Moment of Glory

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Moment of Glory
Moment of Glory - Scorpions.jpg
Studio album of re-recordings and cover tracks by
Scorpions & Berlin Philharmonic
Released8 August 2000
RecordedJanuary, March and April 2000
StudioTonstudio Robert Hafner and MG-Sound-Studios, Vienna, Austria
Genre
Length61:14
Label EMI Classics
Producer
Scorpions chronology
Eye II Eye
(1999)		Moment of Glory
(2000)		 Unbreakable
(2004)
Singles from Moment of Glory
  1. "Moment of Glory"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Hurricane 2000"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Here in My Heart"
    Released: 2000
Moment of Glory Live
Scorpions Moment of Glory VHS.jpg
Video by
Scorpions & Berlin Philharmonic
Released5 December 2000
Recorded EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany, 22 June 2000
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, symphonic metal
Length110 min.
Label TDK / Eagle Vision
Director Pit Weyrich
Producer Jorg Hitzemann
Scorpions video albums chronology
Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991
(1991)		Moment of Glory Live
(2000)		 Acoustica
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg (DVD) [2]

Moment of Glory is an album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was recorded in collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and released in 2000. The album features re-arranged songs from the Scorpions repertoire, as well as classical interludes, a cover song and the new single "Moment of Glory". Initially, English composer Andrew Powell was asked to provide arrangements and Michael Kamen was designated next for the orchestral material. After the latter gave up the job in order to work with Metallica for their album S&M , finally the Austrian arranger and conductor Christian Kolonovits proved to be the right collaborator. [3]

Contents

Live performances

The Moment of Glory concert programme was first presented at the Hannover EXPO in June 2000, with Christian Kolonovits conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. The live performance was filmed to be released in VHS and Video CD in December 2000. In 2001, this rock-symphonic show was taken on a seven-city tour to Russia and the Baltic countries. Christian Kolonovits and Scott Lawton alternated as orchestra conductors.

Track notes

"Hurricane 2000", the reworking of "Rock You Like a Hurricane", was the official theme song to Sabres Hockey Network broadcasts.

The title track "Moment of Glory" was the official anthem of the EXPO 2000 in Hannover, Germany.

The instrumental "Deadly Sting Suite" is based on two earlier Scorpions tracks, "He's a Woman, She's a Man" and "Dynamite".

The fifth track "Crossfire" repeats the main theme of the Russian song "Moscow Nights".

"Here in My Heart", written by Diane Warren, was recorded by Tiffany 10 years earlier for her album New Inside .

The 5.1 surround mix on the SACD release includes an orchestra-only version of "Wind of Change" as a ghost track, which follows after approximately one minute of silence at the end of "Lady Starlight".

Track listings

Album

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hurricane 2000" Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell 6:04
2."Moment of Glory"Meine5:08
3."Send Me an Angel"Schenker, Meine6:19
4."Wind of Change"Meine7:36
5."Crossfire: Prologue (Midnight in Moscow) / Crossfire" (instrumental) Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi / Schenker, Meine6:47
6."Deadly Sting Suite: He's a Woman, She's a Man / Dynamite" (instrumental)Schenker, Meine, Rarebell7:22
7."Here in My Heart" Diane Warren 4:20
8."Still Loving You"Schenker, Meine7:28
9."Big City Nights"Schenker, Meine4:37
10."Lady Starlight
(13:59 on the 5.1 surround mix of the SACD release)"		Schenker, Meine5:32
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Hurricane 2000 (Radio Edit)"Schenker, Meine, Rarebell4:41

Video

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hurricane 2000"Schenker, Meine, Rarebell6:34
2."Moment of Glory"Meine8:00
3."You and I"Meine6:01
4."We Don't Own the World"Schenker, Meine9:54
5."Here in My Heart"Warren5:44
6."We'll Burn the Sky"Schenker, Monika Dannemann 6:47
7."Big City Nights"Schenker, Meine5:21
8."Deadly Sting Suite: Crossfire / He's a Woman, She's a Man / Dynamite" (instrumental)Schenker, Meine, Rarebell15:49
9."Wind of Change"Meine9:41
10."Still Loving You"Schenker, Meine8:50
11."Moment of Glory (Encore)"Meine7:16
12."Hurricane 2000" (music video)  
13."Moment of Glory" (music video)  
14."Here in My Heart" (music video)  
15."Interviews"  

Personnel

Scorpions

with

Guest musicians on CD

Guest musicians on VHS

CD production

Charts

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11]
video 		Gold5,000^
Germany (BVMI) [12] Gold150,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece) [13] Gold15,000^
Portugal (AFP) [14] Platinum40,000^
South Korea—51,206 [15]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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