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the olympic fanfare and theme | john williams

It probably goes without saying that John Williams is the most prolific composer of his generation.  From movies to television, maestro Williams has scored productions large (Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and more) and small (themes to Amazing Stories, Fiddler on the Roof, and more).

Williams composed the themes for four Olympics: the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul; the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta; the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City; and this, the first and grandest work of all, and probably the one most people - most Americans, anyway - identify with the Olympic Games.

You can find more of John Williams’s music at my other site, Movie Score(s) A Day!

Amen.

This is ”Bugler’s Dream” by Leo Arnaud.  John Williams’ fanfare originally written for the 1984 Summer Olympics can be heard here.

No, the file originally attached to this post is the Olympic fanfare, composed by Williams; the file you linked to is a snippet of same… I blame NBC.

The intro is Arnaud, not Williams…It does become Williams’ fanfare after the “Bugler’s Dream” intro.  I should have listened to the whole thing.

Aaaaah, got it.

Here’s to more bugles, buglers, trumpets, trumpeters and fanfares for the next two weeks.  :-)

Am I the only one who always thinks it’s the Canadian anthem when it starts?