Covers The song has been covered by many artists, including
Blake,
Klaus Schulze, Free the Spirit, the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Project,
Kati Kovács,
John Williams and the
Boston Pops Orchestra (1996),
Daylight (1997),
Daniel Hůlka (1998),
Dana Winner (2002),
The Ten Tenors (2004),
Rhydian (2009) and
Gregorian (2012).
At sport events "Conquest of Paradise" is played at home games for the New Zealand Super Rugby team
Crusaders, Rugby Premiership team
Northampton Saints and Super League teams
Widnes Vikings and
Wigan Warriors. These days it is the unofficial theme tune for the city of Christchurch where the
Crusaders rugby team is based. English football club
Sheffield Wednesday also play Conquest of Paradise prior to their theme tune before kick off. "Conquest of Paradise" was also played at the
Cricket World Cup (2011) and
(2015) just before the national anthems of the two contesting national teams were played at the start of every match. It was also played during the 2010 and 2014 cricket
World Twenty20 championships to uphold International Cricket Council's "spirit-of-cricket" concept just before the national anthems of the two playing teams. The
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc series uses "Conquest of Paradise" at the start, finish and prize ceremonies of its various
ultramarathon races. It is also used by the
Engadin Skimarathon to introduce the start of the competitors waves. At least in the years 2010–2013. Usually every minute it is interrupted to announce the time until "go!". German boxer
Henry Maske used it as his theme song. it became a symbol of the party and
Guterres' governments.
In TV shows and cinema It was used for many years in the
Jeux Sans Frontières, using it during the credits. The single "Conquest of Paradise" has also been inserted in the 2007 Chinese television drama series
Soldiers Sortie, and is used as the theme song in the Hindi film,
Koyla (1997),
Kaalapani (1996) and a
Tamil film,
Sundara Purushan (1996). The song was also used in the trailer for
Mission to Mars (2000). It's also part of the soundtrack of
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), by
Guy Ritchie.
In ice shows "Conquest of Paradise" was used for a collaboration program performed by two-time Olympic
figure skating champion
Yuzuru Hanyu and three-time Olympic
gymnastics champion
Kōhei Uchimura, merging the two Olympic sports to a new
performing art genre. The program was inspired by the theme of challenge to the unknown. Hanyu's solo skating part was choreographed by Canadian choreographer
David Wilson. The program was performed at the ice show
Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata, held on 10–12 March 2023, at
Sekisui Heim Super Arena in
Rifu,
Miyagi. It was a commemoration event on the 12th anniversary of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, also known as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" or "3.11".
At graduations The song is also played as the opening song at some primary school, secondary school, high school and university graduation ceremonies in Turkey. ==References==