Fanfare For The Common Man
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Aaron Coplan Har pal meri aaye yadaan Yadaan vich ae tun Dil di gal…
Emerson Lake & Palmer (Aaron Copland/arr. by Keith Emerson) Instrumental…
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Various Artists neowah na chinguraneun mari eosae-khae yeoniniran mari eou-l…

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Comments from YouTube:

Dorkmax

3y↑410

Man, Copland just made an entire career out of writing America's soundtrack

Renegade8652

3y↑12

Indeed, some serious Americana.

Josue Darwin

@Corey Carmelo instablaster =)

Marek Siciński

3y↑3

Ms. J.

3y↑5

@Marek Siciński Thats all you can say is NO- how ENLIGHNING that is....

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wildfood

3y↑541

Go to bed early, wake up before the sun, make some VERY strong coffee, and watch the sun come up listening to this...makes you feel like the very first human to ever walk the earth.

Angela Krause

3y↑20

I’m actually going to do this. It’ll freak my family right out too🤣

paul rode

3y↑7

good reply!

IVAN IVONOVICH

2y↑7

Reminds me of the movie 2001: a space oddessy... Oh wait! That was "Thus Sprague Zarathrustra!"

UNCOMELY

2y↑2

@IVAN IVONOVICH lets do this now? :D but with a cup of tea!

ROBLOX VIDS 2

2y↑6

Have morning wood, too.

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LordLuigi4545

3y↑293

Fun fact this song was composed on a special occasion to contribute to the war effort. It was originally going to be called "fanfare for the soldier" or "fanfare for the sailor" but after being inspired by the vice president speech in which he said something along the lines of "the century of the common man", the composer named it "fanfare for the common man" and then there was light. Truly an inspiring song for all of the men and women who fight/fought for the free people of the world.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

3y↑4

My Hydroculture teacher made my class listen to this and I thought it was from saving private Ryan at first.

George Pierson

3y↑1

"Fanfare for the MicroSoft Network"?

LordLuigi4545

3y↑2

@George Pierson nice one XD I just fixed it so your comments kind of pointless now ;(

George Pierson

@LordLuigi4545 :P

Bob Snow

3y↑7

The vice president was Henry Wallace, a great American and a man far ahead of his time philosophically. FDR was very fond of him but the old guard of the Democratic Party pushed him off the ticket for Truman in 1944 because they feared someone so progressive becoming president.

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Sara E

2y↑19

This was played as my dad's coffin was carried into the room. We were never close (his choice/behaviour) but this always makes me cry listening to it. RIP Dad.

harpzinsky

3y↑30

There's something so incredibly comforting about this piece. It's sparse and golden and makes me feel okay when things are terrible.

Madame Phoenica

1y↑17

I'm such a fan of Emerson Lake & Palmer's amazing version of this song, I had to come and hear Aaron Copland's original. It is just as breathtaking as I imagined! ELP definitely did so much justice to the original - they maintained every single note and every single chord, all the while adding their own distinctiveness to it.

Steve Watz

Give the version by Styx a listen to. Came out a few years before ELP. It's mixed in as one of 4 parts in a song titled Movement For The Common Man. It's different from AC and ELP for sure. But it deserves a chance. This was Styx's debut album.

JJay Berthume

11y↑79

"You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today." - Aaron Copland

guy smith

5y↑42

Truly an American masterpiece, but yet meant for every nation and man.

Rat_King-

1y↑2

with standard american cultural theft included

bartcolen

44w

@Rat_King- Could not agree more. Other nations and cultures had been using music as a form of artistic expression for eons before this. Shameful in the extreme that Copeland neglected to address this in this piece.

Rat_King-

44w

@bartcolen Common people is a term used by the british. it doesn't appear in the common phrases of american english. it is cultural to those isles, not america. Copeland was born from america, sure, but made this piece after spending 25 years in europe.

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Jared Peterson

3y↑21

One of the greatest fanfares ever written and there are many great fanfares that have been written.

