Alfred Newman · Around the World 2

20th Century Fox Fanfare

20th Century Fox Fanfare is in B flat major at 112.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

112 BPM · Moderatomedian of 165 analyses · 109.5–144.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B♭ major2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
90%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
165people who ran the extractor
One beat
533.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439Hz · -4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.68dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.881Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.018Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

165 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in B flat major, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 165 readings; 35% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 109.5 to 144.7 BPM.

At 112.4 BPM one beat lasts 533.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 133.5 ms and a dotted eighth 400.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 224.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439 Hz, which is 4 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 6.68 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.881 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in B flat major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with B♭ major

Each of these differs from B♭ major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 112 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42135.20.47
Half note21067.60.94
Dotted quarter1.5800.71.25
Quarter note (one beat)1533.81.87
Quarter triplet0.667355.92.81
Dotted eighth0.75400.42.5
Eighth note0.5266.93.75
Eighth triplet0.333177.95.62
Dotted sixteenth0.375200.25
Sixteenth note0.25133.57.49
Sixteenth triplet0.1678911.24
Thirty-second note0.12566.714.99

Half time 56.2 BPM · double time 224.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (533.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. T.V.blink‐182B♭ major112BPM
  2. We’ve Got It Goin’ On (radio edit)Backstreet BoysB♭ major113BPM
  3. No PromisesCheat Codes feat. Demi LovatoB♭ major113BPM
  4. DangerousMichael JacksonB♭ major113BPM
  5. NatalieBruno MarsB♭ major112BPM
  6. Purple RainPrince and The RevolutionB♭ major113BPM
  7. Possibly MaybeBjörkB♭ major112BPM
  8. Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐DaThe BeatlesB♭ major113BPM
  9. Hide in Your ShellSupertrampB♭ major112BPM
  10. Fooled Around and Fell in LoveElvin BishopB♭ major113BPM

Recordings in B flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 112 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B flat majorAll songs at 112 BPMB♭ major at 110–119 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id 16edd1d5-d63a-40e6-ad00-c38b3fc1d998.