Bugler's Dream Olympic Fanfare | John Williams | The Bands of HM Royal Marines 

Remarkable. Salute HM Royal Marine Band

Excellent!

🎉🎉🎉🎉

I wonder who will fill the void when he is done so many movies. Schindlers list was awesome too.

@@THEREALSCAMLIKELY Well then there was Superman, Indiana Jones , Star Wars, ET, Close Encounters, ET, The Patriot, Lincoln, War Horse, Harry Potter, Jaws, A.I. , War of the Worlds, as well as Schindlers List, to name a few :)

Well then there was Superman, Indiana Jones , Star Wars, ET, Close Encounters, ET, The Patriot, Lincoln, War Horse, Harry Potter, Jaws, A.I. , War of the Worlds, Schindlers List, And YES ! He wrote the Welcome to Heaven Score 15 years ago. A theme, I will never hear. :)

The first fanfare isn't, it's Bugler's Dream originally by Leo Arnaud

@@theimp5901 forgot the movie 1941, patton i think was another, superman, and 1941 are so under appreciated..... also all the olympics since 1984 LA Games and YES HE HAS Committed to the 2028 la olympic games should we get that far.... i think JW has also done some faith based movies a little unsure though

Respect reciprocated! Semper Fi.!!!!!!

In 1984 I was sitting there watching Mr. Klimke ride in on his Olympic champion horse and they played this fanfare, I have never heard anything so beautiful and majestic.

Can only hope they can find a way to emulate it for 2028! Although with John Williams (hopefully) being 96 that year, hopefully someone new can take it to the next level.

​@imjtapcir8845 the begining was originally composed by someone else but john willams used it when he wrote for the olympics since it was used at the previous olympic games.

It was composed by Leo Arnaud

You should hear the works of Gustav Holst.

Is it though? I've not heard it at all this time around.

Yeah it’s there, just not as often as other olympics but it is still used

@@rowankidder7990I’ve still heard it just not as much

If Los angeles don't reuse it, i dont understand...

@@SieurBrabantio And they better use it when Milan hosts the 2026 Winter Olympics!

The Effect of this is pretty good , no needs for long trumpets

@@robloxtnt5560 there is always a need for herald trumpets

@@teatrolites3446 can second

@@robloxtnt5560 They play so terribly lol

@@BrassPlayr yeah but they’re so cool (as long as I don’t have to play it)

No way! I got to that band late 2002

What instrument did you play?

@@TheWatkins3 Flute/Piccolo

@@TheMorphinize It had moved from 13 area to I think near the armory? 30 something, the new band hall, I'm speaking of.

That's what military bands do. Clarinets = Violins. As a former RM Band Solo Clarinettist I loved playing the violin parts transcribed to woodwind. Great times.

That must be awsome!

This reminds me of the USA Olympic Hockey Team winning the Gold Medal at Lake Placid 1980

Yeah, the herald trumpeters would also play near the entrances to the venues before events too. I remember thinking what a great gig that was, they must still remember it all their lives.

Several measures have been cut from Williams' fanfare. I'm not sure if he'd be pleased with that. 🧐

Would be? He’s not dead.

@@mhansl Yup, man’s just had his 90th birthday as the Beijing games were ongoing.

@@mhansl he doesn’t have to be dead for the sentence to make sense

I especially like their Colonel Bogey march

Music editing is great to, it can make for some very beautiful pieces. Including edited classical. Appreciating music in its many forms as a medium of art as a whole is much better than acting like one is better than the other. It all comes down to tastes. Art is subjective and what the viewer (or in this case listener) interprets it as.

@@di-rata6804 Can confirm, most modern ensembles edit the music at least a little in the studio, and sometimes even live in the concerts. Musical taste is absolutely a subjective thing, and even though I dislike modern music and I'm always going to fangirl over Mahler and Bizet works, I hold respect for modern music, since a lot of modern musicians can actually compose more "traditional" pieces if they wanted/need to. John Williams is actually considered a modern composer who is hated for "stealing" motifs and ideas from older pieces in some circles (especially Holst fans), but it really just depends on perspective, really. Appreciating music for what it is and not turning away people because "you like xxx and I dislike xxx, therefore I dislike you" is what we should do. I struggle to find anyone who hates Kalinnikov, but telling them that their taste in music is incorrect is a surefire way to get that person to hate me.

@@di-rata6804 No it can't. No amount of editing of electronic tracks and mumble rap will ever equal true talent. Mixers literally just push buttons and the computers do all the work. Don't make me laugh.

@@ImpendingJoker cope 🥰

​@@ImpendingJokerdo you think Bohemian Rhapsody was good? It was mixed/edited, only not on a computer, it was literally cutting tapes and shit. What about movies? Do you think anything with an edit is bad? Multiple takes? Camera A camera B? Do you think the original Star Wars was bad because they added the green stick in post? Listen man, I don't like mumble rap, but it isn't the editing which makes it bad. It isn't the computers which makes it bad.

I'm a blubbering mess. Imagine me sitting in the audience?!

And to hear that low brass wow.

Absolutely

When are the goose bumps supposed to end?? They are still going!!

