They said, 'if we asked you to do the Olympic theme, what would you do?

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Another exclusive announcement today was that the BBC's Olympic theme music will be by award-winning band Elbow.

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Plus, it ties into the all-encompassing Olympic theme that has swept the world the past two weeks.

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To play up the Olympic theme, the two mobile games are set in crowd-filled stadiums and feature awards ceremonies for high scorers.

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In January, Olympic ceremony artistic director Danny Boyle revealed that the theme of the event on 27 July was inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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