Theme Song
The theme song, "Light of the World" was composed by Fr Robert Lebel, a Quebec priest and a well-known composer of French-language religious music; and translated into English by Bishop Paul-André Durocher. There were four official versions released:
- Lumière du monde (International) - with an English/French chorus, and four verses in French, English, Spanish and Italian, respectively.
- Light of the World (English)
- Lumière du monde (French)
- Lumière du monde (Instrumental)
The songs were released on a two disc official CD set entitled "Lumière du Monde/Light of the World", released by Oregon Catholic Press (OCP). The album featured bands such as Critical Mass, Susan HooKong Taylor, Janelle, Jesse Manibusan among others.
Other versions were also released in localised languages:
- Chinese
Photon arranged and distributed a number of Chinese versions of the song with permission from OCP. A number of versions were released:
- Light of the World (粤話版) - with Cantonese verses and an English/Cantonese chorus translated by the "World Youth Day 2002 Theme Song Cantonese Translation Team" and sung by Tony Leung and Agnes Tao.
- Light of the World (國話版) - with Mandarin translations by Kevin Cheung; sung by Ricky Cheung and Martina Lee.
- Light of the World (Chinese Instrumental) - arranged by James Ng with Chinese instruments
These can be found on "The Way 4 - Light of the World", a disc released by Photon Distribution Inc.
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