1/29/18 Olympic Fanfare and Bugler's Dream

With the 2018 winter Olympics taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea this year I felt as if it would be appropriate to include that unforgettable theme song we hear for the Olympics on NBC. Now, Bugler's Dream is not the actual theme song of the Olympic games- but it is rather used primarily by NBC and its affiliates. Nevertheless, that's what most of us recognize the most. It's those first few memorable notes and the bass drum opening that make the song so catchy and iconic.

"Bugler's Dream" is very well known, especially by Americans, as the theme music for the Olympics and its widespread in ABC's and NBC's television coverage of the games. It is considered to be a symbol of the Olympics. Arnaud's piece is very stately, beginning with a timpani cadence that is soon joined by a distinctive theme in brass, which harmonizes perfectly.

The musical theme of "Bugler's Dream" is based on Joseph-David Buhl's "Salut aux étendards", a typical cavalry trumpet's call, composed during Napoleon's Consulate. Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for his album Charge! in 1958. For this, he wrote "The Charge Suite", published by Shawnee Press, which included "Bugler's Dream". ABC began using the composition as the theme to its coverage of the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and in future Olympics. It was also used as the title piece for the series ABC's Wide World of Sports. NBC went with an alternate theme in 1988 when it obtained the rights to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but brought "Bugler's Dream" back for its coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. For the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, composer John Williams wrote "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", which is played in a medley with "Bugler's Dream." It consists of Williams's arrangement of "Bugler's Dream" which is similar to Arnaud's original but with a repeat of the theme with a full orchestra, followed by Williams's composition. "Bugler's Dream" as well as "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" are both commonly used in recent Olympic coverage by NBC. Surprisingly enough, I also found out that the song is used in a lot of graduation ceremonies in the U.S.

But ever since everybody at NBC got fired for being creeps, it's gonna be pretty lonely in that press box. Isn't that right Matt Lauer? Go team USA!

https://www.olympic.org

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2018 at 6:35 AM

    I did not watch the winter Olympics this year.

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