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  • I have recorded fireworks in Japan.

    The fireworks of Sydney are also very beautiful.

  • The song at 10:50 is 'Percussive Orchestra by s:amplify'

    Here is the link to a HD version on their channel!

    /watch?v=G4Az_JuE8ZQ

  • dam man i love this, its just beautiful. Wanna go there one day. Just one question how did they get the music to play in that big of a distance? Australians know wats up

  • @0Gh0stR1der0 The soundtrack is also broadcast on 2DayFM, and people are encouraged to take radios with them. It's pretty cool to listen to when you're in a big area with lots of people, and at least a few have taken radios to blast out the music.

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  • anyone know what songs was in this mix?

  • way to go sydney

  • thanks skyshowfan for upload this..

  • I am really sorry to say, but the London 2012 fireworks were much better than these ones :/ Usually Australia have great fireworks. But London beat you guy's this year. Watch the official one (the official BBC one with the official music which was played then) and see for yourself Though Sydney came 2nd :) :)

  • OOO OOH AAH AAH AAH AAH AAAAAAAAAAH!

  • MONKEYS! WOO HOO!

  • anyone knows the last 2 songs pls very thnaks

  • @atifmansoor Thanks:D

  • time flies!!! we're day 14 of 366 into 2012!!!

  • what's the name of the song from 3:15?

  • @CristyBoy97 its called by "the island" by pendulum...i asked the same question myself..:)

  • lool how its the murky thames, have you been there, in the cramped streets of London, ive been to sydney, not so great either, takes ages to travel round, fucking ferries

  • I was standing near the front of the Sydney Opera House, and I can tell you this, the ground was literally shaking from the explosions toward the finale. Simply awesome. Sydney always knows how to ring in a New Year.

  • @5D2011 Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

  • Hi everyone, English gal here. I just want you to know how much I love and admire the Australian people. It's not just because most Australians have British or Irish ancestors like me, it's because you turned a fairly desolate island into one of the most modern and magnificent nations on earth and yet you're not arrogant, unlike some. The majority of people here in England really love you Aussies, regardless of what anyone says. Plus, you're the best in the world at cricket, my favourite sport!

  • @gillian0879 Yeah i like the aussies got nothing against you atall.

    Plus you have the fittest women in the world :)

  • @gillian0879 - Thanks mate! Really nice comments and just want to say that we like you guys too - even when we lose the Ashes to you!! Greeting from a "Land Down Under". Hope we see you for 2013 fireworks in Sydney!

  • @gillian0879

    You are so right! I'm German living in Italy. Back from my first holidays in Australia 2 days ago and I agree totaly with you: the Australian People are fantastic, friendly, smiling, helpfull... I loved them!

    Greetings, Tina

  • What are the two songs at 10:55 - 12:04?

  • @TwiggViolencexx hello im trying to find this 2 songs too , if i found them i will tell you lol

  • Omg I see Australian technology can now support 460p. Congrats Aussies...maybe one day you will be able to be as advanced as the UK.

  • @hurro67 Then's it taken a really long time to see that.

    -We are already as advanced as you are.

  • @smartie1041 He's just trolling, let him be.

  • @hurro67 Yes, us Aussies are behind the times when compared to the UK.

    We're so backward down here in our economically booming continent with the world's highest standard of living that when our police see drunken feral youths robbing and torching the local high street shops for days on end they actually reach for the handcuffs and batons instead of wading through the latest human rights directives from Brussels like you do in much more "advanced" Broken Britain.

    "A chav's got my plasma." LOL

  • @PresidentZod oh dear, come visit London

    , prick more vibrant, multi-cultural, beautiful, and generally better than sydney in every way, ive been both, my opinion..

  • @Jigdiggory C'mon, mate. We all know London has become a Third World toilet drowning under an unstoppanle flood of thieving Pikeys, scrounging Polacks, knife-wielding Pickaninnies and bomb-toting Pakis.

    The weather sucks, on Friday and Saturday nights drunken feral yobs rum amok vomiting, urinating and looting with impunity and race riots threaten to break out every other week.

