Line #139 Main/Fanfare


1	->''"And as 'Superman' came on the screen, I swear to God, if you listen carefully, it literally, the music speaks the word."''
2	-->-- '''Creator/RichardDonner''' (on the opening theme for ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'')
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4	A type of MoodMotif that was traditionally used in medieval Europe to celebrate the arrival of [[RoyalBlood a royal person]]. The form usually involved trumpets played in a bombastic and stirring manner.
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6	Today, it is still present in music as a form of celebrating something. A fanfare today also uses brass instruments, or the closest digital music equivalent, and if not bombastic, it is still meant to be stirring and uplifting.
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8	A SisterTrope to VictoriousChorus. May often accompany a HellYesMoment or a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
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10	Compare OrchestralBombing, DramaticTimpani, DrumRollPlease, ErmineCapeEffect (having the same effect for royalty, but with clothes).
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12	Contrast LosingHorns.
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14	----
15	!!Examples:
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19	[[folder:Advertising]]
20	* In commercials for Imperial margarine, whenever someone ate something spread with the product, a fanfare would sound and a crown appeared on the person's head.
21	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb7sN7axblc theme song]] for Advertising/SegataSanshiro begins with a triumphant fanfare.
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24	[[folder:Anime]]
25	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8JKCouIA4 original opening]] for ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' is a very uplifting fanfare. Also used by several adaptations, like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOO3LgzXdYg French]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQERjZOCtvM Arabic]] versions.
26	* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' replaced ''Anime/GoLion'''s simple theme song insert with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZZv5Z2Iz_s a fanfare]].
27	* ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' has an awesome one in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynG9c8QqyT4 transformation sequence]].
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30	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
31	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'': The traditional fanfare is followed by one guy playing the ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' theme. "Enough, Reggie!" indeed. In fact, the traditional fanfare was itself a stylized portion of the ''Hawaii Five-O'' theme.
32	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', Triton first appears to a fanfare. Sebastian is introduced with the same fanfare, only played on a kazoo.
33	* The recobbled version of ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' has many, most memorably:
34	-->"Beautiful! Princess! Yum Yum!"
35	%%* "March of the Cards" from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
36	* ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown''. "Champion Charlie Brown" is such a triumphant, catchy tune, the instrumental is used for the production credits bumper.
37	* After Genie makes WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} into a prince, "Prince Ali" is given a burst of fanfare when being introduced to Agrabah before the horns become a full-on musical number.
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40	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
41	* This has been around for about as long as film had original music. Studios tried to have a fanfare as their theme, but only Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios's theme has lasted.
42	* ''Film/OurMissBrooks'', the [[TheMovie cinematic]] [[GrandFinale series finale]] to the long-running radio and television program of the same name, dispenses with the usual series theme, and opens with a fanfare-heavy composition.
43	* The late, great Music/JerryGoldsmith was the master of fanfares. He notably composed the music for:
44	** The Creator/{{Universal}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNJW113tbKk Logo]] is nothing short of EPIC. (it's quite the contrast to the calm Creator/JamesHorner [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHx7KTN7KdM jingle that immediately preceded it]])
45	** The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bho_zzm1ALE Fanfare for Oscar]]'' which was commissioned for the Academy Awards ceremony.
46	** ''Film/AirForceOne''
47	** ''Film/CapricornOne''
48	** ''Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict''
49	** ''Film/FirstKnight''
50	** ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines''
51	** ''[[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart Lionheart]]''
52	** ''Film/{{The Mummy\|Trilogy}}''
53	** ''Film/Supergirl1984''
54	** ''Film/TotalRecall1990''
55	** ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie''
56	** ''Film/TheWindAndTheLion''
57	* The Creator/WarnerBros. one made a brief return in ''Pee-Wee's Big Adventure'' (though within the movie itself, and not the opening). It was also once used in synthesized form for the Warner Home Video logo. Warner nowadays uses an excerpt of "[[Film/{{Casablanca}} As Time Goes By]]", though it appears more on their TV logo than on movies.
58	* Creator/{{Paramount}} had one that was rarely used; it mostly appeared on their VHS-era home video releases. ''Film/DeepImpact'' and ''Film/MeanGirls'' began with this fanfare, which was replaced in 2013.
59	* Music/JohnWilliams is fond of this.
60	** ''Franchise/StarWars''. The opening music, and the medal ceremony at the end of ''Film/ANewHope''. And all parodies worth their salt, including ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''.
61	** Theme to ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.
62	** ''Franchise/IndianaJones''
63	** ''Film/JurassicPark''
64	** ''Film/HarryPotter'' is an evolving piece that is growing into a fanfare.
