Olympics on NBC - John Williams - Olympic Theme (Primetime) | Broadcast Theme Music

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The broadcasts of Summer and Winter Olympic Games produced by NBC Sports are shown on the various networks of NBCUniversal in the United States, including the NBC broadcast network, Spanish language network Telemundo, and many of the company's cable networks. The event telecasts during the Olympics air primarily in the evening and on weekend afternoons on NBC, with varying times on its cable networks, such as after the close of the stock market day on CNBC, the early mornings on MSNBC, overnights on the USA Network, and various hours on NBCSN.
Since the Barcelona games in 1992, the main theme of NBC's Olympics coverage has been "Bugler's Dream", a composition by Leo Arnaud that was historically used by ABC as the main theme of its Olympics coverage since 1968.
Since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, the composition has been traditionally followed by John Williams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", which was originally composed for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

[@AaronTheCrystalClod]

It's sad that this theme is seldom used in the NBC telecast of this year's Olympics.

[@Brightrose13]

I thought I was going insane, we're on Day 3 of competition and I've BARELY heard this theme, if at all!! Horrible choice by NBC

[@maciedixon3983]

It’s synonymous with the Olympics for me

[@braxtonhall631]

Live from Paris, France, it's time for the games of the XXXIII Olympiad

[@seangutierrez1337]

33 (XXXIII) is such a clean Roman numeral!

[@lorddalek]

They don't use this that much anymore -_-.

[@katmahbub]

I really really miss this music from this year's Olympics. This composition has such a triumphant hopeful sound that hits your bones and recalls so many memories of joyous moments of the previous games! The music of this year's Olympics sounds like the soundtrack of an inexpensive kids' video game.

[@rubengomez7560]

Yes EXACTLY!! 😮 HORRIBLE job buy NBC no longer playing the Olympic anthem before the start of their nightly show.. I don't get it. But thank God for technology and we can hear it anytime we want to on our phone or whatever other device

[@wavywein]

I literally turn this version on my phone during the opening so I don’t have to hear whatever abomination they are playing.

[@brandynhenry7107]

Outside of the opening montage the first 45 seconds the rest can be used so interchangeably with what's going on too. Rallies/comebacks, triumphant victory, anticipation, big event, both as an intense opening and closing to an important day, a release of tension and a way to create more tension. It all fits. it's really remarkable how versatile it is

[@kelceybell9043]

I literally hear this some everyday I watch it🤔. It’s seems NBC is just omitting the intro (tympani part), but the remaining of the theme is there.

[@chrissya9994]

I hate this year’s Olympic theme song! NBC should have kept this one.

[@jph4852]

"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" I'm so happy the music created for the 84 Games is still considered the best all-time.

[@joew.6836]

Yes indeed. Always sounded like a movie, ala Star Wars or Indiana Jones. Same era the theme was made.

[@davchez]

@@joew.6836 Funny enough John Williams wrote the scores for those movies too as well as this!

[@joew.6836]

@@davchez Wow! I had no idea, but I am not surprised!

[@steveb7595]

Me too and I’m not even American- but watch some US coverage

[@keithkalif2778]

One best compsers of our time

[@doriantacker3179]

NBC, FOR THE 2028 GAMES PLAY MORE OF THIS!! I MISS THIS THEME!

[@tangtke402]

I’ve been watching Gold Zone on Peacock for nearly five days straight with only occasional pauses. I have yet to hear this theme and it upsets me no end. NBC what are you doing?!

[@johnbeaman9570]

Because peacock doesn't have the rights to the theme NBC does

[@Heat3YT2]

@@johnbeaman9570nbc owns peacock

[@southtexasangler]

Why does this music make me want to shed a tear every time I listen to it?

[@Options96]

John Williams is the GOAT, go down the list of the music he has created 😊

[@CrimsonNClova]

Happy 90th birthday, John Williams!

