Product Description
"The Twentieth Century
Fox Trademark" fanfare was written in 1933 by Alfred Newman, who was the head
of Fox's music department (1940 to 1960). By the 1970s, the fanfare (as well as
the Twentieth Century Fox logo) had been phased out of their films. However,
George Lucas liked it so much that he insisted it be used for his Star Wars
films, making the logo and fanfare a staple of the cinematic experience.
John Williams has
said that Star Warss Main Title music was meant to be an extension of this
fanfare, writing it in the same key as Newmans fanfare and becoming part and
parcel of the scores to Star Wars (with Sony including it on each of the soundtracks).
This arrangement includes an optional drum kit part. It is a great number to open any concert. It includes alternative parts such that the arrangement works for either 4 bassoons or 3 bassoons and a contrabassoon, as well as an alternative part to substitute bassoon 1 with a cor anglais. Here is a recording of the original fanfare from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoWp1jluo6c.
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