65	* At this point we really should acknowledge Maurice Murphy, principal trumpeter of the London Symphony Orchestra at the time they recorded the original ''Star Wars'' score. John Williams was so impressed by Murphy's "heroic brass sound" that he personally asked for him as lead trumpet on several of his film scores, including all the rest of the ''Star Wars'' series.
66	* ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' hits you right in the face with one in the opening moment.
67	* Music/MiklosRozsa and his magnum opus music for ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]''. Seriously, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_z2OcL8-U out-fanfares John Williams in the fanfare department.]]
68	* ''Film/IndependenceDay''
69	* Music/ElmerBernstein also made some memorable fanfares.
70	** ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956''
71	** The theme to ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''.
72	** The Creator/{{National Geographic\|Channel}} Fanfare, which can be usually heard during the introduction of their TV programs.
73	* The theme to ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' is on the dramatic end of this, but still has the elements.
74	* ''Film/{{Rocky}}''
75	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
76	** The theme to ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and ''Film/{{Star Trek II\|The Wrath of Khan}}'' were fanfares (the former becoming the theme for ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'').
77	** The Klingon theme from ''The Motion Picture'' was not a fanfare at first, but after the Klingons became the greatest warriors of the franchise (even when they were not good guys), the theme was remixed into a fanfare.
78	* Humperdinck's entrance in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' gets a sinister fanfare.
79	* The background trumpets of "Comedy Tonight" from ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Forum'' counts, or at least does during the final reprise. The stage version has fanfares heralding the grandiose entrance of Miles Gloriosus. A portion of the following song ("Bring Me My Bride") is recognizable in the fanfare that opens the show.
80	* In ''Film/TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad'', a fanfare is played for the Grand Vizier of Marabia.
81	* In ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers\|1973}}'' (1973), a fanfare is to be played for the King of France. One of the Musketeers (D'Artagnan?) needs a distraction, so he tries to play the fanfare and fails badly. However, the other musicians think it's time and play the fanfare correctly.
82	* Music/ErichWolfgangKorngold's composed several for ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'' (the Creator/ErrolFlynn version).
83	* The opening of ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''.
84	* Hilariously {{parodied\|Trope}} in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'':
85	** First, there's the scene where the Sheriff and the soldiers ride up to Robin after his castle gets taken by the repo guys, where the fanfare is the soldiers miming trumpet noise.
86	** Later when an actual trumpet fanfare is played directly into Prince John's ears at full blast.
87	* The ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' theme.
88	* The ''Film/JamesBond'' scores of Music/JohnBarry are practically ''made'' of fanfare.
89	** Heck, there's a track on the ''Film/AViewToAKill'' score that's called "Fanfare", listenable [[http://www.indyarocks.com/videos/Fanfare-A-View-to-a-Kill-with-FXs-2250172 here.]]
90	** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''
91	** ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''
92	** ''Film/AViewToAKill''
93	** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''
94	* Several {{leitmotif}}s in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' get the fanfare treatment, most notably the Fellowship theme and the themes for Gondor and Rohan.
95	* ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon''
96	* Despite being labeled as a march in the title, the main theme from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (called the Captain America March) certainly opens as a fanfare.
97	* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''
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100	[[folder:Literature]]
101	* ''Literature/TheHandsOfTheEmperor'': The imperial salute that has to be played when the emperor enters a building/room in official capacity.
102	* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' story ''The Shadow Kingdom'' opens with "the blare of the trumpets."
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105	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
106	* Popular with British TV companies for their opening logos, particularly in the 1960s-80s. Anglia Television, [=ATV=], Creator/Channel4, [=LWT=], Rediffusion, Thames, TVS and Yorkshire Television all used fanfares at one time or another. Hilarious in the US, where many viewers exposure to British programming was limited to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' and ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''. The stirring fanfare of Thames Television was followed by a half-hour of watching a pudgy guy chase half-naked women around.
107	* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' has a massive fanfare as part of its opening theme.
108	* The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|1978}}'' InstrumentalThemeTune. Reused in the [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 2003 revival]] as the [[MythologyGag Colonial Anthem]].
109	* ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', composed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mark_%28musician%29 Michael Mark.]]
110	* ''Series/FortBoyard'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csO5xeM20F4 main theme]] has moments with other instruments (notably percussion, violin or xylophone), but its most triumphant and iconic part is heavy on the brass.