[@AJ42K]

Thank God he's still alive. I'm surprised the Olympics haven't gave him an Gold Medal.

[@bentheswitchsportsfan06]

THIS SONG WILL FOREVER BE ICONIC AND I HOPE THAT THIS SONG WILL BE USED FOR YEARS TO COME 😊😊😊

[@PharrowlOG]

It's that time again. I love this theme!

[@heyjude9895_]

Honest to God, we are so lucky to be alive at the same time as him

[@CaptCovfefe515]

I so strongly associate this theme with watching Michael Phelps win eight gold medals in Beijing in 2008. That’s my favorite Olympic performance ever.

[@joelv92]

The coverage for these Olympics has been amazing! I love the Olympics now

[@chorlauheung4920]

Who's ready for Paris 2024??!! The Olympics are coming!! You'll be hearing this theme quite often in the next several weeks!! I personally prefer "Olympic Spirit" over "Olympic Fanfare." But, this is the theme that got me excited all these years since I first watched the Opening Ceremony of '84!!

[@goldfish3858]

I’ll be ready once delta sorts their it issues out, otherwise I don’t think I’ll make it, I’ve been an Olympics fan all my life 😅

[@Mrcharles.]

So far it’s been a good Olympics for team USA. Simone bials won gold in gymnastics while Katie ledecky dominates the swimming events.

[@clarapowers8556]

I have not heard it once!!!! I had to look it up the other night just to hear it to make it official!! This theme is irreplaceable!!

[@badmiyagi]

The musical score theme for the Olympic Games is truly inspiring.

[@lazersly]

2:03 when they throw it to Bob Costas 😂

[@genegjr]

I miss Bob he was the Jim McKay of NBC Olympics coverage so sorry he left NBC sports

[@genegjr]

Jim McKay did his final Olympics coverage in 2002 and did his final interview with Bob Costas at the Salt lake City winter 🥶❄️ Olympics

[@genegjr]

Before Jim McKay passed away he's surely missed he hosted every Olympics from 1968 to 1988 Calgary Alberta Canada winter 🥶❄️ games

[@genegjr]

And now NBC first Olympics coverage was the summer Olympics in Soul south Korea in 1988

[@Mrcharles.]

Bob costas did a good job but the current guy Mike tirco seems to be doing great as well.

[@davidatkinson8515]

I love hearing the Olympic theme song. I would always watch the Olympic games when I would get home from work. It was relaxing to watch the games after such a stressful evening as a police officer. I miss those days.

[@gemi52273]

The only thing this intro theme is missing is Bob Costas voice giving a small prologue of the events for the night. Great theme on its own right, but without Costas, it feels somewhat incomplete.

[@Mrcharles.]

Coastas’s career pretty much went downhill after 2017. He decided he had enough and went into baseball, Mike is a good replacement but nobody will replace Bob. We will remember him.

[@ericsupermagnificent]

@@Mrcharles. And now Bob is part of CNN

[@chrisguardiano6143]

@@ericsupermagnificent and TBS for their MLB postseason coverage & NCAA March Madness, an event he never got the chance to cover while at NBC.

[@jamesbagby1286]

His last Olympics he broadcast was Rio 2016 after that he got replace by Mike Tirico starting from 2018 Olympics

[@ericsupermagnificent]

@@jamesbagby1286 Bob was at a lot of events on NBC, the Olympics, the host of the Triple Crown horse racing, and Sunday Night Football host. Also MLB games used to be on NBC in the 1990s and called some world series games.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

ATLANTA 1996 and TOKYO 2020 My two personal favorites for the Olympic Games

[@senorpedrosrooster]

Sydney 2000. Paris looks promising too.

[@robchan6796]

Atlanta, Sydney, and London were mine.

[@Mrcharles.]

For me it was probably London but I can’t wait in four years when the Olympics come to Los Angeles.

[@SapphireBoy26]

I have been looking all over for this version for decades. Thank you so much!

