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A type of [[Mood Motif]] that was traditionally used in medieval Europe to celebrate the arrival of [[Royal Blood|a royal person]]. Today, it is still present in music as a form of celebrating something. A fanfare generally uses horns, or the closest digital music equivalent, and is stirring and uplifting.
Compare [[Orchestral Bombing]], [[Drum Roll, Please]], [[Epic Riff]], [[Ermine Cape Effect]] (having the same effect for royalty, but with clothes).
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Shrek]] 2'' played with this. The traditional fanfare is followed by one guy playing the ''[[Hawaii Five-
* In ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', Triton first appears to a fanfare. Sebastian is introduced with the same fanfare, only played on a kazoo.
* The recobbled version of ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' has many, most memorably:
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** ''[[The Omen|The Final Conflict]]''
** ''[[First Knight]]''
** ''[[King Solomon's
** ''[[Richard the Lion Heart|Lionheart]]''
** ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]''
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* The theme to ''[[Tombstone]]'' is on the dramatic end of this, but still has the elements.
* ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]''
* The theme to ''[[Star Trek: The
** The Klingon theme from ''The Motion Picture'' was not a fanfare at first, but after the Klingons became the [[Badass]]es of the franchise (even when they were not good guys), the theme was remixed into a fanfare.
* Humperdinck's entrance in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' gets a sinister fanfare.
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* The Fellowship theme in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''; as well as the themes for Rohan and Gondor, appropriately.
* ''How the West Was Won''
* Despite being labeled as a march in the title, the main theme from ''[[Captain America: The
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Hawaii Five-
* [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|The original ''Battlestar Galactica'']] [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]. Reused in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|2003 revival]] as the [[Mythology Gag|Colonial Anthem]].
* The first season opening credits of ''[[Space: 1999]]'' start with a grand fanfare, heralding the arrival of... Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.
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== Western Animation ==
* The openings to ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' and ''[[She-Ra:
* ''[[Justice League]]'' 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.
** The old ''Superman'' and ''Batman: TAS'' themes also come in whenever Superman or Batman do something incredible; like Batman taking on Kalibak.
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