111	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9xfNn09eQ The famous theme tune]] for ''Series/HawaiiFiveO''. The 2010 remake ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' at first attempted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLKdYXyQa90 a techno remix]], but the backlash was ''intense''. So, the producers brought back [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUt558jdHqk most of the original band members]] for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhvByj8YG8 much closer version]] that stays a fanfare!
112	* The opening theme of another Creator/DonaldPBellisario creation named ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
113	* The Theme Tune for ''Series/LoisAndClark'', clearly inspired by the Music/JohnWilliams score from the ''Film/{{Superman\|TheMovie}}'' movie.
114	* One of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s {{Running Gag}}s involves someone (usually Tom Servo) announcing "The King approaches!" in a pompous tone of voice whenever the movie plays a fanfare.
115	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'':
116	** ''In the beginning'' theme has fanfare and EtherealChoir in the segment showing the city of Tirion and the Two Trees of Valinor before changing to a dark fanfare.
117	** Lindon has a more subdued score.
118	** The theme of Numenor contains a very uplifting fanfare heralding the arrival of Galadriel and Halbrand in Numenor to show the grandiosity of Armenelos.
119	** Visiting Khazad--dum for the first time in two decades, even Elrond feels the fanfare score.
120	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqwhF6vcylg The Mission]]", John Williams's theme for ''[[Creator/{{NBC}} NBC News]]''.
121	* "Window Shopping," the theme for the original NBC edition of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' starting in 1961, had a five-note fanfare as the scene dissolves from the contestants to the show's logo. The fanfare was discarded when the show moved to ABC in 1963.
122	* The first season opening credits of ''Series/Space1999'' start with a grand fanfare, heralding the arrival of... Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.
123	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9kwVoHgtzo The opening theme tune]] of French series ''Series/ThierryLaFronde'' may have its softer moments, but it starts right away as a fanfare and is really not shy with the brass overall.
124	* "Song of the High Seas", the InstrumentalThemeTune from ''Series/VictoryAtSea''.
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127	[[folder:Music]]
128	* Several {{Leitmotif}}s in Music/RichardWagner's ''Theatre/RingCycle'' have a fanfare-like character, such as the Sword motif and the Valkyries' theme (exploited in the famous "Music/RideOfTheValkyries"). Of Siegfried's two themes, one is only slightly fanfare-like; the other (the famous horn call) is much more so.
129	** In ''Parsifal'', Parsifal's theme is very much a {{Fanfare}}, indicating that while he may be a fool, he's TheHero nonetheless.
130	** In ''Lohengrin'', there is a simple fanfare that plays whenever [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Henry the Fowler, King of Germany]], enters the scene.
131	* The theme to ''Masterpiece Theatre'' is actually an old piece titled "Fanfare for trumpets, timpani, violins and oboes". It's on the more relaxing and graceful end, but it is a fanfare.
132	* The Triumphal Chorus from Verdi's ''Aida''.
133	* ''Fanfare for the Common Man'' by Aaron Copland. Composed in WWII, it even got a rock version by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
134	* Music/GustavMahler started off his Fifth Symphony with a trumpet solo. He grew up in a barracks town, so bugle calls and bits of military marches often find their way into his compositions.
135	* Symphony No. 4 in F Minor by Music/PyortIlyichTchaikovsky begins with a stark fanfare in the horns and bassoons that is then taken up by the trumpets. [[CallBack It abruptly comes back]] in the final movement.
136	* Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Mlada'' has the "Procession of the Nobles".
137	* Music/TheMoodyBlues' ''Days of Future Past''.
138	* ''Mirdautas Vras'' by Music/{{Summoning}}. Perhaps the only example of a fanfare for a '''villain'''. Listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5IMCH7INcE here]].
139	* Rimsky-Korsakov's arrangement of ''Night On Bald Mountain'' by Mussorgsky features a fanfare that announces the entrance of Chernobog/Devil.
140	* Music/FelixMendelssohn's "Wedding March" opens with a fanfare that is repeated at intervals, though the main body of the piece relies rather more heavily on strings than the other examples here.
141	* In settings of the Requiem Mass, "Tuba mirum" is a good place to look for fanfares combined with OminousLatinChanting. Mozart's only has a relatively tame trombone solo, but the Berlioz and Verdi Requiems pile on the brass magnificently.
142	* Tchaikovsky's ''Capriccio Italien'' opens with the reveille call that he heard while on vacation in Spain.
143	* Gustav Mahler's music is filled with fanfares and marches, thanks to growing up in a town with a barracks.
144	* "Fanfare" from Music/{{Kiss}}' ''Music/MusicFromTheElder''.
145	* Music/JohnWilliams again, for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdOFgDQIn0 Olympic Fanfare and Theme]]. He has made other contributions to the Olympics in years to come; this one was his first.