[@chorlauheung4920]

Congrats on locating the 1984 themesong! It is one of several composed by John Williams! My personal favorite is "The Olympic Spirit," which Williams composed for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.

[@toeknee4075]

Really? It only took me one search 🤣

[@AJ42K]

Not just this song but this exact version. The BAH Bah BAAAAAH *Rest* BAH BAH BAAAAH with Trumpets made it even better. The original version on KZbin doesn't have this version let alone this two toned version of the song colliding with each other. Punch and Counterpunch. YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!

[@AJ42K]

@@chorlauheung4920 my favorite is "Summon The Heroes." That one made a statement at the end.

[@tarik158]

@0:50 i always tear up at this part when they talk about the upcoming events. It’s a shame they aren’t doing it this year.

[@dreeemer]

That's the part that always gets me too. Glad I'm not alone!

[@first8956]

not during the Tokyo games? certainly there for the recently concluded winter games in Beijing!

[@aquabreeze7612]

@@first8956I think this was written when the Tokyo Olympics were moved due to the pandemic

[@user-ve5ln5le9y]

They need to bring this and Fanfare for the Common Man back for the return of the Games to LA in 2028

[@HikarusukeShindou]

Can't wait for the XXXIV Olympiad!!!

[@meekhouse]

Here's hoping

[@superjavierlogan7884]

Paris 2024! Here We Come!

[@timothy4545]

Will be there in a few weeks, get ready Paris!

[@lorddalek]

The best Olymipcs theme of all time hands down. Made that synthesizer POS CBS introduced the same year for the Winter Olympics sound like elevator music.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

From NBC News. This is a special edition of Today: TOKYO 2020 with Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and AL Roker live from Tokyo, Japan.

[@ericsupermagnificent]

With special guest Mike Tirico and the return of Bob Costas and Matt Lauer :P

[@MrBowtie1982]

I hate all those clowns. what a bunch or losereds

[@Netstryke]

I will defend the CBC Theme until the day I die but this is what you call "IMMORTAL”!

[@CrimsonNClova]

I just listened, for the first time, to the CBC Olympics theme: I have to say, I like very much that they alter the theme to reflect which country is hosting the games. On the the whole, it is a rousing great piece of music. On the other hand, it’s impossible to best the NBC score composed by the immortal John Williams. Therefore, I’m going to call it a draw. 😁

[@christophergolas9930]

Link to CBC Theme please?

[@Netstryke]

@@christophergolas9930 Start with this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWecf4NvYqqNkM0 Then look for CBC Athens 2004, CBC Torino 2006 and CBC Beijing 2008 You can find Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018 and Bejing 2022 on this channel. (and you can find Tokyo 2020 here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5qqpJqEn7qpbJY )

[@ericsupermagnificent]

It's sad we haven't heard this theme much since 2016 which was Bob Costas' last Olympics.

[@dmking12370]

One week away from the Opening Ceremony for the 202One Summer Olympics. Then another Olympic Games in six months.

[@kascnef]

maybe

[@ericsupermagnificent]

That's a good thing and the next Summer Olympics won't be another 4 years, instead 3 years.

[@ericsupermagnificent]

Anyone miss Bob Costas? I sorta do but Mike Tirico is good, maybe that's why he left ESPN because they need someone to do primetime on NBC.

[@mikeobrien901]

His voice makes the Olympics sound like it’s Sunday night football. Not the right fit,

[@toeknee4075]

Mike is doing a good job 👏

[@AJ42K]

I definitely miss Bob Costas. That guy makes any intro better. Best one he did was NBA on NBC. I like Mike Tirico but he's better at Sunday Night Football.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

TOKYO 2021 Games of the XXXII Olympiad

[@falcoflare8206]

Finally after a year.

[@Bret-bj9di]

Let's Paris Olympics Begins.