2:47 is when it especially starts

No, I get tears!

Giving it everything. Just rippin the air for everyone! Love it!!!!

Same here!!

Those heralding trumpets are cool tho.

@@preston4815 Yeah man, I'd love to play one of those once in my life...

Yep, a lot of John Williams' pieces are harder than they sound to the casual listener :P

i'm not a trumpeter, not a musician either. but how i do appreciate the beauty and power of such music and arrangement. well done the bands of HM royal marine! olympic fan fare is one of my favorite and i can listen with it all day. thank you sir john williams!

@@trumpmech They are. JW knows how to use a brass section.

You're right, but so is the full opening to Buglar's Dream, which American broadcasters used to use before this mashup of the two different compositions was put together.

The first sixteen measures were from Arnaud, but Williams expanded upon it, and then tacked on a completely new tune.

@@SWalkerTTU I know, but Williams' tune originally had its own intro.

exactly!! was my first thought! He is full on display. I think it's disrespectful.

As a former Bandie I can say that we were/are rather proud of you Booties also!! Per Mare Per Terram. 👍👍👍

Happy days, hard but happy.

I had two years at RM Deal in the mid to late eighties as a GD Corporal. Then promoted Sgt. Also joined up there. Whilst we frowned upon the bandies for their near non existent military skills. Let's face it really not their skill set. The respect for the band service and what they do just grew and grew over that two years. Is individuals they played multiple instruments to the highest standards. It was always a pleasure to listen to them no matter the size of the group playing. Their concerts were always sold out. There was a huge fund raising event on the big field. The band being the main attraction, with the 1812 as the finale. The band wanted a professional pyrotechnics company for the effects. Us GD guys were thinking thunderflashes and a bit of PE 4. I think the bill for the pyrotechnics was around five thousand. But they wanted it twice. Rehearsal and main event. So from memory eventually we got a bill for around 11K. I thought they had lost the plot. On the day Deal came to a standstill two hours before the performance. Cars coaches came from all over. Canada Road was blocked by crowds waiting to get in. They raised a fortune. It was a licence to print money. I remember when the performance finished there was a moment of almost stunned silence, it seemed thousands of people were awe struck. Then came the huge wave of appreciation. Sadly shortly after I left Deal and then the cowardly bomb attack happened. If you had balls attack me, attack a Commando unit. They had no balls attacked a group of guys who were no threat to anybody. The opposite in fact. They brought nothing but pleasure and joy. I new most of the guys killed, everyone of them were talented members of the band. More than that they were kind individuals. Somebody you would want as a friend or neighbour. I always think of them whenever I see or hear the RM band. A big shout out to the Buglers of whom I knew so many. Again sadly see them to often now at comrades funerals. Always bittersweet. Immaculately turned out, perfect timing, note perfect and so respectful. Like many ex bootnecks I always think my band, my buglers ! My thanks to you all past, present and future.

John Williams only 'arranged' the fanfare in the beginning that was composed in 1958 by French-American composer Leo Arnaud, for his piece “Bugler’s Dream.” The rest of the Olympic Theme was not only arranged by Williams, it was composed by him for the XXIII Olympiad (1984) in Los Angeles, California, USA.

@@GopherBaroque61 Thanks. I did know the information you imparted. Just commenting on William’s contribution as a listener of music not a musician or expert.

​@GopherBaroque61 the Olympics is returning to Los Angeles in 2028.

Same

Me, too. French horns got a lot of love in this piece, and it's wind ensemble arrangements.

Start playing again !! Make some music for your own enjoyment and others !

Yes SIR!

Probably a combo of power chords, great melody, and some good ole fashioned memories being brought to the fore. I know that combo is what usually does it for me.

Thank you. The US television network ABC had used Bugler’s Dream for some years before the Los Angeles Olympic Committee called in John Williams to build what you see here. The Bands of HM Royal Marines titled this correctly but it’s easy to lose track of Arnaud’s work in William’s brilliance. I’d been watching the ABC Olympics for some years and remember wondering where all that other stuff came from.

One of. I'd argue that the US Marine Corps and Drum & Bugle Corps could give them a run for their money.

Or USAF. All are top notch!

@@Riceball01 I’m British so biased I guess. I love the US bands too.

@@Riceball01 Sorry, but not a chance

So is Arnaud.

The Buglers Dream was not composed by John Williams. It was composed by Leo Arnaud. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by John Williams.

If it's a really solid piece of music assume John Williams until proven otherwise...

Only the stuff after 0:40 is Williams. The stuff before that has been around for hundreds of years

Me too!! Started trumpet in 4th grade...played all through school including a spell of French Horn during our school musical of South Pacific. :) That was fun! Definitely have a soft spot for brass...

@@loucanick My junior year I had the privilege of sitting behind 2 senior french horn players who must have played together for years. Their pitch was perfect and they were completely in sync. The french horn is the apex of the brass section.

@@shadowjack8 The French horn is a beautiful sound in an orchestra. Interesting, after you get above a D on the scale, everything going up can be done using just the embouchure ... so when coming in after a rest, sometimes nervous about ensuring the right note is achieved!! HAHA! But it's a fun instrument to play ...