21st Century Man

4y↑182

I used to play this before I ran in marathons. It always motivated me like an Olympic athlete. :D 🇨🇦

Mr. Ramfan

4y↑5

Can relate, friend from the north, can relate...

michael hobbs

4y↑4

This helps me in the marathon

justsucitup 5

4y↑4

What about "Chariots of Fire"?

21st Century Man

justsucitup 5 That’s good too but not as inspiring for me. 😎

justsucitup 5

4y↑3

@21st Century Man "Fanfare" gave me chills when I first heard it...I even remember what I was watching at the time.

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Allen Lovell

33w

❤ this tune ! Ranks right up there with the themes from Chariots of Fire 🔥 and Saving Private Ryan [ The closing cemetery scene where Ryan, as an old man now visits Normandy where his fallen comrades are buried 😢, and it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. And it's especially poignant as Ryan asks his wife, " Have I Been A Good Enough Man To Earn This ? " Referring to I believe is his future and life preserved at the expense of his fallen buddies!

Flamboyant Randomist

6y↑21

Oh wow, the shivers this sends down my spine! Only one word can describe this piece of music, majestic.

3luckydog

What’s the word!?🥴

Jenna Marcus

9y↑85

Aaron Copland was a very special person. This piece always makes me emotional.

Paul

3y↑1

We are both in a very large club.

Mark Berryhill

3y↑2

He was considered by many to be our greatest composer. I'm not going to argue with that.

Curtis Boswell

I believe him to be the greatest American Composer...although John Williams has given him a mighty run for his money.
I regard "Fanfare For The Common Man" as Copland's "Magnum Opus". It is my favorite piece of orchestral music, period. I respect that every man or woman has a favorite piece of music...and they can either agree or not. This one is mine, and has been since I was a child.

Dean Harrington

2y↑13

One of the greatest compositions of all time!

Air4563

10y↑16

I love this song so much. It really has an impact on me. I am playing this with a group of friends, and it is so inspiring and powerful. This is one of my all time favorites.

Carol Chapman

8y↑4

The trumpets in my band are playing this as part of our marching show this year, and so far they're nailing it. This piece is amazing!

VestedUTuber

11y↑8

I always hear this whenever I see images of space, spaceships and shuttles. Space and Fanfare for the Common Man go hand in hand very well together.

obxkiteflier

5y↑24

Heard our city's symphony orchestra perform it yesterday. If you ever get a chance, go to hear it live. It's like nothing you can imagine. You can't listen and not get chills.

Michelle O

Absolutely right!

Michelle O

And especially shown on the front of Music Hall

Zachary Rose

11y↑11

This song sends chills down my spine. Beautiful, surreal, wonderful! All the multitude of "common men" that have struggled and strove throughout history for what they believed in; they hath bequethed us all that we now take for granted.

Joey Sloth

12y↑10

I feel like this piece is so simple yet so beautifully complex at the same time, just wow

Tom Rodgers

That piece always gives me chills. Nice touch with the aliens at the end. I like the look on the aliens faces like " What the f*ck are they up to?" Nice.

evan jameson

2y↑9

chills... what perfect music. If this doesn't make you feel misty nothing will..

Paul Flipse

2y↑3

For me, this is the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard. For its intent. For its emotion. For its beauty. For whom its intended.

wjack

40w

Majestic!!! It'll give you goosebumps.

Paul Papetti

9y↑10

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SONGS I HAVE EVER HEARD......I LOVE IT AND GET CHILLS WHEN I HEAR IT PLAYED....AWESOME.......!

hollyenyc

yess! just experienced live for the first time tonight at Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, California

Helen Glazier

2y↑1

It is not a song! It is a piece of music.

OVH

49w

If the whole planet could be united under one theme song I'd pray for this to be it

lesbiansaregoodandch

I come back to this song every time I finish writing a novel. Feels great to be a human today not gonna lie.

fox trot 027

The trumpets and bass drums are Epic in this composition

joel trevino

8y↑104

The majesty of this piece. Every time I hear it, I imagine the world and ever last thing in and on it, standing still, as this plays. Even Mother Nature holds Her breath.