    Just ask all the whites who have been ethnically cleansed from Broken Britain and fled for a new life in Australia. LOL

  • @hurro67 ... oh yeah sorry that we are not as advance as the UK but I'm not sure if my brand new 5 bedroom house built on a 10 acre land with an automatic roll up garage door, heated swimming pool and jacuzzi isn't up to scratch compared to your sardined canned houses in the UK, oh yeah! I am also sorry that our economy is booming and your country is not fairing as good as ours and the sun is currently shining with a current temperature of 30 degrees celsius. Ha Ha have a great day mate

  • It's funny how the pommies are so insecure of themselves and compare their fireworks to sydney's hahahaha. I mean seriously if england is better than australia then why the heck are they leaving in droves and coming over here?

  • @rudsyn1 I couldn't agree more haha XD thumbs up x a million

  • @rudsyn1 ...because of the weather mate, believe me - it's not for the company!

  • IM-PRE-SIO-NAN-TE!! Australia tiene el mejor evento de Fin de Año del mundo!!

  • This is Australia

  • 10.53 to the end is the only good bit!

  • @pilot1030 I couldn't disagree more.

  • its funny how all the Aussies get all defensive about their fireworks display and say "sydney's was better, who wants to look over the murky thames, and oh the london fireworks only looked good on tv" i was there and they were much better than the australian ones! jealous ozzies!

  • @pilot1030 And it's also funny how it's Pom's who are saying "London this and London that". I've only seen comments saying how London pissed on Sydney or was So much better. Naturally we do defend our nation, I mean what do you expect, us to bow to before you? Pfft. Typical.

    And um. Jealous Ozzies? C'mon, you and I both know that London wants to live up to the Sydney Olympics.

  • @smartie1041 Seeing as the Sydney Olympics were almost over 10 years ago and without recent technology ofc we will live upto it... not doubt in my mind

  • @FrankieUKK That's not the point. The point isn't whether London will beat Sydney. But the fact that London bribed the Sydney Committee for "secrets" to the successful games.

    Bottom Line: London can't spit on us, because London loves Sydney. No doubt in my mind.

  • @smartie1041 don't worry, we will do a lot better than the sydney olympics! i think and so do a lot of people that london's were better this year!

  • @smartie1041 Whoopsies:

    Well, alot of people preferred Sydney, like always, and knew they were better this year. :P

  • @pilot1030

    Besides, they are different in many different ways.

    London ones are nice, they come in the mass, with strong colours, without break.

    Sydney ones are nice, they comlarge and glittering with mixed colours, vibrant, and with break.

  • my biggest wish ATM is to get a wonderful girlfriend, go to Sidney for new years eve, and have the most romantic kiss ever under the firework! I would give anything for that!

  • Love both of the firework, London and Sydney, we are jealous in Amsterdam.In Amsterdam we had "The Kissing Couple" just check it out, was nice to be there. Happy New Year everybody!!!!!!!!!!

  • they spend 200 million dollars on the fireworks but they cant spend 200 million dollars on the poor

  • @emmanuelgerrard8 Correction: 6.3 Million.

  • @emmanuelgerrard8 However, I cannot agree more :)

  • nice shells with beautiful colours!!!owesome!!!

  • one word. olympics

  • @Jigdiggory Olympics done successfully in Sydney 2000. London even hired an Aussie to head the organizing committee because they want to copy the successful organization of the 2000 Games.

  • @Jigdiggory Read this in the London 2012 website:

    "SYDNEY'S OLYMPIC PARTY WANTED FOR LONDON

    London Olympic organisers hope to harness the party atmosphere of the Sydney Games, which saw the harbour city host arguably the most successful staging of the four-yearly event.

    With 367 days to go until the opening ceremony of the London Games, organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe said he hoped to replicate Sydney's version of the sporting spectacular in 2000 in the UK next year."

  • @sailechz What's your point??. London is giving Sydney credit, Sydney did a great job,and London is more than capable of putting on a great show. Anyway, It's not a competition:)

  • london pissed on this

  • @Jigdiggory Yeah right.

