:19
* "Finished Symphony" (Hybrid Soundtrack Mix) - 6:13
* "Finished Symphony" (Live Set) - 11:32
Charts
Trivia
* "Finished Symphony" is a remix of the song "Symphony", which was created by Hybrid a few years prior to ''
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* Wide-angle lens, type of camera lens
* Wide Angle (TV series), ''Wide Angle'' (TV series), television series
* ''Wide Angle'', 1999 album by Hybrid
* ''Wide Angles'', 2003 album by Michael Brecker
* Wide-angle X-ray scatt ...
''.
* "Finished Symphony" was used in the video games ''
SSX
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'' and ''
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'' and was included in the latter game's soundtrack.
* "Finished Symphony" was used by
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and
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for their coverage of live
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* "Finished Symphony" was remixed by Canadian electronic music producer
deadmau5
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for ''
Re_Mixed
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'' in 2007.
References
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1999 singles
Hybrid (British band) songs
1999 songs