BUGLER'S DREAM (Olympics) brass riff on one-string guitar and piano (Leo Arnaud cover)

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nbcnews.com:

AUGUST 9

The team of Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry earned gold in the 4x100-meter relay. The men's relay team, which didn't include Covid-hit Noah Lyles, could not overcome its history of mistakes in the event. Despite a seventh-place finish, a fumbled baton pass led the men's team to be disqualified.

Breaking, or breakdancing, made its Olympic debut, but Team USA's Logan Edra (B-Girl Logistx) and Sunny Choi (B-Girl Sunny) did not advance out of the round-robin stage to the quarterfinals. The men's competition will be tomorrow.

The U.S. women’s basketball team soared past Australia 85-64 to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game.

The U.S. men's volleyball team defeated Italy for the bronze medal, winning in three sets. Host France fell to European Championship-winner Spain in the men's soccer final, 5-3.

AUGUST 8

After one of today's most anticipated races at the track, Noah Lyles was taken off the track in a wheelchair after his bronze-medal performance in the 200-meter final. He tested positive for Covid two days ago. Botswana's Letsile Tebogo took home the gold in the 200, and Team USA's Kenny Bednarek earned silver.

USA's Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sprinted her way to gold in the 400-meter hurdles, and Tara Davis-Woodhall added to Team USA's gold rush, claiming the top prize in the long jump.

Team USA's women's water polo team fell to Australia in the semifinals in a penalty shootout, ending its bid for a record fourth straight gold medal.

Though the U.S. men's basketball team trailed most of the game against Serbia, they won by four points to advance to gold medal game. Team USA women advanced to the gold medal round after defeating Brazil in volleyball.

AUGUST 7

Medal events for track and field are coming in thick and fast as Quincy Hall came from behind late to take home gold in the 400-meter final.

Three American sprinters — Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton — advanced to tomorrow's 200-meter final.

Defending American gold medalist Katie Moon took home silver in the pole vault.

In basketball, the Team USA women topped Nigeria to advance to the semifinals. The U.S. men fell to Poland in a volleyball semifinal.

U.S. artistic swimmers are bringing home a medal for the first time in 20 years after their silver medal-worthy performance in the pool today.

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wrti.org:

If you watch the Olympic Games, surely you recognize the heroic Olympic theme song that’s played on TV. But do you know the story behind this piece of music? Who composed it? How did it become so symbolic of the Olympics? Well, here’s the inside scoop.

Starting in 1968, ABC began airing the Olympic theme song that opens up each telecast. Everybody knows it by the huge timpani solo, followed by the trumpet and brass fanfare. This music is a work originally composed in 1958 by French-American composer Leo Arnaud, for his piece “Bugler’s Dream.”

So for 16 years this was the Olympic music soundtrack in America.

Another iconic work associated with the Olympics was composed by John Williams. He was commissioned to write “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” and some other works for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games held in Los Angeles. Soon Williams’ composition became just as much associated with the Olympics as “Bugler’s Dream.”

Then NBC acquired the rights to broadcast the Olympics in 1988 and experimented with other music to go along with the games. But nothing stuck.

It wasn’t until the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta (the first games to be hosted in America since 1984) that NBC hit gold! They put the two pieces together into what is now known as the famous theme song. The first 45 seconds are “Bugler’s Dream” by Leo Arnaud, immediately followed by “Olympic Fanfare and Theme” by John Williams.

This is not to be confused with the famous "Olympic Hymn" composed by Spyridon Samaras in 1896 with original libretto by the Greek poet Kostis Palamas, which became the official anthem of the Olympics in 1958.