  • sydney had better music than london.

  • @watchMEshyne Sydney for music and London for beauty and I am from Australia! Well done to GB!

  • @watchMEshyne But infact London used British music.

  • @watchMEshyne It isn't a competition!! They are seperate sets of fireworks to celebrate the New Year. Can't they just be enjoyed individually??

  • Zyzz miss this! 2012 didnt came at him brah... :( R.I.P

  • @ZIMBAMBO1 better than nigeria haha

  • Thru the generosity of a complete stranger in the huge crowd at 11.55pm my friend and I were given free passes onto one of the ferries on Sydney harbour. What a way to see in 2012 :)

  • Muito bonito!

  • Sydney was much better than London....!!!

    What's the name of the song in 5:00....Thank you!!!

  • حرااااااااااااااااام

  • somebody have the name of the songs???? please share it! :D grettings from Guatemala! ^^

  • @Rayzenko London isn't a person...

  • London was better

  • wow wow much better than the melbourne ones, will go there to see the 2013

  • australia is the best place to bring in the new years cause we are one of the first places in the world to bring it in and the next its summer

  • @emmasjunk yes we are the best !!!!

  • People in their lives, they want to do different things... I want to visit Australia someday!

    I <3 Australia :D

  • @Alicee1704 Not one day, I want to visit Australia, Sydney at 31th December 2012!!!!!!

  • @steinie333 Best wishes for everybody from Amsterdam!!!!!

  • In 2012, make a resolution to take advantage of the opportunity you have to seek and learn the ultimate truth. Search for "Truth Contest" in Google and click the 1st result, then click on "The Present" and read what it says.

  • @UnifyingTruthProject wow there is some great stuff to be read there, very insightful, thanks for sharing

  • our fireworks have got to be the most advanced out of every country, i saw hearts, cubes, multicolour ones and looking at this i didn't know the synchronised it to a song and colours! simply the BEST!

  • @david1991rules4life Go check out the Japanese, with their 48 inch shell bomb :P. Maybe next year they'll use that one for the final. That would be insane. x)

  • That's beautifull,but 4 me this year's winner is Dubai...

  • fantastic fireworks =)

  • What is the name of the song at 10:15 (the start of the finale)?

  • @VictorYong36 SydneyNYEFans has the soundtrack... You should check it out.

  • fantastic firework in sdney

  • What's the song at 10:50 ???

  • after watching the 2 videos, i agree, London is now the reference

  • watever mates london and sydney has nothing compared to manila, philippines.

    watch it here: watch?feature=player_embedded&­v=Uuu9i-of7GI

  • Sydney never fails to impress.  To be there and see it for real.....

  • Londons Was far better

  • @EnvizeCinema you have got to be a fucking sped

    

  • wow awesome....

  • Happy New Year everyone!! This was awesome! :)

  • whats the 3rd last song when the waterfall is on?

  • This is the crappest, most uneventful footage of fireworks I have ever seen. I was in Sydney watching the Fireworks live and they were AMAZING! The best I have seen yet. The camera editors have killed how good they were. Seriously do not give the contract to the company who edited this footage and put the video together. You have killed the nostalgia of Sydney New years eve. London footage rocked.

  • @scopo17 Totally agree. The camera control people messed it up. They even cut away from close-shots when the bridge was being amazing, to a long-shot -and thereby losing sight of the bridge. WHAT-THE !! If they pulled away like that from London`s wheel --- it  would have been nothing.. Sack that particular crew who did the coverage

  • i cant figure out a better way to finish this piece of art other then wat had been done......awesome!

  • @ZIMBAMBO1  look at the video dickhead, it says 12 minutes & 30 seconds

  • wow what a ledend!!!

  • london ones were better watch that video

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  • @Aidan1ish Only the footage... Channel nine needs to get a better crew than this ... sooooo very much not seen here . If London pulled a mile away from the Wheel then what ! Imagine how disappointing that would have been !!! The best display here let down by the control crew :((

  • Why all New Years videos are uploaded on december 31st, even these from west part of the world?

