Liberty Fanfare

Liberty Fanfare is a composition for orchestra by John Williams. Written in 1986, the piece was commissioned to celebrate the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, that year.^[1] However, it was actually premiered a month beforehand, on June 4, when Williams conducted the Boston Pops. The entire piece is approximately five minutes in length. It uses both the brass section for the main themes and the strings for providing a recurring, melodious motif. The rhythm is also repeated several times throughout the piece.

Before the premiere of the piece, Williams commented that he had "tried to create a group of American airs and tunes of my own invention that I hope will give some sense of the event and the occasion".^[2] The composition received generally positive reviews at the time^{[citation needed]} and is still regularly performed as a patriotic piece. Several recordings of the piece are also available.

Partial discography

• 1987: By Request...The Best of John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra – Philips Records
• 1988: American Jubilee, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Telarc Records
• 1990: The Best of John Williams, the Philharmonic Rock Orchestra – Naxos Records
• 1998: Victory at Sea (arranged for concert band), the United States Navy Band – Altissimo! Records
• 1999: Splash of Pops, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra – RCA Records

See also

• List of compositions by John Williams

References

External links

• Liberty Fanfare - The John Williams web pages. Retrieved June 4, 2006.
• Unofficial Liberty Fanfare website, Allison Schwartz. Retrieved June 4, 2006.

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• Jaws (1975)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Superman (1978)
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• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
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• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Angela's Ashes (1999)
• The Patriot (2000)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
• Munich (2005)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
• War Horse (2011)
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• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• The Fabelmans (2022)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Compilations

• John Williams Greatest Hits 1969–1999 (1999)

Compositions

• "Star Wars (Main Title)"
• "Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
• "The Imperial March"
• "Ewok Celebration"
• "Summon the Heroes"
• "Duel of the Fates"
• "The Five Sacred Trees"
• Horn Concerto
• "Liberty Fanfare"
• "For New York"
• "American Journey"
• "Soundings"
• "Air and Simple Gifts"
• Violin Concerto No. 2

Songs

• "Nice to Be Around"

See also

• Music of Star Wars
• Music of Superman
• Music of Wizarding World
• Barbara Ruick
• Joseph Williams

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