{"id":1110,"date":"2023-04-04T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2023-04-04T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:42:19","slug":"ancient-voices-by-russ-landau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; by Russ Landau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; might be better known as the theme song for the hit reality-competition program, &#8220;Survivor.&#8221; It is composed by Russ Landau, who also composed the theme songs for &#8220;Fear Factor,&#8221; &#8220;Pirate Master,&#8221; and &#8220;seaQuest 2032.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Survivor Official Soundtrack - 01 : Ancient Voices (Extended)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bjpBhWl55VA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; as it appeared in the first season of &#8220;Survivor&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme song is changed slightly for each season to fit stylistically with the theme of the season; the most obvious examples being of Thailand and China which are styled in the pentatonic scale to have a more oriental sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Russ Landau - Ancient Voices China Theme\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vnirIZwTw0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; as it appeared in &#8220;Survivor: China&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is based on a Russian folk song titled &#8220;\u041f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0443 \u0432\u044b\u0439\u0434\u0443 \u043d\u0430&#8221; (translation: I&#8217;ll go and get outside)&#8211; apt for the theme of the show. For &#8220;Survivor: China&#8221; Landau even commissioned a Chinese choir to sing a version of &#8220;\u041f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0443 \u0432\u044b\u0439\u0434\u0443 \u043d\u0430&#8221; translated into Mandarin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041f\u043e\u0439\u0434\u0443, \u0432\u044b\u0439\u0434\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u0443\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0443.\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3t2UEgzsG70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sweeping instrumentation and chanting vocals make for a theme song that sounds adventurous and captures the nature of the show. Although &#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; is no longer featured in the beginning of each episode to focus more time on the show itself, &#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; and its choral and orchestral sound will forever be iconic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; might be better known as the theme song for the hit reality-competition program, &#8220;Survivor.&#8221; It is composed by Russ Landau, who also composed the theme songs for &#8220;Fear Factor,&#8221; &#8220;Pirate Master,&#8221; and &#8220;seaQuest 2032.&#8221; The theme song is changed slightly for each season to fit stylistically with the theme of the season; the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/?p=1110\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Ancient Voices&#8221; by Russ Landau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classapps.chass.ncsu.edu\/com304\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}