Kyla LB

2y↑3

"even mother nature holds her breath" - such a beautiful and fitting image, thank you

alzabo_cries

51w

@Kyla LByes this was so evocative

Walter Crawford

Most inspiring piece of music and the graphics are astounding.

jjh467

10y↑59

Don't over analyze the power of a song Such as this,its simply created to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck!...oh ...the humanity!

Casey Eskridge

music man

tinkyman100

31w

I'd love to have my own orchestra following me everywhere while playing this.

Paul Payton

5y↑2

This sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

ramona baldwin

very beautiful piece of music. Aaron Copland is genius.this was played at govenor carnahan's funeral. my first time to hear it.

Richard Sharpe

There is only one word to say about Aaron Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man Classic. Also the Emerson Lake and Palmers version is also a classic to

Donna Lowe

40w↑1

One of the very tippy top songs in the world....much love...well done...

tthomaselli2

12y↑3

This was in the pro wrestling comedy 'Ready To Rumble'.; It was the theme song for Oliver Platt's character. He played a WCW wrestler by the name of Jimmy King & it fit his character, perfectly, in my view. Also, in some parts of this song, it kinda sounds like the beginning of the theme song to 'Under Siege 2: Dark Territory' by Basil Poledouris.

neckronn99

10y

Well, you had me right up to where you introduced the aliens. Otherwise, goosebumps and shivers.

Tracy Gossett

10y↑14

This piece gives me such an amazing feeling; US Navy RTC 1997-1998. Constantly playing US Navy videos in the galley with this instrumental piece. Brings back memories.

lemorande wm

10y↑4

Tracy, I saw your comment and was struck by it! I produced the original piece with this theme many years before. When first presented, the Admiral stood up and applauded. I'm now 72 but will never forget the feeling when I first discovered how well hearing Copland's music and at the same time seeing the vastness of the ocean at the same time made me feel. I can not take full credit tho..I had a writer that did the words and a music guy who suggested the song. What I can take credit for is finding that opening picture with all its vastness. Thanks for what I consider a complement to something I worked very hard on a long time ago.

Victor Pariona

Went in at the same time.

Michael Emory

Hey. Started my days on a Coast Guard cutter with this piece. Days starting at 0300 to get on the flying bridge or over the chart table. Semper Paramus.

Russell Casad

we are playing this in band. the first bass drum and gong hit are so loud it hurts. but being a trumpet player makes it all worth it

Carlos Tanco

Habré visto y oído, cien veces, Aaron Copland- Fanfare For The Common Man. Esta es la mejor versión de todas. Fantástica.............I will have seen and heard, a hundred times, Aaron Copland- Fanfare For The Common Man. This is the best version of all. Fantastic

ramona baldwin

1y↑1

beautiful masterpiece

moth uncle

9y↑20

I like to see this piece as the theme song to mankind as a whole, it's too awesome for only one country.

Jessica Longlois

Aaron Copland wrote many fanfares during the years of World War II. This seems to be the one that stuck. A great piece that I listen to often.

Zuloff

12y

If this isn't the rendition from the 1973 Inaugural Symphonic concert by Eugene Ormandy conducting Philadelphia it's a darn close copy. That rendition is outstanding.

aj92507

sometimes, as a dancer, it is difficult to hear music without simultaneously feeling the need to move. there are certain masterpieces that have solidified their place on my personal list of songs that must be listened. Thank you for posting ;-)

Angela Cooper

3y↑2

I enjoy this piece, especially the major sixth chords. This was played at a concert years ago by an orchestra that I play in,. Being a string player, I was not involved but listened to it and was impressed - the major sixths stood out!

Amethyst70

2y↑7

Few pieces are as rousing as this 🎼🎼👏🏾👏🏾

PlaystationReloaded

4y↑10

If anyone clicked on this video for inspiration and a sense of wonder in times like these you are not alone. Let the Fanfare for the Common Man give you hope that humanity with the grace of God can overcome anything.