146	* The classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6DdbgaGf_4 revamped as a fanfare]] for the intro to ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]''.
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149	[[folder:Theatre]]
150	* ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}'' has a recurring fanfare derived from the title song ("Ca-me-lot!").
151	* ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'' has a trumpet fanfare derived from its title song, which plays before various important entrances and announcements. This is subverted in the final scene by RuleOfThree.
152	* Da-da-da-DAH! Arguably the best overture of a musical ever written, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's ''Gypsy'' revolves around four notes and four central words: "I had a dream!"
153	* ''Literature/{{Candide}}'':
154	** Similarly, the overture of Leonard Berstein's version is so epic and widely regarded it is performed by symphonies as a modern classical piece completely separate from the musical. Its opening fanfare is [[EpicRiff instantly recognizable]].
155	** There's also the Governor's fanfare, derived from his song "My Love", and a shofar-like Inquisition fanfare which sounds quite scary.
156	* In ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein'', "The Prince Is Giving a Ball" opens with a trumpet fanfare based on the first line of the song; a variation on this fanfare is repeated throughout.
157	* Two examples by Creator/GilbertAndSullivan, in both cases played on trumpets and sung by the chorus:
158	** "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" in ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
159	-->There is nothing brings it 'round\
160	Like the trumpet's martial sound,\
161	Like the trumpet's martial sound, tarantara!
162	** "Loudly Let The Trumpets Bray" from ''Theatre/{{Iolanthe}}''
163	-->Bow, bow, ye lower-middle classes!\
164	Bow, bow, ye tradesmen! Bow ye masses!\
165	Blow the trumpets! Bang the brasses!\
166	Tatantara! Tzing! Boom!
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169	[[folder:Video Games]]
170	* Numerous games released by Apogee Software in the early-to-mid 90s opened with a screen displaying the company's logo accompanied by the "Apogee Fanfare."
171	* Part of the ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88zyFLzIXQ&list=QL&playnext=2 from about 0:15 to 0:50 here]].
172	* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' has "item acquired" and "boss defeated" fanfares.
173	* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'':
174	** "Lucca's Theme." In fact, one of the things that annoyed some gamers about ''Cross'' was that even though that tune was upgraded to a full victory tune, and given two remixes, both of them ''slowed the tempo down''.
175	** A different sort of fanfare is "Courage and Pride", the castle theme -- there is a remix of it that plays it as it would be in "real life", outdoors with chattering voices.
176	* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' overture ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcDniHIc3Bc especially obvious]] in ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII VIII]]''). It also has several triumphant themes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Va2XO3f0NA mostly heard when scoring in the casino.]] Finally, the series consistently uses the same fanfare for when a character gains a level.
177	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has always had a subdued ambient soundtrack, so the short drumroll and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7frZL4xM8Q fanfare]] that plays when you level up might not seem very amazing, but in context of the game, it is nothing short of triumphant.
178	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQtiSjGb74U Listen to the theme]] that first plays when a character is promoted in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', and swell with pride. It doesn't matter who you are or even if you've ever played this game... You'll find a reason to be proud.
179	* The aptly-named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-G87M-RzQ Victory Fanfare]], which has appeared in almost every game of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series.
180	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', the victory fanfare also plays when the player wins a chocobo race. If the player loses a chocobo race, a minor [[{{Scales}} key]] version of the fanfare is played.
181	** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', a heavy-rock version is played when you win a match playing as an evil character.
182	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' have fanfares that sound completely unlike previous mixes of it. [[FanDumb Oh, how the fandom raged.]]
183	* ''VideoGame/FrozenFreeFall Icy Shot'' uses the chorus of "Let It Go" when you win a level, as an instrumental with triumphant brass horns.
184	* The theme to ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''. Which was rearranged for ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn''. [[MemeticMutation Yo dawg, I heard you like fanfares]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgg5a63n2A so I put a fanfare in your fanfare...]]
185	* From 1:40 onward, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJFXt_erac The Greatest Journey]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' is a Fanfare version of the original Halo Theme.
186	* The victory music (especially the "defended town" one) in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III''.
187	* ''Kessen'' is absolutely overloaded with sweeping fanfares, both for victory and for battles. ''Kessen III'' replaced some of the fanfares with odd rock/techno orchestral mixes though, which sort of worked, but didn't make your hair stand on end like some previous songs in the series did.
188	* The victory tune in Capcom's ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound''. Oddly, it's just the SNES port, not the arcade version, which sounds more like chimes than trumpets.
