Parade of the Athletes own remix of Samuel Barber's piece by the same name (the remix was also influenced by William Orbit's original electronic remix of the song in 1999), and "Athena", which is also a remix of Adagio in G minor, a piece often attributed to Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by Remo Giazotto. The album contains 8 new tracks composed exclusively for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, and 4 other well-known tracks ("Traffic", "Lethal Industry", "Adagio for Strings" and "Forever Today"). An unmixed version was also released. Parade of the Athletes Parade of the Athletes is a retrospective mix by
Classical Gas in 2003, after being featured in the film "Cheaper by the Dozen", which starred Williams's "Smothers Brothers" protégé, Steve Martin. Lisa Simpson on the animated series "The Simpsons" did a brief run-through of "Classical Gas". One of the showrunners, Al Jean, said he met composer Mason Williams, who told him how happy he was that they used it in the show. Classical Gas "Classical Gas" is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record", it has