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So, pure coincidence, but I received a reply today. Unfortunately, they just told me to contact the Army Band Herald Trumpets directly. I found the Army Band's website and used a contact form there to ask them about the fanfare. I'll keep you posted when/if I get a reply.

Just a short update on this topic: I didn't get a reply from the Marine Band. There, that's as short as it gets. lol But seriously, at this point I doubt they'll reply. Again, I'm writing rather late before going to bed, but tomorrow I'll try to search for a contact for the Herald Trumpets and write to them directly if I can find one. If I can't reach them or they don't reply, then I guess we'll never know who wrote the fanfare.

Thank you for all that info! What you say makes a lot of sense and I bet that's probably it. Maybe they can also give me the appropriate email address to ask this. I'll let everyone know when/if I hear back.

Alright, I just sent the email. I'll keep you all posted if I ever receive a reply. Wonder if we should make it interesting and open betting on this?

Don't let politics cloud your judgment about this though. As I said, whoever the composer is, this may have been commissioned even before the election results, or composed for another circumstance and reused here, or the composer may have done it out of respect for the democratic process, whoever the president is, Or he may be a Trump supporter, what do I know. lol Anyway, Williams' absence on the website's program makes me think it's very probably someone else. Definitely a composer very influenced by Williams though, It's very late now and I'm really tired, but I will try sending an email tomorrow and see if there's a way to find out who the composer is. This has piqued my curiosity. And thanks Will for all the info.

Haha lol. Not sure even Spielberg has *that* much hold over Williams. But in all seriousness, whoever the composer is, the piece may very well have been commissioned before the election, when the winner wasn't yet known. Or as I mentioned above, written for a different occasion and repurposed for the inauguration.

Will (or anyone else), do you happen to know what the piece is right after the fanfare (just as Trump is entering)? It would help me to tell them I want info about the fanfare that was played between (Hail to the Chief) and this other piece. The next piece on the playlist you posted is "Hail to the Spirit of Liberty', but that's not what's playing after the fanfare. Shazam no help there either.

Damn it, I think I'm going to have to send them an email. lol I should see if they have contact info that they reply to.

Well that sure is frustrating. Maybe a member of "The President's Own", who also happens to be a composer/arranger (and a fan of John Williams)?

I Shazamed it but no results. Looking at the program at the link provided by Disco Stu (thanks!), there doesn't seem to be any specific Williams selection that it would be. I don't know exactly where in the program this would be at, as I don't know the surrounding pieces to recognize them, so I can't even tell what the title of the fanfare is. But there's nothing explicitly by Williams listed. I guess the author of this little fanfare may forever remain a mystery! Lol Cerebral Cortex! Indeed we should.

Well, it's just a little snippet of music, not sure it would have been highly publicized, but my thinking is different anyway. I guess the band is "The President's Own", right? Williams has had a good relationship with them in the past. I was thinking this may be a little snippet of music that they commissioned from him a long time ago, to be played at various functions, e.g. when a dignitary enters an event, or something like that. This is exactly the situation here, so the band leader may have felt it was an appropriate little piece from their repertoire to play at that moment. Again, it may be some other composer, but please listen to it before judging. King Mark and myself can't be the only ones hearing Williams' style, especially in the second half.

Lol, I just mistakenly quoted myself and I don't know how to correct now, so I'll leave it like that.

I haven't seen anything about this on the forum and my post in another thread didn't get any reactions, so I guess it's okay to start a new thread. Sorry if it's been covered and I didn't find it. There was a (very) short fanfare at the inauguration that very much sounded like John Williams. Some of his trademark compositional devices, especially in the 2nd half: repeated 5-note ascending pattern, a bit of polytonality, staccato chord with tonic at the top to end the piece. If it's not Williams, it's someone purposely imitating his style or very strongly influenced by him (to the point of pastiche). If it's Williams, I don't know if it's a new composition or something old that I personally haven't heard before. You can listen on Youtube, starting at 2:42:22 (just before Trump's entrance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UXYMPTdC40 Any thoughts? Thanks.

Okay, but seriously about the inauguration: what is this that I'm hearing starting at 2:42:22 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UXYMPTdC40 I seem to recognize a certain composer's style but I don't know what it is. New? Old? Just a copycat?

Sorry, I hadn't returned to read the rest of the thread and I missed your post. I see the thread has gone in a somewhat different direction now, but... Baker gave a one-week summer seminar on film music at the University of Indiana back in 1997 (I think that was the year), which I attended (only time I ever was scared on a plane was the flight back from Bloomington, but that's another story). That was back when he was director of the film music program at USC. Anyway, that's where he shared this little insight about Goldsmith's psyche. :-)