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March and Fanfare Music for Ceremonies and Videos
A march or a fanfare tells everyone that something is beginning: an entrance, an award, a graduation, an opening. The most famous ceremonial pieces are classical and public domain as compositions, but their recordings carry their own rights, and some film marches are not free at all. Here you find triumphal marches, fanfares and processionals for ceremonies, event videos and openers, licensed once for €29.90 per track, worldwide and with no expiry.
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Mussorgski: Pictures Exhibition 15: The Great Gate at Kiev
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Mussorgski: Pictures Exhibition 1, Promenade
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Which march or fanfare for which moment?
- Entrances, award ceremonies and galas: Triumph Fanfare, Fanfare zum Einzug, Verdi: Aida Triumph March, Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.
- Graduations and school ceremonies: Mussorgsky: The Great Gate of Kiev, Mussorgsky: Promenade, Olympiade Marsch.
- Openings, reveals and big intros: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Charpentier's Te Deum prelude (Eurovisionshymne), Celtic Dreams Fanfare.
- Sports and team ceremonies: Bizet: Toreador, Rossini: William Tell, Olympiade Marsch.
- Weddings: Wedding March with fanfare, Wagner: Bridal Chorus.
- Solemn ceremonies and remembrance: Chopin: Funeral March, Gabrieli: Canzon Septimi Toni for brass, Elgar: Nimrod.
- A dark, menacing march: Berg: March, Op. 6; more on dark orchestral music.
Bavarian brass band marches are on brass music for videos, short stingers for channel intros on intro and outro music.
Which famous marches are free, and which are not?
Most ceremonial classics are public domain as compositions; the recordings never are.
- Elgar's *Pomp and Circumstance* March No. 1, the graduation march: Elgar died in 1934, so the composition is public domain in the EU and, published in 1901, in the US. Recordings released since 1963 are protected. Artyfile does not currently have a recording of it.
- Richard Strauss' *Also sprach Zarathustra*: Strauss died in 1949, so in the EU the composition has been public domain since 2020; recordings released since 1963 are still protected.
- Verdi's Triumph March, Handel, Mussorgsky, Wagner, Mendelssohn: all public domain as compositions.
- Film marches such as the *Imperial March* are modern works: composition and recording are protected and licensed by the publisher and the label.
So a public-domain march still needs a licensed recording in a video, or your own band.
What does the licence cover, and what not?
Covered: every video with the music: the ceremony recording, the livestream of a graduation and its recording, the award gala's opener, social clips, the company event film, adverts, worldwide and forever, €29.90 once per track with a licence certificate.
Not covered: playing the march aloud at the ceremony. Music played to an audience in a hall, a stadium or at a graduation is a public performance, which the organiser or venue settles with the collecting society (GEMA, AKM, PRS, ASCAP or BMI). That is separate from the licence for your video.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pomp and Circumstance public domain?
The composition is: Elgar died in 1934 and the march was published in 1901, so it is public domain in the EU and the US. Recordings since 1963 are protected in the EU, so a video needs a licensed recording or your own performance.
What music is good for a graduation video?
A broad, festive march: Mussorgsky's Great Gate of Kiev, Verdi's Triumph March or Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Each Artyfile recording is licensed once for €29.90, including the livestream and the recording of the ceremony.
Can I use a fanfare as an intro for videos?
Yes. A licensed fanfare can open every video on your channel, in adverts and at events filmed for social media, worldwide and with no expiry, for €29.90 once per track.
Is Also sprach Zarathustra public domain?
In the EU the composition has been public domain since 2020, 70 years after Richard Strauss died in 1949. Recordings carry their own rights: in the EU, every recording released since 1963 is still protected.
Can I play the march at the ceremony itself?
Not under the video licence. Music played to an audience is a public performance, which the organiser or venue settles with the collecting society, as for any music at an event.
Can I use the Imperial March?
Only with licences from its publisher and from the label of the recording, because it is a modern film score and fully protected. For a dark, imposing march, Artyfile's recordings of Berg's March Op. 6 or Verdi's Triumph March are licensable for €29.90 once.