[@sebangbang2609]

Bro I can hear Bob Costas in my head right now

[@jermainesimmons2944]

BEIJING 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS

[@WVUWhitey]

The first 45 seconds is a remake of “Bugler’s Dream”, written in 1958 by Leo Arnaud and originally used starting in the 1960s when ABC covered the games through about the 1970s.

[@williamdiemert9866]

We will hear this in 2021 after the coronavirus is done.

[@ilovebeinagirl]

Ya think? You really think Rona will be finished with us by 2021? All right, then....I mean I guess they could still hold it and CGI the fans in like MLB is about to do, but I think that defeats the point. If I were a vendor, I wouldn't bother printing out any 2021 olympic gear, I'd just go straight to 2022.

[@Bongaboi151]

@@ilovebeinagirl Get vaccinated, world, when it's available.

[@terrellcarey6178]

Lord willing. That's The plan for now.

[@falcoflare8206]

@@ilovebeinagirl According to the IOC, the 2021 Summer Games will happen 23rd July-8 August 2021.

[@lorddalek]

It aint even close to being "done" but show must go on.

[@arthurthebootleg6318]

May The Olympic Spirit Be With You.

[@stuartglobetrekker7622]

We represented my country ❤

[@KeoTheCupcake]

Pure AWESOMENESS!!!!

[@jermainesimmons2944]

TOKYO 2020 The Games of the XXXII Olympiad on NBC are brought to you by:

[@ericsupermagnificent]

I guess Toyota

[@jermainesimmons2944]

Comcast Proud Partner of Team USA

[@jermainesimmons2944]

Peloton

[@jermainesimmons2944]

And by Bridgestone Official Tire of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

[@jermainesimmons2944]

Toyota START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE

[@iandhr1]

It's said I haven't heard this during the Paris games at all.

[@nevilleoliver1883]

As I said elsewhere I return to lake Casitas every time I hear this! Nearly forty years ago but I am in the grandstand!

[@YeungGor16]

Too bad Bob Costas is not on TV and presenting the 2024 Games. He used to whistle or hum this iconic Olympic ballad by John Williams.

[@deborahmallory3408]

I want so much to put some of this as a ringtone on my phone I absolutely love this music it's so beautiful

[@kristopherversteegt2939]

0:45 to end is also used for daytime!

[@AJ42K]

OH MY GOD. I FOUND THE RIGHT VERSION! Not just a two turned version of the song but the Bah Bah Baaaaah with the Trumpet at the end!

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

The games of the 33rd summer Olympics will take place in July of 2024 GO USA

[@michellelyon2051]

This is the greatest theme song ever created!

[@YeungGor16]

Olympic Spirit is my favorite of Williams ' Olympic Themes. But, Olympic Theme is probably the most familiar and most played on NBC.

[@-C.S.R]

I got Olympic fever! And the only thing that can he cure it, Is more GOLD metals 🥇🥇🥇🥇 Go USA 🇺🇸

[@jermainesimmons2944]

C.S.R You misspelled GOLD

[@-C.S.R]

@@jermainesimmons2944 😂 weird!???

[@kristopherversteegt2939]

Daytime: Hello, everyone. Jim Lampley from Studio 1 at the International Broadcast Centre. Primetime: Hi, everybody. Bob Costas coming to you from the International Broadcast Centre.

[@AlanFernandoGamino]

Now it's Mike Tirco's turn!

[@kristopherversteegt2939]

@@AlanFernandoGamino And Rebecca Lowe in daytime.

[@AlanFernandoGamino]

@@kristopherversteegt2939 It's gonna be lit in [2021] for NBC Olympics coverage.

[@Mrcharles.]

Costas was good at his job, he just got tired of it and wanted to retire which I absolutely respect.

[@AlanFernandoGamino]

@@Mrcharles. Yeah I agreed with you, me too.

[@SammyMaggio]

Welcome to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, from Tokyo, Japan on NBC Sports.

