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The "Warner Bros. Fanfare" is a triumphant fanfare composed by Max Steiner (1888-1971). Similar to the 20th Century Fox Fanfare, it played to accompany the Warner Bros. logo at the start of a majority of their feature films from 1937-1955 and even briefly on a few films in the 1970s, 1980s (when the classic Warner Bros. shield was revived as the studio's logo branding) and 1990s. (On these films, it would usually segue to the variable opening theme or score.) It was also used to accompany the Warner Home Video logo from 1985-1997, albeit it was a synthesized rendition.
History[]
As famous then as Alfred Newman’s for Twentieth Century Fox, Max Steiner’s brassy Warner Brothers Fanfare raised the curtain on all of the legendary studio’s feature films between 1937 and 1954. Punctuated by tympani and the crash of cymbals, it became synonymous with Warner’s visceral dramas and will be forever entwined with the famous gold shield logo.
Usage in films[]
- Tovarich (1937)
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Dark Victory (1939)
- Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Now, Voyager (1942)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Life with Father (1947)
- Key Largo (1948)
- Johnny Belinda (1948)
- My Dream Is Yours (1949)
- Its A Great Feeling (1949)
- White Heat (1949)
- On Moonlight Bay (1951)
- April in Paris (1952)
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
- Calamity Jane (1953)
- Battle Cry (1955)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Time After Time (1979)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Innerspace (1987)
- Caddyshack II (1988)
- Happy Birthday Bugs: 50 Looney Years (1990; heard briefly in "Happy Birthday Bugs in 3 1/2 Minutes".)
- Chariots of Fur (Looney Tunes short, 1994)
- Another Froggy Evening (Looney Tunes short, 1995)
- Superior Duck (Looney Tunes short, 1996)
- From Hare to Eternity (Looney Tunes short, 1997)
- Pullet Surprise (Looney Tunes short, 1997)
- Father of the Bird (Looney Tunes short, 1997)
- Heist (film) (2001)
Audio Samples[]
From "Now, Voyager"[]
From "The Big Sleep"[]
From "Time After Time"[]
From "Gremlins"[]
Warner Home Video Theme (1985-1997)[]
See also[]
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