KGBeast

The choice to show planets and other worlds outside of ours is amazing and almost mind-blowing. Because it is here where you realize that none of these discoveries would be possible without the common man

J.A. Martir

2y↑2

I've loved this song ever since I was a little kid. I would listen to it often during the credits of a morning TV program, in the NYC area. While listening to it - in my mind and heart - I would travel to the distant future and distant past.

paper doodles

4y↑1

really well done piece of work

Scooter Brother

10y↑2

This is an amazing piece of music, so elegant and powerful. I love it!

Galaxian Spaceranger

👍👍 👍 12 Years later ( 2022 ), this majestic musical 🎼 masterpiece🥇 still sends shivers down my spine. 👏 👏 👏

Nick Cox

8y↑57

Just read the description. Didn't realise this had a deeper meaning, thought was just a song....Thank you to all the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to keep the world safe.

Judith Shipstad

5y↑5

You mean keep the oil safe for Western interests.

Ashley Yago

Hi Nick.
I Agree with You.
I wanted to also Mention, "Thanking the Men & Women in Uniform", who put their Lives on the Line, to Keep America Safe"..🇺🇸🇺🇸
Instead of Using Aliens in this video, whoever Made this video, should have used Movie Clips & Scenes, from the Movie, "Saving Private Ryan", Since this Song, "Fanfare For The Common Man" was Used, IN That Movie.. That would have been Imagery, that People COULD Correlate, with this Special Song!! It is also used, as a Musical Tribute, Honoring those, who Engaged in WWII. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎😉😊😉👌👍

Nick Cox

@Judith Shipstad Calm down hippie.

Nick Cox

3y↑2

@Ashley Yago I'm English and support British troops. But I have a lot of respect for the American troops as well.

DOBERMAN PAC

4y↑2

I heard this song for the first time in 1963 @ 10yrs old. It became my lifetime mantra. Nothing has got in my way since.

spacechick Urantian

Thank you ELP for bringing this wonderful piece to the world. I don't know if I like the original or ELP better.

Mark Herron

3y↑1

Happy birthday to Aaron Copland his birthday verse is Acts11:14 rest in peace ✌️ Merry Christmas 🎄 Blessings and hugs 🤗💞😂💘❤️💕🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏!

Joe May

We have been to "Tanglewood" and heard this performed by the BSO. It was a very moving experience.

J Charles F Laframboise

32w

This awesome tune has been a persistant earworm of mine for longer than I can remember. I finally found it with the help of the Shazam feature in the iOS on my iPad. It will listen to whatever music is playing & ID it within seconds. I used the record feature on a clip from an online and then played it back after activating Shazam.

J Powell

7y↑4

An incredibly moving piece, the finest of our time.

Bai Yuan Dao Online

11y

Amazing piece of music.

Rick Coleman

Fanfare to the Common Man is a magnificent composition composed by Aaron Copeland. It's perfect just like it is. I always associate it with the all the common men and women of the world and the Olympics. John Williams when he composed the Olympic Theme for the 1984 Games he had Fanfare for the Common Man in mind with the use of the heralding trumpets.

Pokéverse Plays

Written by a true American composer!

mj6568

11y

This song is like played at many times at funerals to pray for those who had lost their lives during the wars and what still goes on today where those who were Hero of our time or who are horse champions ion the house holds or derby races.

bob ScourgeOfTheGalaxy

Fanfare for the Common Alien! Wonderful piece of music

sylvia Lyons

8y↑5

Beautiful video to go along with this favorite piece of Aaron Copland's music that I love.

k2477456

11y

i love this song! chills, tears, proud to be alive feeling, proud to be an american feeling!

David Wesley

2y↑1

Emerson , Lake & Palmer did an excellent cover version.
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Nathan Leak

this song gives me the chills

Geos Mac

12y↑1

I think a lot of people view this song in relation to space exploration rather then WW2. NASA played this song a lot and Kubrick's intro to "2001" was based a lot on this piece further making this music symbolic of exploration or man made accomplishment. Copland further distanced the piece from WW2 by calling it "Fanfare to the Common Man" rather than "Fanfare to the Soldier."

