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I've been trying to identify an obscure classical song that was used in an insurance or financial ad in the 90s with a train coursing through the countryside. It had a surging, energetic "old west adventure" feel to it and featured clacking wood instruments (maybe castanets?) playing at a quick tempo in the opening fanfare. There's also a part further along in the song where a trumpet plays something along the lines of: D, D, D, A, (short pause, drop 1 octave) A, B, D, E, E (sustain that last E for 2 seconds), pause, D, B, D, D, C, B, A (sustain that last A for a few seconds) I wish I knew how to write it in proper musical notation/tempo etc. The song would fit in alongside Aaron Copland's Hoedown From Rodeo or Rossini's William Tell Overture.
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This is a long shot, but I've been looking for a specific instrumental classical song that sounds like something between Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, but I don't think it's by either of them. It might be from a movie score inspired by Copland or Bernstein. It's got an energetic Americana/frontier feel that immediately starts off with mighty orchestral hits and the rapid clacking of a wooden percussion instrument. As far as I can remember there are no fiddles like you hear in some of the well-known Copland pieces. The distinguishing thing is the wooden clacking that's present through most of the song. It sounds like music for an Old West journey through the Rockies. I know it was used in a 1990s-era commercial in the U.S. where a train is rolling along through a picturesque landscape, but I forget the company. It might have been a retirement fund or something about fine dining on the train. This is probably not enough information to go on, but who knows?
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