[@ericandsarahsmom1000]

I was born in Tokyo and remember the 1964 Summer Olympics. I was six and living on a Navy base in Yokohama. I still have a pin with the Olympics five rings my dad bought me. Japan has hosted the Winter Olympics twice -- Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998). Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of me (I'm in Los Angeles), so I'll watch the closing ceremony of 2020/21 Games tonight.

[@rusbelt4797]

@@ericandsarahsmom1000 wow it must be great seeing the Olympic Games being held twice in the city where you were born.

[@ericandsarahsmom1000]

@@rusbelt4797 I saw the Summer Games here in Los Angeles in 1984. I had moved here the year before from San Diego, and will see them again in 2028. But seeing the Olympics in Tokyo was pretty cool.

[@holleebailey8546]

As far as I am concerned this is the only Olympic Theme.

[@jerrygil1965]

So majestic💜

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

I'd truly 💘 Olympics!

[@carolynmiller722]

yeah this goes so hard

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Carolyn 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

[@jermainesimmons2944]

The PARIS 2024 Olympics Premieres July 26-August 11 on the networks of NBC and streaming on Peacock

[@chriszimmer9941]

Can't find the theme song for Olympic golf games! Guess this will do

[@falcoflare8206]

"Welcome to the Olympic Games."-Bob Custas and Mike Tureko.

[@sjajsrifleror4364]

Bob Costas and Mike Trico

[@ericsupermagnificent]

@@sjajsrifleror4364 Bob left NBC in 2019

[@sjajsrifleror4364]

@@ericsupermagnificent he did?

[@josephhudson5451]

PARIS 2024, HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!

[@classyglasie3504]

When they say Please Rise for the National Anthem this is the song that should actually play.

[@NoCluYT]

John Williams created music. Before he was born music did not exist.

[@Gp2ever]

Paris 2024 !! Here we go

[@isiahsacorum3444]

Chicago Med, Fire & P.D. will not be seen on 2022/2/9, so we may bring you exclusive coverage of the Olympic Winter Games. National Broadcasting Company Olympics!

[@evanabernathy9677]

2010s Olympic Games. 2012 London Olympic Games. 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 2020s Olympic Games. 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

PARIS 2024 Games of the XXXIII Olympiad July 26-August 11 on the networks of NBC and Peacock

[@b.a.d.payton1037]

The 2024 PARISH OLYMPICS

[@jermainesimmons2944]

ATLANTA 1996 Centennial Olympic Games

[@Gaire-xv6qh]

I didn't hear this theme at all during the opening ceremonies. Why don't they seem to be using it at the beginning of coverage each evening? Anyone else missing it and Why aren't they playing it?

[@Gaire-xv6qh]

Never mind, I just heard part of it. On the primetime broadcast, on Peacock,

[@gusfonseca4169]

1976-1984-88-92-96-98-2000-2002

[@jermainesimmons2944]

ATLANTA 1996

[@falcoflare8206]

London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024 and LA 2028.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

@@falcoflare8206Have they found which city they're hosting for 2032 yet?

[@dmking12370]

@@jermainesimmons2944 Expected to be awarded to Brisbane, Australia by the IOC when they have the final vote on July 21, 2021. 2032 is also the last Olympics under the IOC's current deal with the National Broadcasting Company.

[@Mrcharles.]

@@jermainesimmons2944 Australia is nice but what I’m thinking is rather than one city, you have multiple cities host it and that can be the case with Texas. Dallas, San Antonio and Houston should work together with Houston having most of the events.

[@jermainesimmons2944]

@@Mrcharles. So you're saying that Houston would be the next US city to host the Olympics, after Los Angeles. I don't know. Sure Texas has plenty of room to host some Olympic events, but where are they gonna host the opening and closing ceremonies?

