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Title	Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Article no.	9526010
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Festive music, fanfare, hymns
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Belgium (be)
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Composer	Williams, John
Arranger	Devroye, Pascal
Difficulty level	3
Duration	4:20
Additional info/contents	By 1984, John Williams’ film music was familiar to audiences the world over and it was only natural that the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee would turn to the city’s most famous composer of popular instrumental music when they decided to commission a fanfare to be used during the Games. While it was an honor to be asked to compose such a piece of music, the prospect was not without its challenges. Leo Arnaud’s “Bugler’s Dream” fanfare (from his Charge Suite) had become synonymous with the Olympics since ABC began using it for its televised coverage of the Games in 1968. Any new composition would necessarily compete with the attachment listeners had developed to Arnaud’s music. At the same time, the opening fanfare was to be played by herald trumpets at all of the medal ceremonies and official Olympic events, so it had to be based on the harmonic overtones these instruments were able to produce. Williams met these challenges with aplomb, creating a piece that is the very definition of “goose bump” music. He presented the world premiere with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall on June 12, 1984: The Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, gave the West Coast premiere on Friday, July 27 at the Hollywood Bowl to open a “Prelude to the Olympic Games” concert broadcast live on KUSC-FM and other radio stations around the country. Williams then conducted the work (leading the “New American Orchestra”) at the opening ceremonies of the 23rd Olympiad at the Los Angeles Coliseum on July 28, 1984. Prt PicFlt/Flt 1 Flt 2 Ob 1,2 Fag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 BClr ASax 1,2 TSax BSax Trp 1,2,3,4 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2,3 Euph in C Tub in C Tmp Mlt Perc: -BD -SD -MCym -SuCym -Trng
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	Olympic Fanfare and Theme (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Olympic Fanfare and Theme (concert/wind band), full score
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