The Beijing Winter Olympics skating programs have a cinematic soundtrack.
For those of us who have a more artistic sensibility , for whom half - pipe snowboarding and alpine skiing is exciting enough but not the sum - pounding full - dead body experience we ’re hoping for , there ’s one serial of effect that always delivers . Olympian figure of speech skating and ice terpsichore is a sight to behold , assisted in no small part by the melodic choices the skater make before they take to the ice rink . It was thanks to arule changeat the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that crank skater were permitted to skate to music with lyric poem , which feed us theraw intimate energyof Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir ’s unforgettableMoulin Rouge!ice - terpsichore subroutine four years ago .
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have kept the rule variety , allowing for a more diverse and exciting array of musical choices — but something else is different this year , too . This class ’s class of skater have proven themselves to be major cinephiles , their rhythmical musical accompaniment running the movie gamut from comic - book of account anti - paladin to Jedi knight from a galaxy far , far forth and everything in between .
Adam Siao Him Fa’sStar Warsmedley
In one of the most spectacular routines the Olympics has seen this class , Adam Siao Him Fa of France donned Anakin Skywalker ’s dim Sith tunic and skate to a medley of medicine from the Dark Side , with Darth Vader ’s iconic profound ventilation segueing to a tympan - and - bass remix of " The Imperial March . " Only a Sith hand in the absolute fire of this performance , stark with graceful gestures timed to lightsaber sound effects . Siao Him Fatold Reutersthat he wish the song choice because " it feel good that even people who are not fig - skating fans liked the program because they loveStar Wars . " ( Video of his performance is n’t available yet in the US , so above is a video of his platform from last year ’s Nebelhorn Trophy rivalry . )
Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck as the Joker and Harley Quinn
Straight out of the back way of a Spirit Halloween come German ice rink - dancing pair Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck , dressed as Harley Quinn and the Joker and skating to a medley of " restive " songs , from a cover of Britney Spears ' " Toxic " to the White Stripes ' " Seven Nation Army . " Each Sung dynasty transition is bookended by line from Jared Leto ’s take on the Clown Prince of Crime fromSuicide Squad , and the whole thing begin with Dieck mime breaking Muller ’s neck . Cursed ! But also cool , in a grungy sort of way .
Karen Chen skates to “Requiem for a Dream”
Clint Mansell ’s grievance forRequiem for a Dream , particularly the memorable rubric track , is perhaps the most ineluctable while of music ever composed for a celluloid . excellently revise for a bunch of pic laggard after the moving picture ’s release ( including , hilariously , The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers ) , it ’s the sort of song you ’ve find out a million times even if you have n’t seen the movie it ’s from . It ended up being the perfect pick for American figure skater Karen Chen , who time her soaring jumps and encompassing wrick to the song ’s ever - increasing tension build .
Vincent Zhou’sCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragonselection
In a nod to both the location of this year ’s Winter Olympics and his ownChinese American heritage , Vincent Zhou set his free skate to the score of Ang Lee ’s wuxia epicCrouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon , composed by Tan Dun . It ’s not the most instantly placeable account in the world , but it ’s on heavy rotation on many cinephiles ' soundtrack lean , and it ’s so good in this plan that you wonder why anyone skates to anything else . Be sure to chirrup the dragon curl up around the left side of Zhou ’s costume as well .
Madison Chock and Evan Bates' Daft Punk medley
The reviewer describe the American skaters ' silver medal - winning routine as an " astronaut " court an " extraterrestrial , " but do n’t recall we did n’t notice Evan Bates’TRON : Legacy - inspired costume — fit for a programme set to Daft Punk ’s electronica . The two ice dancers skate to a collection of songs deplume from the French duo’sRandom Access Memories , including mostly implemental tracks " Within " and " Contact , " melodic choices that fit well with an ice - terpsichore routine . That said , we sort of want to see them put on a show to"Derezzed . “Maybe get some neon Light Cycles in the mix ?
Katharina Müller and Tim Dieck as Harley Quinn and the Joker|Jurij Kodrun / Getty Images
