The official anthem is a sensuous classical piece composed to reflect the international significance of the first FIFA World Cup to be held in Asia . The anthem takes classical drums and percussive elements from Korean and Japanese music and fuses them with a hypnotic oriental melody. This creates a genuinely moving piece of music that evokes the rhythms and emotions of the beautiful game of football.

Vangelis began composing and performing as a child, and later earned renown as a composer of film scores including compositions for "Salut Jerusalem," the Oscar winning "Chariots of Fire," and "Blade Runner." Other Vangelis compositions include his just realeased Sony Clasical album, "mythodea - music for the NASA mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey",scores for Roger Donaldson's "The Bounty," Liliana Cavani's "Francesco," and Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon."

- source: FIFA worldcup.com