  • I had this link from my friend from Denmark. Thanks to him - now I know where I will celebrate New Year in 2012! :)

  • I have just-watched this on this smallscreen. The camermen have done too many aerial shots from a MILE away.Pulled away when the bridge was going off a lot. If they did that to London`s WHEEL then you wouldn`t be able to appreciate their`s either.Get a new camera crew next yearChannelNine.They hardly ever got in-your-face with the glorious  displays..London was in-your-face and closer and sooooooo many of Sydney glorious fireworks are NOT being seen byPeople.

  • masakra ^^

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

    WITH LOVE from MAURITIUS ;)

  • @yogeshramduny Back at you! Hope it's a good year for you all!

  • what is the name of the song? 1:18 and 3:45 :D

  • @victorAlbuquerque13 Bag Raiders - Sunlight :)

  • @victorAlbuquerque13 Pendulum - The Island

  • wowww

  • london was more concerntrated in one area, which makes for a brighter, denser display of light, but is just confined to that space, the aussie is more all encompassing, personally i prefer the london one, because of the density, and the london eye being a nice centre piece, that they used to launch the fireworks to make spiral /circle patterns

  • @RiCKPe3Zy47 well thats not my problem i have just stated that london's fireworks were better than sydney's.

  • Londons fireworks were better, thumbs up if you agree

  • @pilot1030  No,our camera crew were BAD.BAD. They haven`t done in-your-face as London did to really appreciate this at all. Pulled away when the bridge was displaying..River-shots taken from so high-up. No need for that -I wouldrather see 1 glory explode CLOSER. We need in-your -face camera work like London`s. Iwant to feel like I`m at the fireworks. Front shots of the bridge were stunning. But I/no-one got a close enough viewing. NEW CREW NEXT YEAR CHANEL NINE !

  • @bibi5767 fair enough. but i was at the london display and in my personal opinion of what i have seen london was far better this year, the last 2 minutes of sydney's were good but the rest was boring, normally sydney does a great job and normally does far better display's than london, but this year london hands down won over sydney.

  • @bibi5767 we also spent far less money than sydney did as well!

  • @pilot1030 So how's your New Year's Day in London? In Sydney we had big bright blue sky and turquoise waters in the harbour. We took a ferry from the harbour close to the bridge to one of our 50+ world class beaches. We sailed around the harbour under balmy warm weather. On the other hand you can enjoy your overpriced  Ferris Wheel along the murky Thames under a dark grey sky. Tomorrow I'm going to Manly Beach straight from work on the 46th floor office. Noice isn't it?

  • @pilot1030 we spent more because 1.5M people watched it on the stretch of the harbour. that's why we have helicopter shots. we are egalitarian - we want happiness for as many people as possible. London on the other hand is a class-obsessed society. only 250K spectators crammed all fireworks in one spot. as usual London only wants to look good on TV. besides we have more income per person and we don't have your recession, your huge pile of debt, overcrowding and millions of unemployed people.

  • @ZIMBAMBO1 It's one thing to say you preffered London's, but it's another thong to outright call ours "shite!!!". Instead of worrying about our fireworks, perhaps you should worry about your manners.

  • midnight in rio de janeiro brazil... watch?v=68lvYUwGyjM

  • 05:16 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition. That underrated band :(

  • O1:47 Bag Raiders - Sunlight <3

  • As usual, Sydney has outdone herself yet again. Defiantly without question, the best display and backdrop for it in the world.

  • @skyshowfan please name song 10:51. Thank You

  • @MsPyreczka Sorry, I'm not sure. A few people have posted these...

    6.35: Freefallin - Zoë Badwi

    7.55: Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun

    If anyone has more times/names/atists, please post them so we can make a list.

    Thanks.

  • @skyshowfan Thank you :0) Greetings from Poland !!!!!

  • @MsPyreczka Happy New Year Poland!!!!

  • @TheBicusnicus1 Thank you very very!!!!! I love Australia :)

  • spectacular fireworks on the best place on earth.

    i miss living in sydney!

