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Summon the Heroes

"Summon the Heroes"
Single by John Williams
from the album Summon the Heroes
ReleasedJuly 19, 1996 (1996 Summer Olympics)
VenueAvery Fisher Hall, New York City, US
GenreClassical
Length6:17
LabelNBC
Songwriter(s)John Williams
Producer(s)John Williams
John Williams singles chronology
"The Olympic Spirit"
(1988) 		"Summon the Heroes"
(1996) 		"Call of the Champions"
(2002)

Summon the Heroes is a one-movement orchestral composition written for the 1996 Summer Olympics by American composer John Williams for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It premiered on July 19, 1996, in abridged form, at the opening ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, played by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Williams. The piece is the third of four compositions he has written for the Olympics, following 1984's Olympic Fanfare and Theme and 1988's Olympic Spirit, and preceding 2002's Call of the Champions.[1]

  1. ^ Burlingame, Jon (February 21, 2014). "Film Composers Achieve Olympic Victory: Tiomkin music to be featured in Sochi closing ceremony". The Film Music Society. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
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