Olypic theme song inspired by imperial march?

Recently I have made the big mistake of thinking Fanfare for the common man by Copland was the Olympic theme song. However, I was way off. It turns out there isn't a consistent Olympic theme, but there is at least one new one for each olympics. There is an official hymn, but you may have only heard it once or twice.

Anyways, so what do you hear on broadcasts that makes you think Olypics? Bulger's Dream. But this was just a piece selected by the broadcasting studios in 1968 and was popular so they kept it. It's not official Olympics theme tune or anything.

But there is another one that is used often as well. It's called Olympic Fanfare and Theme. If you can find it online, listen to it all the way through (or you can also find the medley version that includes Bulger's Dream). While you are listening, think imperial death march. They sound quite a bit alike, but one is happy and the other is intimidating. Why do they sound the same? Same guy composed them and probably within a year or two of eachother. Possibly, he could have been working on the two together.

Anyways I know I find strange connections between things, but the touch of this particular composer I find to be very similar in the two pieces.

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