189	* In ''VideoGame/{{Luftrausers}}'', the normal wubs in the soundtrack will eventually change to a synthetic fanfare sounds while you hear an army marching in the background. It does really give you the Main/WarIsGlorious feel of the game, while you mow down enemies as an ace dogfighter.
190	* The theme to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series may have been intended as a fanfare at first, but the audio limitations of the Famicom/[=NES=] made it difficult to make clear. The ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' series made it clear that the theme is a fanfare, and was also played as one in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''. There is also the major [[ItemGet item-finding]] cues in the games.
191	* ''VideoGame/RiseOfNations'' plays victorious fanfares whenever you're winning a battle, as well as during the victory debriefing screen.
192	* The [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]] ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man\|Classic}}'' games feature jingles used when introducing the Robot Master bosses and after defeating them. The pieces frequently used for this originate respectively from [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the original game]] and [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 its sequel]]. The individual iterations also feature their own fanfare, such as the weapon obtained, password/load/save, and fortress map screens.
193	* The ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series has two regular appearing fanfares that debut in the first game, one that plays after selecting a save file as Samus appears, and another that plays when picking up a major upgrade.
194	* "The Musashi Legend" from ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi''.
195	* ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJV0l-UGbY "LOG-O-TYPE,"]] which plays at the conclusion of the prologue. It later becomes the {{Leitmotif}} of the Pigmask Army rearranged as "His Highness' Theme."
196	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Xa6XECzSg title screen music]] for the original ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has been a recurring fanfare and main theme for the series. There are few various victory fanfares as well, but this is without the most recognizable one from the games.
197	* The victory music in the first ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' game. The reprise during the [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O7wkh1oHqqY Credits]] also qualify, as well as the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hZzbjtzeDXA remix.]]
198	* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' has the music played whenever Mario/Luigi touches a flagpole at the end of a level. A different fanfare is used at the end of each Castle level after he defeats a Fake Bowser (or the real one at the end of the final level) and rescues a Toad (or Princess Peach, again at the end of the final level).
199	* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has a fanfare for whenever a fighter wins a match. Each of these vary depending on the fighter, reflecting their series. Interestingly, [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} Kazuya Mishima]] does not have a traditional music fanfare, which instead has the Smash announcer gets replaced by the announcer from his own series accompanied by no music.
200	* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJkJbUbvYJA#t=0m25s especially]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsWcy2M_EgI memorable]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfEdcy-buw one]] as its main theme. In the second game, the Kilrathi get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyV-6_-sij4 an evil minor-key fanfare]] of their own.
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203	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
204	* And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3t180w8j8 Great Revival]] from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series also qualifies. Even if you weren't a fan of Edgeworth, this song got your attention.
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207	[[folder:Western Animation]]
208	* The openings to ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''.
209	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
210	** The show has one, enhanced by the fact that there is a few seconds of darkness as the fanfare begins, before the outlines of the heroes slowly come into view.
211	** The old ''Superman'' and ''Batman: TAS'' themes also come in whenever Superman or Batman do something incredible; like Batman taking on Kalibak.
212	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' introduced the character of [[MeaningfulName Silverbolt]] in its second season. His statements concerning his honor code, and [[KnightInShiningArmor knightly]] actions were often accompanied by a medieval-style fanfare. Even his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first appearance]] has him silhouetted in the moon as his fanfare played.
213	* From Season 2 on (when they started Flash animation), ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' overused fanfares.
214	* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' has one that plays during the heroic and triumphant moments.
215	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
216	** Two of the interns blow trumpets in "[[Recap/TotalDramaBrainsVsBrawnTheUltimateShowdown Brains Vs Brawn: The Ultimate Showdown]]" to announce the arrival of Chris [=McLean=]. They do not actually have the lung capacity to produce anything more than an exaggerated spitting sound and so they bring along a boombox to produce the fanfare.
217	** The human soundboard Beardo provides the triumphant trumpets to inaugurate the wizard's tower the Wâneyihtam Maskwak built in "[[Recap/TotalDramaSoUhThisIsMyTeam So, Uh, This Is My Team?]]". Dave tells him to quit it.
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220	[[folder:Real Life]]
221	* The [[http://youtu.be/IizWc4cJwbw Bugler's Dream]] by Leo Arnaud is the most famous of the various songs used as themes for the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. The version linked was arranged by John Williams and added to the beginning of his Olympic Fanfare Medley, which as indicated by the title follows it up with a fanfare of Williams' own.
222	* Williams' [[http://youtu.be/ckGB_mLrheM "Summon the Heroes"]], the 1996 Atlanta Olympic theme, also draws heavily on the fanfare.
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Context Main / Fanfare