Javelin is a composition for orchestra by American composer Michael Torke.
[1] It was also performed in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics, which took place in Atlanta.
[1] Merlin Patterson wrote an arrangement of this piece in 1997 for wind ensemble.
It was recorded by the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble under Paul W. Popiel in 2013.
The arrangement was commissioned by the University of Houston School of Music and conductor Eddie Green.