WITH its soaring synthesised beats segueing into the plink of the piano, the instrumental introduction to Chariots of Fire has long been a richly evocative piece for many.
WITH its soaring synthesised beats segueing into the plink of the piano, the instrumental introduction to Chariots of Fire has long been a richly evocative piece for many.
Coach Derek Easton with Central Athletics club endurance team, at a training session at Stirling University. Picture: Colin Mearns
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Richard Winton
The theme will, subconsciously at least, have soundtracked any number of runs over the years, yet few will derive as much resonance from its familiar swell as Derek Easton.
Hearing even the opening few bars of Vangelis' Oscar-winning composition can transport the 54-year-old back to his youth; to the West Sands in St Andrews and the moment in which he unwittingly became part of one of the most revered films in British cinema. Easton was 21 when, as captain of the university's athletics club, he was asked to gather a group of runners to be extras in "some low-budget film" but little did he and his colleagues realise that those two days of work would still be a topic of conversation some 33 years later. "Aye, it crops up from time to time," he says, smiling.
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