What was the song used in Nastia Liukin's Olympic All-Around floor routine?

Question

What was the song used in Nastia Liukin's Olympic All-Around floor routine?

Answer 1

Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic USA team gymnastics champion performed her Olympic medal winning floor routine to music from Well-Tempered Productions, a record label specializing in innovative classical music. The selection entitled 'Variations on Dark Eyes,' was arranged and performed by the Israeli virtuoso pianist Ilan Rechtman and features the violin playing of Lara St. John. The selection is currently only available on a CD recording entitled 'Gypsy.' Ilan Rechtman is the featured artist on two releases on Well-Tempered that will be available in early 2009, "Beethoven in Brazil," and "Rechtman Plays Beethoven, Chopin & Rechtman." The 'Gypsy' CD is available directly from Well-Tempered or Amazon.com. www.welltempered.com

Answer 2

It was Dark Eyes.

It must be some kind of russian song.

Answer 3

The song you are looking for is called "Variation on Dark Eyes." The exact version of her song is performed by Lara St. Jones on her Gypsy album. It's available on Amazon from a direct link of her site:

http://www.larastjohn.com/audio_gypsy.ph...

http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy/dp/B000003Y3...

You can see the version performed by Lara here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9KMYnOfc...

Answer 4

Dark Eyes

Answer 5

Yes, it was dark eyes.  It is a popular Russian folk song, and I'm guessing she used it because she has a Russian background.  Dark Eyes is very popular in figure skating, also.  Sasha Cohen used it as her 2006 Olympic Short Program music.