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QUINCY JONES TO PEN THEME SONG FOR BEIJING GAMES: Music legend inspired creatively by recent visit to the country.
*Super producer Quincy Jones was so moved during his first visit to China recently that he has offered to write a theme song for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
"The inspiration of the strong leadership in preparing the 2008 Olympic Games and the theme 'One world, One dream' has led me to offer everything I can possibly bring ... to this fantastic event," Jones told a news conference at Beijing's Olympic Tower on Wednesday.
Organizers have welcomed his offer, but said they would continue with their official Olympic song competition.
"I really appreciate what Quincy Jones said about wanting to write the theme tune," said Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG). "I think his participation will really inspire people from around the world to ... contribute to the 2008 Olympic Games. We have already had 500 songs and 5,000 lyrics submitted to the competition."
Jones, meanwhile, was awed by his visit to the country and thought a musical contribution to the Olympic Games would express his passion.
"I really love this country, the food, the culture, the beautiful women -- some of the most beautiful women I've ever seen, whoah!" he said. "I would like to be one of the people who send out the message to the world about what a country this is."
The 73-year-old musician, composer, conductor and producer has worked with such music luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald. But, writing a song for the Olympics, Q noted, would be in a class by itself.
"Everything in the 60 years of my career has led up to this event ... I would be very proud to write and orchestrate the theme to the 2008 Olympic Games” he said. "We hope our music will help to bring everybody's dreams together."
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