[@jermainesimmons2944]

1896 - ATHENS 🇬🇷 1900 - PARIS 🇫🇷 1904 - ST. LOUIS 🇺🇸 1908 - LONDON 🇬🇧 1912 - STOCKHOLM 🇸🇪 1920 - ANTWERP 🇧🇪 1924 - PARIS 🇫🇷 1928 - AMSTERDAM 🇳🇱 1932 - LOS ANGELES 🇺🇸 1936 - BERLIN 🇩🇪 1948 - LONDON 🇬🇧 1952 - HELSINKI 🇫🇮 1956 - MELBOURNE 🇦🇺 1960 - ROME 🇮🇹 1964 - TOKYO 🇯🇵 1968 - MEXICO CITY 🇲🇽 1972 - MUNICH 🇩🇪 1976 - MONTREAL 🇨🇦 1980 - MOSCOW 🇷🇺 1984 - LOS ANGELES 🇺🇸 1988 - SEOUL 🇰🇷 1992 - BARCELONA 🇪🇸 1996 - ATLANTA 🇺🇸 2000 - SYDNEY 🇦🇺 2004 - ATHENS 🇬🇷 2008 - BEIJING 🇨🇳 2012 - LONDON 🇬🇧 2016 - RIO DE JANEIRO 🇧🇷 2021 - TOKYO 🇯🇵 2024 - PARIS 🇫🇷 2028 - LOS ANGELES 🇺🇸

[@antonyblalock2696]

2032 - BRISBANE

[@AJ42K]

Born an Olympic Baby. Double 8. Seoul

[@michaelb878]

0:45 😭

[@JohnnyJonestown]

Where can one get this piece of music??? I can’t find it anywhere! Glad it’s uploaded, but I’d love to have it for my personal collection.

[@nightflyer3242]

It's called Olympic Fanfare and Theme.

[@baguette_boi1409]

this actually is exactly what the Canadian national anthem at the beginning lol

[@markbrown4039]

This theme is the only thing working with NBC's crappy Olympic coverage

[@SaraHouck461]

This fanfare has been stuck in my head for over 25 years! Speaking of which, since this was when I started keeping track of those events myself, I'm sure it's safe to say that I wasn't the only one who thought of an additional reason for delaying the Tokyo Summer Games a year later than intended due to COVID: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGjLoH6OqLp2b5o

[@patrikpascual6080]

This sound gives katie ledecky and caeleb dressel vibes

[@meganweber5057]

1:42

[@isiahsacorum3444]

Hosted by Al Roker & Kelly Clarkson.

[@arki.neil.rosales]

0:00 Star Wars - Imperial march lol

[@christophergolas9930]

The first part of what we know as 'Olympic Fanfare' is actually titled 'Bugler's Dream' and was composed by Leo Arnaud in 1958. 'Bugler's Dream' was adapted by John Williams and combined with Williams: 'Olympic Symbols' for the 1996 Summer olympics in Atlanta. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Arnaud#Bugler's_Dream

[@christophergolas9930]

Star Wars - Imperial March: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKSwiImNad2nras

[@youtubecommenter37]

I played this song when I lost my virginity. My girlfriend gave me a weird look

[@sharonshxm]

F for those who struggled to play the double tongue notes here...

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Sharon 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

[@tonybarde2572]

Reminds me of Germany for some reason

[@ChiefCodee]

Your Trump Games of 2028! Long Live The Leader! And God Bless The United States! 🇺🇸

[@ericsupermagnificent]

He might open the Olympics in 2028 just like Ronald Reagan did in 1984

[@wilibaldonegron1808]

Paris 2024 🇫🇷

[@djm.326]

This is the first time Ive watched Olympics via streaming it on Peacock. Im currently watching ParaOlympic Sled hockey and Curling. I haven't heard the song played once yet! Why? Please tell me they didn't cancel culture it.

[@REIDSRAPS]

Still sounds like star wars

[@DavidBrackett385]

The coverage has really truly sucked this year.

[@ericsupermagnificent]

You mean the highlight videos on KZbin?