Underworld duo Rick Smith and Karl Hyde will be working with Trainspotting film director Danny Boyle for next July's prestige event and will be responsible for all the music in the globally televised three-hour ceremony, Olympic organizers revealed.

'We want to leave people with a musical memory of the show rather than a purely visual one," Karl Hyde said in a statement.

"It's a great honour to be asked to do this and one we're taking very seriously – it's certainly not something we'll get the chance to do again," he added.