Bigleswade1

7y↑1

This has to be my favorite song of all time. I remember hearing it on the Olympics when I was small. I never forgot

Korgon2013

5y↑3

We all started as common men (and women), it’s only when we are challenged and overcome these challenges that we become uncommon.

Also, I wake my 2 year old up to this song almost every day, so I love it.

DCdabest

11y

I love the fact that this piece is accompanied by pictures of space. It always has such a grand feel, and whenever I here it I think of spaceships and Star Trek like vistas.

MC

11y

I LIVE for this piece.

Dom McGoldrick

There is just something about Aaron Copeland's music that touches the soul. Who cares what people in the comments are saying. Just listen and appreciate!

Gene Montalvo

50 + years ago, I became familiar with Copeland through high school band. Between the Fanfare and Billy the Kid, I realized this was a man who believed in America.

mj6568

10y

This piece sheds tears for those who lived and died and those still fighting for their country this song is an honour to as our members in any of the forces continuing to fight for peace and justice

Mr. X

5y↑3

Almost makes me cry. It reminds me of my late grandfather, he served in WWII. The title of the song suits him.

jonathan laundon

11y

Gives me goosebumps!

Ringleader

4y↑1

Loved this piece and all it stands for 🇺🇸

kirinseti

Nothing says a common man like this composer.

SLPgoogle

11y↑1

As a student at Sinclair Community College, I am listening to this wonderful piece during the evening of 7/20/13, in order to complete a preparatory assignment. It ain't painful!

flybywire09

2y↑1

I remember my western civ professor played this for us as we entered class and had us describe what we thought it conveyed. He later explained how it was an anthem meant to inspire the nation.

john green

4y↑4

The greatest piece of music ever composed for the horn.

hollyenyc

times a 1,000

Jack'sDaughter

Listen to this and know...this was written for you. The silent dignity of the common man.

Bob Young

I may be just a hick cowboy but this has always sent chills thru my body!

Ross Burdin

I really like this piece of work........done Majestically

Emerson Amaral Abaeté Madeiras

10y↑1

Muito linda!

The Painter

3y↑2

A beautifully composed score.

Mikhail Tonatiuh Buendia Euan

3y↑3

Esto es un himno al platena Tierra, y si está melodía lo conocí por la película de Lucha Libre "Listos para luchar" y la verdad al escuchar la versión completa es lo mejor Saludos desde Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽

CERATI ETERNO

Desde el minuto 2:08 está el sampler de Queen: We Will Rock You.

Lindon Sjolander

11y

Fantastic piece of music...as awe-inspiring as the first time I heard it back in 1977

mariposahorribilis

11y

Totally agree - awesome!. Thanks for your informative notes. And your selection of visuals to go with it is gorgeous too.

Technology Talks

I don't know why but the pictures over the music makes it so much better, don't know why. I am currently learning this song, its going alright but the notes are very very high. Anyway whoever is reading this hope you have a good day!

Korgon2013

2y↑1

I’ve been waking my daughter up to this song for years- she’s almost 5. Start each day with greatness, right?

Sherlock Ohms

10y

A fine piece, accompanied by fine visuals. Thank you for creating & sharing it.

Juan Bernardo Irigoyen

9y↑23

Sólo les diré "Fanfarría para el hombre común" una obra maestra , interpretada por Eugene Ormandy con la Philadelphia Orchestra. En pocos minutos expresa todo.

María Alejandra DR

Me encanto amigo Bernardo. Muchas gracias.
Buenas noches

Juan Bernardo Irigoyen

María Alejandra Dominguez Gracias, Maria Alejandra, buenas noches, besos.

ma. de lourdes Parra

Gracias por compartir .

Juan Bernardo Irigoyen

ma. de lourdes Parra Gracias a ti por observarla, besos.

M. f

La conocí gracias a Emerson, Lake y Palmer. Es magnífica!!

Lyrak

13y

My first experience with this was at the local science museum, which sadly has since gotten rid of the exhibit - the Time Tunnel which showed a brief history of mankind in diorama. The Fanfare was the very last section, marked for the future. Always loved this song.