The Olympic theme music is Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream"


	The Olympic theme music is Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream"

enbar

8-18-2008 10:08 AM

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music, random_sh!t, sports, trivia, television, olympics

enbar says:

For some reason this question has been bugging me -- what's the origin of that little brass fanfare that we all (in the U.S.) recognize as the theme music to the Olympics? Turns out it was written in 1958 by composer Leo Arnaud as part of a film score.

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