  • there is nothing wrong with the quality jeesh would u rather watch it from someones hand held camera with screaming in your ear? appreciate beotches.

    thanks for sharing this amazing moment :)

  • so proud to be australian how beautiful is this :)

  • Yes, well, ok Londons were pretty good, especially the fireworks coming out of Big Ben as the bells tolled. (:

  • @musolea thats about it... the london eye was the center piece... but this one stretched across kilometres and if you are around the Operahouse the fireworks literally surrounded you... that my friend is the epitome of breath-taking

  • Absolutely stunning. The waterfall look was beautiful. I am going to Sydney next NYE. Can't believe it didn't win.

  • Darn misleading titles.... ; & This is not high quality imo.

  • @sl00tie If you are referring to the lack of HD, it's because CH9 only broadcast it SD. I could label it as HD with the same video and people would believe it, and you'll find plenty of videos on youtube where that is the case. And let's not confuse the image resolution with the quality of the video, it's as good as you're going to get with what was broadcast. It would be nice in HD though......

  • @skyshowfan To me, quality refers to the the overall wellness of the video. High resolution is a requirement for high quality. Please enlighten me as to if there is a formal definition I've missed (with source).

    The point is not what incorrect (imo) titles you (or other people) can get by with, but rather that a title should match the video as closely as possible. Once again, i do not consider a video of a world renowned event in 480p as high quality.

    Either way, thanks for the video. ; )

  • @sl00tie "High Quality" in the title is to distinguish the video from many others I've seen where the source was from VHS, handycams, handycam recordings of the TV screen, the list goes on....

    I don't understand though why high resolution is a requirement for high quality. Didn't you ever have a decent picture while watching a standard definition program? It's just smaller.

  • @sl00tie It is a shame that Ch9 don't broadcast this in HD. I've seen coverage of fireworks from other parts of the world in HD, and it is stunning. I guess it's all about the costs, those HD cameras aren't cheap. We'll get there one day.

    Glad you liked the video... :)

  • Stop playing around with Chuck Norris's flaregun.

  • LONDON WON BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME SYDNEY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. U CAN TRY AGAIN THOUGH LONDON WILL WIN AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND ON ...BUT O WELL U CAN JOIN FOR THE FUN OF IT XD

  • @LoL4meXD

    London won what???  hahaha Sharia law maybe.

  • @LoL4meXD London was a display of nationalism. Sydney's was about universal hopes and dreams for the future. You'll get back on your feet soon enough. England always does. I was out on a catamaran moored off McMahons Point and Blues Point about 800 meters from the bridge. It was awesome!!! What's the view like a km from that overpriced Ferris Wheel of yours?

  • @TheBicusnicus1 Dude WTF are u on about? STFU abt nationalism and universal hope I DON'T CARE! ... u just sent me a message full of shit what the hell?...plz just end this convo okay.

  • @LoL4meXD London, really? The only thing you guys won in 2011 were causing riots and making your city almost hard to live in.

  • @Learnt WTF YES REALLY? AND WHY ARE U GETTING THE RIOTS INVOLVED FOR.? ... DUDE HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? IM TALKIN ABT 2012 FIREWORKS AND UR GOING ON ABT FUCKIN SHIT THAT HAPPENED IN 2011. UR JUST CHATTING CRAP SO PLZ JUST STOP.

  • @LoL4meXD LMAO! This argument was already irrelevant when you started boasting about London. So what's wrong? Both your riots and fireworks were organised in '11, and that's a basic no-brainer.

    I'm out.

  • @Learnt Duuuuude u are not out until i say ur out :D And Fuck this shit i really dnt care anymore AND I LIKE BEING IRRELEVANT XD this is youtube so what if i was boasting learn to take a joke and so what if i started it YOU carried it on mate! ... and this convo is way off track from wer we started and it just gets pointless every time so OFICALLY LETS END THIS SHITTY CONVO HERE... Now u can go out Bye.

  • Australian has to pay tax on carbon so we could spend it on fireworks that is worth 6.3 million AU$.

  • Wow....Sydney fireworks is beautifull....

  • The video was posted on 31/12/2011