John Williams composed the "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" for the 1984 Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles. It was released in its entirety to the public on the albums "The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984" and "The Official Music of the 1984 Games". The premiere recording, as performed by an orchestra composed of Los Angeles-area musicians under the baton of the composer has not yet been publicly made available on any form of digital media. The piece eventually made its way onto CD (as a re-recording) with the release on Philips entitled "By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra," and has a slightly different arrangement than the original recording.
In 1996, an alternate version of "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" was released on the album "Summon the Heroes" for the Atlanta Olympic Games. In this arrangement, the first part of the piece (Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" was replaced with Williams's 1984 "Fanfare and Theme" Although perhaps not as familiar as Arnaud's theme, it is hardly unknown, since it is still used in network coverage of the Olympics.
"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" (not including the familiar part by Arnaud) was awarded a Grammy in 1985.